Shire Ltd(SHP)

Sector:

Pharmaceuticals & Biotechnology

Index:

FTSE 100

Market Cap

£4,922.60m

Change Today

Price Up28.50p

Share Price

879.00p

Shire Ltd Overview

Drugs group Shire generates almost half of its revenues from the attention deficit disorder treatment Adderall. Founded in 1986 the group became a listed company in 1996. Recently acquired TKT in the US and signed a collaboration deal with New River.

1 Day Chart (07-Oct-2008)

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6 Month Chart

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Income & Efficiency

Latest F'cast
Div Yield 0.6% 0.6%
Div Cover 1.8 10.7
Op Mrgn 5.0% 24.7%
ROCE 24.9%  

Valuation

Latest F'cast
P/E 100.8 15.3
PEG 0.3 0.0
Pr/Revenue 3.5 3.0
Pr/Book 1.7  

Growth

Latest F'cast
Revenue 35.6% 16.6%
PBT -75.8% 2133.1%
EPS 393.5% 564.5%
DPS 20.1% 9.2%

Shire Ltd Fundamentals

Year Ending Revenue ($m) Pre-tax ($m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
31-Dec-03 a1,211.57 a406.35 55.40¢ 17.1 n/a n/a n/a 0.0%
31-Dec-04 1,363.21 459.89 67.20¢ 14.2 0.7 +21% 5.67¢ 0.6%
31-Dec-05 1,599.30 (143.80) (36.40)¢ n/a n/a n/a 6.24¢ 0.5%
31-Dec-06 1,796.50 129.60 3.10¢ 596.7 n/a n/a 7.18¢ 0.4%
31-Dec-07 2,436.30 31.40 15.30¢ 131.2 0.3 +394% 8.62¢ 0.4%

a. Based on UK GAAP presentation of accounts - includes discontinued activities

Shire Ltd Forecasts

Year Ending Revenue (£m) Pre-tax (£m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
31-Dec-08 1,626.00 401.54 57.49p 15.3 0.0 +564% 5.39p 0.6%
31-Dec-09 1,581.57 362.63 52.05p 16.9 n/a -10% 5.97p 0.7%

Covering analysts: Bank of America Securities, Bernstein Research, Blue Oar Securities, Caris & Company, Charles Stanley & Co, Citigroup Investment Research, Collins Stewart, Credit Suisse, Exane BNP Paribas, Goldman Sachs, HSBC Securities, IIR Group, Jefferies, JP Morgan, Lehman Bros, Merrill Lynch, Morgan Stanley, Natixis Securities, RBC Capital Markets, Robert W. Baird & Co, Société Générale, Standard & Poors, Susquehanna Financial Group, WestLB Equity Markets

Shire Ltd Company Announcements

Director/PDMR Shareholding 01-Oct-2008 13:07 PR Newswire
Total Voting Rights 01-Oct-2008 12:30 PR Newswire
CHANGE OF NAME TO SHIRE PLC 01-Oct-2008 09:07 PR Newswire

Shire Ltd ShareCast News

Broker tips: ITV, Shire, Kewill 07-Oct-2008 ShareCast
Broker snap: Vyvanse sales prompt Shire upgrade 07-Oct-2008 ShareCast
Shire's Mott buys in again 01-Oct-2008 ShareCast

Shire Ltd Top Newspaper Links

Charter joins Henderson in tax exodus to Ireland 29-Aug-2008 The Independent
The Hend for us here 29-Aug-2008 Sun
Tax emigrant Shire has no plan to return 01-Aug-2008 Telegraph

Latest Shire Ltd Director Deals

Traded Action Notifier PriceAmountValue
30-Sep-08 Buy David Mott 887.56p 15,000 £133,133.60
11-Sep-08 Buy David Mott 910.13p 15,000 £136,519.55
06-Aug-08 Buy Graham Hetherington 896.20p 4,000 £35,848.00

Note 1: Prices and trades are provided by Digital Look Corporate Solutions and are delayed by at least 15 minutes.

Note 2: RiskGrade figures are provided by RiskMetrics.

Note 3: Above ratios are on a 'per annum' basis, adjusted for corporate actions and based on the fundamentals of the primary listed security.

Note 4: Under IFRS, all figures are based on 'Continuing' operations unless otherwise stated.

Note 5: In the case of dual listed securities, broker recommendations and forecasts relate to the primary listing.

Note 6: Forecast figures based on normalised accounts.

 

Shire Ltd Market Data

Currency UK Pounds
Share Price 879.00p Price Up
Change Today +28.50p
52 Week High 1,241.00
52 Week Low 745.00
Volume 3,726,202
Shares Issued 560.02m
Market Cap £4,922.60m
Beta 0.62
RiskGrade 156

Shire Ltd Star Ratings

Compare performance with the sector and the market.
more star ratings
Key: vs Market vs Sector
Value
76.93% below the market average76.93% below the market average76.93% below the market average76.93% below the market average76.93% below the market average
87.5% below the sector average87.5% below the sector average87.5% below the sector average87.5% below the sector average87.5% below the sector average
Price Trend
2.36% above the market average2.36% above the market average2.36% above the market average2.36% above the market average2.36% above the market average
59.55% above the sector average59.55% above the sector average59.55% above the sector average59.55% above the sector average59.55% above the sector average
Income
99.37% below the market average99.37% below the market average99.37% below the market average99.37% below the market average99.37% below the market average
100% below the sector average100% below the sector average100% below the sector average100% below the sector average100% below the sector average
Growth
15.34% above the market average15.34% above the market average15.34% above the market average15.34% above the market average15.34% above the market average
29.58% below the sector average29.58% below the sector average29.58% below the sector average29.58% below the sector average29.58% below the sector average

What The Brokers Say

Strong Buy 9
Buy 8
Neutral 7
Sell 2
Strong Sell 1
Total 27
buy
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Shire Ltd Dividends

  Latest Previous
  Interim Final
Ex-Div 10-Sep-08 12-Mar-08
Paid 09-Oct-08 09-Apr-08
Amount 2.15¢ 6.47¢

Trades for 07-Oct-2008

Time Volume / Share Price
16:05 20,100 @ 852.15p
17:07 300 @ 874.00p
16:35 323,882 @ 879.00p
16:29 1,529 @ 880.50p
16:29 142 @ 880.50p

Shire Ltd Key Personnel

CEO Angus Russell
CFO Graham Hetherington

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