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Shire Plc (SHP)

Sector:

Pharmaceuticals & Biotechnology

Index:

FTSE 100

Market Cap

£4,693.03m

Change Today

Price Down-58.50p (-6.53%)

Share Price

838.00p

Latest ShareCast News

Broker tips: Banks, Shire, British Land

Date: Wednesday 19 Nov 2008

Banking profitability will not be the same for a long while, according to JP Morgan, which has issued a downbeat assessment of the prospects for UK banks.

Shire Plc Regulatory News

Investor seminar 18-Nov-2008 14:00 PR Newswire
Confirmation of HGT Business Day 12-Nov-2008 16:03 PR Newswire
Director/PDMR Shareholding 07-Nov-2008 10:00 PR Newswire
Shire settles former TKT shareholder appraisal r... 06-Nov-2008 07:00 PR Newswire
Director/PDMR Shareholding 04-Nov-2008 13:00 PR Newswire

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Note 2: RiskGrade figures are provided by RiskMetrics.

 

Shire Plc Market Data

Currency UK Pounds
Share Price 838.00p Price Down
Change Today -58.50p
52 Week High 1,192.00
52 Week Low 720.00
Volume 5,438,307
Shares Issued 560.03m
Market Cap £4,693.03m
Beta 0.63
RiskGrade 247

Shire Plc Star Ratings

Compare performance with the sector and the market.
more star ratings
Key: vs Market vs Sector
Value
74.77% below the market average74.77% below the market average74.77% below the market average74.77% below the market average74.77% below the market average
84.42% below the sector average84.42% below the sector average84.42% below the sector average84.42% below the sector average84.42% below the sector average
Price Trend
3.41% above the market average3.41% above the market average3.41% above the market average3.41% above the market average3.41% above the market average
65.52% above the sector average65.52% above the sector average65.52% above the sector average65.52% above the sector average65.52% above the sector average
Income
99.36% below the market average99.36% below the market average99.36% below the market average99.36% below the market average99.36% 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
15.32% above the market average15.32% above the market average15.32% above the market average15.32% above the market average15.32% above the market average
23.94% below the sector average23.94% below the sector average23.94% below the sector average23.94% below the sector average23.94% below the sector average

What The Brokers Say

Strong Buy 13
Buy 7
Neutral 7
Sell 1
Strong Sell 0
Total 28
buy
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Shire Plc 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 21-Nov-2008

Time Volume / Share Price
16:55 13,400 @ 838.00p
16:36 2,205 @ 837.58p
16:53 175,000 @ 858.69p
16:36 30,000 @ 838.81p
16:35 403,642 @ 838.00p

Shire Plc Key Personnel

CEO Angus Russell
CFO Graham Hetherington

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