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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

Shire Plc Overview

Drugs group Shire Pharmaceuticals is best known for the attention deficit disorder treatments Adderall and Vyvanse. Founded in 1986 and became a listed company in 1996.

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Income & Efficiency

Latest F'cast
Div Yield 0.7% 0.6%
Div Cover 1.8 12.0
Op Mrgn 5.0% 24.8%
ROCE 24.9%  

Valuation

Latest F'cast
P/E 81.1 12.6
PEG 0.2 0.0
Pr/Revenue 2.9 2.6
Pr/Book 1.3  

Growth

Latest F'cast
Revenue 35.6% -49.9%
PBT -75.8% 865.6%
EPS 393.5% 540.8%
DPS 20.1% -56.7%

Shire Plc 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¢ 14.6 n/a n/a n/a 0.0%
31-Dec-04 1,363.21 459.89 67.20¢ 12.1 0.6 +21% 5.67¢ 0.7%
31-Dec-05 1,599.30 (143.80) (36.40)¢ n/a n/a n/a 6.24¢ 0.6%
31-Dec-06 1,796.50 129.60 3.10¢ 508.3 n/a n/a 7.18¢ 0.5%
31-Dec-07 2,436.30 31.40 15.30¢ 111.7 0.3 +394% 8.62¢ 0.5%

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

Shire Plc Forecasts

Year Ending Revenue (£m) Pre-tax (£m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
31-Dec-08 1,816.21 451.14 66.70p 12.6 0.0 +541% 5.56p 0.6%
31-Dec-09 1,744.80 404.25 56.95p 14.7 n/a -15% 6.05p 0.7%

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

Shire Plc Company Announcements

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 Plc ShareCast News

Broker tips: Banks, Shire, British Land 19-Nov-2008 ShareCast
Broker snap: Human Genetic Therapies to lift Shire 19-Nov-2008 ShareCast
Chairman gives Powerleague vote of confidence 07-Nov-2008 ShareCast

Shire Plc Top Newspaper Links

Shire revenues rise 28 per cent 30-Oct-2008 The Independent
Charter joins Henderson in tax exodus to Ireland 29-Aug-2008 The Independent
The Hend for us here 29-Aug-2008 Sun

Latest Shire Plc Director Deals

Traded Action Notifier PriceAmountValue
06-Nov-08 Buy David Mott 791.00p 15,000 £118,650.00
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

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 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 5,451,707
Shares Issued 560.03m
Market Cap £4,693.03m
Beta 0.63
RiskGrade 260

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 --2008

Time Volume / Share Price
0 @ 0.000p

Shire Plc Key Personnel

CEO Angus Russell
CFO Graham Hetherington

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