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Abacus Group(ABU)

Sector:

Electronic & Electrical Equipment

Index:

FTSE Fledgling

Market Cap

£53.50m

Change Today

Price Up5.75p

Share Price

73.00p

Abacus Group Overview

Abacus Group is in the electronic & electrical equipment sector and is currently trading at 73.00p per share. In the last year Abacus Group's share price has ranged from 44.00p to 142.75p.

1 Day Chart (12-May-2008)

1 Day Chart

6 Month Chart

6 Month Chart

Income & Efficiency

Latest F'cast
Div Yield 9.9% 10.7%
Div Cover 1.6 1.7
Op Mrgn 1.5% 4.7%
ROCE 23.0%  

Valuation

Latest F'cast
P/E 6.2 5.9
PEG n/a 1.2
Pr/Revenue 0.2 0.2
Pr/Book 0.7  

Growth

Latest F'cast
Revenue 11.6% -0.7%
PBT n/a 2150.0%
EPS -13.2% 5.1%
DPS n/a -0.0%

Abacus Group Fundamentals

Year Ending Revenue (£m) Pre-tax (£m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
30-Sep-03 a146.98 a7.62 13.50p 16.7 n/a -19% 10.20p 4.5%
30-Sep-04 a187.80 a9.30 15.90p 15.3 0.9 +18% 10.50p 4.3%
30-Sep-05 a178.80 a4.00 13.60p 8.7 n/a -14% 7.20p 6.1%
30-Sep-06 257.10 (0.10) 13.60p 12.2 n/a n/a 7.20p 4.3%
30-Sep-07 286.90 0.60 11.80p 6.9 n/a -13% 7.20p 8.9%

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

Abacus Group Forecasts

Year Ending Revenue (£m) Pre-tax (£m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
30-Sep-08 285.00 13.50 12.40p 5.9 1.2 +5% 7.20p 10.7%
30-Sep-09 290.00 14.20 13.02p 5.6 1.1 +5% 7.20p 10.7%

Covering analysts: ABN AMRO

Abacus Group Company Announcements

Trading Update 01-Apr-2008 07:00 RNS
Holding(s) in Company 13-Mar-2008 18:30 RNS
Holding(s) in Company 07-Feb-2008 10:06 RNS

Abacus Group ShareCast News

Sector movers: Miners track commodity prices lower 01-Apr-2008 ShareCast
Small caps round-up: Essentially, Bond Int'l, Vi... 30-Jan-2008 ShareCast
London close: Late surge not enough for Footsie 27-Nov-2007 ShareCast

Abacus Group Top Newspaper Links

Delay to key order hits Abacus 20-Jul-2005 Telegraph
Yesterday's trading in London 14-Apr-2004 Daily Mail
ebookers moves ahead 23-May-2001 The Scotsman

Latest Abacus Group Director Deals

No deals were found in the last 28 days.

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.

 

Abacus Group Market Data

Currency UK Pounds
Share Price 73.00p Price Up
Change Today +5.75p
52 Week High 142.75p
52 Week Low 44.00p
Volume 98,209
Shares Issued 73.29m
Market Cap £53.50m
Beta 0.50
RiskGrade 324

Abacus Group Star Ratings

Compare performance with the sector and the market.
more star ratings
Key: vs Market vs Sector
Value
95.15% above the market average95.15% above the market average95.15% above the market average95.15% above the market average95.15% above the market average
97.22% above the sector average97.22% above the sector average97.22% above the sector average97.22% above the sector average97.22% above the sector average
Price Trend
34.2% below the market average34.2% below the market average34.2% below the market average34.2% below the market average34.2% below the market average
6.49% below the sector average6.49% below the sector average6.49% below the sector average6.49% below the sector average6.49% below the sector average
Income
96.21% above the market average96.21% above the market average96.21% above the market average96.21% above the market average96.21% above the market average
91.30% above the sector average91.30% above the sector average91.30% above the sector average91.30% above the sector average91.30% above the sector average
Growth
65.05% below the market average65.05% below the market average65.05% below the market average65.05% below the market average65.05% below the market average
71.88% below the sector average71.88% below the sector average71.88% below the sector average71.88% below the sector average71.88% below the sector average

Abacus Group Dividends

  Latest Previous
  Final Interim
Ex-Div 02-Jan-08 06-Jun-07
Paid 01-Feb-08 06-Jul-07
Amount 3.60p 3.60p

Trades for 12-May-2008

Time Volume / Share Price
16:35 212 @ 73.00p
15:38 233 @ 73.00p
15:18 7,000 @ 72.84p
14:20 127 @ 73.50p
13:57 24,812 @ 73.00p

Abacus Group Key Personnel

CEO Martin Kent
Chair Harry Westropp
Finance Director Peter Allen