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Abacus Group(ABU)

Sector:

Electronic & Electrical Equipment

Index:

FTSE Fledgling

Market Cap

£49.11m

Change Today

Price Up0.25p

Share Price

67.00p

Abacus Group Overview

Abacus Group is in the electronic & electrical equipment sector and is currently trading at 67.00p per share. In the last year Abacus Group's share price has ranged from 44.00p to 142.75p.

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Income & Efficiency

Latest F'cast
Div Yield 10.8% 10.4%
Div Cover 1.6 1.7
Op Mrgn 1.5% 4.7%
ROCE 23.0%  

Valuation

Latest F'cast
P/E 5.7 5.4
PEG n/a 1.1
Pr/Revenue 0.2 0.2
Pr/Book 0.6  

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 5.4 1.1 +5% 7.20p 10.4%
30-Sep-09 290.00 14.20 13.02p 5.1 1.0 +5% 7.20p 10.4%

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

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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 67.00p Price Up
Change Today +0.25p
52 Week High 142.75p
52 Week Low 44.00p
Volume 13,008
Shares Issued 73.29m
Market Cap £49.11m
Beta 0.52
RiskGrade 341

Abacus Group Star Ratings

Compare performance with the sector and the market.
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Key: vs Market vs Sector
Value
95.71% above the market average95.71% above the market average95.71% above the market average95.71% above the market average95.71% above the market average
97.26% above the sector average97.26% above the sector average97.26% above the sector average97.26% above the sector average97.26% above the sector average
Price Trend
47.39% below the market average47.39% below the market average47.39% below the market average47.39% below the market average47.39% below the market average
24.68% below the sector average24.68% below the sector average24.68% below the sector average24.68% below the sector average24.68% below the sector average
Income
96.06% above the market average96.06% above the market average96.06% above the market average96.06% above the market average96.06% 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
64.93% below the market average64.93% below the market average64.93% below the market average64.93% below the market average64.93% 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 16-May-2008

Time Volume / Share Price
13:09 5,000 @ 66.13p
12:57 5,000 @ 66.57p
08:17 1,250 @ 67.00p
08:17 1,750 @ 67.00p
08:00 8 @ 66.75p

Abacus Group Key Personnel

CEO Martin Kent
Chair Harry Westropp
Finance Director Peter Allen