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Speedy Hire(SDY)

Sector:

Support Services

Index:

FTSE 250

Market Cap

£221.59m

Change Today

Price Up6.00p

Share Price

435.00p

Speedy Hire Overview

Speedy Hire provides equipment hire services to UK contractors and builders, utilities and the public sector. The group operates from more than 300 depots throughout the country. Although traditionally focused on tool hire, the company now specialises in other businesses such as portable accommodation, lifting and surveying.

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Income & Efficiency

Latest F'cast
Div Yield 4.6% 4.6%
Div Cover 3.7 3.9
Op Mrgn 10.1% 11.7%
ROCE 11.4%  

Valuation

Latest F'cast
P/E 5.9 4.8
PEG 0.5 0.2
Pr/Revenue 0.5 0.4
Pr/Book 0.9  

Growth

Latest F'cast
Revenue 38.7% 15.9%
PBT -16.2% 106.6%
EPS 12.6% 20.7%
DPS 16.5% 13.0%

Speedy Hire Fundamentals

Year Ending Revenue (£m) Pre-tax (£m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
31-Mar-04 a170.23 a21.21 38.66p 11.1 0.7 +15% 10.50p 2.5%
31-Mar-05 206.50 24.50 45.15p 14.4 0.8 +17% 12.60p 1.9%
31-Mar-06 254.30 30.70 50.44p 18.3 1.5 +12% 14.30p 1.5%
31-Mar-07 335.50 36.40 65.00p 18.0 0.6 +29% 17.00p 1.5%
31-Mar-08 465.50 30.50 73.19p 10.4 0.8 +13% 19.80p 2.6%

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

Speedy Hire Forecasts

Year Ending Revenue (£m) Pre-tax (£m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
31-Mar-09 539.65 63.01 88.37p 4.9 0.2 +21% 22.38p 4.6%
31-Mar-10 592.89 72.89 100.93p 4.3 0.3 +14% 25.25p 5.2%

Covering analysts: Altium Securities, ESN-NCB Stockbrokers, Evolution Securities, Goldman Sachs, Investec Securities, Merrill Lynch, Oriel Securities, Panmure Gordon, UBS, WH Ireland

Speedy Hire Company Announcements

Director/PDMR Shareholding 03-Jul-2008 13:27 RNS
Total Voting Rights 03-Jul-2008 07:00 RNS
Annual Information Update 02-Jul-2008 11:28 RNS

Speedy Hire ShareCast News

FTSE 250 movers: Strong order book boosts Morgan... 07-Jul-2008 ShareCast
Chief executive's wife buys more HMV shares 03-Jul-2008 ShareCast
Baroness Noakes buys into Severn Trent 06-Jun-2008 ShareCast

Speedy Hire Top Newspaper Links

We've lost our spark 29-May-2008 Sun
Grabbers queue up 19-Feb-2008 Sun
Speedy has hire hopes for the future 19-Feb-2008 The Scotsman

Latest Speedy Hire Director Deals

Traded Action Notifier PriceAmountValue
01-Jul-08 Buy Claudio Veritiero 559.00p 16,532 £92,413.88
01-Jul-08 Buy Michael McGrath 559.00p 20,423 £114,164.57
01-Jul-08 Buy Steve Corcoran 559.00p 27,166 £151,857.94

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.

 

Speedy Hire Market Data

Currency UK Pounds
Share Price 435.00p Price Up
Change Today +6.00p
52 Week High 1,250.00p
52 Week Low 415.25p
Volume 82,940
Shares Issued 50.94m
Market Cap £221.59m
Beta 0.83
RiskGrade 261

Speedy Hire Star Ratings

Compare performance with the sector and the market.
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Key: vs Market vs Sector
Value
82.85% above the market average82.85% above the market average82.85% above the market average82.85% above the market average82.85% above the market average
73.53% above the sector average73.53% above the sector average73.53% above the sector average73.53% above the sector average73.53% above the sector average
Price Trend
71.03% below the market average71.03% below the market average71.03% below the market average71.03% below the market average71.03% below the market average
62.56% below the sector average62.56% below the sector average62.56% below the sector average62.56% below the sector average62.56% below the sector average
Income
64.89% above the market average64.89% above the market average64.89% above the market average64.89% above the market average64.89% above the market average
63.78% above the sector average63.78% above the sector average63.78% above the sector average63.78% above the sector average63.78% above the sector average
Growth
13.18% below the market average13.18% below the market average13.18% below the market average13.18% below the market average13.18% below the market average
27.72% below the sector average27.72% below the sector average27.72% below the sector average27.72% below the sector average27.72% below the sector average

What The Brokers Say

Strong Buy 5
Buy 1
Neutral 3
Sell 0
Strong Sell 0
Total 9
buy
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Speedy Hire Dividends

  Latest Previous
  Final Interim
Ex-Div n/a 02-Jan-08
Paid n/a 25-Jan-08
Amount 13.40p 6.40p

Trades for 09-Jul-2008

Time Volume / Share Price
10:50 597 @ 435.00p
10:50 690 @ 435.25p
10:47 1,068 @ 435.00p
10:47 4 @ 435.25p
10:47 690 @ 435.25p

Speedy Hire Key Personnel

Chair David Wallis
CEO Steve Corcoran
COO Claudio Veritiero

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