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Ashley (Laura) Holding(ALY)

Sector:

General Retailers

Index:

FTSE Small Cap

Market Cap

£152.83m

Change Today

Price Up1.00p

Share Price

21.00p

ALY Overview

Ashley (Laura) Holding is in the general retailers sector and is currently trading at 21.00p per share. In the last year Ashley (Laura) Holding's share price has ranged from 18.50p to 27.75p and brokers are currently rating this stock as 'buy'.

1 Day Chart (04-Jul-2008)

1 Day Chart

6 Month Chart

6 Month Chart

Income & Efficiency

Latest F'cast
Div Yield 9.5% 9.2%
Div Cover 0.9 0.9
Op Mrgn 7.8% 7.1%
ROCE 29.5%  

Valuation

Latest F'cast
P/E 11.1 12.4
PEG 0.1 0.9
Pr/Revenue 0.6 0.6
Pr/Book 2.5  

Growth

Latest F'cast
Revenue 5.6% 6.7%
PBT 62.3% -8.6%
EPS 75.9% 13.3%
DPS 100.0% -0.0%

ALY Fundamentals

Year Ending Revenue (£m) Pre-tax (£m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
29-Jan-05 238.90 4.40 0.42p 28.0 0.6 +50% n/a 0.0%
27-Jan-06 211.10 6.10 0.56p 22.3 0.7 +33% 0.50p 4.0%
28-Jan-06 211.10 6.10 0.56p 22.3 n/a n/a 0.50p 4.0%
27-Jan-07 225.00 12.20 1.08p 26.2 0.3 +93% 1.00p 3.5%
26-Jan-08 237.60 19.80 1.90p 12.6 0.2 +76% 2.00p 8.3%

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

ALY Forecasts

Year Ending Revenue (£m) Pre-tax (£m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
31-Jan-09 253.60 18.10 1.70p 12.4 0.9 +13% 2.00p 9.2%
31-Jan-10 279.00 21.20 2.00p 10.5 0.6 +18% 2.00p 9.2%

Covering analysts: Numis Securities

ALY Company Announcements

Holding(s) in Company 04-Jul-2008 11:07 RNS
Holding(s) in Company 03-Jul-2008 10:29 RNS
Transaction in Own Shares 02-Jul-2008 17:25 RNS

ALY ShareCast News

Laura Ashley sales decline 28-May-2008 ShareCast
London close: Footsie falls back 27-May-2008 ShareCast
London afternoon: Stocks recover to start point 27-May-2008 ShareCast

ALY Top Newspaper Links

Moss Bross confident despite slide 14-Jun-2008 The Scotsman
Men smarten up in wake of redudancy fears 14-Jun-2008 Times
Laura Ashley profits to beat forecasts 29-May-2008 The Scotsman

Latest ALY 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.

 

ALY Market Data

Currency UK Pounds
Share Price 21.00p Price Up
Change Today +1.00p
52 Week High 27.75p
52 Week Low 18.50p
Volume 8,560
Shares Issued 727.76m
Market Cap £152.83m
Beta 0.22
RiskGrade 245

ALY Star Ratings

Compare performance with the sector and the market.
more star ratings
Key: vs Market vs Sector
Value
25.37% above the market average25.37% above the market average25.37% above the market average25.37% above the market average25.37% above the market average
38.67% below the sector average38.67% below the sector average38.67% below the sector average38.67% below the sector average38.67% below the sector average
Price Trend
26.66% above the market average26.66% above the market average26.66% above the market average26.66% above the market average26.66% above the market average
65.00% above the sector average65.00% above the sector average65.00% above the sector average65.00% above the sector average65.00% above the sector average
Income
73.29% above the market average73.29% above the market average73.29% above the market average73.29% above the market average73.29% above the market average
52.73% above the sector average52.73% above the sector average52.73% above the sector average52.73% above the sector average52.73% above the sector average
Growth
58.05% above the market average58.05% above the market average58.05% above the market average58.05% above the market average58.05% above the market average
55.56% above the sector average55.56% above the sector average55.56% above the sector average55.56% above the sector average55.56% above the sector average

What The Brokers Say

Strong Buy 0
Buy 1
Neutral 0
Sell 0
Strong Sell 0
Total 1
buy
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ALY Dividends

  Latest Previous
  2nd Interim Final
Ex-Div 23-Jan-08 07-May-08
Paid 15-Feb-08 06-Jun-08
Amount 0.50p 1.00p

Trades for 04-Jul-2008

Time Volume / Share Price
16:35 1,060 @ 21.00p
15:41 2,500 @ 20.75p
15:40 2,500 @ 20.25p
08:04 2,500 @ 20.50p

ALY Key Personnel

CEO Lillian Tan
COO Michael Kingsbury
Finance Director David Cook

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