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Brit Insurance Holding(BRE)

Sector:

Insurance (non-life)

Index:

FTSE 250

Market Cap

£522.73m

Change Today

Price Up8.25p

Share Price

166.50p

BRE Overview

As an insurance holding company, Brit Insurance Holdings writes both direct and reinsurance business through Lloyd’s and Brit Insurance Limited.

1 Day Chart (18-Jul-2008)

1 Day Chart

6 Month Chart

6 Month Chart

Income & Efficiency

Latest F'cast
Div Yield 9.0% 10.3%
Div Cover 2.9 2.2
Op Mrgn 15.9% 11.1%
ROCE 21.1%  

Valuation

Latest F'cast
P/E 3.9 4.8
PEG 0.8 n/a
Pr/Revenue 0.4 0.4
Pr/Book 0.6  

Growth

Latest F'cast
Revenue 2.3% 1.8%
PBT 2.6% -25.2%
EPS 4.8% -20.0%
DPS n/a 5.0%

BRE Fundamentals

Year Ending Revenue (£m) Pre-tax (£m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
31-Dec-03 a1,015.73 a77.57 19.74p 11.1 0.0 +493% n/a 0.0%
31-Dec-04 1,086.73 116.11 8.73p 27.1 n/a -56% 6.00p 2.5%
31-Dec-05 1,202.50 62.40 44.40p 6.0 0.0 +409% 18.00p 6.7%
31-Dec-06 1,236.29 186.26 41.25p 7.7 n/a -7% 15.00p 4.8%
31-Dec-07 1,264.91 191.15 43.24p 5.3 1.1 +5% 15.00p 6.6%

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

BRE Forecasts

Year Ending Revenue (£m) Pre-tax (£m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
31-Dec-08 1,287.85 142.97 34.59p 4.8 n/a -20% 15.75p 10.3%
31-Dec-09 1,323.11 136.54 31.61p 5.3 n/a -9% 16.10p 10.5%

Covering analysts: ABN AMRO, Citigroup Investment Research, Friedman Billings Ramsey & Co, KBC Peel Hunt, Keefe Bruyette & Woods, Numis Securities, UBS

BRE Company Announcements

Investment in Xbridge 11-Jun-2008 07:00 RNS
Director/PDMR Shareholding 09-Jun-2008 17:10 RNS
Director/PDMR Shareholding 03-Jun-2008 15:59 RNS

BRE ShareCast News

Conygar chief exec lifts stake past 7% 26-Jun-2008 ShareCast
Brit Insurance confident about 2008 15-May-2008 ShareCast
Tuesday newspaper round-up: Barratt Developments... 06-May-2008 ShareCast

BRE Top Newspaper Links

Old Mutual joins the list of companies looking f... 08-May-2008 Times
Aberdeen Asset Management joins list of firms re... 07-May-2008 Times
US sub-prime writs list AIG directors 10-Dec-2007 Telegraph

Latest BRE Director Deals

Traded Action Notifier PriceAmountValue
07-Jul-08 Transfer From Matthew Scales 0.000p 39 £0.00
07-Jul-08 Buy Matthew Scales 157.80p 79 £124.66
07-Jul-08 Transfer From Peter Goddard 0.000p 39 £0.00

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.

 

BRE Market Data

Currency UK Pounds
Share Price 166.50p Price Up
Change Today +8.25p
52 Week High 356.00p
52 Week Low 149.75p
Volume 1,646,306
Shares Issued 313.95m
Market Cap £522.73m
Beta 1.27
RiskGrade 235

BRE Star Ratings

Compare performance with the sector and the market.
more star ratings
Key: vs Market vs Sector
Value
89.61% above the market average89.61% above the market average89.61% above the market average89.61% above the market average89.61% above the market average
84.62% above the sector average84.62% above the sector average84.62% above the sector average84.62% above the sector average84.62% above the sector average
Price Trend
35.71% below the market average35.71% below the market average35.71% below the market average35.71% below the market average35.71% below the market average
80% below the sector average80% below the sector average80% below the sector average80% below the sector average80% below the sector average
Income
95.46% above the market average95.46% above the market average95.46% above the market average95.46% above the market average95.46% above the market average
90.00% above the sector average90.00% above the sector average90.00% above the sector average90.00% above the sector average90.00% above the sector average
Growth
25.91% below the market average25.91% below the market average25.91% below the market average25.91% below the market average25.91% below the market average
21.43% below the sector average21.43% below the sector average21.43% below the sector average21.43% below the sector average21.43% below the sector average

What The Brokers Say

Strong Buy 2
Buy 1
Neutral 2
Sell 0
Strong Sell 0
Total 5
buy
Broker recommendations should not be taken as investment advice, and are provided by the authorised brokers listed on this page.

BRE Dividends

  Latest Previous
  Special Final
Ex-Div 16-Apr-08 16-Apr-08
Paid 19-May-08 19-May-08
Amount 7.00p 7.50p

Trades for 18-Jul-2008

Time Volume / Share Price
16:35 218,640 @ 166.50p
16:29 232 @ 167.50p
16:29 197 @ 167.25p
16:25 3,116 @ 167.00p
16:25 513 @ 167.00p

BRE Key Personnel

Finance Director Matthew Scales
CEO Dane Jonathan Douetil
COO Kathy Lisson

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