Games Workshop Group(GAW)

Sector:

Leisure Goods

Index:

FTSE Fledgling

Market Cap

£74.71m

Change Today

0.000p

Share Price

240.00p

GAW Overview

Games Workshop lets ferocious armies clash without the drawback of actual bloodshed. Founded in 1975, the company designs and manufactures model soldiers, game systems, and accessories for tabletop wargaming. Popular game lines include Warhammer, Warhammer 40,000, and The Lord of the Rings. The company sells its products through about 320 of its Games Workshop Hobby Centres, its catalogues and Web sites, as well as over 4,000 toy and hobby shops globally. Games Workshop also publishes a monthly hobby magazine called White Dwarf available in five languages, and operates Sabertooth Games collectible card games and BL Publishing which produces novels, graphic novels and art books set in the worlds of Warhammer and Warhammer 40,000.

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Income & Efficiency

Latest F'cast
Div Yield 0.0% 0.6%
Div Cover n/a 7.0
Op Mrgn 2.3% 4.4%
ROCE 6.2%  

Valuation

Latest F'cast
P/E 171.4 22.8
PEG n/a 0.0
Pr/Revenue 0.7 0.6
Pr/Book 2.5  

Growth

Latest F'cast
Revenue 0.8% 5.4%
PBT n/a 381.6%
EPS n/a 652.4%
DPS n/a n/a

GAW Fundamentals

Year Ending Revenue (£m) Pre-tax (£m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
30-May-04 a151.77 a19.57 40.80p 15.9 1.6 +10% 18.75p 2.9%
29-May-05 136.65 13.91 29.40p 13.9 n/a -28% 18.98p 4.6%
28-May-06 115.15 3.66 6.50p 42.8 n/a -78% 18.98p 6.8%
03-Jun-07 109.50 (2.57) (10.30)p n/a n/a n/a 4.95p 1.8%
01-Jun-08 110.35 1.06 1.40p 123.2 n/a n/a n/a 0.0%

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

GAW Forecasts

Year Ending Revenue (£m) Pre-tax (£m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
31-May-09 116.27 5.10 10.53p 22.8 0.0 +652% 1.50p 0.6%
31-May-10 123.00 7.13 14.97p 16.0 0.4 +42% n/a 0.0%

Covering analysts: Altium Securities, Landsbanki Securities, WH Ireland

GAW Company Announcements

Blocklisting Interim Review - 05-Sep-2008 10:00 RNS
Holding(s) in Company 27-Aug-2008 10:37 RNS
Director/PDMR Shareholding 21-Aug-2008 15:27 RNS

GAW ShareCast News

BT boss lifts stake 21-Aug-2008 ShareCast
Games Workshop returns to FY profit 29-Jul-2008 ShareCast
Tuesday Preview: Bodycote, Games Workshop 28-Jul-2008 ShareCast

GAW Top Newspaper Links

Jessops hit by digital camera shortage 09-Jan-2007 Guardian
Games a bit lame 06-Jan-2007 Sun
Profits warning sends Games Workshop shares down... 06-Jan-2007 The Scotsman

Latest GAW Director Deals

Traded Action Notifier PriceAmountValue
21-Aug-08 Buy Tom Kirby 170.00p 100,000 £170,000.00

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Note 4: Under IFRS, all figures are based on 'Continuing' operations unless otherwise stated.

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Note 6: Forecast figures based on normalised accounts.

 

GAW Market Data

Currency UK Pounds
Share Price 240.00p  
Closing Price Change 0.000p
52 Week High 315.25
52 Week Low 118.75
Volume 4,200
Shares Issued 31.13m
Market Cap £74.71m
Beta 0.51
RiskGrade 307

GAW Star Ratings

Compare performance with the sector and the market.
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Value
83.18% below the market average83.18% below the market average83.18% below the market average83.18% below the market average83.18% below the market average
81.82% below the sector average81.82% below the sector average81.82% below the sector average81.82% below the sector average81.82% below the sector average
Price Trend
22.97% above the market average22.97% above the market average22.97% above the market average22.97% above the market average22.97% above the market average
45.45% above the sector average45.45% above the sector average45.45% above the sector average45.45% above the sector average45.45% above the sector average
Income Not Available
Growth
81.63% below the market average81.63% below the market average81.63% below the market average81.63% below the market average81.63% below the market average
60% below the sector average60% below the sector average60% below the sector average60% below the sector average60% below the sector average

What The Brokers Say

Strong Buy 0
Buy 0
Neutral 3
Sell 0
Strong Sell 0
Total 3
neutral
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GAW Dividends

  Latest Previous
  Interim Final
Ex-Div 14-Mar-07 04-Oct-06
Paid 20-Apr-07 27-Oct-06
Amount 4.95p 14.03p

Trades for 08-Sep-2008

Time Volume / Share Price
09:04 1,028 @ 240.00p
08:44 672 @ 240.00p
08:07 2,500 @ 242.00p

GAW Key Personnel

Chair Tom Kirby
CEO Mark Wells

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