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Latchways (LTC)

Sector:

Support Services

Index:

FTSE Small Cap

Market Cap

£56.48m

Change Today

Price Down-7.50p (-1.46%)

Share Price

507.50p

Latchways Overview

Latchways is in the support services sector and is currently trading at 507.50p per share. In the last year Latchways's share price has ranged from 507.50p to 945.00p and brokers are currently rating this stock as 'buy'.

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6 Month Chart

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Income & Efficiency

Latest F'cast
Div Yield 4.2% 4.2%
Div Cover 2.7 2.7
Op Mrgn 24.1% 25.4%
ROCE 58.2%  

Valuation

Latest F'cast
P/E 8.8 8.1
PEG 0.6 1.1
Pr/Revenue 1.6 1.4
Pr/Book 3.1  

Growth

Latest F'cast
Revenue 10.3% 11.8%
PBT 10.3% 15.8%
EPS 13.7% 7.6%
DPS 20.0% 8.3%

Latchways Fundamentals

Year Ending Revenue (£m) Pre-tax (£m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
31-Mar-04 a19.46 a3.31 21.21p 16.0 0.9 +17% 9.78p 2.9%
31-Mar-05 22.38 4.49 27.94p 15.4 0.5 +32% 10.76p 2.5%
31-Mar-06 28.08 6.20 40.20p 15.2 0.3 +44% 13.65p 2.2%
31-Mar-07 31.94 7.81 50.97p 22.0 0.8 +27% 17.76p 1.6%
31-Mar-08 35.21 8.62 57.93p 14.5 1.0 +14% 21.31p 2.5%

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

Latchways Forecasts

Year Ending Revenue (£m) Pre-tax (£m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
31-Mar-09 39.36 9.98 62.33p 8.1 1.1 +8% 23.08p 4.2%
31-Mar-10 42.05 10.92 69.70p 7.3 0.6 +12% 25.90p 4.7%

Covering analysts: Arden Partners, Brewin Dolphin Securities, Investec Securities, WH Ireland

Latchways Company Announcements

Second Price Monitoring Extn 18-Nov-2008 16:48 RNS
Price Monitoring Extension 18-Nov-2008 16:38 RNS
Director/PDMR Shareholding 17-Nov-2008 15:00 RNS

Latchways ShareCast News

Northern Foods' Andy Booker stocks up 17-Nov-2008 ShareCast
Friday tips round-up: Man, Segro, Tomkins 07-Nov-2008 ShareCast
Latchways investing in resources to drive revenue 12-Sep-2008 ShareCast

Latchways Top Newspaper Links

Trust post 04-Jan-2007 The Scotsman
Look ahead 01-Sep-2006 Times

Latest Latchways Director Deals

Traded Action Notifier PriceAmountValue
14-Nov-08 Buy Paul Hearson 670.00p 4,400 £29,480.00

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.

 

Latchways Market Data

Currency UK Pounds
Share Price 507.50p Price Down
Change Today -7.50p
52 Week High 945.00
52 Week Low 507.50
Volume 0
Shares Issued 11.13m
Market Cap £56.48m
Beta 0.01
RiskGrade 248

Latchways Star Ratings

Compare performance with the sector and the market.
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Key: vs Market vs Sector
Value
89.89% below the market average89.89% below the market average89.89% below the market average89.89% below the market average89.89% below the market average
80.61% below the sector average80.61% below the sector average80.61% below the sector average80.61% below the sector average80.61% below the sector average
Price Trend
2.54% below the market average2.54% below the market average2.54% below the market average2.54% below the market average2.54% below the market average
9.95% below the sector average9.95% below the sector average9.95% below the sector average9.95% below the sector average9.95% below the sector average
Income
21.28% below the market average21.28% below the market average21.28% below the market average21.28% below the market average21.28% below the market average
28.93% below the sector average28.93% below the sector average28.93% below the sector average28.93% below the sector average28.93% below the sector average
Growth
2.4% below the market average2.4% below the market average2.4% below the market average2.4% below the market average2.4% below the market average
32.63% below the sector average32.63% below the sector average32.63% below the sector average32.63% below the sector average32.63% below the sector average

What The Brokers Say

Strong Buy 1
Buy 1
Neutral 2
Sell 0
Strong Sell 0
Total 4
buy
Broker recommendations should not be taken as investment advice, and are provided by the authorised brokers listed on this page.

Latchways Dividends

  Latest Previous
  Interim Final
Ex-Div 04-Feb-09 20-Aug-08
Paid 06-Mar-09 19-Sep-08
Amount 7.81p 14.21p

Trades for --2008

Time Volume / Share Price
0 @ 0.000p

Latchways Key Personnel

Chair Paul Hearson
Finance Director Rex Orton

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