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Lavendon Group(LVD)

Sector:

Support Services

Index:

FTSE Small Cap

Market Cap

£106.96m

Change Today

Price Up1.75p

Share Price

232.25p

Lavendon Group Overview

Lavendon Group is in the support services sector and is currently trading at 232.25p per share. In the last year Lavendon Group's share price has ranged from 230.50p to 735.00p 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 3.9% 4.1%
Div Cover 4.7 4.8
Op Mrgn 14.1% 11.4%
ROCE 9.8%  

Valuation

Latest F'cast
P/E 5.5 4.8
PEG 0.0 0.4
Pr/Revenue 0.6 0.4
Pr/Book 0.9  

Growth

Latest F'cast
Revenue 49.1% 31.6%
PBT 144.3% 46.9%
EPS 132.8% 13.5%
DPS 100.0% 9.6%

Lavendon Group Fundamentals

Year Ending Revenue (£m) Pre-tax (£m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
31-Dec-03 a107.78 a2.16 4.83p 29.2 n/a -59% 6.95p 4.9%
31-Dec-04 108.01 (14.57) (3.43)p n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.0%
31-Dec-05 100.01 2.90 2.40p 90.2 n/a n/a 2.25p 1.0%
31-Dec-06 124.74 7.75 18.09p 20.1 0.0 +654% 4.50p 1.2%
31-Dec-07 186.00 18.93 42.11p 11.3 0.1 +133% 9.00p 1.9%

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

Lavendon Group Forecasts

Year Ending Revenue (£m) Pre-tax (£m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
31-Dec-08 244.76 27.81 47.78p 4.8 0.4 +14% 9.86p 4.1%
31-Dec-09 261.41 33.96 55.82p 4.1 0.2 +17% 10.98p 4.5%

Covering analysts: Altium Securities, Goldman Sachs, Oriel Securities, Panmure Gordon, UBS

Lavendon Group Company Announcements

Holding(s) in Company 01-Jul-2008 14:55 RNS
Holding(s) in Company 30-Jun-2008 13:44 RNS
Holding(s) in Company 27-Jun-2008 16:30 RNS

Lavendon Group ShareCast News

Conygar chief exec lifts stake past 7% 26-Jun-2008 ShareCast
London close: Footsie near best of the day 25-Jun-2008 ShareCast
London afternoon: LSE takes top spot 25-Jun-2008 ShareCast

Lavendon Group Top Newspaper Links

Access all areas 07-Aug-2007 The Scotsman
Tree fellers sore 08-Dec-2004 Sun
Shareholders stage revolt at Lavendon 24-Aug-2003 Sunday Telegraph

Latest Lavendon Group Director Deals

Traded Action Notifier PriceAmountValue
25-Jun-08 Sell Alan Merrell 230.00p 25,733 £59,185.90
25-Jun-08 Transfer From Alan Merrell 0.000p 39,606 £0.00
25-Jun-08 Sell Kevin Appleton 230.00p 40,996 £94,290.80

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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.

 

Lavendon Group Market Data

Currency UK Pounds
Share Price 232.25p Price Up
Change Today +1.75p
52 Week High 735.00p
52 Week Low 230.50p
Volume 5,067
Shares Issued 46.06m
Market Cap £106.96m
Beta 0.59
RiskGrade 236

Lavendon Group Star Ratings

Compare performance with the sector and the market.
more star ratings
Key: vs Market vs Sector
Value
90.70% above the market average90.70% above the market average90.70% above the market average90.70% above the market average90.70% above the market average
90.20% above the sector average90.20% above the sector average90.20% above the sector average90.20% above the sector average90.20% above the sector average
Price Trend
60.17% below the market average60.17% below the market average60.17% below the market average60.17% below the market average60.17% below the market average
47.95% below the sector average47.95% below the sector average47.95% below the sector average47.95% below the sector average47.95% below the sector average
Income
50.94% above the market average50.94% above the market average50.94% above the market average50.94% above the market average50.94% above the market average
51.18% above the sector average51.18% above the sector average51.18% above the sector average51.18% above the sector average51.18% above the sector average
Growth
96.41% above the market average96.41% above the market average96.41% above the market average96.41% above the market average96.41% above the market average
99.01% above the sector average99.01% above the sector average99.01% above the sector average99.01% above the sector average99.01% above the sector average

What The Brokers Say

Strong Buy 4
Buy 0
Neutral 2
Sell 0
Strong Sell 0
Total 6
buy
Broker recommendations should not be taken as investment advice, and are provided by the authorised brokers listed on this page.

Lavendon Group Dividends

  Latest Previous
  Final Interim
Ex-Div 19-Mar-08 10-Oct-07
Paid 06-May-08 06-Nov-07
Amount 6.25p 2.75p

Trades for 09-Jul-2008

Time Volume / Share Price
13:35 496 @ 232.25p
13:33 750 @ 234.25p
13:33 500 @ 234.00p
13:33 500 @ 233.00p
13:33 2,821 @ 232.00p

Lavendon Group Key Personnel

CEO Kevin Appleton
Finance Director Alan Merrell
Chair David Price

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