Paragon Group Of Companies (PAG)

Sector:

Financial Services

Index:

FTSE 250

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184.20p
   
  • Change Today:
    -2.40p
  • 52 Week High: 206.10
  • 52 Week Low: 134.60
  • Currency: UK Pounds
  • Shares Issued: 299.08m
  • Volume: 174,547
  • Market Cap: £550.90m
  • RiskGrade: 167
  • Beta: 1.13

PAG Overview

Paragon, owned by a wide range of institutional shareholders, is a provider of consumer finance, such as personal loans, retail finance, vehicle finance and niche "buy-to-let" mortgage products.

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Financials

Latest F'cast
Div Yield 2.2% 2.4%
Div Cover 5.1 4.7
Op Mrgn 53.5% 54.2%
ROCE 0.8%  
Latest F'cast
P/E 9.1 9.0
PEG 0.9 3.2
Pr/Revenue 3.7 3.6
Pr/Book 0.7  
Latest F'cast
Revenue 2.0% 3.5%
PBT 12.5% 4.8%
EPS 10.4% 2.8%
DPS 11.1% 11.0%

PAG Fundamentals

Year Ending Revenue (£m) Pre-tax (£m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
30-Sep-07 184.70 91.00 90.52p 5.2 n/a -5% 12.46p 2.7%
30-Sep-08 167.40 53.70 21.66p 3.0 n/a -76% 3.00p 4.6%
30-Sep-09 150.80 54.30 13.90p 10.8 n/a -36% 3.30p 2.2%
30-Sep-10 147.90 71.80 18.30p 8.9 0.3 +32% 3.60p 2.2%
30-Sep-11 150.90 80.80 20.20p 7.6 0.8 +10% 4.00p 2.6%

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

PAG Forecasts

Year Ending Revenue (£m) Pre-tax (£m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
30-Sep-12 156.15 84.70 20.77p 8.9 3.2 +3% 4.44p 2.4%
30-Sep-13 160.53 88.39 21.84p 8.4 1.6 +5% 4.92p 2.7%

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PAG Company Announcements

Acquisition of Loans 08-Feb-2012 16:51 RNS
Director/PDMR Shareholding 01-Feb-2012 17:33 RNS
Total Voting Rights 31-Jan-2012 17:44 RNS

PAG ShareCast News

Thursday broker round-up - UPDATE 26-Jan-2012 ShareCast
Paragon remains strong 26-Jan-2012 ShareCast
Paragon re-enters buy-to-let market, posts profi... 22-Nov-2011 ShareCast

PAG Top Newspaper Links

BOOSTER FOR PARAGON 25-May-2011 Express & Star
RENTAL BOOM LURES PARAGON BACK INTO BUY-TO-LET 29-Sep-2010 Express & Star
Paragon reopens its doors as rental market booms 29-Sep-2010 The Independent

Latest PAG Director Deals

Traded Action Notifier PriceAmountValue
01-Feb-12 Sell John Heron 179.53p 104,102 £186,893.49
01-Feb-12 Transfer From John Heron 0.000p 104,102 £0.00
01-Feb-12 Sell Nicholas Keen 179.53p 148,010 £265,721.17

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.

 

PAG Market Data

Currency UK Pounds
Share Price 184.20p
Change Today -2.40p
% Change -1.29 %
52 Week High 206.10
52 Week Low 134.60
Volume 174,547
Shares Issued 299.08m
Market Cap £550.90m
Beta 1.13
RiskGrade 167

PAG Star Ratings

Compare performance with the sector and the market.
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Key: vs Market vs Sector
Value
4.57% below the market average4.57% below the market average4.57% below the market average4.57% below the market average4.57% below the market average
73.79% below the sector average73.79% below the sector average73.79% below the sector average73.79% below the sector average73.79% below the sector average
Price Trend
60.33% above the market average60.33% above the market average60.33% above the market average60.33% above the market average60.33% above the market average
68.18% above the sector average68.18% above the sector average68.18% above the sector average68.18% above the sector average68.18% above the sector average
Income
21.01% below the market average21.01% below the market average21.01% below the market average21.01% below the market average21.01% 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
Growth
14.73% below the market average14.73% below the market average14.73% below the market average14.73% below the market average14.73% below the market average
41.5% below the sector average41.5% below the sector average41.5% below the sector average41.5% below the sector average41.5% below the sector average

What The Brokers Say

Strong Buy 10
Buy 1
Neutral 0
Sell 1
Strong Sell 1
Total 13
buy
Broker recommendations should not be taken as investment advice, and are provided by the authorised brokers listed on this page.

PAG Dividends

  Latest Previous
  Final Interim
Ex-Div 11-Jan-12 29-Jun-11
Paid 13-Feb-12 29-Jul-11
Amount 2.65p 1.35p

Trades for 08-Feb-2012

Time Volume / Share Price
16:43 2,160 @ 186.24p
16:43 3,246 @ 184.02p
16:35 17,498 @ 184.20p
16:29 239 @ 184.00p
16:29 181 @ 183.80p

PAG Key Personnel

Finance Director Nicholas Keen
CEO Nigel S Terrington
Chair Robert Dench

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