Paragon Group Of Companies (PAG)

Sector:

Financial Services

Index:

FTSE 250

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133.90p
  • Change Today: 0.70p
  • 52 Week High: 174.00
  • 52 Week Low: 39.25
  • Currency: UK Pounds
  • Shares Issued: 299.16m
  • Volume: 233,102
  • Market Cap: £400.57m
  • RiskGrade: 155
  • Beta: 0.92

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 2.5% 2.8%
Div Cover 4.2 3.0
Op Mrgn 36.0% 39.4%
ROCE 0.5%  
Latest F'cast
P/E 9.6 11.6
PEG n/a n/a
Pr/Revenue 2.6 3.3
Pr/Book 0.6  
Latest F'cast
Revenue -9.9% -19.6%
PBT 1.1% -12.1%
EPS -35.8% -17.3%
DPS 10.0% 16.0%

PAG Fundamentals

Year Ending Revenue (£m) Pre-tax (£m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
30-Sep-05 485.80 71.80 48.90p 16.9 8.5 +2% 12.60p 1.5%
30-Sep-06 550.80 82.80 95.31p 11.0 0.1 +95% 26.48p 2.5%
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%

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-10 121.18 47.72 11.49p 11.6 n/a -17% 3.83p 2.8%
30-Sep-11 134.50 44.03 11.77p 11.3 4.6 +2% 4.35p 3.2%

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PAG Company Announcements

Blocklisting Interim Review 12-Mar-2010 11:49 RNS
Holding(s) in Company 02-Mar-2010 14:24 RNS
Allotment of Shares to Employee Trust 01-Mar-2010 17:07 RNS

PAG ShareCast News

Friday tips round-up: ARM Holdings, Tate & Lyle,... 29-Jan-2010 ShareCast
London close: US slide drags down Footsie 28-Jan-2010 ShareCast
London afternoon: Banks lead rally 28-Jan-2010 ShareCast

PAG Top Newspaper Links

Buy-to-let mortgage firm is paragon of profit-ma... 30-Jan-2009 The Scotsman
Texans abandon pursuit of ailing UK buy-to-let l... 24-Aug-2008 Independent on Sunday
Paragon in talks over sale 23-Jul-2008 The Scotsman

Latest PAG Director Deals

Traded Action Notifier PriceAmountValue
24-Feb-10 Buy Edward (Ted) Tilly 138.48p 30,000 £41,543.97

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 133.90p Price Up
Change Today +0.70p
% Change +0.53%
52 Week High 174.00
52 Week Low 39.25
Volume 233,102
Shares Issued 299.16m
Market Cap £400.57m
Beta 0.92
RiskGrade 155

PAG Star Ratings

Compare performance with the sector and the market.
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Key: vs Market vs Sector
Value
52.53% above the market average52.53% above the market average52.53% above the market average52.53% above the market average52.53% above the market average
50.65% above the sector average50.65% above the sector average50.65% above the sector average50.65% above the sector average50.65% above the sector average
Price Trend
57.59% above the market average57.59% above the market average57.59% above the market average57.59% above the market average57.59% above the market average
64.47% above the sector average64.47% above the sector average64.47% above the sector average64.47% above the sector average64.47% above the sector average
Income
12.81% above the market average12.81% above the market average12.81% above the market average12.81% above the market average12.81% above the market average
45.71% below the sector average45.71% below the sector average45.71% below the sector average45.71% below the sector average45.71% below the sector average
Growth
94.26% below the market average94.26% below the market average94.26% below the market average94.26% below the market average94.26% below the market average
93.87% below the sector average93.87% below the sector average93.87% below the sector average93.87% below the sector average93.87% below the sector average

What The Brokers Say

Strong Buy 6
Buy 1
Neutral 0
Sell 0
Strong Sell 1
Total 8
buy
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PAG Dividends

  Latest Previous
  Final Interim
Ex-Div 13-Jan-10 01-Jul-09
Paid 15-Feb-10 31-Jul-09
Amount 2.20p 1.10p

Trades for 19-Mar-2010

Time Volume / Share Price
09:32 31 @ 133.90p
09:32 200 @ 133.90p
09:32 495 @ 133.80p
09:32 1,010 @ 133.80p
09:32 394 @ 133.80p

PAG Key Personnel

Finance Director Nicholas Keen
CEO Nigel S Terrington
Chair Robert Dench

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