RPC Group (RPC)

Sector:

General Industrials

Index:

FTSE 250

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366.50p
   
  • Change Today:
    -12.90p
  • 52 Week High: 393.20p
  • 52 Week Low: 300.50p
  • Currency: UK Pounds
  • Shares Issued: 165.19m
  • Volume: 366,173
  • Market Cap: £605.42m
  • RiskGrade: 136
  • Beta: 0.59

RPC Group Overview

RPC is a supplier of rigid plastic packaging, with operations throughout Europe and one in the USA. Its product range comprises all forms of rigid packaging, namely injection moulded packs, thermoformed packs, sheet and extrusion blow-moulded packs, as well as injection-blown and injection-stretch-blown packs. The business, which comprises 51 manufacturing sites and 6 separate distribution and sales centres, converts polymer granules into finished packaging product by a combination of moulding and assembly processes, with certain products undergoing additional value-adding decorating processes such as printing or label application.

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Financials

Latest F'cast
Div Yield 3.1% 3.6%
Div Cover 2.6 2.7
Op Mrgn 4.6% 6.7%
ROCE 9.7%  
Latest F'cast
P/E 12.3 10.1
PEG 0.3 0.5
Pr/Revenue 0.7 0.5
Pr/Book 2.3  
Latest F'cast
Revenue 13.8% 43.2%
PBT 80.2% 128.0%
EPS 42.0% 21.4%
DPS 36.9% 16.1%

RPC Group Fundamentals

Year Ending Revenue (£m) Pre-tax (£m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
31-Mar-07 645.70 18.90 16.43p 12.3 n/a -7% 6.70p 3.3%
31-Mar-08 695.20 9.80 17.15p 9.5 2.4 +4% 7.18p 4.4%
31-Mar-09 769.10 (4.50) 14.36p 6.4 n/a -16% 7.42p 8.1%
31-Mar-10 719.90 19.20 26.40p 7.9 0.1 +84% 10.53p 5.1%
31-Mar-11 819.20 34.60 29.90p 9.4 0.7 +13% 11.50p 4.1%

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

RPC Group Forecasts

Year Ending Revenue (£m) Pre-tax (£m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
31-Mar-12 1,172.78 78.88 36.30p 10.1 0.5 +21% 13.35p 3.6%
31-Mar-13 1,218.00 89.25 40.88p 9.0 0.7 +13% 14.98p 4.0%
31-Mar-14 1,264.33 98.16 44.48p 8.2 0.9 +9% 15.44p 4.1%

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RPC Group Company Announcements

Total Voting Rights 30-Apr-2012 16:41 RNS
Total Voting Rights 02-Apr-2012 08:46 RNS
Pre-close Trading Statement 29-Mar-2012 07:00 RNS

RPC Group ShareCast News

Sector movers: Industrials lifted by Cookson 17-May-2012 ShareCast
Sunday tips round-up: Intl Power, CSC, CWC ... 08-Apr-2012 ShareCast
RPC's margins under pressure 29-Mar-2012 ShareCast

RPC Group Top Newspaper Links

Investment Column:RPC 16-Aug-2011 Guardian
Need to know: BMW ... Silverjet ... UBS ... Aviv... 07-Jun-2008 Times
RPC to raise prices as oil costs hit 01-Dec-2000 Evening Standard

Latest RPC Group Director Deals

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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.

 

RPC Group Market Data

Currency UK Pounds
Share Price 366.50p
Change Today -12.90p
% Change -3.40 %
52 Week High 393.20p
52 Week Low 300.50p
Volume 366,173
Shares Issued 165.19m
Market Cap £605.42m
Beta 0.59
RiskGrade 136

RPC Group Star Ratings

Compare performance with the sector and the market.
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Key: vs Market vs Sector
Value
27.33% below the market average27.33% below the market average27.33% below the market average27.33% below the market average27.33% below the market average
64.71% below the sector average64.71% below the sector average64.71% below the sector average64.71% below the sector average64.71% below the sector average
Price Trend
84.43% above the market average84.43% above the market average84.43% above the market average84.43% above the market average84.43% above the market average
66.67% above the sector average66.67% above the sector average66.67% above the sector average66.67% above the sector average66.67% above the sector average
Income
22.56% above the market average22.56% above the market average22.56% above the market average22.56% above the market average22.56% above the market average
33.33% below the sector average33.33% below the sector average33.33% below the sector average33.33% below the sector average33.33% below the sector average
Growth
73.29% above the market average73.29% above the market average73.29% above the market average73.29% above the market average73.29% above the market average
44.44% above the sector average44.44% above the sector average44.44% above the sector average44.44% above the sector average44.44% above the sector average

What The Brokers Say

Strong Buy 4
Buy 0
Neutral 0
Sell 0
Strong Sell 0
Total 4
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RPC Group Dividends

  Latest Previous
  Interim Final
Ex-Div 28-Dec-11 03-Aug-11
Paid 27-Jan-12 02-Sep-11
Amount 4.20p 8.10p

Trades for 25-May-2012

Time Volume / Share Price
17:07 14,146 @ 369.08p
16:47 9,592 @ 365.21p
16:47 21,352 @ 365.21p
16:46 10,116 @ 366.13p
16:46 22,518 @ 366.13p

RPC Group Key Personnel

CEO Ron Marsh
Finance Director Petrus R M Vervaat

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