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KCOM Group(KCOM)

Sector:

Fixed Line Telecommunications

Index:

FTSE Small Cap

Market Cap

£202.77m

Change Today

Price Up1.00p

Share Price

39.25p

KCOM Group Overview

KCOM Group is in the fixed line telecommunications sector and is currently trading at 39.25p per share. In the last year KCOM Group's share price has ranged from 35.75p to 82.25p and brokers are currently rating this stock as 'neutral'.

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Income & Efficiency

Latest F'cast
Div Yield 7.2% 7.7%
Div Cover 1.6 1.7
Op Mrgn 3.4% 4.6%
ROCE 10.9%  

Valuation

Latest F'cast
P/E 8.6 7.7
PEG n/a 0.7
Pr/Revenue 0.4 0.4
Pr/Book 1.1  

Growth

Latest F'cast
Revenue 7.1% 2.6%
PBT -58.4% 454.8%
EPS -17.4% 11.2%
DPS 44.6% 6.7%

KCOM Group Fundamentals

Year Ending Revenue (£m) Pre-tax (£m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
31-Mar-04 a324.20 a(118.57) (1.19)p n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.0%
31-Mar-05 348.43 7.99 3.82p 18.7 n/a n/a 0.90p 1.3%
31-Mar-06 453.89 (80.82) 3.40p 17.6 n/a -11% 1.17p 2.0%
31-Mar-07 483.12 10.63 5.52p 14.1 0.2 +62% 1.95p 2.5%
31-Mar-08 517.30 4.42 4.56p 9.5 n/a -17% 2.82p 6.5%

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

KCOM Group Forecasts

Year Ending Revenue (£m) Pre-tax (£m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
31-Mar-09 530.75 24.54 5.07p 7.7 0.7 +11% 3.01p 7.7%
31-Mar-10 540.18 29.53 5.33p 7.4 1.4 +5% 3.23p 8.3%

Covering analysts: Blue Oar Securities, Goldman Sachs, Investec Securities, KBC Peel Hunt, Landsbanki Securities, Merrill Lynch, UBS

KCOM Group Company Announcements

Director/PDMR Shareholding 04-Jul-2008 15:29 RNS
Holding(s) in Company 27-Jun-2008 10:33 RNS
Holding(s) in Company 24-Jun-2008 10:47 RNS

KCOM Group ShareCast News

Contract run-down hits KCom 20-May-2008 ShareCast
KCOM guidance unchanged 28-Mar-2008 ShareCast
City of London Investment boss tops up stake 06-Feb-2008 ShareCast

KCOM Group Top Newspaper Links

Investec: Cable & Wireless 'must offer more' 02-Jun-2008 Telegraph
Kingston hangs up on telephone 23-May-2007 Telegraph
Hull council to sell stake in Kingston Communica... 23-May-2007 The Independent

Latest KCOM Group Director Deals

Traded Action Notifier PriceAmountValue
03-Jul-08 Buy Neil Gower 38.00p 2,149 £816.62
03-Jul-08 Buy Paul Renucci 38.00p 2,642 £1,003.96
03-Jul-08 Buy Malcolm Fallen 38.00p 8,844 £3,360.72

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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.

 

KCOM Group Market Data

Currency UK Pounds
Share Price 39.25p Price Up
Change Today +1.00p
52 Week High 82.25p
52 Week Low 35.75p
Volume 94,584
Shares Issued 516.60m
Market Cap £202.77m
Beta 0.57
RiskGrade 216

KCOM Group Star Ratings

Compare performance with the sector and the market.
more star ratings
Key: vs Market vs Sector
Value
66.73% above the market average66.73% above the market average66.73% above the market average66.73% above the market average66.73% above the market average
100.00% above the sector average100.00% above the sector average100.00% above the sector average100.00% above the sector average100.00% above the sector average
Price Trend
38.94% below the market average38.94% below the market average38.94% below the market average38.94% below the market average38.94% below the market average
42.86% below the sector average42.86% below the sector average42.86% below the sector average42.86% below the sector average42.86% below the sector average
Income
74.23% above the market average74.23% above the market average74.23% above the market average74.23% above the market average74.23% above the market average
100.00% above the sector average100.00% above the sector average100.00% above the sector average100.00% above the sector average100.00% above the sector average
Growth
84.76% below the market average84.76% below the market average84.76% below the market average84.76% below the market average84.76% below the market average
71.43% below the sector average71.43% below the sector average71.43% below the sector average71.43% below the sector average71.43% below the sector average

What The Brokers Say

Strong Buy 2
Buy 1
Neutral 3
Sell 0
Strong Sell 2
Total 8
neutral
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KCOM Group Dividends

  Latest Previous
  Final Interim
Ex-Div 25-Jun-08 19-Dec-07
Paid 08-Aug-08 02-Feb-08
Amount 1.88p 0.94p

Trades for 04-Jul-2008

Time Volume / Share Price
16:35 10,942 @ 39.25p
16:21 25,641 @ 38.99p
16:20 78 @ 39.00p
16:11 966 @ 38.50p
16:04 1,885 @ 38.50p

KCOM Group Key Personnel

CEO Malcolm Fallen

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