Axon Group(AXO)

Sector:

Software & Computer Services

Index:

FTSE 250

Market Cap

£423.62m

Change Today

Price Down-16.00p

Share Price

658.00p

Axon Group Overview

Axon Group is in the software & computer services sector and is currently trading at 658.00p per share. In the last year Axon Group's share price has ranged from 363.00p to 886.50p 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 0.7% 0.7%
Div Cover 9.2 8.6
Op Mrgn 15.0% 15.2%
ROCE 111.8%  

Valuation

Latest F'cast
P/E 16.0 15.8
PEG 0.3 12.1
Pr/Revenue 2.1 1.7
Pr/Book 5.3  

Growth

Latest F'cast
Revenue 48.7% 21.8%
PBT 66.9% 28.4%
EPS 52.0% 1.3%
DPS 12.5% 7.3%

Axon Group Fundamentals

Year Ending Revenue (£m) Pre-tax (£m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
31-Dec-03 a50.21 a4.02 6.80p 23.8 0.8 +31% 2.50p 1.5%
31-Dec-04 60.27 6.60 9.50p 15.6 0.4 +40% 3.00p 2.0%
31-Dec-05 87.89 10.38 12.60p 21.7 0.7 +33% 3.50p 1.3%
31-Dec-06 137.51 17.69 27.10p 22.5 0.2 +115% 4.00p 0.7%
31-Dec-07 204.47 29.53 41.20p 12.8 0.2 +52% 4.50p 0.9%

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

Axon Group Forecasts

Year Ending Revenue (£m) Pre-tax (£m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
31-Dec-08 249.06 37.90 41.74p 15.8 12.1 +1% 4.83p 0.7%
31-Dec-09 274.72 40.02 43.27p 15.2 4.1 +4% 5.41p 0.8%

Covering analysts: Altium Securities, Arbuthnot Securities, Exane BNP Paribas, Kaupthing Singer & Friedlander, KBC Peel Hunt

Axon Group Company Announcements

Rule 8.3 - Axon Group PLC 07-Oct-2008 16:25 BW
EPT Disclosure 07-Oct-2008 16:13 RNS
EPT Disclosure 07-Oct-2008 15:24 BW

Axon Group ShareCast News

London close: US fears sink Footsie 02-Oct-2008 ShareCast
London afternoon: Footsie hit by Dow slide 02-Oct-2008 ShareCast
London midday: HBOS arbitrage gap narrows to 40p 02-Oct-2008 ShareCast

Axon Group Top Newspaper Links

Marks & Cruncher 03-Oct-2008 Sun
Indian bidding war puts £440m tag on UK’s Axon 27-Sep-2008 Times
Indian Oil Producer Bids for British Rival 27-Aug-2008 New York Times

Latest Axon Group Director Deals

No deals were found in the last 28 days.

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.

 

Axon Group Market Data

Currency UK Pounds
Share Price 658.00p Price Down
Change Today -16.00p
52 Week High 886.50
52 Week Low 363.00
Volume 1,408,957
Shares Issued 64.38m
Market Cap £423.62m
Beta 0.40
RiskGrade 237

Axon Group Star Ratings

Compare performance with the sector and the market.
more star ratings
Key: vs Market vs Sector
Value
98.69% below the market average98.69% below the market average98.69% below the market average98.69% below the market average98.69% below the market average
97.24% below the sector average97.24% below the sector average97.24% below the sector average97.24% below the sector average97.24% below the sector average
Price Trend
88.65% above the market average88.65% above the market average88.65% above the market average88.65% above the market average88.65% above the market average
82.89% above the sector average82.89% above the sector average82.89% above the sector average82.89% above the sector average82.89% above the sector average
Income
96.21% below the market average96.21% below the market average96.21% below the market average96.21% below the market average96.21% below the market average
96.92% below the sector average96.92% below the sector average96.92% below the sector average96.92% below the sector average96.92% below the sector average
Growth
94.17% above the market average94.17% above the market average94.17% above the market average94.17% above the market average94.17% above the market average
90.60% above the sector average90.60% above the sector average90.60% above the sector average90.60% above the sector average90.60% above the sector average

What The Brokers Say

Strong Buy 3
Buy 0
Neutral 2
Sell 0
Strong Sell 0
Total 5
buy
Broker recommendations should not be taken as investment advice, and are provided by the authorised brokers listed on this page.

Axon Group Dividends

  Latest Previous
  Interim Final
Ex-Div 22-Oct-08 21-May-08
Paid 21-Nov-08 20-Jun-08
Amount 2.25p 2.50p

Trades for 07-Oct-2008

Time Volume / Share Price
14:37 25,000 @ 650.00p
14:36 25,000 @ 650.00p
14:43 100,000 @ 650.00p
14:42 100,000 @ 650.00p
14:40 73,447 @ 650.00p

Axon Group Key Personnel

Chair David Oertle

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