Homeserve(HSV)

Sector:

Support Services

Index:

FTSE 250

Market Cap

£942.80m

Change Today

Price Up12.00p

Share Price

1,446.00p

Homeserve Overview

Homeserve was formerly known as South Staffordshire Group, but changed its name after demerging its water business in April 2004. The company is now a supplier of emergency plumbing and electricity services to customers of water and electricity companies.

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Income & Efficiency

Latest F'cast
Div Yield 2.2% 2.6%
Div Cover 3.0 2.9
Op Mrgn 13.6% 18.6%
ROCE 93.1%  

Valuation

Latest F'cast
P/E 15.5 13.6
PEG 0.6 1.0
Pr/Revenue 1.7 1.8
Pr/Book 3.6  

Growth

Latest F'cast
Revenue 16.2% -3.7%
PBT 17.6% 38.4%
EPS 24.5% 14.2%
DPS 25.0% 17.0%

Homeserve Fundamentals

Year Ending Revenue (£m) Pre-tax (£m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
31-Mar-04 a317.64 a37.84 51.00p 12.3 1.1 +11% 20.00p 3.2%
31-Mar-05 220.71 38.82 47.20p 18.9 n/a -8% 16.00p 1.8%
31-Mar-06 367.00 49.98 59.20p 24.5 1.0 +25% 20.00p 1.4%
31-Mar-07 477.36 61.08 74.70p 23.9 0.9 +26% 25.00p 1.4%
31-Mar-08 554.88 71.84 93.00p 20.7 0.9 +24% 31.25p 1.6%

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

Homeserve Forecasts

Year Ending Revenue (£m) Pre-tax (£m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
31-Mar-09 534.25 99.41 106.20p 13.5 1.0 +14% 36.57p 2.6%
31-Mar-10 589.98 115.66 123.12p 11.6 0.7 +16% 42.80p 3.0%

Covering analysts: ABN AMRO, Arbuthnot Securities, Arden Partners, Blue Oar Securities, Citigroup Investment Research, Merrill Lynch, Panmure Gordon, Seymour Pierce, WH Ireland

Homeserve Company Announcements

Director/PDMR Shareholding 27-Aug-2008 17:46 RNS
Director/PDMR Shareholding 11-Aug-2008 12:13 RNS
Director/PDMR Shareholding 07-Aug-2008 15:07 RNS

Homeserve ShareCast News

Carnival vice chairman in $2.5m sell-off 11-Aug-2008 ShareCast
FTSE 250 movers: Detica soars after BAE agrees p... 28-Jul-2008 ShareCast
Homeserve in line, ahead of last year 28-Jul-2008 ShareCast

Homeserve Top Newspaper Links

Homeserve looks away 20-May-2008 Telegraph
Coal scorers 20-May-2008 Sun
Home thoughts 25-Sep-2007 The Scotsman

Latest Homeserve Director Deals

Traded Action Notifier PriceAmountValue
08-Aug-08 Sell Ian Carlisle 1,441.00p 3,126 £45,045.66
08-Aug-08 Transfer From Ian Carlisle 0.000p 7,609 £0.00
08-Aug-08 Sell Richard Harpin 1,441.00p 8,060 £116,144.60

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.

 

Homeserve Market Data

Currency UK Pounds
Share Price 1,446.00p Price Up
Change Today +12.00p
52 Week High 2,057.00p
52 Week Low 1,370.00p
Volume 172,192
Shares Issued 65.20m
Market Cap £942.80m
Beta 0.62
RiskGrade 175

Homeserve Star Ratings

Compare performance with the sector and the market.
more star ratings
Key: vs Market vs Sector
Value
89.24% below the market average89.24% below the market average89.24% below the market average89.24% below the market average89.24% below the market average
79.51% below the sector average79.51% below the sector average79.51% below the sector average79.51% below the sector average79.51% below the sector average
Price Trend
6.28% below the market average6.28% below the market average6.28% below the market average6.28% below the market average6.28% below the market average
0.90% above the sector average0.90% above the sector average0.90% above the sector average0.90% above the sector average0.90% above the sector average
Income
55.36% below the market average55.36% below the market average55.36% below the market average55.36% below the market average55.36% below the market average
59.06% below the sector average59.06% below the sector average59.06% below the sector average59.06% below the sector average59.06% below the sector average
Growth
38.64% above the market average38.64% above the market average38.64% above the market average38.64% above the market average38.64% above the market average
9.00% above the sector average9.00% above the sector average9.00% above the sector average9.00% above the sector average9.00% above the sector average

What The Brokers Say

Strong Buy 5
Buy 2
Neutral 2
Sell 2
Strong Sell 0
Total 11
buy
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Homeserve Dividends

  Latest Previous
  Final Interim
Ex-Div 28-May-08 05-Dec-07
Paid 01-Aug-08 03-Jan-08
Amount 21.85p 9.40p

Trades for 29-Aug-2008

Time Volume / Share Price
16:35 21,471 @ 1,446.00p
16:29 578 @ 1,444.00p
16:29 44 @ 1,444.00p
16:29 105 @ 1,442.00p
16:28 521 @ 1,445.00p

Homeserve Key Personnel

CEO Richard Harpin
CFO Jonathan Simpson-Dent

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