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Carphone Warehouse Group(CPW)

Sector:

General Retailers

Index:

FTSE 100

Market Cap

£1,810.85m

Change Today

Price Up7.50p

Share Price

198.10p

CPW Overview

The Carphone Warehouse Group began trading in 1989 and is now Europe’s largest independent retailer of mobile communications, with more than 1,100 stores in 11 countries.

1 Day Chart (23-Jul-2008)

1 Day Chart

6 Month Chart

6 Month Chart

Income & Efficiency

Latest F'cast
Div Yield 2.1% 2.8%
Div Cover 4.7 4.0
Op Mrgn 3.9% 7.4%
ROCE 39.6%  

Valuation

Latest F'cast
P/E 9.9 8.9
PEG 0.1 0.6
Pr/Revenue 0.4 0.5
Pr/Book 2.5  

Growth

Latest F'cast
Revenue 12.1% -25.2%
PBT 81.4% 100.7%
EPS 70.3% 15.6%
DPS 30.8% 29.6%

CPW Fundamentals

Year Ending Revenue (£m) Pre-tax (£m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
27-Mar-04 a1,849.01 a44.49 6.81p 21.1 0.7 +30% 1.30p 0.9%
02-Apr-05 2,355.09 91.94 9.25p 17.9 0.5 +36% 1.80p 1.1%
01-Apr-06 3,046.40 81.00 12.38p 25.0 0.7 +34% 2.50p 0.8%
31-Mar-07 3,991.50 68.40 11.80p 23.5 n/a -5% 3.25p 1.2%
29-Mar-08 4,474.40 124.10 20.10p 14.4 0.2 +70% 4.25p 1.5%

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

CPW Forecasts

Year Ending Revenue (£m) Pre-tax (£m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
31-Mar-09 3,348.37 249.10 22.15p 8.9 0.6 +16% 5.51p 2.8%
31-Mar-10 3,196.83 281.13 24.22p 8.2 0.9 +9% 6.48p 3.1%

Covering analysts: ABN AMRO, Blue Oar Securities, Charles Stanley & Co, Citigroup Investment Research, Collins Stewart, Credit Suisse, Daniel Stewart & Company Plc, Deutsche Bank Research, Goldman Sachs, Investec Securities, JP Morgan, Landsbanki Securities, Lehman Bros, Merrill Lynch, Morgan Stanley, Société Générale, UBS

CPW Company Announcements

Holding(s) in Company 04-Jul-2008 09:49 RNS
Merger Update 03-Jul-2008 11:06 RNS
Total Voting Rights 02-Jul-2008 09:26 RNS

CPW ShareCast News

London close: Losses narrow despite Vodafone plu... 22-Jul-2008 ShareCast
London afternoon: Footsie still lower 22-Jul-2008 ShareCast
London midday: Wrong numbers at Vodafone 22-Jul-2008 ShareCast

CPW Top Newspaper Links

Vodafone shares drop as chill reaches telecoms 23-Jul-2008 Times
Mega BT 16-Jul-2008 Sun
Currys off 27-Jun-2008 Sun

Latest CPW 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.

 

CPW Market Data

Currency UK Pounds
Share Price 198.10p Price Up
Change Today +7.50p
52 Week High 374.75p
52 Week Low 179.00p
Volume 5,928,297
Shares Issued 914.11m
Market Cap £1,810.85m
Beta 1.03
RiskGrade 299

CPW Star Ratings

Compare performance with the sector and the market.
more star ratings
Key: vs Market vs Sector
Value
1.82% above the market average1.82% above the market average1.82% above the market average1.82% above the market average1.82% above the market average
43.24% below the sector average43.24% below the sector average43.24% below the sector average43.24% below the sector average43.24% below the sector average
Price Trend
40.46% below the market average40.46% below the market average40.46% below the market average40.46% below the market average40.46% below the market average
13.92% below the sector average13.92% below the sector average13.92% below the sector average13.92% below the sector average13.92% below the sector average
Income
25.76% below the market average25.76% below the market average25.76% below the market average25.76% below the market average25.76% below the market average
67.86% below the sector average67.86% below the sector average67.86% below the sector average67.86% below the sector average67.86% below the sector average
Growth
65.05% above the market average65.05% above the market average65.05% above the market average65.05% above the market average65.05% above the market average
80.28% above the sector average80.28% above the sector average80.28% above the sector average80.28% above the sector average80.28% above the sector average

What The Brokers Say

Strong Buy 8
Buy 3
Neutral 5
Sell 2
Strong Sell 0
Total 18
buy
Broker recommendations should not be taken as investment advice, and are provided by the authorised brokers listed on this page.

CPW Dividends

  Latest Previous
  Final Interim
Ex-Div 09-Jul-08 14-Nov-07
Paid 08-Aug-08 07-Dec-07
Amount 3.00p 1.25p

Trades for 23-Jul-2008

Time Volume / Share Price
16:53 4,801 @ 193.60p
16:35 250,361 @ 198.10p
16:29 3,746 @ 199.00p
16:29 6,320 @ 198.80p
16:29 1,138 @ 198.90p

CPW Key Personnel

CEO Charles W Dunstone
CFO Roger W Taylor
Chair John Gildersleeve
COO David Goldie

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