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Big Yellow Group (BYG)

Sector:

Real Estate

Index:

FTSE 250

Market Cap

£244.21m

Change Today

Price Up8.50p (4.19%)

Share Price

211.50p

BYG Overview

Big Yellow is the leading self storage brand in London and is planning to expand in order to cover the rest of the UK. The company develops, owns, and operates, self-storage centres for both personal and business use. Currently the majority of its stores are located within the M25.

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Income & Efficiency

Latest F'cast
Div Yield 4.5% 3.4%
Div Cover 1.2 1.7
Op Mrgn 215.5% 28.5%
ROCE 13.8%  

Valuation

Latest F'cast
P/E 16.3 17.2
PEG 1.4 n/a
Pr/Revenue 4.3 4.7
Pr/Book 0.4  

Growth

Latest F'cast
Revenue 11.0% -7.9%
PBT -33.4% -85.4%
EPS 11.9% -5.3%
DPS 5.6% -24.5%

BYG Fundamentals

Year Ending Revenue (£m) Pre-tax (£m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
31-Mar-04 a23.83 a1.24 0.66p 200.0 n/a n/a 1.05p 0.8%
31-Mar-05 33.38 42.84 5.53p 36.4 0.0 +738% 2.00p 1.0%
31-Mar-06 41.89 118.55 9.04p 40.9 0.6 +64% 5.00p 1.4%
31-Mar-07 51.25 152.84 11.22p 59.6 2.5 +24% 9.00p 1.3%
31-Mar-08 56.87 101.84 12.98p 33.5 2.1 +16% 9.50p 2.2%

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

BYG Forecasts

Year Ending Revenue (£m) Pre-tax (£m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
31-Mar-09 52.36 14.90 12.30p 17.2 n/a -5% 7.18p 3.4%
31-Mar-10 42.87 n/a 14.09p 15.0 1.0 +15% 5.48p 2.6%

Covering analysts: Citigroup Investment Research, Evolution Securities, JP Morgan, Merrill Lynch

BYG Company Announcements

Total Voting Rights 28-Nov-2008 14:39 RNS
Director/PDMR Shareholding 25-Nov-2008 07:00 RNS
Interim Results 18-Nov-2008 07:00 RNS

BYG ShareCast News

Big Yellow non-exec finds space for shares 25-Nov-2008 ShareCast
Wednesday tips round-up: Wolseley, Lonmin, ICAP 19-Nov-2008 ShareCast
Broker tips: L&G, Big Yellow, Barratt 18-Nov-2008 ShareCast

BYG Top Newspaper Links

Big Yellow profits fall by 33pc 20-May-2008 Telegraph
Big Yellow's taxing year as it sees profits dip 6% 20-May-2008 The Scotsman
Trade ain't crate 20-May-2008 Sun

Latest BYG Director Deals

Traded Action Notifier PriceAmountValue
24-Nov-08 Buy Tim Clark 209.00p 15,000 £31,350.00
26-Sep-08 Buy Mark Richardson 339.80p 5,000 £16,990.00

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.

 

BYG Market Data

Currency UK Pounds
Share Price 211.50p Price Up
Change Today +8.50p
52 Week High 464.50
52 Week Low 195.00
Volume 600,764
Shares Issued 115.47m
Market Cap £244.21m
Beta 0.73
RiskGrade 299

BYG Star Ratings

Compare performance with the sector and the market.
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Key: vs Market vs Sector
Value
85.21% below the market average85.21% below the market average85.21% below the market average85.21% below the market average85.21% below the market average
97.4% below the sector average97.4% below the sector average97.4% below the sector average97.4% below the sector average97.4% below the sector average
Price Trend
6.74% below the market average6.74% below the market average6.74% below the market average6.74% below the market average6.74% below the market average
32.12% above the sector average32.12% above the sector average32.12% above the sector average32.12% above the sector average32.12% above the sector average
Income
93.44% below the market average93.44% below the market average93.44% below the market average93.44% below the market average93.44% below the market average
95.45% below the sector average95.45% below the sector average95.45% below the sector average95.45% below the sector average95.45% below the sector average
Growth
21.44% below the market average21.44% below the market average21.44% below the market average21.44% below the market average21.44% below the market average
23.66% above the sector average23.66% above the sector average23.66% above the sector average23.66% above the sector average23.66% above the sector average

What The Brokers Say

Strong Buy 1
Buy 0
Neutral 2
Sell 1
Strong Sell 0
Total 4
neutral
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BYG Dividends

  Latest Previous
  Final Interim
Ex-Div 11-Jun-08 05-Dec-07
Paid 16-Jul-08 28-Dec-07
Amount 5.50p 4.00p

Trades for 02-Dec-2008

Time Volume / Share Price
16:45 5,304 @ 211.50p
16:35 39,320 @ 211.50p
16:29 17 @ 210.75p
16:28 588 @ 211.50p
16:28 181 @ 211.50p

BYG Key Personnel

CEO James Gibson
COO Adrian Lee
Finance Director John Trotman

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