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Standard Life(SL.)

Sector:

Life Insurance

Index:

FTSE 100

Market Cap

£4,376.76m

Change Today

Price Down-9.25p

Share Price

201.00p

Standard Life Overview

Standard Life is a UK insurer that has been in operation for nearly 200 years. The company was reincorporated as a mutual assurance company in 1925 and remained so until its flotation on the stock market in 2006. The company has operations in a number of regions from Edinburgh to Hong Kong and currently over 7m customers.

1 Day Chart (04-Jul-2008)

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6 Month Chart

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Income & Efficiency

Latest F'cast
Div Yield 5.7% 6.1%
Div Cover 1.9 2.1
Op Mrgn 15.4% 3.7%
ROCE 7.3%  

Valuation

Latest F'cast
P/E 9.3 7.7
PEG 0.2 0.4
Pr/Revenue 1.2 0.2
Pr/Book 1.2  

Growth

Latest F'cast
Revenue -8.0% 381.5%
PBT -23.5% 6.0%
EPS 60.7% 20.4%
DPS 113.0% 6.5%

Standard Life Fundamentals

Year Ending Revenue (£m) Pre-tax (£m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
31-Dec-05 3,609.00 614.00 0.00p n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.0%
31-Dec-06 3,963.00 810.00 13.50p 21.9 n/a n/a 5.40p 1.8%
31-Dec-07 3,646.00 620.00 21.70p 11.6 0.2 +61% 11.50p 4.5%

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

Standard Life Forecasts

Year Ending Revenue (£m) Pre-tax (£m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
31-Dec-08 17,554.20 656.95 26.12p 7.7 0.4 +20% 12.25p 6.1%
31-Dec-09 19,326.10 680.39 28.03p 7.2 1.0 +7% 12.96p 6.5%

Covering analysts: ABN AMRO, Bernstein Research, Citigroup Investment Research, Collins Stewart, Daiwa Research Institute, Deutsche Bank Research, JP Morgan, Lehman Bros, Merrill Lynch, Morgan Stanley, Panmure Gordon, UBS

Standard Life Company Announcements

Director/PDMR Shareholding 01-Jul-2008 15:33 RNS
Total Voting Rights 30-Jun-2008 16:57 RNS
Blocklisting Interim Review 17-Jun-2008 17:48 RNS

Standard Life ShareCast News

FTSE 100 movers: Friends Provident suffers Lomba... 04-Jul-2008 ShareCast
London close: Insurers lead decline 04-Jul-2008 ShareCast
Sector movers: Supermarkets bounce back 04-Jul-2008 ShareCast

Standard Life Top Newspaper Links

B&B's big four investors want Cowdery back 06-Jul-2008 Independent on Sunday
B&B sinks ever lower as investors play the blame... 05-Jul-2008 The Independent
Six high street banks step in to guarantee £220m... 05-Jul-2008 Guardian

Latest Standard Life Director Deals

Traded Action Notifier PriceAmountValue
25-Jun-08 Transfer From David Thomas Nish 0.000p 11 £0.00
25-Jun-08 Transfer From Keith Skeoch 0.000p 11 £0.00
25-Jun-08 Buy David Thomas Nish 224.00p 56 £125.44

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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.

 

Standard Life Market Data

Currency UK Pounds
Share Price 201.00p Price Down
Change Today -9.25p
52 Week High 341.00p
52 Week Low 198.00p
Volume 5,151,784
Shares Issued 2,177.49m
Market Cap £4,376.76m
Beta 1.44
RiskGrade 206

Standard Life Star Ratings

Compare performance with the sector and the market.
more star ratings
Key: vs Market vs Sector
Value
73.94% above the market average73.94% above the market average73.94% above the market average73.94% above the market average73.94% above the market average
16.67% below the sector average16.67% below the sector average16.67% below the sector average16.67% below the sector average16.67% below the sector average
Price Trend
3.94% below the market average3.94% below the market average3.94% below the market average3.94% below the market average3.94% below the market average
53.85% above the sector average53.85% above the sector average53.85% above the sector average53.85% above the sector average53.85% above the sector average
Income
61.98% above the market average61.98% above the market average61.98% above the market average61.98% above the market average61.98% above the market average
33.33% below the sector average33.33% below the sector average33.33% below the sector average33.33% below the sector average33.33% below the sector average
Growth
45.76% below the market average45.76% below the market average45.76% below the market average45.76% below the market average45.76% below the market average
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What The Brokers Say

Strong Buy 6
Buy 1
Neutral 4
Sell 2
Strong Sell 2
Total 15
neutral
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Standard Life Dividends

  Latest Previous
  Final Interim
Ex-Div n/a 12-Sep-07
Paid 30-May-08 30-Nov-07
Amount 7.70p 3.80p

Trades for 04-Jul-2008

Time Volume / Share Price
16:35 738,681 @ 201.00p
16:34 182,313 @ 203.28p
16:32 165,613 @ 203.05p
16:29 700 @ 201.75p
16:29 4,569 @ 201.50p

Standard Life Key Personnel

Chair Sir Brian Stewart

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