Standard Life (SL.)

Sector:

Life Insurance

Index:

FTSE 100

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206.40p
   
  • Change Today:
      0.70p
  • 52 Week High: 250.70p
  • 52 Week Low: 172.00p
  • Currency: UK Pounds
  • Shares Issued: 2,357.67m
  • Volume: 232,098
  • Market Cap: £4,866.23m
  • RiskGrade: 129
  • Beta: 1.17

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.

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Standard Life Financials

Latest F'cast
Div Yield 6.7% 7.1%
Div Cover 0.9 1.2
Op Mrgn 19.7% 2.5%
ROCE 12.4%  
Latest F'cast
P/E 15.8 11.7
PEG n/a 0.3
Pr/Revenue 1.5 0.2
Pr/Book 1.1  
Latest F'cast
Revenue 3.1% 534.4%
PBT -38.7% -9.9%
EPS -29.3% 34.9%
DPS 6.2% 5.1%

Standard Life Fundamentals

Year Ending Revenue (£m) Pre-tax (£m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
31-Dec-07 3,732.00 620.00 21.70p 11.6 0.2 +61% 11.50p 4.5%
31-Dec-08 3,564.00 (406.00) 7.90p 25.6 n/a -64% 11.77p 5.8%
31-Dec-09 3,296.00 410.00 7.50p 28.9 n/a -5% 12.24p 5.7%
31-Dec-10 3,244.00 971.00 18.40p 11.7 0.1 +145% 13.00p 6.0%
31-Dec-11 3,343.00 595.00 13.00p 15.9 n/a -29% 13.80p 6.7%

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-12 21,207.82 535.85 17.54p 11.7 0.3 +35% 14.51p 7.1%
31-Dec-13 23,498.03 619.94 19.98p 10.3 0.7 +14% 15.26p 7.4%

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Standard Life Company Announcements

Redemption of Debt 28-May-2012 07:30 RNS-R
Result of AGM 25-May-2012 16:39 RNS
Director/PDMR Shareholding 15-May-2012 14:39 RNS

Standard Life ShareCast News

London close: Footsie pares gains after gloomy G... 25-Apr-2012 ShareCast
London midday: Stocks pare gains after GDP data 25-Apr-2012 ShareCast
Upbeat Standard Life enjoys resilient quarter 25-Apr-2012 ShareCast

Standard Life Top Newspaper Links

Anti-bank sentiment in politics hitting share pr... 16-May-2012 The Herald
Grigson to take Trinity Mirror chair 06-Dec-2011 The Scotsman
Standard Life unveils fresh job cuts as 69 are a... 30-Nov-2011 The Scotsman

Latest Standard Life Director Deals

Traded Action Notifier PriceAmountValue
15-May-12 Buy John Paynter 206.07p 20,000 £41,214.00
09-May-12 Transfer From Norman Keith Skeoch 0.000p 260,130 £0.00
01-May-12 Transfer From David Thomas Nish 0.000p 243,872 £0.00

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.

 

Standard Life Market Data

Currency UK Pounds
Share Price 206.40p
Change Today 0.70p
% Change 0.34 %
52 Week High 250.70p
52 Week Low 172.00p
Volume 232,098
Shares Issued 2,357.67m
Market Cap £4,866.23m
Beta 1.17
RiskGrade 129

Standard Life Star Ratings

Compare performance with the sector and the market.
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Key: vs Market vs Sector
Value
43.69% above the market average43.69% above the market average43.69% above the market average43.69% above the market average43.69% 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
Price Trend
58.77% above the market average58.77% above the market average58.77% above the market average58.77% above the market average58.77% above the market average
50.00% above the sector average50.00% above the sector average50.00% above the sector average50.00% above the sector average50.00% above the sector average
Income
79.35% above the market average79.35% above the market average79.35% above the market average79.35% above the market average79.35% above the market average
33.33% above the sector average33.33% above the sector average33.33% above the sector average33.33% above the sector average33.33% above the sector average
Growth
10.15% below the market average10.15% below the market average10.15% below the market average10.15% below the market average10.15% below the market average
27.27% above the sector average27.27% above the sector average27.27% above the sector average27.27% above the sector average27.27% above the sector average

What The Brokers Say

Strong Buy 3
Buy 2
Neutral 9
Sell 4
Strong Sell 4
Total 22
neutral
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Standard Life Dividends

  Latest Previous
  Final Interim
Ex-Div 21-Mar-12 17-Aug-11
Paid 31-May-12 18-Nov-11
Amount 9.20p 4.60p

Trades for 28-May-2012

Time Volume / Share Price
10:35 300 @ 206.41p
10:35 389 @ 206.40p
10:35 4,361 @ 206.40p
10:34 246 @ 206.30p
10:34 1,856 @ 206.40p

Standard Life Key Personnel

Chair Gerry Grimstone

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