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Debenhams(DEB)

Sector:

General Retailers

Index:

FTSE 250

Market Cap

£354.28m

Change Today

Price Down-3.00p

Share Price

40.50p

Debenhams Overview

Debenhams is a department store group that floated on the market in 2006, three years after being taken private by private equity groups CVC, Merrill Lynch and Texas Pacific. The group has over 120 stores across the UK and Ireland with around 20,000 employees. Debenhams also has a further 29 international franchise stores in 14 countries.

1 Day Chart (22-Jul-2008)

1 Day Chart

6 Month Chart

6 Month Chart

Income & Efficiency

Latest F'cast
Div Yield 15.6% 13.9%
Div Cover 1.5 1.8
Op Mrgn 10.1% 4.9%
ROCE 34.6%  

Valuation

Latest F'cast
P/E 4.4 4.2
PEG 0.2 1.7
Pr/Revenue 0.2 0.2
Pr/Book 2.2  

Growth

Latest F'cast
Revenue 3.9% 31.7%
PBT 82.3% 1.7%
EPS 25.7% 2.5%
DPS 162.5% -16.7%

Debenhams Fundamentals

Year Ending Revenue (£m) Pre-tax (£m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
03-Sep-05 1,608.70 87.60 26.20p n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.0%
02-Sep-06 1,707.70 62.10 7.40p 25.4 n/a -72% 2.40p 1.3%
01-Sep-07 1,774.40 113.20 9.30p 13.0 0.5 +26% 6.30p 5.2%

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

Debenhams Forecasts

Year Ending Revenue (£m) Pre-tax (£m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
31-Aug-08 2,337.40 115.17 9.54p 4.2 1.7 +2% 5.25p 13.9%
31-Aug-09 2,364.93 107.62 8.77p 4.6 n/a -8% 4.75p 12.3%

Covering analysts: Altium Securities, Blue Oar Securities, Citigroup Investment Research, Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank Research, Evolution Securities, Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan, Kaupthing Singer & Friedlander, Landsbanki Securities, Lehman Bros, Merrill Lynch, Morgan Stanley, Numis Securities, Oriel Securities, Panmure Gordon, Seymour Pierce, Shore Capital Stockbrokers, Société Générale, UBS

Debenhams Company Announcements

Holding(s) in Company 15-Jul-2008 15:48 RNS
Holding(s) in Company 15-Jul-2008 15:45 RNS
Holding(s) in Company 14-Jul-2008 18:13 RNS

Debenhams ShareCast News

London close: Footsie deep in the red 10-Jul-2008 ShareCast
London afternoon: Footsie still in same range 10-Jul-2008 ShareCast
London midday: Interest rate status quo offers n... 10-Jul-2008 ShareCast

Debenhams Top Newspaper Links

Rent dent 22-Jul-2008 Sun
Retailers seek rent changes 21-Jul-2008 The Scotsman
Debenhams' upbeat trading statement aimed at end... 25-Jun-2008 Telegraph

Latest Debenhams Director Deals

Traded Action Notifier PriceAmountValue
04-Jul-08 Scrip Dividend Rob Templeman 61.20p 514,364 £314,790.76
04-Jul-08 Scrip Dividend Rob Templeman 61.20p 10,212 £6,249.74
04-Jul-08 Scrip Dividend Jonathan Feuer 61.20p 5,190 £3,176.28

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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.

 

Debenhams Market Data

Currency UK Pounds
Share Price 40.50p Price Down
Change Today -3.00p
52 Week High 133.25p
52 Week Low 31.75p
Volume 6,948,452
Shares Issued 874.77m
Market Cap £354.28m
Beta 1.51
RiskGrade 417

Debenhams Star Ratings

Compare performance with the sector and the market.
more star ratings
Key: vs Market vs Sector
Value
77.55% above the market average77.55% above the market average77.55% above the market average77.55% above the market average77.55% above the market average
67.57% above the sector average67.57% above the sector average67.57% above the sector average67.57% above the sector average67.57% above the sector average
Price Trend
80.34% below the market average80.34% below the market average80.34% below the market average80.34% below the market average80.34% below the market average
72.15% below the sector average72.15% below the sector average72.15% below the sector average72.15% below the sector average72.15% below the sector average
Income
92.17% above the market average92.17% above the market average92.17% above the market average92.17% above the market average92.17% above the market average
89.29% above the sector average89.29% above the sector average89.29% above the sector average89.29% above the sector average89.29% above the sector average
Growth
24.98% below the market average24.98% below the market average24.98% below the market average24.98% below the market average24.98% below the market average
15.49% below the sector average15.49% below the sector average15.49% below the sector average15.49% below the sector average15.49% below the sector average

What The Brokers Say

Strong Buy 2
Buy 1
Neutral 9
Sell 3
Strong Sell 3
Total 18
neutral
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Debenhams Dividends

  Latest Previous
  Interim Final
Ex-Div 04-Jun-08 05-Dec-07
Paid 04-Jul-08 04-Jan-08
Amount 2.50p 3.80p

Trades for --2008

Time Volume / Share Price
0 @ 0.000p

Debenhams Key Personnel

Chair John D Lovering
CEO Rob Templeman
Finance Director Chris Woodhouse
COO Michael Sharp

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