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Home Retail Group(HOME)

Sector:

General Retailers

Index:

FTSE 250

Market Cap

£1,811.92m

Change Today

Price Up2.75p

Share Price

206.50p

HOME Overview

Home Retail Group is one of the UK's leading home retailers with two distinct brands. The company operates catalogue chain Argos and the UK’s second largest DIY chain, Homebase. Home Retail Group was demerged from parent company GUS in October 2006.

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Income & Efficiency

Latest F'cast
Div Yield 7.2% 7.3%
Div Cover 2.3 2.0
Op Mrgn 6.5% 6.1%
ROCE 26.3%  

Valuation

Latest F'cast
P/E 6.0 7.0
PEG 0.2 n/a
Pr/Revenue 0.3 0.3
Pr/Book 0.5  

Growth

Latest F'cast
Revenue -1.4% 1.6%
PBT 32.5% -13.2%
EPS 32.1% -14.6%
DPS 4.4% 0.8%

HOME Fundamentals

Year Ending Revenue (£m) Pre-tax (£m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
31-Mar-06 5,548.00 272.40 22.20p n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.0%
03-Mar-07 5,606.70 296.90 25.67p 16.4 1.0 +16% 14.08p 3.4%
01-Mar-08 5,984.80 426.00 33.90p 7.6 0.2 +32% 14.70p 5.7%

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

HOME Forecasts

Year Ending Revenue (£m) Pre-tax (£m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
28-Feb-09 6,079.78 369.74 28.96p 7.0 n/a -15% 14.82p 7.3%
28-Feb-10 6,196.72 354.20 27.43p 7.4 n/a -5% 15.20p 7.4%

Covering analysts: Blue Oar Securities, Charles Stanley & Co, Citigroup Investment Research, Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank Research, Goldman Sachs, HSBC Securities, ING Wholesale Banking, Investec Securities, JP Morgan, Landsbanki Securities, Lehman Bros, Merrill Lynch, Morgan Stanley, Numis Securities, Oddo Securities, Oriel Securities, Panmure Gordon, Seymour Pierce, Shore Capital Stockbrokers, Société Générale, UBS

HOME Company Announcements

Disclosure of Voting Rights 04-Jul-2008 17:01 RNS
PDMR Shareholding 04-Jul-2008 16:29 RNS
Disclosure of Voting Rights 03-Jul-2008 17:12 RNS

HOME ShareCast News

Broker tips: BBA, Moneysupermarket.com, Home Ret... 09-Jul-2008 ShareCast
Broker snap: Home Retail's UK exposure worries ING 09-Jul-2008 ShareCast
Argos workers to strike over pay 07-Jul-2008 ShareCast

HOME Top Newspaper Links

Homebase and Argos hit by consumer downturn 13-Jun-2008 Telegraph
Argos sales steady but Home Retail shares slump 13-Jun-2008 The Scotsman
Buyers find homes turning from cash cows into mi... 13-Jun-2008 Times

Latest HOME Director Deals

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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.

 

HOME Market Data

Currency UK Pounds
Share Price 206.50p Price Up
Change Today +2.75p
52 Week High 456.50p
52 Week Low 194.00p
Volume 8,584,401
Shares Issued 877.45m
Market Cap £1,811.92m
Beta 1.40
RiskGrade 247

HOME Star Ratings

Compare performance with the sector and the market.
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Key: vs Market vs Sector
Value
90.86% above the market average90.86% above the market average90.86% above the market average90.86% above the market average90.86% above the market average
65.33% above the sector average65.33% above the sector average65.33% above the sector average65.33% above the sector average65.33% above the sector average
Price Trend
21.76% below the market average21.76% below the market average21.76% below the market average21.76% below the market average21.76% below the market average
5.00% above the sector average5.00% above the sector average5.00% above the sector average5.00% above the sector average5.00% above the sector average
Income
80.72% above the market average80.72% above the market average80.72% above the market average80.72% above the market average80.72% above the market average
45.45% above the sector average45.45% above the sector average45.45% above the sector average45.45% above the sector average45.45% above the sector average
Growth
12.83% below the market average12.83% below the market average12.83% below the market average12.83% below the market average12.83% below the market average
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What The Brokers Say

Strong Buy 7
Buy 3
Neutral 9
Sell 2
Strong Sell 2
Total 23
neutral
Broker recommendations should not be taken as investment advice, and are provided by the authorised brokers listed on this page.

HOME Dividends

  Latest Previous
  Final Interim
Ex-Div 21-May-08 14-Nov-07
Paid 23-Jul-08 23-Jan-08
Amount 10.00p 4.70p

Trades for 09-Jul-2008

Time Volume / Share Price
14:28 3,292 @ 206.50p
14:28 1,724 @ 206.50p
14:28 1,561 @ 206.50p
14:28 106 @ 206.50p
14:28 3,577 @ 206.50p

HOME Key Personnel

Chair Oliver Stocken
CEO Terry Duddy
Finance Director Richard Ashton

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