Home Retail Group (HOME)

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General Retailers

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FTSE 250

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77.50p
   
  • Change Today:
      0.35p
  • 52 Week High: 215.00p
  • 52 Week Low: 72.45p
  • Currency: UK Pounds
  • Shares Issued: 813.45m
  • Volume: 3,202,302
  • Market Cap: £630.42m
  • RiskGrade: 318
  • Beta: 1.34

Home Retail 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.

1 Day Chart (28-05-2012)

6 Month Chart

Home Retail Financials

Latest F'cast
Div Yield 6.1% 5.0%
Div Cover 2.1 1.5
Op Mrgn 1.8% 1.3%
ROCE 8.6%  
Latest F'cast
P/E 7.8 13.2
PEG n/a n/a
Pr/Revenue 0.1 0.1
Pr/Book 0.2  
Latest F'cast
Revenue -4.6% -3.7%
PBT -60.7% -32.9%
EPS -53.1% -41.4%
DPS -68.0% -18.0%

Home Retail Fundamentals

Year Ending Revenue (£m) Pre-tax (£m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
01-Mar-08 5,984.80 426.00 33.90p 7.6 0.2 +32% 14.70p 5.7%
28-Feb-09 5,897.40 (394.20) 25.90p 8.2 n/a -24% 14.70p 6.9%
27-Feb-10 6,022.70 293.00 23.40p 10.9 n/a -10% 14.70p 5.8%
26-Feb-11 5,851.90 265.20 21.30p 10.4 n/a -9% 14.70p 6.6%
03-Mar-12 5,582.80 104.10 10.00p 10.4 n/a -53% 4.70p 4.5%

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

Home Retail Forecasts

Year Ending Revenue (£m) Pre-tax (£m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
28-Feb-13 5,377.49 69.87 5.86p 13.2 n/a -41% 3.85p 5.0%
28-Feb-14 5,372.95 72.68 6.51p 11.9 1.1 +11% 3.93p 5.1%

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Home Retail Company Announcements

Director/PDMR Shareholding 28-May-2012 12:01 RNS
PDMR Shareholding 25-May-2012 10:00 RNS
Holding(s) in Company 24-May-2012 16:07 RNS

Home Retail ShareCast News

Dialight Chairman makes first sale since company... 28-May-2012 ShareCast
Wednesday broker round-up - UPDATE 16-May-2012 ShareCast
Central Asia Metals founder drops 640,000 shares 14-May-2012 ShareCast

Home Retail Top Newspaper Links

ARGOS OWNER LOOKS TO CHINA AS PROFITS SLIDE 20-Oct-2011 Express & Star
Argos profits slump by 94% 20-Oct-2011 Guardian
Home Retail falls to record low as Argos profits... 20-Oct-2011 The Independent

Latest Home Retail Director Deals

Traded Action Notifier PriceAmountValue
28-May-12 Buy Terry Duddy 76.87p 160,000 £122,992.00
10-May-12 Sell Terry Duddy 76.24p 79,476 £60,596.00
10-May-12 Transfer From Terry Duddy 0.000p 152,530 £0.00

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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 Retail Market Data

Currency UK Pounds
Share Price 77.50p
Change Today 0.35p
% Change 0.45 %
52 Week High 215.00p
52 Week Low 72.45p
Volume 3,202,302
Shares Issued 813.45m
Market Cap £630.42m
Beta 1.34
RiskGrade 318

Home Retail Star Ratings

Compare performance with the sector and the market.
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Key: vs Market vs Sector
Value
76.82% above the market average76.82% above the market average76.82% above the market average76.82% above the market average76.82% above the market average
69.57% above the sector average69.57% above the sector average69.57% above the sector average69.57% above the sector average69.57% above the sector average
Price Trend
72.58% below the market average72.58% below the market average72.58% below the market average72.58% below the market average72.58% below the market average
71.43% below the sector average71.43% below the sector average71.43% below the sector average71.43% below the sector average71.43% below the sector average
Income
75.89% above the market average75.89% above the market average75.89% above the market average75.89% above the market average75.89% above the market average
52.63% above the sector average52.63% above the sector average52.63% above the sector average52.63% above the sector average52.63% above the sector average
Growth
97.12% below the market average97.12% below the market average97.12% below the market average97.12% below the market average97.12% below the market average
95.74% below the sector average95.74% below the sector average95.74% below the sector average95.74% below the sector average95.74% below the sector average

What The Brokers Say

Strong Buy 3
Buy 1
Neutral 2
Sell 3
Strong Sell 12
Total 21
sell
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Home Retail Dividends

  Latest Previous
  Interim Final
Ex-Div 09-Nov-11 18-May-11
Paid 18-Jan-12 20-Jul-11
Amount 4.70p 10.00p

Trades for 28-May-2012

Time Volume / Share Price
16:42 3,121 @ 77.51p
16:35 338,463 @ 77.50p
16:29 234 @ 77.40p
16:29 960 @ 77.50p
16:29 249 @ 77.40p

Home Retail Key Personnel

Chair Oliver Stocken
CEO Terry Duddy
Finance Director Richard Ashton

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