Experian Group(EXPN)

Sector:

Support Services

Index:

FTSE 100

Market Cap

£2,815.01m

Change Today

Price Down-25.25p (-8.42%)

Share Price

274.75p

Experian Group Overview

Experian is a global business services company, operating in four main areas: Credit Services; Decision Analytics; Marketing Solutions; Interactive. The group is perhaps best known for its credit checking operation that enables consumers to identify their credit score. Headquartered in Dublin, Experian was formerly part of the GUS group until being demerged in October 2006.

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Income & Efficiency

Latest F'cast
Div Yield 4.0% 3.1%
Div Cover 3.3 3.1
Op Mrgn 15.8% 19.1%
ROCE 818.6%  

Valuation

Latest F'cast
P/E 7.8 8.5
PEG 7.7 n/a
Pr/Revenue 1.2 1.2
Pr/Book 2.3  

Growth

Latest F'cast
Revenue 18.6% -5.6%
PBT 39.3% 35.6%
EPS 1.0% -5.1%
DPS 8.8% -4.8%

Experian Group Fundamentals

Year Ending Revenue ($m) Pre-tax ($m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
31-Mar-06 3,064.00 550.00 54.50¢ n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.0%
31-Mar-07 3,481.00 394.00 59.70¢ 16.7 1.7 +10% 17.00¢ 1.7%
31-Mar-08 4,130.00 549.00 60.30¢ 10.4 10.4 +1% 18.50¢ 3.0%

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

Experian Group Forecasts

Year Ending Revenue (£m) Pre-tax (£m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
31-Mar-09 2,287.64 436.59 32.36p 8.5 n/a -5% 10.33p 3.1%
31-Mar-10 2,419.78 496.98 36.61p 7.5 0.6 +13% 11.60p 3.4%

Covering analysts: ABN AMRO, Charles Stanley & Co, Citigroup Investment Research, Deutsche Bank Research, Goldman Sachs, Keefe Bruyette & Woods, Merrill Lynch, Morgan Stanley, Seymour Pierce, Shore Capital Stockbrokers, Stephens Inc

Experian Group Company Announcements

Acquisition of minority stake in DP Information Gp 01-Oct-2008 09:00 RNS
Total Voting Rights 30-Sep-2008 15:20 RNS
Holding(s) in Company 23-Sep-2008 12:01 RNS

Experian Group ShareCast News

Experian buys 40% stake in DP Information 01-Oct-2008 ShareCast
Experian confirms French unit sale talks 10-Sep-2008 ShareCast
London close: Commodity sell-off dumps Footsie 09-Sep-2008 ShareCast

Experian Group Top Newspaper Links

Credit due to the man who helps us beat the cheats 08-Sep-2008 Telegraph
Weakening demand fails to hurt Experian 11-Jul-2008 The Herald
Nice cubes 11-Jul-2008 Sun

Latest Experian Group Director Deals

No deals were found in the last 28 days.

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.

 

Experian Group Market Data

Currency UK Pounds
Share Price 274.75p Price Down
Change Today -25.25p
52 Week High 508.50
52 Week Low 269.00
Volume 12,453,284
Shares Issued 1,024.57m
Market Cap £2,815.01m
Beta 1.08
RiskGrade 318

Experian Group Star Ratings

Compare performance with the sector and the market.
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Key: vs Market vs Sector
Value
88% below the market average88% below the market average88% below the market average88% below the market average88% below the market average
74.13% below the sector average74.13% below the sector average74.13% below the sector average74.13% below the sector average74.13% below the sector average
Price Trend
3.79% below the market average3.79% below the market average3.79% below the market average3.79% below the market average3.79% below the market average
3.7% below the sector average3.7% below the sector average3.7% below the sector average3.7% below the sector average3.7% below the sector average
Income
28.85% below the market average28.85% below the market average28.85% below the market average28.85% below the market average28.85% below the market average
19.35% below the sector average19.35% below the sector average19.35% below the sector average19.35% below the sector average19.35% below the sector average
Growth
24.7% below the market average24.7% below the market average24.7% below the market average24.7% below the market average24.7% below the market average
36.41% below the sector average36.41% below the sector average36.41% below the sector average36.41% below the sector average36.41% below the sector average

What The Brokers Say

Strong Buy 1
Buy 2
Neutral 3
Sell 0
Strong Sell 4
Total 10
neutral
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Experian Group Dividends

  Latest Previous
  Final Interim
Ex-Div 25-Jun-08 02-Jan-08
Paid 25-Jul-08 01-Feb-08
Amount 12.00¢ 6.50¢

Trades for 10-Oct-2008

Time Volume / Share Price
16:35 863,871 @ 274.75p
16:29 800 @ 272.00p
16:29 800 @ 274.00p
16:29 310 @ 272.00p
16:29 226 @ 274.00p

Experian Group Key Personnel

Chair John Peace
CEO Don Robert
CFO Paul Brooks

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