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Michael Page International (MPI)

Sector:

Support Services

Index:

FTSE 250

Market Cap

£579.96m

Change Today

Price Down-11.00p (-5.70%)

Share Price

182.00p

MPI Overview

Recruitment consultant, Michael Page, is a global leader in its field, operating from more than 100 offices in 16 countries within the UK, Continental Europe, Asia-Pacific and the Americas. The firm specialises in wide range of areas from legal and finance to HR and accounting.

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Income & Efficiency

Latest F'cast
Div Yield 4.4% 4.2%
Div Cover 3.9 3.6
Op Mrgn 18.0% 15.6%
ROCE 85.1%  

Valuation

Latest F'cast
P/E 5.9 5.6
PEG 0.1 1.2
Pr/Revenue 0.7 0.6
Pr/Book 5.4  

Growth

Latest F'cast
Revenue 28.1% 17.2%
PBT 52.1% 3.1%
EPS 58.7% 4.7%
DPS 33.3% 12.5%

MPI Fundamentals

Year Ending Revenue (£m) Pre-tax (£m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
31-Dec-03 a372.62 a22.41 4.10p 45.4 n/a -29% 3.40p 1.8%
31-Dec-04 433.73 38.86 7.20p 26.0 0.3 +76% 4.00p 2.1%
31-Dec-05 523.81 66.14 14.80p 18.2 0.2 +106% 5.00p 1.9%
31-Dec-06 649.06 96.96 19.60p 23.1 0.7 +32% 6.00p 1.3%
31-Dec-07 831.64 147.44 31.10p 9.3 0.2 +59% 8.00p 2.8%

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

MPI Forecasts

Year Ending Revenue (£m) Pre-tax (£m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
31-Dec-08 974.61 152.00 32.57p 5.6 1.2 +5% 9.00p 4.2%
31-Dec-09 897.42 110.03 24.37p 7.5 n/a -25% 8.84p 4.1%

Covering analysts: ABN AMRO, Altium Securities, Blue Oar Securities, CA Cheuvreux, Citigroup Investment Research, Collins Stewart, Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank Research, Evolution Securities, Exane BNP Paribas, Goldman Sachs, ING Wholesale Banking, Investec Securities, Merrill Lynch, Morgan Stanley, Oriel Securities, Panmure Gordon, Seymour Pierce, Teathers Limited

MPI Company Announcements

Trading Statement 04-Dec-2008 07:00 RNS
Total Voting Rights 28-Nov-2008 09:24 RNS
Director/PDMR Shareholding 04-Nov-2008 16:01 RNS

MPI ShareCast News

London close: Rate cuts greeted with little enth... 04-Dec-2008 ShareCast
London afternoon: Rate cut leads to anti-climax 04-Dec-2008 ShareCast
FTSE 250 movers: Michael Page slumps after warning 04-Dec-2008 ShareCast

MPI Top Newspaper Links

Banking hits jobs 08-Oct-2008 Sun
UK profits fall for HR giant Michael Page 08-Oct-2008 The Scotsman
Adecco drops £1.3bn bid for rival Michael Page 17-Sep-2008 Times

Latest MPI 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.

 

MPI Market Data

Currency UK Pounds
Share Price 182.00p Price Down
Change Today -11.00p
52 Week High 373.50p
52 Week Low 150.50p
Volume 9,447,003
Shares Issued 318.66m
Market Cap £579.96m
Beta 1.00
RiskGrade 348

MPI Star Ratings

Compare performance with the sector and the market.
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Key: vs Market vs Sector
Value
59.35% below the market average59.35% below the market average59.35% below the market average59.35% below the market average59.35% below the market average
58.16% below the sector average58.16% below the sector average58.16% below the sector average58.16% below the sector average58.16% below the sector average
Price Trend
17.54% above the market average17.54% above the market average17.54% above the market average17.54% above the market average17.54% above the market average
10.90% above the sector average10.90% above the sector average10.90% above the sector average10.90% above the sector average10.90% above the sector average
Income
6.97% below the market average6.97% below the market average6.97% below the market average6.97% below the market average6.97% below the market average
9.09% below the sector average9.09% below the sector average9.09% below the sector average9.09% below the sector average9.09% below the sector average
Growth
86.49% above the market average86.49% above the market average86.49% above the market average86.49% above the market average86.49% above the market average
86.32% above the sector average86.32% above the sector average86.32% above the sector average86.32% above the sector average86.32% above the sector average

What The Brokers Say

Strong Buy 1
Buy 1
Neutral 8
Sell 1
Strong Sell 6
Total 17
sell
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MPI Dividends

  Latest Previous
  Interim Final
Ex-Div 10-Sep-08 07-May-08
Paid 10-Oct-08 09-Jun-08
Amount 2.88p 5.60p

Trades for 04-Dec-2008

Time Volume / Share Price
11:49 43,800 @ 174.77p
16:47 375,000 @ 163.22p
16:35 224,735 @ 182.00p
16:33 415 @ 171.00p
16:29 821 @ 182.50p

MPI Key Personnel

CEO Stephen Ingham

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