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Venture Production(VPC)

Sector:

Oil & Gas Producers

Index:

FTSE 250

Market Cap

£1,160.29m

Change Today

Price Down-7.50p

Share Price

794.50p

VPC Overview

Venture Production is an oil and gas company focused on recapturing the potential of stranded reserves - oil and gas fields with proven but untapped potential- in the North Sea.

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6 Month Chart

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Income & Efficiency

Latest F'cast
Div Yield 1.5% 1.6%
Div Cover 3.0 7.6
Op Mrgn 32.0% 51.9%
ROCE 13.4%  

Valuation

Latest F'cast
P/E 22.5 8.2
PEG n/a 0.1
Pr/Revenue 3.3 2.0
Pr/Book 4.2  

Growth

Latest F'cast
Revenue -0.5% 61.3%
PBT -42.7% 196.3%
EPS -44.8% 175.1%
DPS 20.0% 7.3%

VPC Fundamentals

Year Ending Revenue (£m) Pre-tax (£m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
31-Dec-03 a71.03 a23.45 12.70p 11.4 0.1 +87% n/a 0.0%
31-Dec-04 81.45 (3.53) (6.30)p n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.0%
31-Dec-05 164.10 55.85 25.30p 20.4 n/a n/a n/a 0.0%
31-Dec-06 360.25 176.74 64.50p 13.7 0.1 +155% 10.00p 1.1%
31-Dec-07 358.30 101.21 35.60p 22.2 n/a -45% 12.00p 1.5%

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

VPC Forecasts

Year Ending Revenue (£m) Pre-tax (£m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
31-Dec-08 578.10 299.90 97.95p 8.2 0.0 +175% 12.88p 1.6%
31-Dec-09 736.95 396.37 129.19p 6.2 0.2 +32% 13.76p 1.7%

Covering analysts: ABN AMRO, Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank Research, Evolution Securities, Goldman Sachs, Jefferies, KBC Peel Hunt, Merrill Lynch, Oriel Securities, UBS

VPC Company Announcements

Dutch Asset Acquisitions 08-Jul-2008 07:00 RNS
Operational and Trading Updat 01-Jul-2008 07:00 RNS
Holding(s) in Company 27-Jun-2008 17:15 RNS

VPC ShareCast News

Venture Production resumes growth 01-Jul-2008 ShareCast
British Land non-execs take first stakes 23-May-2008 ShareCast
Lookers non-exec takes stake past 20% 14-Apr-2008 ShareCast

VPC Top Newspaper Links

Venture drills back to its ‘growth path’ 02-Jul-2008 The Herald
Green campaign fails to give Superglass the lift... 02-Jul-2008 The Scotsman
Venture looks to restore investors' faith with 8... 02-Jul-2008 The Scotsman

Latest VPC Director Deals

Traded Action Notifier PriceAmountValue
27-Jun-08 Transfer From Peter Turner 0.000p 30 £0.00
27-Jun-08 Buy Peter Turner 828.50p 15 £124.27
27-Jun-08 Transfer From Rod Begbie 0.000p 30 £0.00

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.

 

VPC Market Data

Currency UK Pounds
Share Price 794.50p Price Down
Change Today -7.50p
52 Week High 935.50p
52 Week Low 585.00p
Volume 297,923
Shares Issued 146.04m
Market Cap £1,160.29m
Beta 0.88
RiskGrade 189

VPC Star Ratings

Compare performance with the sector and the market.
more star ratings
Key: vs Market vs Sector
Value
55.66% below the market average55.66% below the market average55.66% below the market average55.66% below the market average55.66% below the market average
75.00% above the sector average75.00% above the sector average75.00% above the sector average75.00% above the sector average75.00% above the sector average
Price Trend
79.34% above the market average79.34% above the market average79.34% above the market average79.34% above the market average79.34% above the market average
26.40% above the sector average26.40% above the sector average26.40% above the sector average26.40% above the sector average26.40% above the sector average
Income
92.79% below the market average92.79% below the market average92.79% below the market average92.79% below the market average92.79% below 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
37.40% above the market average37.40% above the market average37.40% above the market average37.40% above the market average37.40% above the market average
55.56% below the sector average55.56% below the sector average55.56% below the sector average55.56% below the sector average55.56% below the sector average

What The Brokers Say

Strong Buy 5
Buy 2
Neutral 2
Sell 1
Strong Sell 0
Total 10
buy
Broker recommendations should not be taken as investment advice, and are provided by the authorised brokers listed on this page.

VPC Dividends

  Latest Previous
  Final Special
Ex-Div 23-Apr-08 04-Jul-07
Paid 28-May-08 24-Jul-07
Amount 12.00p 40.00p

Trades for 09-Jul-2008

Time Volume / Share Price
10:13 18 @ 794.50p
10:13 565 @ 794.50p
10:13 50 @ 794.50p
10:12 907 @ 794.50p
10:12 99 @ 794.50p

VPC Key Personnel

COO Jonathan Murphy
CEO Michael J Wagstaff
Chair John Morgan
Finance Director Peter Turner

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