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John Wood Group (WG.)

Sector:

Oil Equipment Services & Distribution

Index:

FTSE 100

Market Cap

£1,044.06m

Change Today

Price Up5.20p (2.70%)

Share Price

197.80p

John Wood Group Overview

The international energy services company provides the oil and gas and power generation industries with engineering design, production support and industrial gas turbine services.

1 Day Chart (02-Dec-2008)

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6 Month Chart

6 Month Chart

Income & Efficiency

Latest F'cast
Div Yield 2.4% 2.6%
Div Cover 5.5 5.3
Op Mrgn 6.4% 6.9%
ROCE 34.5%  

Valuation

Latest F'cast
P/E 7.7 6.8
PEG 0.2 0.4
Pr/Revenue 0.4 0.3
Pr/Book 1.6  

Growth

Latest F'cast
Revenue 27.8% -52.3%
PBT 41.6% -43.6%
EPS 50.8% 17.3%
DPS 40.0% -47.3%

John Wood Group Fundamentals

Year Ending Revenue ($m) Pre-tax ($m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
31-Dec-03 a1,705.00 a83.00 15.40p 13.0 n/a -7% 3.30p 2.4%
31-Dec-04 2,288.10 66.20 13.20¢ 15.1 n/a -14% 3.60¢ 1.8%
31-Dec-05 2,725.80 124.70 17.00¢ 17.8 0.6 +29% 4.00¢ 1.3%
31-Dec-06 3,468.80 183.60 25.40¢ 15.3 0.3 +49% 5.00¢ 1.3%
31-Dec-07 4,432.70 259.90 38.30¢ 16.8 0.3 +51% 7.00¢ 1.1%

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

John Wood Group Forecasts

Year Ending Revenue (£m) Pre-tax (£m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
31-Dec-08 3,144.46 218.06 29.26p 6.8 0.4 +17% 5.49p 2.6%
31-Dec-09 3,289.07 242.88 31.65p 6.3 0.8 +8% 6.26p 2.9%

Covering analysts: ABN AMRO, Arden Partners, Charles Stanley & Co, Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank Research, Evolution Securities, Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan, Lehman Bros, Merrill Lynch, Morgan Stanley, Oriel Securities, Simmons & Company Internationa, Singer Capital Markets

John Wood Group Company Announcements

Director/PDMR Shareholding 24-Nov-2008 16:54 PR Newswire
Holding(s) in Company 20-Nov-2008 16:30 PR Newswire
Investor and Analyst Presentation 11-Nov-2008 09:14 RNS

John Wood Group ShareCast News

London close: Footsie stages late rally 18-Nov-2008 ShareCast
London afternoon: Banks bashed again 18-Nov-2008 ShareCast
Sector movers: China spending plans boost commod... 10-Nov-2008 ShareCast

John Wood Group Top Newspaper Links

Wood wins Gulf carbon-capture work 19-Nov-2008 The Scotsman
Wood secures Middle East deal 19-Nov-2008 The Herald
Wood wins Taqa contract 14-Nov-2008 The Scotsman

Latest John Wood Group Director Deals

Traded Action Notifier PriceAmountValue
21-Nov-08 Buy Mark Papworth 193.70p 10,267 £19,887.18
03-Nov-08 Exercise of option Les Thomas 0.000p 50,000 £0.00
28-Oct-08 Buy John Ogren 174.91p 25,000 £43,726.50

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.

 

John Wood Group Market Data

Currency UK Pounds
Share Price 197.80p Price Up
Change Today +5.20p
52 Week High 494.50
52 Week Low 174.00
Volume 3,865,509
Shares Issued 527.84m
Market Cap £1,044.06m
Beta 1.15
RiskGrade 537

John Wood Group Star Ratings

Compare performance with the sector and the market.
more star ratings
Key: vs Market vs Sector
Value
47.62% below the market average47.62% below the market average47.62% below the market average47.62% below the market average47.62% below the market average
25% below the sector average25% below the sector average25% below the sector average25% below the sector average25% below the sector average
Price Trend Not Available
Income
68.48% below the market average68.48% below the market average68.48% below the market average68.48% below the market average68.48% below the market average
27.27% below the sector average27.27% below the sector average27.27% below the sector average27.27% below the sector average27.27% below the sector average
Growth
85.12% above the market average85.12% above the market average85.12% above the market average85.12% above the market average85.12% above the market average
20% below the sector average20% below the sector average20% below the sector average20% below the sector average20% below the sector average

What The Brokers Say

Strong Buy 3
Buy 3
Neutral 6
Sell 0
Strong Sell 1
Total 13
buy
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John Wood Group Dividends

  Latest Previous
  Interim Final
Ex-Div 03-Sep-08 19-Mar-08
Paid 25-Sep-08 26-May-08
Amount 2.80¢ 5.00¢

Trades for 02-Dec-2008

Time Volume / Share Price
16:45 33,176 @ 197.80p
16:47 8,425 @ 195.50p
16:46 36,900 @ 197.47p
16:43 180 @ 198.10p
16:35 247,607 @ 197.80p

John Wood Group Key Personnel

CEO Allister G Langlands
Chair Sir Ian C Wood

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