Beazley (BEZ)

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135.30p
   
  • Change Today:
      0.40p
  • 52 Week High: 151.80p
  • 52 Week Low: 109.60p
  • Currency: UK Pounds
  • Shares Issued: 519.24m
  • Volume: 129,040
  • Market Cap: £702.53m
  • RiskGrade: 129
  • Beta: 0.76

Beazley Overview

Beazley is a Lloyds of London insurer. It specialises in writing specialty-risk insurance and reinsurance business and has been within the market since 1986. The company floated on the stock market in 2004 and has also established a US operation.

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Financials

Latest F'cast
Div Yield 9.1% 5.5%
Div Cover 1.1 2.3
Op Mrgn 4.7% 11.4%
ROCE 6.2%  
Latest F'cast
P/E 16.1 7.8
PEG n/a 0.1
Pr/Revenue 0.6 0.7
Pr/Book 1.0  
Latest F'cast
Revenue -1.7% -59.5%
PBT -75.0% 25.5%
EPS -69.1% 109.7%
DPS 4.9% -60.1%

Beazley Fundamentals

Year Ending Revenue ($m) Pre-tax ($m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
31-Dec-07 1,549.60 274.98 53.43¢ 4.5 0.1 +70% 11.41¢ 4.7%
31-Dec-08 1,281.15 127.57 27.50¢ 7.3 n/a -48% 9.66¢ 4.8%
31-Dec-09 1,751.30 158.10 28.90¢ 5.3 1.1 +5% 11.32¢ 7.3%
31-Dec-10 1,741.60 250.80 42.10¢ 4.2 0.1 +46% 11.71¢ 6.6%
31-Dec-11 1,712.50 62.70 13.00¢ 16.0 n/a -69% 12.28¢ 5.9%

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

Beazley Forecasts

Year Ending Revenue (£m) Pre-tax (£m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
31-Dec-12 1,072.48 121.78 17.38p 7.8 0.1 +110% 7.57p 5.5%
31-Dec-13 1,116.85 132.75 18.74p 7.2 0.9 +8% 8.06p 5.9%

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Beazley Company Announcements

Holding(s) in Company 30-May-2012 14:06 RNS
Holding(s) in Company 29-May-2012 16:21 RNS
CORRECTION -Cancellation of Treasury Shares 28-May-2012 18:01 RNS

Beazley ShareCast News

XP Power Chairman buys up 4,000 shares 11-May-2012 ShareCast
Beazley up as Thai flood losses remain stable 10-May-2012 ShareCast
BBA Aviation boss jettisons incentive plan shares 03-Apr-2012 ShareCast

Beazley Top Newspaper Links

INSURER BEAZLEY TARGETING HARDY 22-Dec-2011 Express & Star
Insurance companies fear world's costliest ever ... 15-Mar-2011 The Independent
LOSSES MAY REACH £38BN FOR INSURERS 15-Mar-2011 Express & Star

Latest Beazley Director Deals

Traded Action Notifier PriceAmountValue
10-May-12 Buy Dennis Holt 141.00p 50,000 £70,500.00
27-Apr-12 Sell Martin Bride 139.10p 123,935 £172,393.59
27-Apr-12 Transfer From Martin Bride 0.000p 237,500 £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.

 

Beazley Market Data

Currency UK Pounds
Share Price 135.30p
Change Today 0.40p
% Change 0.30 %
52 Week High 151.80p
52 Week Low 109.60p
Volume 129,040
Shares Issued 519.24m
Market Cap £702.53m
Beta 0.76
RiskGrade 129

Beazley Star Ratings

Compare performance with the sector and the market.
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Key: vs Market vs Sector
Value
77.41% above the market average77.41% above the market average77.41% above the market average77.41% above the market average77.41% above the market average
4.76% below the sector average4.76% below the sector average4.76% below the sector average4.76% below the sector average4.76% below the sector average
Price Trend
49.52% above the market average49.52% above the market average49.52% above the market average49.52% above the market average49.52% above the market average
27.27% above the sector average27.27% above the sector average27.27% above the sector average27.27% above the sector average27.27% above the sector average
Income
70.14% above the market average70.14% above the market average70.14% above the market average70.14% above the market average70.14% above the market average
17.65% above the sector average17.65% above the sector average17.65% above the sector average17.65% above the sector average17.65% above the sector average
Growth
80.5% below the market average80.5% below the market average80.5% below the market average80.5% below the market average80.5% below the market average
90.48% below the sector average90.48% below the sector average90.48% below the sector average90.48% below the sector average90.48% below the sector average

What The Brokers Say

Strong Buy 4
Buy 0
Neutral 3
Sell 0
Strong Sell 0
Total 7
buy
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Beazley Dividends

  Latest Previous
  2nd Interim 1st Interim
Ex-Div 29-Feb-12 03-Aug-11
Paid 30-Mar-12 02-Sep-11
Amount 5.40p 2.50p

Trades for 31-May-2012

Time Volume / Share Price
14:40 1,742 @ 135.30p
14:40 1,619 @ 135.30p
14:34 129 @ 135.50p
14:34 781 @ 135.50p
14:34 832 @ 135.50p

Beazley Key Personnel

CEO Andrew Horton

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