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Vedanta Resources(VED)

Sector:

Mining

Index:

FTSE 100

Market Cap

£5,517m

Change Today

Price Down-2.00p

Share Price

1,914.00p

VED Overview

Listed in 2003, Vedanta Resources is a diversified and metals and mining group, with its main operations based in India. The group mines for a range of metals including aluminium, copper, zinc and lead.

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Income & Efficiency

Latest F'cast
Div Yield 1.1% 1.2%
Div Cover 7.3 8.9
Op Mrgn 31.6% 32.2%
ROCE 18.9%  

Valuation

Latest F'cast
P/E 12.4 9.6
PEG n/a 0.3
Pr/Revenue 1.3 1.1
Pr/Book 1.2  

Growth

Latest F'cast
Revenue 26.2% 20.3%
PBT 11.2% 15.0%
EPS -7.1% 30.9%
DPS 18.6% 6.7%

VED Fundamentals

Year Ending Revenue ($m) Pre-tax ($m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
31-Mar-04 a1,289.50 a233.40 26.60¢ 24.4 0.2 +124% 5.50¢ 0.8%
31-Mar-05 1,884.20 386.30 48.90¢ 19.0 0.2 +84% 17.05¢ 1.8%
31-Mar-06 3,701.80 934.70 130.20¢ 21.3 0.1 +166% 20.00¢ 0.7%
31-Mar-07 6,502.20 2,484.40 327.00¢ 8.0 0.1 +151% 35.00¢ 1.3%
31-Mar-08 8,203.70 2,763.20 303.90¢ 13.6 n/a -7% 41.50¢ 1.0%

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

VED Forecasts

Year Ending Revenue (£m) Pre-tax (£m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
31-Mar-09 5,009.10 1,614.07 200.60p 9.6 0.3 +31% 22.50p 1.2%
31-Mar-10 5,953.08 2,136.50 277.62p 6.9 0.2 +38% 25.66p 1.3%

Covering analysts: ABN AMRO, Citigroup Investment Research, Deutsche Bank Research, Goldman Sachs, HSBC Securities, JP Morgan, Lehman Bros, Merrill Lynch, Morgan Stanley, UBS

VED Company Announcements

Total Voting Rights 30-Jun-2008 16:35 RNS
Pricing of Bond Offering 26-Jun-2008 07:00 RNS
Audited Financial Statements 13-Jun-2008 17:29 RNS

VED ShareCast News

London close: Oils and miners depress equities 08-Jul-2008 ShareCast
London close: Defence stocks lift Footsie 30-Jun-2008 ShareCast
London afternoon: Heavyweights keep Footsie heal... 30-Jun-2008 ShareCast

VED Top Newspaper Links

Vedanta rejects claim that new mine will destroy... 06-May-2008 Telegraph
Miners in pole position at end of volatile year 28-Dec-2007 The Independent
In a world of mega-mergers and takeover gossip, ... 03-Dec-2007 Times

Latest VED 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.

 

VED Market Data

Currency UK Pounds
Share Price 1,914.00p Price Down
Change Today -2.00p
52 Week High 2,780.00p
52 Week Low 1,498.00p
Volume 425,900
Shares Issued 288.25m
Market Cap £5,517m
Beta 1.65
RiskGrade 227

VED Star Ratings

Compare performance with the sector and the market.
more star ratings
Key: vs Market vs Sector
Value
42.23% below the market average42.23% below the market average42.23% below the market average42.23% below the market average42.23% below the market average
10.38% below the sector average10.38% below the sector average10.38% below the sector average10.38% below the sector average10.38% below the sector average
Price Trend
80.05% above the market average80.05% above the market average80.05% above the market average80.05% above the market average80.05% above the market average
63.82% above the sector average63.82% above the sector average63.82% above the sector average63.82% above the sector average63.82% above the sector average
Income
85.58% below the market average85.58% below the market average85.58% below the market average85.58% below the market average85.58% 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
82.78% above the market average82.78% above the market average82.78% above the market average82.78% above the market average82.78% above the market average
20.99% above the sector average20.99% above the sector average20.99% above the sector average20.99% above the sector average20.99% above the sector average

What The Brokers Say

Strong Buy 5
Buy 3
Neutral 4
Sell 1
Strong Sell 0
Total 13
buy
Broker recommendations should not be taken as investment advice, and are provided by the authorised brokers listed on this page.

VED Dividends

  Latest Previous
  Final Interim
Ex-Div n/a 05-Dec-07
Paid n/a 17-Jan-08
Amount 25.00¢ 16.50¢

Trades for 09-Jul-2008

Time Volume / Share Price
10:03 557 @ 1,914.00p
10:03 100 @ 1,916.00p
10:03 339 @ 1,917.00p
10:03 405 @ 1,917.00p
10:03 1,133 @ 1,917.00p

VED Key Personnel

Chair Anil Agarwal
CFO D.D Jalan
CEO Kuldip Kaura

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