Dignity (DTY)

Sector:

General Retailers

Index:

FTSE 250

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845.00p
   
  • Change Today:
      8.50p
  • 52 Week High: 866.00p
  • 52 Week Low: 727.00p
  • Currency: UK Pounds
  • Shares Issued: 54.76m
  • Volume: 7,840
  • Market Cap: £462.70m
  • RiskGrade: 89
  • Beta: 0.40

Dignity Overview

Dignity is UK’s largest provider of funeral related services. Based in West Midlands, it owns over 500 funeral directors and operates 22 crematoriums across the country.

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Financials

Latest F'cast
Div Yield 1.8% 1.9%
Div Cover 3.8 3.9
Op Mrgn 30.1% 20.4%
ROCE 33.3%  
Latest F'cast
P/E 15.2 13.8
PEG 0.8 1.3
Pr/Revenue 2.2 2.1
Pr/Book 26.6  
Latest F'cast
Revenue 5.5% 6.0%
PBT 1.3% 12.9%
EPS 18.7% 10.9%
DPS 64.9% 6.7%

Dignity Fundamentals

Year Ending Revenue (£m) Pre-tax (£m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
28-Dec-07 159.50 30.20 34.40p 21.1 0.7 +29% 10.00p 1.4%
26-Dec-08 175.80 35.40 38.20p 15.4 1.4 +11% 11.00p 1.9%
25-Dec-09 184.70 37.50 40.50p 15.3 2.5 +6% 12.10p 2.0%
31-Dec-10 199.10 39.80 46.40p 15.5 1.0 +15% 8.88p 1.2%
30-Dec-11 210.10 40.30 55.10p 14.9 0.8 +19% 14.64p 1.8%

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

Dignity Forecasts

Year Ending Revenue (£m) Pre-tax (£m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
31-Dec-12 222.68 45.48 60.52p 13.8 1.3 +11% 15.62p 1.9%
31-Dec-13 236.05 50.20 66.98p 12.5 1.2 +11% 17.20p 2.1%

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Dignity Company Announcements

Non-Exec Appointed to Board of Yule Catto & Co 21-May-2012 15:53 RNS
Notice of Major Interest in Shares 14-May-2012 10:38 RNS
First Interim Management Statement 14-May-2012 07:00 RNS

Dignity ShareCast News

Monday broker round-up - UPDATE 14-May-2012 ShareCast
Dignity trading slightly ahead of market expecta... 14-May-2012 ShareCast
Week Ahead: Lonmin, Dignity, Invensys 11-May-2012 ShareCast

Dignity Top Newspaper Links

Dignity to share out £1.3m bonus as profits rise 13-Mar-2009 Times
Dignity profits on the increase 11-Nov-2008 The Scotsman
Soap-erb 30-Jul-2008 Sun

Latest Dignity 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.

 

Dignity Market Data

Currency UK Pounds
Share Price 845.00p
Change Today 8.50p
% Change 1.02 %
52 Week High 866.00p
52 Week Low 727.00p
Volume 7,840
Shares Issued 54.76m
Market Cap £462.70m
Beta 0.40
RiskGrade 89

Dignity Star Ratings

Compare performance with the sector and the market.
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Key: vs Market vs Sector
Value
93.58% below the market average93.58% below the market average93.58% below the market average93.58% below the market average93.58% below the market average
78.26% below the sector average78.26% below the sector average78.26% below the sector average78.26% below the sector average78.26% below the sector average
Price Trend
59.19% above the market average59.19% above the market average59.19% above the market average59.19% above the market average59.19% above the market average
46.94% above the sector average46.94% above the sector average46.94% above the sector average46.94% above the sector average46.94% above the sector average
Income
73.4% below the market average73.4% below the market average73.4% below the market average73.4% below the market average73.4% below the market average
36.84% below the sector average36.84% below the sector average36.84% below the sector average36.84% below the sector average36.84% below the sector average
Growth
8.04% below the market average8.04% below the market average8.04% below the market average8.04% below the market average8.04% below the market average
10.64% above the sector average10.64% above the sector average10.64% above the sector average10.64% above the sector average10.64% above the sector average

What The Brokers Say

Strong Buy 4
Buy 0
Neutral 2
Sell 0
Strong Sell 0
Total 6
buy
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Dignity Dividends

  Latest Previous
  Final Interim
Ex-Div 23-May-12 28-Sep-11
Paid 29-Jun-12 29-Oct-11
Amount 9.77p 4.87p

Trades for 31-May-2012

Time Volume / Share Price
12:07 62 @ 845.00p
12:07 539 @ 845.00p
12:07 61 @ 845.00p
11:18 1 @ 842.00p
11:13 53 @ 842.00p

Dignity Key Personnel

CEO Mike McCollum
Finance Director Steve Whittern

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