Dignity(DTY)

Sector:

General Retailers

Index:

FTSE 250

Market Cap

£389.47m

Change Today

Price Down-52.00p (-7.81%)

Share Price

613.50p

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.

1 Day Chart (10-Oct-2008)

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6 Month Chart

6 Month Chart

Income & Efficiency

Latest F'cast
Div Yield 1.6% 0.0%
Div Cover 3.3 n/a
Op Mrgn 29.9% n/a
ROCE 36.5%  

Valuation

Latest F'cast
P/E 18.4 n/a
PEG 0.7 n/a
Pr/Revenue 2.4 n/a
Pr/Book n/a  

Growth

Latest F'cast
Revenue 6.5% n/a
PBT 11.0% n/a
EPS 25.6% n/a
DPS 10.0% n/a

Dignity Fundamentals

Year Ending Revenue (£m) Pre-tax (£m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
26-Dec-03 a129.00 a(3.50) (13.83)p n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.0%
31-Dec-04 135.70 8.00 8.90p 38.1 n/a n/a 5.89p 1.7%
30-Dec-05 143.20 26.50 23.47p 20.3 0.1 +164% 2.88p 0.6%
29-Dec-06 149.80 27.20 26.60p 24.6 1.9 +13% 9.09p 1.4%
28-Dec-07 159.50 30.20 33.40p 21.7 0.8 +26% 10.00p 1.4%

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

Dignity Company Announcements

Notice of Major Interest in Shares 19-Sep-2008 16:35 RNS
Director/PDMR Shareholding 12-Sep-2008 14:35 RNS
Director/PDMR Shareholding 05-Sep-2008 17:33 RNS

Dignity ShareCast News

Begbies Traynor chief exec places shares 12-Sep-2008 ShareCast
Thursday tips focus: Mecom, Xaar, H&T 21-Aug-2008 ShareCast
Thursday tips round-up: Mecom, Xaar, H&T 21-Aug-2008 ShareCast

Dignity Top Newspaper Links

Soap-erb 30-Jul-2008 Sun
Trouble in store 14-Mar-2008 Sun
Funeral operator given life from cremation demand 14-Sep-2007 Telegraph

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 613.50p Price Down
Change Today -52.00p
52 Week High 804.00
52 Week Low 587.00
Volume 509,107
Shares Issued 63.48m
Market Cap £389.47m
Beta 0.10
RiskGrade 173

Dignity Star Ratings

Compare performance with the sector and the market.
more star ratings
Key: vs Market vs Sector
Value
95.97% below the market average95.97% below the market average95.97% below the market average95.97% below the market average95.97% below the market average
97.26% below the sector average97.26% below the sector average97.26% below the sector average97.26% below the sector average97.26% below the sector average
Price Trend
68.51% above the market average68.51% above the market average68.51% above the market average68.51% above the market average68.51% above the market average
81.33% above the sector average81.33% above the sector average81.33% above the sector average81.33% above the sector average81.33% above the sector average
Income
96.05% below the market average96.05% below the market average96.05% below the market average96.05% below the market average96.05% below the market average
96.23% below the sector average96.23% below the sector average96.23% below the sector average96.23% below the sector average96.23% below the sector average
Growth
4.19% below the market average4.19% below the market average4.19% below the market average4.19% below the market average4.19% below the market average
18.31% above the sector average18.31% above the sector average18.31% above the sector average18.31% above the sector average18.31% above the sector average

Dignity Dividends

  Latest Previous
  Interim Final
Ex-Div 24-Sep-08 04-Jun-08
Paid 31-Oct-08 27-Jun-08
Amount 3.66p 6.67p

Trades for 10-Oct-2008

Time Volume / Share Price
16:35 131,225 @ 613.50p
16:29 1,502 @ 609.00p
16:29 1,502 @ 609.00p
16:29 1,502 @ 609.00p
16:29 598 @ 609.00p

Dignity Key Personnel

CEO Mike McCollum

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