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Qbe Insurance Group Limited (QBE)

Sector:

Insurance

Index:

ASX 100

Market Cap

A$20,311m

Change Today

Price Down-A$0.880 (-3.68%)

Share Price

A$23.060

QBE Overview

QBE Insurance Group provides general insurance and reinsurance services as well as investment management products in Australia, the Pacific, Asia, the Americas and Europe. It sells insurance products for both the private and commercial sectors and is also know for its sponsorship of sports teams in Australia and New Zealand.

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Income & Efficiency

Latest F'cast
Div Yield 5.1% 5.4%
Div Cover 1.9 1.5
Op Mrgn 22.4% 19.5%
ROCE 26.8%  

Valuation

Latest F'cast
P/E 10.6 12.3
PEG 0.5 n/a
Pr/Revenue 1.7 1.8
Pr/Book 2.5  

Growth

Latest F'cast
Revenue 22.8% -7.5%
PBT 26.7% -12.7%
EPS 21.1% -13.6%
DPS 28.4% 5.1%

QBE Fundamentals

Year Ending Revenue (A$m) Pre-tax (A$m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
31-Dec-03 7,816.00 765.00 86.50¢ 12.3 0.1 +103% 42.00¢ 4.0%
31-Dec-04 8,571.00 1,080.00 117.80¢ 13.0 0.4 +36% 54.00¢ 3.5%
31-Dec-05 9,171.00 1,523.00 144.30¢ 13.6 0.6 +22% 71.00¢ 3.6%
31-Dec-06 10,069.00 2,012.00 186.40¢ 15.5 0.5 +29% 95.00¢ 3.3%
31-Dec-07 12,361.00 2,549.00 225.70¢ 14.8 0.7 +21% 122.00¢ 3.7%

QBE Forecasts

Year Ending Revenue (A$m) Pre-tax (A$m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
31-Dec-08 11,432.60 2,225.98 194.95¢ 12.3 n/a -14% 128.28¢ 5.4%
31-Dec-09 13,269.48 2,730.38 227.80¢ 10.5 0.6 +17% 134.77¢ 5.7%

Covering analysts: ABN AMRO, Citigroup Investment Research, Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank Research, DJ Carmichael & Co, Goldman Sachs JBWere, JP Morgan, Macquarie Research Equities, Merrill Lynch, Morgan Stanley, Shaw Stockbroking, Wilson HTM Limited

Note 1: Prices and trades are provided by Digital Look Corporate Solutions and are delayed by at least 20 minutes.

Note 2: Forecast figures based on normalised accounts.

 

QBE Market Data

Currency Australian Dollars
Share Price A$23.060  
Change Today -A$0.880
52 Week High A$33.340
52 Week Low A$20.000
Volume 1,619,665
Shares Issued 880.79m
Market Cap A$20,311m

What The Brokers Say

Strong Buy 8
Buy 1
Neutral 4
Sell 0
Strong Sell 0
Total 13
buy
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QBE Dividends

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