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G4S(GFS)

Sector:

Support Services

Index:

FTSE 100

Market Cap

£2,782.78m

Change Today

Price Down-1.40p

Share Price

197.60p

G4S sells German businesses

Date: Thursday 15 May 2008

LONDON (ShareCast) - Security firm G4S has got shot of its German manned security and monitoring businesses.

The Group 4 Securicor company is selling G4S Sicherheitsdienste GmbH and G4S Alarm Solution GmbH to a subsidiary of Securitas AB for £27m in cash.

The disposal follows an announcement earlier this week of plans to sell 127m new shares to reduce debt and fund expansion.

The fund raising plans accompanied an upbeat trading statement in which the company said its underlying performance is running slightly ahead of overall management expectations, aided by a small benefit from recent euro strength.

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G4S Market Data

Currency UK Pounds
Share Price 197.60p Price Down
Change Today -1.40p
52 Week High 244.75p
52 Week Low 189.00p
Volume 1,525,689
Shares Issued 1,408.29m
Market Cap £2,782.78m
Beta 0.92
RiskGrade 154

Performance Indicators

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Key: vs Market vs Sector
Value
88.11% below the market average88.11% below the market average88.11% below the market average88.11% below the market average88.11% below the market average
75.49% below the sector average75.49% below the sector average75.49% below the sector average75.49% below the sector average75.49% below the sector average
Price Trend
55.20% above the market average55.20% above the market average55.20% above the market average55.20% above the market average55.20% above the market average
57.99% above the sector average57.99% above the sector average57.99% above the sector average57.99% above the sector average57.99% above the sector average
Income
37.77% below the market average37.77% below the market average37.77% below the market average37.77% below the market average37.77% below the market average
49.61% below the sector average49.61% below the sector average49.61% below the sector average49.61% below the sector average49.61% below the sector average
Growth
51.84% below the market average51.84% below the market average51.84% below the market average51.84% below the market average51.84% below the market average
73.27% below the sector average73.27% below the sector average73.27% below the sector average73.27% below the sector average73.27% below the sector average
Price Chg 6m
24.38% above the market average24.38% above the market average24.38% above the market average24.38% above the market average24.38% above the market average
36.07% above the sector average36.07% above the sector average36.07% above the sector average36.07% above the sector average36.07% above the sector average
P/E
22.58% below the market average22.58% below the market average22.58% below the market average22.58% below the market average22.58% below the market average
58.79% below the sector average58.79% below the sector average58.79% below the sector average58.79% below the sector average58.79% below the sector average
PEG
58.91% below the market average58.91% below the market average58.91% below the market average58.91% below the market average58.91% below the market average
77.6% below the sector average77.6% below the sector average77.6% below the sector average77.6% below the sector average77.6% below the sector average
Dividend Yield
37.02% below the market average37.02% below the market average37.02% below the market average37.02% below the market average37.02% below the market average
35.04% below the sector average35.04% below the sector average35.04% below the sector average35.04% below the sector average35.04% below the sector average
EPS Growth
21.75% below the market average21.75% below the market average21.75% below the market average21.75% below the market average21.75% below the market average
46.31% below the sector average46.31% below the sector average46.31% below the sector average46.31% below the sector average46.31% below the sector average
Operating Margin
6.04% below the market average6.04% below the market average6.04% below the market average6.04% below the market average6.04% below the market average
7.32% above the sector average7.32% above the sector average7.32% above the sector average7.32% above the sector average7.32% above the sector average

What The Brokers Say

Strong Buy 5
Buy 3
Neutral 6
Sell 0
Strong Sell 0
Total 14
buy
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G4S Dividends

  Latest Previous
  Final Interim
Ex-Div 30-Apr-08 10-Oct-07
Paid 06-Jun-08 16-Nov-07
Amount 2.85p 2.11p

Trades for 09-Jul-2008

Time Volume / Share Price
11:24 1,300 @ 197.60p
11:23 2,000 @ 197.70p
11:23 768 @ 197.70p
11:23 928 @ 197.70p
11:21 2,700 @ 197.70p

G4S Key Personnel

CFO Trevor Dighton
CEO Nicholas P Buckles
COO Grahame Gibson

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