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Smiths Group (SMIN)

Sector:

Aerospace and Defence

Index:

FTSE 100

Market Cap

£2,993.36m

Change Today

Price Up13.00p ()

Share Price

769.50p

Smiths FY in line, contract win

Date: Thursday 31 Jul 2008

LONDON (ShareCast) - Smiths Group said headline operating profit and pre-tax profit for the full-year is expected to be in line with forecasts, reflecting strong growth in Smiths Detection and Specialty Engineering.

Smiths Medical is expected to deliver results at a similar level to last year.

The group’s John Crane unit has experienced particularly strong growth reflecting demand from the petrochemical sector in recent trading, though Detection's rate of growth has eased slightly against earlier expectations as a result of certain contract tenders having been delayed into the next financial year.

In a separate statement, the group announced that John Crane has won a major new supplier frame agreement with Germany’s Siemens that is expected to secure business worth some €10m over the next two years.

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Smiths Group Market Data

Currency UK Pounds
Share Price 769.50p Price Up
Change Today +13.00p
52 Week High 1,156.00
52 Week Low 702.00
Volume 1,993,656
Shares Issued 389.00m
Market Cap £2,993.36m
Beta 0.91
RiskGrade 311

Performance Indicators

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Key: vs Market vs Sector
Value
77.69% below the market average77.69% below the market average77.69% below the market average77.69% below the market average77.69% below the market average
16.67% below the sector average16.67% below the sector average16.67% below the sector average16.67% below the sector average16.67% below the sector average
Price Trend
59.85% above the market average59.85% above the market average59.85% above the market average59.85% above the market average59.85% above the market average
23.08% above the sector average23.08% above the sector average23.08% above the sector average23.08% above the sector average23.08% above the sector average
Income
18.12% below the market average18.12% below the market average18.12% below the market average18.12% below the market average18.12% below the market average
9.09% above the sector average9.09% above the sector average9.09% above the sector average9.09% above the sector average9.09% above the sector average
Growth
29.31% below the market average29.31% below the market average29.31% below the market average29.31% below the market average29.31% below the market average
50% below the sector average50% below the sector average50% below the sector average50% below the sector average50% below the sector average
Price Chg 6m
52.56% above the market average52.56% above the market average52.56% above the market average52.56% above the market average52.56% above the market average
69.23% above the sector average69.23% above the sector average69.23% above the sector average69.23% above the sector average69.23% above the sector average
P/E
20.03% below the market average20.03% below the market average20.03% below the market average20.03% below the market average20.03% below the market average
9.09% below the sector average9.09% below the sector average9.09% below the sector average9.09% below the sector average9.09% below the sector average
PEG
20.29% above the market average20.29% above the market average20.29% above the market average20.29% above the market average20.29% above the market average
45.45% above the sector average45.45% above the sector average45.45% above the sector average45.45% above the sector average45.45% above the sector average
Dividend Yield
21.33% below the market average21.33% below the market average21.33% below the market average21.33% below the market average21.33% below the market average
27.27% above the sector average27.27% above the sector average27.27% above the sector average27.27% above the sector average27.27% above the sector average
EPS Growth
60.43% above the market average60.43% above the market average60.43% above the market average60.43% above the market average60.43% above the market average
63.64% above the sector average63.64% above the sector average63.64% above the sector average63.64% above the sector average63.64% above the sector average
Operating Margin
28.96% above the market average28.96% above the market average28.96% above the market average28.96% above the market average28.96% above the market average
16.67% above the sector average16.67% above the sector average16.67% above the sector average16.67% above the sector average16.67% above the sector average

What The Brokers Say

Strong Buy 1
Buy 4
Neutral 2
Sell 1
Strong Sell 4
Total 12
neutral
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Smiths Group Dividends

  Latest Previous
  Final Interim
Ex-Div 22-Oct-08 26-Mar-08
Paid 21-Nov-08 25-Apr-08
Amount 23.50p 10.50p

Trades for --2008

Time Volume / Share Price
0 @ 0.000p

Smiths Group Key Personnel

Finance Director John Langston
Chair Donald H Brydon
CEO Philip Bowman

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