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Shire Plc (SHP)

Sector:

Pharmaceuticals & Biotechnology

Index:

FTSE 100

Market Cap

£5,096m

Change Today

Price Up14.50p ()

Share Price

910.00p

Sector movers: Southern Cross lifts healthcare

Date: Monday 11 Aug 2008

LONDON (ShareCast) - The health care sector is going well after Southern Cross Healthcare reported an 8% rise in underlying earnings.

It is aslo in talks with several potential purchasers of the freehold property assets being sold and is encouraged by the progress made to date.

In the FTSE 100, US-exposed medical devices firm Smith and Nephew is going well, helped in part by the stronger dollar.

With shares generally on the rise, defensively orientated stocks such as the drugs giants AstraZeneca and Shire are out of favour.

Top performing sectors so far today
Automobiles & Parts 3,964.80 +5.57%
Personal Goods 7,936.90 +4.12%
Health Care Equipment & Services 3,493.70 +2.94%
General Retailers 1,389.30 +2.61%
Construction & Materials 4,306.20 +2.17%

Bottom performing sectors so far today
Oil Equipment Services & Distribution 16,275.50 -0.63%
Technology Hardware & Equipment 228.10 -0.57%
Pharmaceuticals & Biotechnology 8,178.20 -0.32%
Equity Investment Instruments 5,454.40 -0.22%
Industrial Metals 6,214.50 -0.01%

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Shire Plc Market Data

Currency UK Pounds
Share Price 910.00p Price Up
Change Today +14.50p
52 Week High 1,192.00
52 Week Low 720.00
Volume 2,350,826
Shares Issued 560.03m
Market Cap £5,096m
Beta 0.64
RiskGrade 270

Performance Indicators

Compare performance with the sector and the market.
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Key: vs Market vs Sector
Value
74.94% below the market average74.94% below the market average74.94% below the market average74.94% below the market average74.94% below the market average
84.62% below the sector average84.62% below the sector average84.62% below the sector average84.62% below the sector average84.62% below the sector average
Price Trend
3.20% above the market average3.20% above the market average3.20% above the market average3.20% above the market average3.20% above the market average
70.45% above the sector average70.45% above the sector average70.45% above the sector average70.45% above the sector average70.45% above the sector average
Income
99.36% below the market average99.36% below the market average99.36% below the market average99.36% below the market average99.36% below the market average
100% below the sector average100% below the sector average100% below the sector average100% below the sector average100% below the sector average
Growth
15.25% above the market average15.25% above the market average15.25% above the market average15.25% above the market average15.25% above the market average
18.31% below the sector average18.31% below the sector average18.31% below the sector average18.31% below the sector average18.31% below the sector average
Price Chg 6m
30.48% below the market average30.48% below the market average30.48% below the market average30.48% below the market average30.48% below the market average
75.00% above the sector average75.00% above the sector average75.00% above the sector average75.00% above the sector average75.00% above the sector average
P/E
89.34% below the market average89.34% below the market average89.34% below the market average89.34% below the market average89.34% below the market average
78.95% below the sector average78.95% below the sector average78.95% below the sector average78.95% below the sector average78.95% below the sector average
PEG
27.94% above the market average27.94% above the market average27.94% above the market average27.94% above the market average27.94% above the market average
Sector averageSector averageSector averageSector averageSector average
Dividend Yield
93.82% below the market average93.82% below the market average93.82% below the market average93.82% below the market average93.82% below the market average
55.56% below the sector average55.56% below the sector average55.56% below the sector average55.56% below the sector average55.56% below the sector average
EPS Growth
94.80% above the market average94.80% above the market average94.80% above the market average94.80% above the market average94.80% above the market average
84.62% above the sector average84.62% above the sector average84.62% above the sector average84.62% above the sector average84.62% above the sector average
Operating Margin
23.42% below the market average23.42% below the market average23.42% below the market average23.42% below the market average23.42% below the market average
59.46% above the sector average59.46% above the sector average59.46% above the sector average59.46% above the sector average59.46% above the sector average

What The Brokers Say

Strong Buy 13
Buy 7
Neutral 5
Sell 1
Strong Sell 0
Total 26
buy
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Shire Plc Dividends

  Latest Previous
  Interim Final
Ex-Div 10-Sep-08 12-Mar-08
Paid 09-Oct-08 09-Apr-08
Amount 2.15¢ 6.47¢

Trades for 02-Dec-2008

Time Volume / Share Price
16:45 44,616 @ 910.00p
16:35 285,049 @ 910.00p
16:29 457 @ 910.00p
16:29 455 @ 910.50p
16:29 715 @ 910.50p

Shire Plc Key Personnel

CEO Angus Russell
CFO Graham Hetherington

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