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Speedy Hire (SDY)

Sector:

Support Services

Index:

FTSE Small Cap

Market Cap

£89.18m

Change Today

Price Down-12.50p ()

Share Price

175.00p

Broker snap: Tough times for Speedy Hire

Date: Tuesday 12 Aug 2008

LONDON (ShareCast) - Merrill Lynch predicts a worsening trading environment for Speedy Hire over the next couple of years and downgrades the tool hire specialist to ‘neutral’ from ‘buy’.

The broker lowered its 2009 earnings per share forecasts by 3.8% and 2010 earnings by 13.1%.

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.

 

Speedy Hire Market Data

Currency UK Pounds
Share Price 175.00p Price Down
Change Today -12.50p
52 Week High 888.00
52 Week Low 169.50
Volume 103,178
Shares Issued 50.96m
Market Cap £89.18m
Beta 0.75
RiskGrade 482

Performance Indicators

Compare performance with the sector and the market.
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Key: vs Market vs Sector
Value
93.65% above the market average93.65% above the market average93.65% above the market average93.65% above the market average93.65% above the market average
91.84% above the sector average91.84% above the sector average91.84% above the sector average91.84% above the sector average91.84% above the sector average
Price Trend
75.56% below the market average75.56% below the market average75.56% below the market average75.56% below the market average75.56% below the market average
79.15% below the sector average79.15% below the sector average79.15% below the sector average79.15% below the sector average79.15% below the sector average
Income
92.32% above the market average92.32% above the market average92.32% above the market average92.32% above the market average92.32% above the market average
95.04% above the sector average95.04% above the sector average95.04% above the sector average95.04% above the sector average95.04% above the sector average
Growth
3.23% below the market average3.23% below the market average3.23% below the market average3.23% below the market average3.23% below the market average
17.89% below the sector average17.89% below the sector average17.89% below the sector average17.89% below the sector average17.89% below the sector average
Price Chg 6m
68.46% below the market average68.46% below the market average68.46% below the market average68.46% below the market average68.46% below the market average
74.41% below the sector average74.41% below the sector average74.41% below the sector average74.41% below the sector average74.41% below the sector average
P/E
69.55% above the market average69.55% above the market average69.55% above the market average69.55% above the market average69.55% above the market average
76.40% above the sector average76.40% above the sector average76.40% above the sector average76.40% above the sector average76.40% above the sector average
PEG
17.91% above the market average17.91% above the market average17.91% above the market average17.91% above the market average17.91% above the market average
6.90% above the sector average6.90% above the sector average6.90% above the sector average6.90% above the sector average6.90% above the sector average
Dividend Yield
56.84% above the market average56.84% above the market average56.84% above the market average56.84% above the market average56.84% above the market average
72.65% above the sector average72.65% above the sector average72.65% above the sector average72.65% above the sector average72.65% above the sector average
EPS Growth
10.01% below the market average10.01% below the market average10.01% below the market average10.01% below the market average10.01% below the market average
26.03% below the sector average26.03% below the sector average26.03% below the sector average26.03% below the sector average26.03% below the sector average
Operating Margin
12.81% above the market average12.81% above the market average12.81% above the market average12.81% above the market average12.81% above the market average
36.73% above the sector average36.73% above the sector average36.73% above the sector average36.73% above the sector average36.73% above the sector average

What The Brokers Say

Strong Buy 2
Buy 0
Neutral 3
Sell 1
Strong Sell 1
Total 7
neutral
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Speedy Hire Dividends

  Latest Previous
  Interim Final
Ex-Div 07-Jan-09 25-Jun-08
Paid 23-Jan-09 26-Aug-08
Amount 6.40p 13.40p

Trades for 02-Dec-2008

Time Volume / Share Price
16:45 3,120 @ 175.00p
16:35 9,081 @ 175.00p
16:27 840 @ 176.28p
16:26 122 @ 176.25p
16:26 201 @ 176.25p

Speedy Hire Key Personnel

Chair David Wallis
CEO Steve Corcoran
COO Claudio Veritiero

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