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Smith & Nephew (SN.)

Sector:

Health Care Equipment & Services

Index:

FTSE 100

Market Cap

£4,124.00m

Change Today

Price Unchanged0.000p ()

Share Price

467.00p

Sector movers: Smith and Nephew bid talks lifts health stocks

Date: Tuesday 19 Aug 2008

LONDON (ShareCast) - Medical devices firm Smith and Nephew is leading the health care equipment and services sector higher on speculation of a bid from US orthopaedic device maker Zimmer. The combination of Smith and Nephew’s strong interim results and the dollar’s new-found strength against sterling make such a bid feasible, traders said.

Inhaler maker Consort also moved up, as did the orthopaedic devices firm Corin.

Unsympathetic broker coverage has sent the retail sector downwards. Supermarket Tesco, department store Debenhams and jeweller Signet fall back after Goldman Sachs gave them ‘sell’ ratings. Woolworths, B&Q owner Kingfisher and Marks and Spencer are also lower.

Top performing sectors so far today
Health Care Equipment & Services 3,601.40 +3.10%
Oil Equipment Services & Distribution 15,765.40 +1.17%
Electricity 7,856.20 +0.69%
Fixed Line Telecommunications 2,549.20 +0.51%
Gas, Water & Multiutilities 4,494.40 +0.16%

Bottom performing sectors so far today
Life Insurance 3,977.90 -4.34%
Banks 6,493.50 -4.22%
General Retailers 1,266.50 -3.26%
Real Estate 2,790.30 -3.25%
Construction & Materials 4,223.40 -3.18%

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Smith & Nephew Market Data

Currency UK Pounds
Share Price 467.00p  
Closing Price Change 0.000p
52 Week High 690.50
52 Week Low 455.75
Volume 7,698,829
Shares Issued 883.08m
Market Cap £4,124.00m
Beta 0.75
RiskGrade 298

Performance Indicators

Compare performance with the sector and the market.
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Key: vs Market vs Sector
Value
95.91% below the market average95.91% below the market average95.91% below the market average95.91% below the market average95.91% below the market average
95.74% below the sector average95.74% below the sector average95.74% below the sector average95.74% below the sector average95.74% below the sector average
Price Trend
69.75% above the market average69.75% above the market average69.75% above the market average69.75% above the market average69.75% above the market average
87.76% above the sector average87.76% above the sector average87.76% above the sector average87.76% above the sector average87.76% above the sector average
Income
94.4% below the market average94.4% below the market average94.4% below the market average94.4% below the market average94.4% below the market average
69.23% below the sector average69.23% below the sector average69.23% below the sector average69.23% below the sector average69.23% below the sector average
Growth
35.77% below the market average35.77% below the market average35.77% below the market average35.77% below the market average35.77% below the market average
73.33% below the sector average73.33% below the sector average73.33% below the sector average73.33% below the sector average73.33% below the sector average
Price Chg 6m
65.82% above the market average65.82% above the market average65.82% above the market average65.82% above the market average65.82% above the market average
71.43% above the sector average71.43% above the sector average71.43% above the sector average71.43% above the sector average71.43% above the sector average
P/E
38.7% below the market average38.7% below the market average38.7% below the market average38.7% below the market average38.7% below the market average
47.83% below the sector average47.83% below the sector average47.83% below the sector average47.83% below the sector average47.83% below the sector average
PEG
34.75% below the market average34.75% below the market average34.75% below the market average34.75% below the market average34.75% below the market average
38.46% below the sector average38.46% below the sector average38.46% below the sector average38.46% below the sector average38.46% below the sector average
Dividend Yield
80.35% below the market average80.35% below the market average80.35% below the market average80.35% below the market average80.35% below the market average
38.46% below the sector average38.46% below the sector average38.46% below the sector average38.46% below the sector average38.46% below the sector average
EPS Growth
22.84% above the market average22.84% above the market average22.84% above the market average22.84% above the market average22.84% above the market average
26.32% above the sector average26.32% above the sector average26.32% above the sector average26.32% above the sector average26.32% above the sector average
Operating Margin
31.02% above the market average31.02% above the market average31.02% above the market average31.02% above the market average31.02% above the market average
73.33% above the sector average73.33% above the sector average73.33% above the sector average73.33% above the sector average73.33% above the sector average

What The Brokers Say

Strong Buy 9
Buy 1
Neutral 9
Sell 1
Strong Sell 2
Total 22
buy
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Smith & Nephew Dividends

  Latest Previous
  Interim Final
Ex-Div 15-Oct-08 16-Apr-08
Paid 07-Nov-08 09-May-08
Amount 4.96¢ 7.38¢

Trades for 02-Dec-2008

Time Volume / Share Price
16:45 71,760 @ 467.00p
16:35 485,367 @ 467.00p
16:29 1,000 @ 466.00p
16:29 800 @ 466.00p
16:29 1,000 @ 466.00p

Smith & Nephew Key Personnel

CEO Chris J O'Donnell
Chair John Buchanan
COO David Illingworth
CFO Adrian Nevil Hennah

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