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Shire Plc (SHP)

Sector:

Pharmaceuticals & Biotechnology

Index:

FTSE 100

Market Cap

£5,065m

Change Today

Price Down-13.50p

Share Price

904.50p

Sector movers: Investors run for cover

Date: Tuesday 26 Aug 2008

LONDON (ShareCast) - Electricity stocks and pharmaceutical groups are doing well as investors flock to safer investments in an otherwise declining market.

Drugs giants Shire and GlaxoSmithKline are among the handful of risers among the blue chips. International Power and Scottish and Southern are also holding out.

The lower crude price is responsible for some heavy selling in the oil sector. The stronger dollar and the resumption of shipments along the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline helped send crude oil for October delivery below $113 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange.

BP, Shell and BG Group are in the red, but it’s not all gloom in the sector, with smaller companies Genesis Petroleum, Bowleven and Pantheon posting gains on the back of positive drilling news.

Top performing sectors so far today
Electricity 7,890.20 +0.14%
Pharmaceuticals & Biotechnology 8,241.40 +0.11%

Bottom performing sectors so far today
Industrial Metals 6,346.60 -5.36%
Mining 22,183.40 -3.67%
Oil & Gas Producers 7,523.00 -2.84%
Life Insurance 3,975.40 -2.78%
Beverages 6,309.40 -2.40%

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Shire Plc Market Data

Currency UK Pounds
Share Price 904.50p Price Down
Change Today -13.50p
52 Week High 1,192.00
52 Week Low 720.00
Volume 664,944
Shares Issued 560.03m
Market Cap £5,065m
Beta 0.64
RiskGrade 248

Performance Indicators

Compare performance with the sector and the market.
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Key: vs Market vs Sector
Value
74.62% below the market average74.62% below the market average74.62% below the market average74.62% below the market average74.62% below the market average
87.01% below the sector average87.01% below the sector average87.01% below the sector average87.01% below the sector average87.01% below the sector average
Price Trend
3.52% above the market average3.52% above the market average3.52% above the market average3.52% above the market average3.52% 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
15.42% above the market average15.42% above the market average15.42% above the market average15.42% above the market average15.42% above the market average
23.94% below the sector average23.94% below the sector average23.94% below the sector average23.94% below the sector average23.94% 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
77.27% above the sector average77.27% above the sector average77.27% above the sector average77.27% above the sector average77.27% 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 7
Sell 1
Strong Sell 0
Total 28
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 20-Nov-2008

Time Volume / Share Price
09:56 400 @ 904.50p
09:56 1,800 @ 905.50p
09:56 100 @ 906.00p
09:56 300 @ 906.50p
09:56 600 @ 906.00p

Shire Plc Key Personnel

CEO Angus Russell
CFO Graham Hetherington

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