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Reckitt Benckiser Group (RB.)

Sector:

Household Goods

Index:

FTSE 100

Market Cap

£19,756m

Change Today

Price Up105.00p ()

Share Price

2,789.00p

Broker snap: Downgrade takes shine off Unilever appointment

Date: Thursday 04 Sep 2008

LONDON (ShareCast) - News that Unilever has poached Paul Polman as chief executive from Nestle was tempered slightly by Lehman Brothers downgrading the food and household goods giant to ‘underweight’ from ‘equal-weight’.

The broker also cut its target price on Unilever to €19.4 from €22.8.

Elsewhere in the household goods and food sector, Lehman trimmed its target price on Reckitt Benckiser, the company behind brands such as Finish dishwasher tablets and French’s mustard, by 55p to 2,945p. It keeps its ‘equal-weight’ stance on the stock.

However, it raised its target price on Cadbury to 800p from 716p, maintaining its ‘overweight’ rating.

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RB. Market Data

Currency UK Pounds
Share Price 2,789.00p Price Up
Change Today +105.00p
52 Week High 3,010.00
52 Week Low 2,314.00
Volume 2,374,774
Shares Issued 708.37m
Market Cap £19,756m
Beta 0.58
RiskGrade 264

Performance Indicators

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Key: vs Market vs Sector
Value
99.5% below the market average99.5% below the market average99.5% below the market average99.5% below the market average99.5% 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
Price Trend
89.40% above the market average89.40% above the market average89.40% above the market average89.40% above the market average89.40% above the market average
100.00% above the sector average100.00% above the sector average100.00% above the sector average100.00% above the sector average100.00% above the sector average
Income
97.28% below the market average97.28% below the market average97.28% below the market average97.28% below the market average97.28% 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
9.98% below the market average9.98% below the market average9.98% below the market average9.98% below the market average9.98% below the market average
53.33% above the sector average53.33% above the sector average53.33% above the sector average53.33% above the sector average53.33% above the sector average
Price Chg 6m
74.73% above the market average74.73% above the market average74.73% above the market average74.73% above the market average74.73% 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
P/E
60.35% below the market average60.35% below the market average60.35% below the market average60.35% below the market average60.35% 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
PEG
71.46% below the market average71.46% below the market average71.46% below the market average71.46% below the market average71.46% below the market average
75% below the sector average75% below the sector average75% below the sector average75% below the sector average75% below the sector average
Dividend Yield
74.91% below the market average74.91% below the market average74.91% below the market average74.91% below the market average74.91% 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
EPS Growth
1.53% above the market average1.53% above the market average1.53% above the market average1.53% above the market average1.53% above the market average
28.00% above the sector average28.00% above the sector average28.00% above the sector average28.00% above the sector average28.00% above the sector average
Operating Margin
48.03% above the market average48.03% above the market average48.03% above the market average48.03% above the market average48.03% above the market average
86.67% above the sector average86.67% above the sector average86.67% above the sector average86.67% above the sector average86.67% above the sector average

What The Brokers Say

Strong Buy 7
Buy 5
Neutral 5
Sell 1
Strong Sell 0
Total 18
buy
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RB. Dividends

  Latest Previous
  Interim Final
Ex-Div 06-Aug-08 27-Feb-08
Paid 25-Sep-08 29-May-08
Amount 32.00p 30.00p

Trades for 03-Dec-2008

Time Volume / Share Price
17:14 2,000 @ 2,760.00p
17:06 4,944 @ 2,763.73p
16:54 3,110 @ 2,674.70p
16:46 1,900 @ 2,789.00p
16:42 9,300 @ 2,789.00p

RB. Key Personnel

CFO Colin R Day
CEO Lambertus H J Becht
CEO Bart Becht

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