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Aegis Group (AGS)

Sector:

Media

Index:

FTSE 250

Market Cap

£715.56m

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Price Down-1.00p ()

Share Price

61.75p

Aegis buys US search optimisation firm

Date: Thursday 11 Sep 2008

LONDON (ShareCast) - Marketing communications group Aegis has acquired US search engine marketing outfit Range Online Media.

Range is one of the leading paid search marketing and search engine optimisation firms in the US, Aegis said, with clients that include Toshiba, Burberry and Macy’s.

The acquired company, which has gross assets of $12m, will join Aegis’s iProspect global network and beef up its presence in the US retail sector.

Robert Lerwill, chief executive officer of Aegis, said Range “brings enviable tools and technology designed to measure the growing social media space, which we can leverage across the entire iProspect global network.”

The acquisition is the sixth search marketing purchase made by Aegis this year.

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Aegis Group Market Data

Currency UK Pounds
Share Price 61.75p Price Down
Change Today -1.00p
52 Week High 133.00
52 Week Low 47.25
Volume 5,596,786
Shares Issued 1,158.80m
Market Cap £715.56m
Beta 0.81
RiskGrade 393

Performance Indicators

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Key: vs Market vs Sector
Value
76.94% below the market average76.94% below the market average76.94% below the market average76.94% below the market average76.94% below the market average
81.25% below the sector average81.25% below the sector average81.25% below the sector average81.25% below the sector average81.25% below the sector average
Price Trend
7.62% below the market average7.62% below the market average7.62% below the market average7.62% below the market average7.62% below the market average
23.40% above the sector average23.40% above the sector average23.40% above the sector average23.40% above the sector average23.40% above the sector average
Income
40.96% below the market average40.96% below the market average40.96% below the market average40.96% below the market average40.96% below the market average
64.29% below the sector average64.29% below the sector average64.29% below the sector average64.29% below the sector average64.29% below the sector average
Growth
20.7% below the market average20.7% below the market average20.7% below the market average20.7% below the market average20.7% below the market average
8.4% below the sector average8.4% below the sector average8.4% below the sector average8.4% below the sector average8.4% below the sector average
Price Chg 6m
19.95% below the market average19.95% below the market average19.95% below the market average19.95% below the market average19.95% below the market average
14.89% below the sector average14.89% below the sector average14.89% below the sector average14.89% below the sector average14.89% below the sector average
P/E
1.53% below the market average1.53% below the market average1.53% below the market average1.53% below the market average1.53% below the market average
24.39% below the sector average24.39% below the sector average24.39% below the sector average24.39% below the sector average24.39% below the sector average
PEG
26.73% below the market average26.73% below the market average26.73% below the market average26.73% below the market average26.73% below the market average
42.22% below the sector average42.22% below the sector average42.22% below the sector average42.22% below the sector average42.22% below the sector average
Dividend Yield
37.02% below the market average37.02% below the market average37.02% below the market average37.02% below the market average37.02% below the market average
49.02% below the sector average49.02% below the sector average49.02% below the sector average49.02% below the sector average49.02% below the sector average
EPS Growth
2.29% above the market average2.29% above the market average2.29% above the market average2.29% above the market average2.29% above the market average
29.87% above the sector average29.87% above the sector average29.87% above the sector average29.87% above the sector average29.87% above the sector average
Operating Margin
25.25% above the market average25.25% above the market average25.25% above the market average25.25% above the market average25.25% above the market average
46.56% above the sector average46.56% above the sector average46.56% above the sector average46.56% above the sector average46.56% above the sector average

What The Brokers Say

Strong Buy 10
Buy 1
Neutral 8
Sell 2
Strong Sell 0
Total 21
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Aegis Group Dividends

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  Interim Final
Ex-Div 10-Sep-08 30-Apr-08
Paid 26-Sep-08 29-May-08
Amount 0.96p 1.46p

Trades for 03-Dec-2008

Time Volume / Share Price
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16:35 492,724 @ 61.75p
16:29 1,491 @ 62.25p
16:29 395 @ 62.25p
16:29 605 @ 62.25p

Aegis Group Key Personnel

CFO Alicja B Lesniak
CEO Jerry Buhlmann

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