Company Summary - Help

The company summary page provides a brief overview of the group and provides a snapshot of the key financial numbers.

Share Price Graph

The share price graph shows four years of historical share prices overlaid with the company's normalised earnings per share (EPS) profile. Where data is available, the EPS profile consists of four years of historical earnings and two years of forecast data.



The share price is plotted against the left hand y-axis and normalised EPS has been plotted against the right hand y-axis.

The EPS data is plotted with a series of small circles, representing EPS on the vertical scale, and accounting year-end dates on the horizontal scale.

The forecast EPS data is based on weighted broker consensus data for the future earnings.

Broker Recommendation

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The broker recommendation indicator provides a visual gauge as to how brokers rate the share.
Share Price
Current The share mid price, calculated from the bid and ask price.
Change (p) The share price change on the day in pence.
Change (%) The share price change on the day as a percentage.
Key Figures
Market Cap The total Stock Market value of the company's shares, being the total number of shares issued to shareholders multiplied by the current share price.
Shares in Issue The total number of ordinary shares in issue.
PE (pr) Price Earnings (x)

Share Price (Close on Last Trading Day)/EPS Prospective
PEG (pr) Price Earnings Growth Factor (f)

PER (Price Earnings Ratio) (pr)/Normalised EPS Growth (pr)
EPS Growth Prospective Normalised EPS Growth (%)

This is calculated on a 12 month rolling basis.
DY (pr) Dividend Yield (%)

Dividend (Prospective Dividend Per Share)/Last Closing Share Price x 100
ROCE Return on Capital Employed (%)

Return/Capital Employed x 100 Return
= Normalised Pre Tax Profit
+ Interest Paid

Capital Employed = Share Capital & Reserves
+ Preference Capital
+ Minority Interests
+ Provisions
+ Total Borrowings
- Intangible Assets (Net)
Net Gearing Total Borrowings - Cash & Near Cash/Shareholders Funds x 100
Company Background
Sector The Industry Sector of the stock e.g. Telecommunications.
Activities A brief description of the business of the company.
EPIC The London Stock Exchange code for each security. EPIC is an acronym for Exchange Price Information Code.
Index An index (e.g. FTSE 100, FTSE 250) measures the weighted price of a basket of stocks and represents the changes using a single figure. It is often used as an indicator of performance.
Status The listing status of the stock i.e. whether it is listed on the Alternative Investment Market (AIM) or fully listed.

Outlook

The outlook statement can be the text of any statement (e.g. the Chairman's review) provided by the company within the last annual report, and within any subsequent statements (e.g. trading statement, or interim or preliminary announcement) that alludes to the company's trading prospects.

Each outlook statement is preceded by the date and source. ‘(4-Jun-04) Prelim: ch', for example, indicates remarks by the chairman (ch) from the preliminary results announcement (Prelim) dated 4th June 2004.

Space constraints dictate that outlook statements are sometimes abbreviated, and may consist of two or more elements separated by ‘...' where appropriate.
Latest Results - Annual Report
Turnover The amount of income derived from a company's provision of mainstream goods and services.
Pre-tax Profit Profit before all expenses including interest but before corporation tax.
EPS (Norm Dil.) Earnings per share is the relationship of the profit after tax attributable to each share in issue. Normalised EPS is calculated as follows:

Normalised EPS = normalised earnings / weighted shares in issue

Where

Normalised earnings = IIMR headline earnings
+ exceptional charges¹
- exceptional income¹

and

IIMR headline earnings = FRS3 earnings²
+ non-trading losses¹
- non-trading profits¹

¹ - Net of tax and minority interest adjustments

² - See entry for normalised EPS

In addition, the diluted EPS calculation includes stock options, warrants, and convertible securities to get per-share earnings.
Dividend The payment by the company to its shareholders of a proportion of the profits earned during the financial period. Usually paid as an interim dividend at mid year and a final dividend at the end of the financial year once the final business accounts are prepared and the results known.
Notes Any additional information.
Company Summary Ratios
PER (prospective) Price Earnings Ratio (x)

Share Price (Close on Last Trading Day)/EPS Prospective
Dividend Yield (prospective) Dividend Yield (%)

Dividend (Total Dividend Per Share For Last Financial Year)/Last Closing Share Price x 100
PEG (prospective) Price Earnings Growth Factor (f)

PER (Price Earnings Ratio) (pr)/Normalised EPS Growth (pr)
ROCE Return on Capital Employed (%)

Return/Capital Employed x 100 Return = Normalised Pre Tax Profit
+ Interest Paid

Capital Employed = Share Capital & Reserves
+ Preference Capital
+ Minority Interests
+ Provisions
+ Total Borrowings
- Intangible Assets (Net)
EPS Growth Prospective Normalised EPS Growth (%)

This is calculated on a 12 month rolling basis.
Net Gearing Total Borrowings - Cash & Near Cash/Shareholders Funds x 100
Net Tangible Asset Value (NTAV PS) Net Tangible Asset Value Per Share (p)

Net Tangible Assets / Shares In Issue At Year End (diluted) Net Tangible Assets = Equity Interest in Shareholders Funds
- Intangible Assets
Price to Tangible Book Value (PTBV) Price to Tangible Book Value (x)

Latest Share Price/Tangible Book Value PS where

Tangible Book Value PS = Tangible Book Value / Shares In Issue At Year End (Diluted)

Tangible Book Value = Share Capital & Reserves - Intangible Assets