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April 16, 2009 - Mira, Portugal – SADIF Investment Analytics SA, today announced the release of a new equity research report covering SABMiller Plc (SAB). The report utilizes SADIF's powerful StockMarks™ stock rating system and is required reading for any current or potential SABMiller investor.
Report Summary: UK-headquartered SABMiller is one of the world's largest brewers. While the beer industry is largely believed to recession-proof, SABMiller reported weakness in its South African business in its last interim report to the end of September 2008. SABMiller pointed towards a shift in the company's sales mix away from premium beers and towards SABMiller's mainstream offerings, impacting the company's profitability. However, SABMiller reported a nine percent rise in group EBITA for the first six months of the fiscal year (two percent on a constant currency basis), as a result of improved profitability in other geographical regions such as the US. SABMiller's EBITA from its US operations rose 18% over the period.
However, with the dramatic changes in the global economy over the past six months, investors will be looking for good news when SABMiller issues a trading update on April 16th. When assessing SABMiller as a long-term investment, we should focus on analyzing the company's underlying long-term fundamentals. We can asses SABMiller's fundamentals through the use of the StockMarks framework. SABMiller currently has an overall long-term investment-attractiveness rating (Total StockMark or SMT) of 52, rating the company close to the market average. This rating places SABMiller sixth when compared to ten of the company's closest UK-listed peers, selected on the basis of similarity of business, market positioning factors such as size and share comparisons.
The complete report breaks down the Total StockMark into its three components – business, management and price, performing a thorough analysis of SABMiller Limited for long-term investors.
A summary of the StockMarks™ ratings for SABMiller Plc is available here:
http://sadifanalytics.com/stockmarks/company.php?ticker=SAB&cod_country=110
The report has been distributed to Reuters, and forwarded to Yahoo Finance and FT.com. It is available under 'Analyst Reports' from these websites, from multiple professional platforms including Reuters Knowledge, TheMarkets.com and Thomson Research or directly from SADIF-Investment Analytics SA at:
http://sadifanalytics.com/stockmarks/article/hist_article.php?cod_country=110
About SADIF-Investment Analytics SA:
SADIF-Investment Analytics SA is an independent investment research company covering sixteen different markets and over 12,000 companies. The StockMarks™ system is based on proven investment principles and is designed to drive long-term shareholder returns.
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