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December 13, 2008 - Mira, Portugal – SADIF Investment Analytics SA, today announced the release of a new equity research report covering Compass Group plc (CPG). The report utilizes SADIF's powerful StockMarks™ stock rating system and is required reading for any current or potential Compass Group plc investor.
Report Summary: UK-based Compass Group plc is the world's largest catering company. On November 26th, the group announced that full-year profits attributable to shareholders declined to GBP450M from GBP524M in 2007. The decline was largely the result of lower asset sales compared to the year earlier as operating profits rose 25.1% compared 2007. The company also achieved organic growth of 5.9%, bringing revenues up to GBP11.44B. Although these results beat estimates, the announcement only included operations until the end of September. The economic environment has changed considerably over the past two months. Management believes that there is still considerable room to cut costs, which it hopes will help tide the company over during a global recession. The company has also made moves to streamline its business, pulling out of 30 countries and many of its loss-making/low margin contracts. However, given the uncertain near-term economic environment, we should look closely at the company's long-term fundamental track-record when making any investment decision. We can assess Compass's fundamentals through the use of the StockMarks framework. Compass currently has an overall long-term investment-attractiveness rating (Total StockMark or SMT) of 60, rating above the UK market average. This rating ranks the company seventh when compared to ten of its closest peers, selected on the basis of similarity of business and market positioning factors such as size.
The complete report breaks down the Total StockMark into its three components – Business, Management and Price, performing a thorough analysis of Compass Group plc for long-term investors.
A summary of the StockMarks™ ratings for Compass Group plc Limited is available here:
http://sadifanalytics.com/stockmarks/company.php?ticker=CPG&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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