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BOK Booker just rising off the baseline of an uptrend channel with 40p minimum here on the cards and fairly quickish. Secondary indicators are also showing the stock ripe for a buy at the moment.



Fundies also support the Buy case all and every broker with a Buy reco on the stock and the company trades on a forard P/E of just over 12 to 2010 and beyond.

You cant get a much better SET UP than that on a stock both fundies and TA in cink with each other............ Nice.

Booker Group PLC

FORECASTS
2010 2011

Date Rec Pre-tax () EPS (p) DPS (p) Pre-tax () EPS (p) DPS (p)

Investec Securities
25-06-09 BUY 48.63 2.70 0.90 51.22 2.81 0.94

Singer Capital Markets Ltd
22-06-09 BUY 49.10 2.70 1.00 52.80 2.90 1.10

Evolution Securities Ltd
03-06-09 BUY 51.40 2.90 0.90 54.60 3.00 1.00

Shore Capital
22-05-09 BUY 46.00 2.60 0.90 51.00 2.80 0.90

2010 2011
Pre-tax () EPS (p) DPS (p) Pre-tax () EPS (p) DPS (p)

Consensus 48.86 2.70 0.90 51.72 2.84 1.00

1 Month Change 2.36 0.10 0.90 1.80 0.09 1.00
3 Month Change 4.06 0.22 0.02 2.76 0.14 0.04


GROWTH
2009 (A) 2010 (E) 2011 (E)

Norm. EPS 38.08% 3.19% 5.18%
DPS % 21.95% 11.11%

INVESTMENT RATIOS
2009 (A) 2010 (E) 2011 (E)

EBITDA 72.30m 74.86m 79.50m

EBIT 57.60m 61.29m 64.52m

Dividend Yield 2.11% 2.57% 2.86%

Dividend Cover 3.54x 3.00x 2.84x

PER 13.38x 12.96x 12.32x

PEG 0.35f 4.06f 2.38f

Net Asset Value PS -10.80p p p

Brokers' Notes

Evolution Securities maintained its "buy" rating for Booker Group (BOK), the cash and carry operator, with a 60p target price. Commenting ahead of the fourth quarter trading update tomorrow, the broker believes the group offers an appealing long term investment opportunity. Sustained market share gains offer growth opportunities in traditional cash and carry markets, Evolution added, while a shrewd shift towards food service offers growth opportunities in alternative markets. Booker shares moved up 0.1p to 59.7p.

Nice little rise on good results. 70 here we come.

Business big shot: Charles Wilson
Emily Ford
The Times
Published: 01 April 2011
Movers and Shakers

...Booker Group Salary 510,000 Charles Wilson must relish proving the doubters...positively overflowing. Yesterday Mr Wilson, who saved the business from extinction...cent in the fourth quarter. Mr Wilson started his career at Procter...
Business big shot: Charles Wilson of Booker Group
Tom Bawden
The Times
Published: 29 May 2009
Movers and Shakers

Charles Wilson, chief executive of Booker Group, the...to the market price.Those who know Mr Wilson, 43, say he is hard-headed and has a steely focus on work.Mr Wilson undeniably has a great track record...

seems to be trying very hard to penetrate that 60sh level and pop up.
weak market may have some say.still holding.
we shall see in due course. good luck.
regards
jkd

Money in the bank.

Go on Booker up up and away.

we seem to have got that pop up. nice weekly close.
bit concerned about todays daily gap up, from a long term point of view that is,but
not from short term.
i'm still holding and still cautious as always. no cheering it
i prefer boring.
regards
jkd

70p coming

at 70psh i shall have to consider taking some of my profits, if it gets there,
we shall see.
regards
jkd

Booker Group started with buy rating at Citigroup, target price 67p.

nice one, and the rest 78p for me.

BM
where did you come from? clear off.;-)
i prefer boring price and threads ;-)
regards
jkd

Looks like someone has been on the pipe over the weekend.

BM
it looks that way ;-)
good luck.
regards
jkd

Looking good.

Booker Group started with buy rating at Citigroup, target price 67p
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Story provided by StockM

Booker like-for-like sales up 5.3%
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Story provided by StockMarketWire.com

Preliminary Results.

Highlights

Total sales +6.2% to 3.6bn (2010: 3.4bn)

Like for like sales +5.1%:

- non tobacco +5.3% (2010: +6.9%)

- tobacco +4.9% (2010: +5.8%)

- sales to caterers +6.3% (2010: +9.1%)

- sales to retailers +4.6% (2010: +5.3%)

Operating prot up 15% to 76.5m

Profit before tax up 25% to 71.4m

Prot after tax up 24% to 59.1m

Basic earnings per share up 0.71 pence to 3.90 pence

Net cash of 27.1m (2010: 7.0m)

Proposed final dividend up 36% at 1.40 pence per share, making total dividend for the year of 1.67 pence per share, up 31%



Operational Highlights

Improved customer satisfaction

Customer numbers increased by 28,000 to 459,000

24 business centres converted to 'Extra' format, taking total conversions to 115 of the 172 business centres in the UK

Internet sales +29% to 526m (2010: 407m)

Booker Direct is trading well

Ritter-Courivaud and Classic, the two businesses acquired in October 2010, are making a real contribution to the Group

Our Indian business continues to progress; our business centre in Mumbai is trading well and we are in the process of opening two further business centres

What a good little share.

Ex-Div 01-Jun-11 - Paid 08-Jul-11 - Amount 1.40p

seems to be a solid set of results.
internet sales plus mention of india trading well.bound to attract interest.
my only interest as most of you may know by now is what the chart says to me,plus in not losing money.looking for a weekly close and future hold above 63sh to confirm this rise for medium/ longer term gain.
regards
jkd

A nice 4.96% rise today SP 67.70

A little bute.