exceeded my expectations ... a approx 20% return for under 2 months .. time to move on though

Yes and the Brokers are now taking a shine to the stock.....

Shaftesbury PLC

FORECASTS
2009 2010

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

Arbuthnot Securities
18-03-09 BUY 17.12 12.23 11.00 18.29 13.33 11.00

KBC Peel Hunt Ltd
04-03-09 BUY 9.99 7.21 8.80 11.99 8.65 8.80

Teathers
04-03-09 RED 16.69 11.98 11.38 18.34 13.50 12.15

Singer Capital Markets Ltd
11-02-09 UREV

2009 2010
Pre-tax () EPS (p) DPS (p) Pre-tax () EPS (p) DPS (p)

Consensus 16.90 12.10 11.20 18.32 13.42 11.00

1 Month Change 0.69 0.47 0.20 0.62 0.59 -0.06
3 Month Change 0.67 0.45 0.20 0.61 0.58 -0.06

Notes to forecasts
Where confirmed by brokers, forecasts for REIT's combine PID and non-PID dividends. Otherwise, they are excluded from consensus with a D flag


GROWTH
2008 (A) 2009 (E) 2010 (E)

Norm. EPS -94.09% 1,232.34% 10.91%

DPS 78.27% 6.67% -1.79%

INVESTMENT RATIOS

2008 (A) 2009 (E) 2010 (E)

EBITDA 41.00m 47.88m 49.75m

EBIT 40.86m 46.34m 49.28m

Dividend Yield 3.33% 3.55% 3.49%

Dividend Cover 0.09x 1.08x 1.22x

PER 347.40x 26.07x 23.51x

PEG -3.69f 0.02f 2.16f

Net Asset Value PS 469.29p p p

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