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Games Workshop is the largest and the most successful tabletop fantasy and futuristic battle-games company in the world. Our major brands are Warhammer and Warhammer 40,000. In addition, we hold a global licence from New Line Cinema for a tabletop battle-game based on director Peter Jackson's BAFTA and Academy award winning film trilogy, The Lord of the Rings.

Our business is about helping mighty armies to meet headlong on the field of battle. At our HQ in Nottingham, in the UK, we design, manufacture and retail the vast range of Citadel Miniatures plastic and metal soldiers and rulebooks, which are the foundation of an almost infinite hobby. The UK manufacturing operation in Nottingham is complemented by a production facility at our despatch warehouse in Memphis, TN, USA.

At the heart of the Hobby are the millions of gamers aged 12 upwards, who spend many of their waking hours collecting, creating, painting and building up the armies which they will go on to command on a carefully prepared table top battlefield.
Tabletop wargaming

It's all about two people facing each other across a battlefield, each attempting to move their models into position to fire upon their opponent's force or attack them in hand-to-hand combat. The victor is decided by a combination of skill and luck with the players rolling dice to determine whether an arrow hits or a foe is struck down.

The Company

Games Workshop is a publicly quoted company with direct sales operations in the UK, the United States, Canada, France, Germany, Spain, Italy, Japan and Australia. With over 70% of sales coming from outside of the UK the Group is now truly international. GW remains a vertically integrated company, retaining control over every aspect of design, manufacture, distribution and retail of our models and rulebooks. Products are sold through our own chain of 340+ Hobby centres and by more than 3,700 independent toy and hobby shops around the world. These outlets are complemented by our growing mail order and online sales businesses.

A buy in this weeks IC

3 shares for your isa


Income champion  
Last year, the then-Chancellor George Osborne brought in new dividend tax rules, which introduced a new 7.5% dividend tax for any dividend income over £5,000 received by a taxpayer within the fiscal year.  This change has made ISAs even more attractive for sheltering dividend income from the tax man, and it also means ISAs wrappers are the best place to hide high dividend stocks such as Games Workshop (LSE:GAW). 
Games Workshop is one of the London's dividend champions. The fantasy game group throws off an enormous amount of cash, thanks to its operating profit margin of nearly 15%. Most of the cash generated from operations is returned to investors via dividends. Indeed, during the past five years, the company has paid out nearly 100% of earnings per share to investors via dividends. 
For the year ending 31 May 2017, City analysts are expecting the group to pay a total dividend per share of 50p, a yield of 5.8% at current prices.  To get the most out of this payout and avoid Osborne's dividend tax, it's best to own Games Workshop in an ISA. 

15:20 06/03/2017
Broker Forecast - Peel Hunt issues a broker note on Games Workshop Group PLC
Peel Hunt today reaffirms its buy investment rating on Games Workshop Group PLC (LON:GAW) and raised its price target to 1150p (from 1000p). Story provided by StockMarketWire.com

Games Workshop profits set to beat expectations
StockMarketWire.com
Games Workshop (GAW) has confirmed that previously reported sales and profit growth is continuing, with profits for 2016/17 likely to be materially above market expectations.

The Company added that income from royalties receivable is also expected to come in ahead of expectations.

GAW commented: "Sales and profits have further benefitted from the continuing favourable impact of the weaker pound. However, the Board remains aware that there is some uncertainty in the trading periods ahead for the rest of the 2016/17 financial year. A further update will be given as appropriate."



At 2:06pm: (LON:GAW) Games Workshop Group PLC share price was +27p at 916p

Director Deals - Games Workshop Group PLC (GAW)
BFN
Kevin Rountree, Executive Director, has re-invested 733 shares in the company on the 3rd March 2017 at a price of 897.00p. The Director now holds 22,867 shares.

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Ex divi 27 April -25p payed 2 June

Trading Statement
RNS
RNS Number : 0244H
Games Workshop Group PLC
02 June 2017
 
 
GAMES WORKSHOP GROUP PLC
("Games Workshop" or "the Group")
 
2 June 2017
 
 
TRADING UPDATE ON CLOSE OF FINANCIAL YEAR ENDED 28 MAY 2017
 
 
Following the close of its 2016/17 financial year Games Workshop provides the following trading highlights:
 
Games Workshop is pleased to announce that the sales and profit growth, which was discussed in the March 2017 trading update, has continued in the period to the end of May 2017.
 
We expect the Group's sales for the year to 28 May 2017 to be approximately £158 million and the Group's profit before tax to be above market expectations at not less than £38 million.  Sales and profits have benefitted from the continuing favourable impact of the weaker pound.
 
We will provide the detailed information on the audited results for the 2016/17 financial year at the time of our full year results announcement on 25 July 2017.
 

24 Apr
Peel Hunt
1,150.00
Buy

Been a fantastic year so far.

Games Workshop Group PLC (GAW:LSE) set a new 52-week high during today's trading session when it reached 1,286.50. Over this period, the share price is up 175.38%.

Final results Tuesday 25 July

Trading Statement
RNS
RNS Number : 9485L
Games Workshop Group PLC
25 July 2017
 
Games Workshop Group PLC
 
TRADING STATEMENT
 
For the period from 29 May 2017 to 23 July 2017
 
 
 
For immediate release                                                                  25 July 2017
 
Following on from the Group's good performance in 2016/17, trading has continued strongly into 2017/18 such that sales and profits for 2017/18 to date are well above the same period in the prior year.  Profits for 2017/18 are therefore likely to be above market expectations.
 
However, the Board remains aware that there is some uncertainty in the trading periods ahead for the rest of the 2017/18 financial year.  A further update will be given as appropriate.

Annual financial report

09:20 25/07/2017
Broker Forecast - Peel Hunt issues a broker note on Games Workshop Group PLC
Peel Hunt today reaffirms its buy investment rating on Games Workshop Group PLC (LON:GAW) and raised its price target to 1500p (from 1350p). Story provided by StockMarketWire.com

Games Workshop Group PLC (GAW:LSE) set a new 52-week high during today's trading session when it reached 1,575.00. Over this period, the share price is up 222.27%.

Dividend and Trading Statement
RNS
RNS Number : 7931P
Games Workshop Group PLC
05 September 2017
 
Games Workshop Group PLC
 
DIVIDEND AND TRADING STATEMENT
 
For the quarter to 27 August 2017
 
 
 
For immediate release                                                                  5 September 2017
 
Games Workshop Group PLC announces that the Board has today declared a dividend of 35 pence per share.  This will be paid on 27 October 2017 for shareholders on the register at 22 September 2017, with an ex-dividend date of 21 September 2017. The last date for elections for the dividend re-investment plan is 6 October 2017.
 
Following on from the Group's update in July, trading for the first quarter of the current financial year has continued strongly.  Sales and, given the high operational gearing of the business, profits for 2017/18 to date are therefore well above the same period in the prior year. 
 
A further update will be given as appropriate.
 

5 Sep
Peel Hunt
2,000.00
Buy

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Trading Statement
RNS
RNS Number : 0135U
Games Workshop Group PLC
19 October 2017
 
19 October 2017
Games Workshop Group PLC
("Games Workshop" or "the Group")
 
TRADING STATEMENT
 
 
 
Following on from the Group's update in September, sales to date have continued strongly.  Given the high operational gearing of the business, any movement in sales is directly reflected in profits.  Sales and profits to date therefore continue to be well above the same period in the prior year. 
 

10:40 19/10/2017
Broker Forecast - Peel Hunt issues a broker note on Games Workshop Group PLC
Peel Hunt today reaffirms its buy investment rating on Games Workshop Group PLC (LON:GAW) and raised its price target to 2400p (from 2000p). Story provided by StockMarketWire.com