Assura (AGR)

Company name:	Assura Plc
EPIC:	AGR	Trading Currency:	GBX
Market Sector:	F25F	ISIN:	GB00BVGBWW93
Market Segment:	STMM	Share Type:	DE
WWW Address:	http://www.assuragroup.co.uk	Description:	ORD 10P
Industry Sector:	FOOD & DRUG RETAILERS

Price	Price Change [%]	Bid	Offer	Open	High	Low	Volume
74.40	0.2 [0.27]	74.40	74.50	74.50	75.30	74.10	3,777,971
Market Cap. [m]	Shares In Issue [m]	Beta	EPS	DPS	PE Ratio	Yield	52-Wks-Range
1,790.11	2,406.07	0.01	2.70	2.68	27.56	3.60	75.50 - 52.40

Assura Key Figures

(at previous day's close)
Market Cap.	1,790.11	m
Shares In Issue	2,406.07	m
Prev. Close	74.20
PE Ratio	27.56
Dividend Yield	3.60	%
EPS - basic	2.70	p
Dividend PS	2.68	p
Dividend Cover	1.01
Cash Flow PS	3.03	p
Return On Equity (ROE)	4.98	%
Operating Margin	64.25	%
PEG Factor	-1.02
EPS Growth Rate	-27.03	%
Dividends PS Growth Rate	6.77	%
Net Debt	731.90	m
Gross Gearing	36.95	%
Quick Assets	51.10	m
Net Working Capital	-18.70	m
Intangibles / Fixed Assets	-	%
Turnover PS	4.13	p
Pre-Tax Profit PS	2.65	p
Retained Profit PS	0.37	p
Cash PS	0.76	p
Net Cash PS	-2.14	p
Net Tangible Asset Value PS *	53.19	p
Net Asset Value PS	53.40	p
Spread	0.10 (0.13%)
* Calculation based on Ordinary Capital figure as contained in last annual report, and the most recent shares in issue figure. Therefore the ratio might be exposed to inaccuracies.

Assura Balance Sheet

Share Price Performance

Sample Period ^†	High	Low
1 week	75.50	72.10
4 weeks	75.50	69.00
12 weeks	75.50	64.00
1 year	75.50	52.40

Share Price Chart (5 years)

Assura Historic Returns

Period ^†	Open	Change	%	Open Avg.	Avg. Daily Vol [m]	Total Vol [m]	VWAP
1 week	72.20	2.20	3.05	72.10	3.74		74.02
4 weeks	69.00	5.40	7.83	69.00	3.66		72.06
12 weeks	66.10	8.30	12.56	64.00	4.12		68.97
26 weeks	57.60	16.80	29.17	56.80	4.47		65.12
1 year	54.40	20.00	36.76	52.40	4.91		60.42
3 years	58.00	16.40	28.28	51.35	3.85		59.77
5 years	46.25	28.15	60.86	45.00	3.24		58.34
† periods calculated are whole weeks rather than calendar months

Assura Key Management Ratios

Assura Investment Ratios

(Market value analysis) at previous day's close
PQ Ratio	9.07
PE Ratio	27.56
Tobin's Q Ratio	0.94
Tobin's Q Ratio (excl. intangibles)	0.94
Dividend Yield	3.60	%
Market-to-Book Ratio	1.40
Price-to-Pre-Tax Profit PS	28.06
Price-to-Retained Profit PS	203.42
Price-to-Cash Flow PS	24.56
Price-to-Sales PS	18.03
Price-to-Net Tangible Asset Value PS	1.39
Price-to-Cash PS	97.82
Net Working Capital PS	-0.78
Price Pct to Working Capital PS	-95.73	%
Earnings Yield	3.63	%
Average PE	16.67
Years in average	5
PE to PE average	165.26	%

Assura Financial Ratios

(Leverage Ratios)
Debt Ratio	34.71	%
Debt-to-Equity Ratio	0.53
Debt-to-Equity Ratio (excl. Intgbl)	0.53
Debt-to-Equity Market Value	0.38
Net Gearing	36.05	%
Net Gearing (excl. Intangibles)	36.05	%
Gross Gearing	36.95	%
Gross Gearing (excl. Intangibles)	36.95	%
Gearing Under 1 Year	3.44	%
Gearing Under 1 Year (excl. Intgbl)	3.44	%
Assets/Equity	1.59
Cash/Equity	1.43
(Liquidity Ratios)
Net Working Capital to Total Assets	-0.92	%
Current Ratio	0.73
Quick Ratio (Acid Test)	0.73
Liquidity Ratio	0.26
Cash & Equiv/Current Assets	35.81	%
(Solvency Ratios)
Enterprise Value	2,452.21	m
CFO/Sales	0.73
CFO/Attributable Profit	1.14
CFO/Assets	0.04
CFO/Debt	0.10
Total Debt/Equity Market Value	0.42
Total Debt/Sales	7.55
Total Debt/Pre-Tax Profit	11.76
Total Debt	750.20	m
Total Debt/Net Current Assets	-40.12	%
(Dodds - Graham Ratios)
3 yr Compound Earnings Growth	-	%
5 yr Compound Earnings Growth	-	%
10 yr Compound Earnings Growth	2.35	%
Earn drops > 5% in 10yrs	8

Beta (60-Mnth)	Beta (36-Mnth)
0.0090	0.0074

Assura Operating Ratios

(Profitability Ratios)
Return On Capital Employed (ROCE)	3.25	%
Return On Assets (ROA)	3.35	%
Net Profit Margin	64.25	%
Assets Turnover	0.05
Return On Equity (ROE)	4.98	%
Return On Investment (ROI)	3.44	%
Dividend Payout Ratio	99.26	%
Plowback Ratio	0.74	%
Growth from Plowback Ratio	0.04	%
Net Income Of Revenues	8.86	%
(Asset Utilisation Multiples)
Shareholders Equity Turnover	0.08
Fixed Assets Turnover	0.05
Current Assets Turnover	1.94
Net Working Capital Turnover
Inventory Turnover	-
(Other Operating Ratios)
Total Assets-to-Sales	19.21
Debtors-to-Sales	14.80	%
Debt Collection Period	54.03	Days

Assura Dividends

Announcement Date	Type	Curr.	Dividend Amount	Period Start	Period End	Ex Date	Record Date	Payment Date	Total Dividend Amount
05 Sep 2019	Quarterly	GBX	0.69	30/03/2019	30/09/2019	12/09/2019	13/09/2019	16/10/2019	-
06 Jun 2019	Quarterly	GBX	0.68	02/03/2019	30/06/2019	13/06/2019	14/06/2019	17/07/2019	-
07 Mar 2019	Final	GBX	0.69	31/03/2018	31/03/2019	14/03/2019	15/03/2019	17/04/2019	2.68
06 Dec 2018	Quarterly	GBX	0.68	31/08/2018	31/12/2018	13/12/2018	14/12/2018	16/01/2019	-
06 Sep 2018	Quarterly	GBX	0.66	30/03/2018	30/09/2018	13/09/2018	14/09/2018	17/10/2018	-
07 Jun 2018	Quarterly	GBX	0.65	02/03/2018	30/06/2018	14/06/2018	15/06/2018	18/07/2018	-
08 Mar 2018	Final	GBX	0.66	31/03/2017	31/03/2018	15/03/2018	16/03/2018	18/04/2018	2.51
07 Dec 2017	Quarterly	GBX	0.65	31/08/2017	31/12/2017	14/12/2017	15/12/2017	17/01/2018	-
07 Sep 2017	Quarterly	GBX	0.60	30/03/2017	30/09/2017	14/09/2017	15/09/2017	18/10/2017	-
08 Jun 2017	Quarterly	GBX	0.60	02/03/2017	30/06/2017	15/06/2017	16/06/2017	19/07/2017	-
09 Mar 2017	Final	GBX	0.60	31/03/2016	31/03/2017	16/03/2017	17/03/2017	19/04/2017	2.30
08 Dec 2016	Quarterly	GBX	0.60	31/08/2016	31/12/2016	15/12/2016	16/12/2016	18/01/2017	-
08 Sep 2016	Quarterly	GBX	0.55	30/03/2016	30/09/2016	15/09/2016	16/09/2016	19/10/2016	-
16 Jun 2016	Quarterly	GBX	0.55	01/03/2016	30/06/2016	23/06/2016	24/06/2016	27/07/2016	-
09 Dec 2015	Quarterly	GBX	0.55	31/08/2015	31/12/2015	17/12/2015	18/12/2015	20/01/2016	-
13 Oct 2015	Quarterly	GBX	0.50	30/03/2015	30/09/2015	22/10/2015	23/10/2015	04/11/2015	-
18 Jun 2015	Quarterly	GBX	0.50	02/03/2015	30/06/2015	09/07/2015	10/07/2015	22/07/2015	-
10 Mar 2016	Final	GBX	0.55	31/03/2014	31/03/2015	17/03/2016	18/03/2016	20/04/2016	2.10
02 Apr 2015	Final	GBX	0.50	31/03/2014	31/03/2015	16/04/2015	17/04/2015	30/04/2015	1.90
27 Nov 2014	Quarterly	GBX	0.50	31/08/2014	31/12/2014	08/01/2015	09/01/2015	21/01/2015	-
15 Oct 2014	Quarterly	GBX	0.45	30/03/2014	30/09/2014	23/10/2014	24/10/2014	05/11/2014	-
23 May 2014	Quarterly	GBX	0.45	02/03/2014	30/06/2014	09/07/2014	11/07/2014	23/07/2014	-
02 Apr 2014	Final	GBX	0.45	31/03/2013	31/03/2014	09/04/2014	11/04/2014	23/04/2014	1.36
20 Dec 2013	Quarterly	GBX	0.31	31/08/2013	31/12/2013	08/01/2014	10/01/2014	22/01/2014	-
03 Oct 2013	Quarterly	GBX	0.30	30/03/2013	30/09/2013	09/10/2013	11/10/2013	23/10/2013	-
17 Jun 2013	Quarterly	GBX	0.30	02/03/2013	30/06/2013	10/07/2013	12/07/2013	24/07/2013	-
21 Dec 2012	Interim	GBX	0.29	31/03/2012	31/03/2013	09/01/2013	11/01/2013	23/01/2013	0.85
28 Sep 2012	Interim	GBX	0.29	31/03/2012	31/03/2013	10/10/2012	12/10/2012	24/10/2012	-
26 Jun 2012	Interim	GBX	0.29	31/03/2012	31/03/2013	04/07/2012	06/07/2012	25/07/2012	-
21 Jun 2011	Final	GBX	1.25	31/03/2010	31/03/2011	29/06/2011	01/07/2011	26/07/2011	2.25
23 Nov 2010	Interim	GBX	1.00	31/03/2010	31/03/2011	01/12/2010	03/12/2010	07/01/2011	-
28 Nov 2007	Interim	GBX	1.75	30/03/2007	30/09/2007	05/12/2007	07/12/2007	09/01/2008	4.08
18 Sep 2007	Interim	GBX	2.33	30/12/2006	30/06/2007	26/09/2007	28/09/2007	19/10/2007	-
27 Mar 2007	Final	GBX	4.00	31/12/2005	31/12/2006	04/04/2007	10/04/2007	04/05/2007	6.00
19 Sep 2006	Interim	GBX	2.00	30/12/2005	30/06/2006	27/09/2006	29/09/2006	27/10/2006	-
13 Apr 2006	Final	GBX	3.34	31/12/2004	31/12/2005	03/05/2006	05/05/2006	09/06/2006	5.00
13 Sep 2005	Interim	GBX	1.66	30/12/2004	30/06/2005	21/09/2005	23/09/2005	14/10/2005	-
23 Mar 2005	Final	GBX	2.67	31/12/2003	31/12/2004	06/07/2005	08/07/2005	11/04/2005	4.00
14 Sep 2004	Interim	GBX	1.33	31/12/2003	31/12/2004	30/03/2005	01/04/2005	15/10/2004	-

Assura Fundamentals

	31 Mar 2016 (GBP)		31 Mar 2017 (GBP)		31 Mar 2018 (GBP)		31 Mar 2019 (GBP)
turnover	61.00	100.00%	71.10	100.00%	83.50	100.00%	99.30	100.00%	m
pre tax profit	28.80	47.21%	95.20	133.90%	71.80	85.99%	63.80	64.25%	m
attributable profit	27.90	45.74%	95.30	134.04%	71.80	85.99%	63.80	64.25%	m
retained profit	1.60	2.62%	63.40	89.17%	35.10	42.04%	8.80	8.86%	m
eps - basic (p)	2.20		5.80		3.70		2.70
eps - diluted (p)	2.10		5.80		3.70		2.70
dividends per share	-		2.30		2.51		2.68

Assura Balance Sheet

	31 Mar 2016 (GBP)		31 Mar 2017 (GBP)		31 Mar 2018 (GBP)		31 Mar 2019 (GBP)


	31 Mar 2016 (GBP)		31 Mar 2017 (GBP)		31 Mar 2018 (GBP)		31 Mar 2019 (GBP)
ASSETS
fixed assets	0.20	0.02%	0.40	0.03%	0.40	0.02%	0.20	0.01%	m
intangibles	-	-%	-	-%	-	-%	-	-%	m
fixed investments	1,109.80	95.35%	1,344.90	97.48%	1,732.70	97.10%	1,978.80	97.47%	m
current assets - other	1.70	0.15%	0.90	0.07%	8.40	0.47%	17.60	0.87%	m
stocks	-	-%	-	-%	-	-%	-	-%	m
debtors	7.90	0.68%	9.90	0.72%	14.20	0.80%	15.20	0.75%	m
cash & securities	44.30	3.81%	23.50	1.70%	28.70	1.61%	18.30	0.90%	m

TOTAL	1,163.90	100%	1,379.60	100%	1,784.40	100%	2,030.10	100%	m

LIABILITIES
creditors - short	35.00	3.01%	37.00	2.68%	39.20	2.20%	69.80	3.44%	m
creditors - long	374.60	32.18%	524.60	38.03%	494.80	27.73%	680.40	33.52%	m
creditors - other	-	-%	-	-%	-	-%	-	-%	m
subordinated loans	-	-%	-	-%	-	-%	-	-%	m
insurance funds	-	-%	-	-%	-	-%	-	-%	m

TOTAL	409.60	35.19%	561.60	40.71%	534.00	29.93%	750.20	36.95%	m

EQUITY
ord cap, reserves	754.30	64.81%	818.00	59.29%	1,250.40	70.07%	1,279.90	63.05%	m
prefs, minorities	-	-%	-	-%	-	-%	-	-%	m

TOTAL	754.30	64.81%	818.00	59.29%	1,250.40	70.07%	1,279.90	63.05%	m

OTHER
NAV Basic	46.10		49.40		-		53.40
NAV Diluted	45.70		49.30		-		53.30

Assura Cash Flow Statement

	31 Mar 2016 (GBP)	31 Mar 2017 (GBP)	31 Mar 2018 (GBP)	31 Mar 2019 (GBP)
Operating CF	22.90	39.00	49.90	72.90	m
Pre-Financing CF	-116.00	-137.70	-263.20	-151.30	m
Retained CF	-22.20	-20.80	5.20	-10.40	m

Assura Brokers

Name	Activity	Type	Mnemonic	Code
Cenkos Securities Plc	Market Maker(MME)	Broker/Dealer	CNKS	CNKOGB21
Investec Bank Plc	Market Maker(MME)	Broker/Dealer	INV.	IHCSGB21002
J.P. Morgan Securities Ltd	Market Maker(MME)	Broker/Dealer	JPMS	JPMSGB2L
Numis Securities Limited	Market Maker(MME)	Broker/Dealer	NUMS	RAZHGB2LBIC
Merrill Lynch International	Market Maker(MME)	Broker/Dealer	MLSB	SNCSGB2LBIC
UBS AG	Market Maker(MME)	Broker/Dealer	UBS.	UBSWGB2LEQU
Winterflood Securities Ltd	Market Maker(MME)	Broker/Dealer	WINS	WNTSGB2LBIC