Grafton Group
Retail, Ireland
Signals Hit
1) Low P/B Ratio. Grafton Group is trading at a low Price - Book Ratio of 0.7 x. A Low P/B Ratio means that investors are paying less for each unit of the shareholders' assets, so the company is cheaper compared to one with a High P/B ratio.
Profile
Grafton Group PLC manufactures and retails building supplies. The Company operates the Plumbase, Buildbase, Jackson, MacNaughton Blair, Chadwicks and Woodies retail chains, and produces dry mortar. Grafton operates in the United Kingdom and Ireland.
Key Information
| Close Yesterday 2.822 | Market Cap €652.87M |
| 1 Day Change -0.28% | P/E Ratio 28.39 x |
| 1 Week Change 11.54% | P/B Ratio 0.7 x |
| 1 Month Change -3.36% | Beta 0.96 |
| Year-to-Date Change -4.01% | Next Earnings 10/11/2010 |
| 1 Year Change -25.25% | 20 Day Month Average 2.71 |
| 52 Week High / Low 3.96 / 2.33 | 50 Day Month Average 2.84 |
| % Off 52 Week High -28.74% | RSI 54.96 |
| % Off 52 Week Low 21.12% | MACD -0.05 |
| Volume 469.61K | Bollinger Band Upper / Lower 3.02 / 2.41 |
| 3 Month Average Volume 348.18K |
News
UPDATE 1-Grafton swings to H1 profit after cutting costs
Reuters - Aug 31, 2010 By Padraic Halpin DUBLIN, Aug 31 (Reuters) - Irish building supplies group Grafton (GRF_u.I) swung to a first-half operating profit and forecast further profit improvement in the second half as ...
Grafton Group plc Comments On FY 2009 Earnings Guidance-Conference Call
Reuters Key Development - Feb 27, 2009
Grafton Group plc Sees FY 2008 Earnings at Low End of Market Expectations
Reuters Key Development - Jan 7, 2009
