Week Ahead: Bunzl, G4S, Diageo

21st Aug 2009 12:18

A busier week than last week is in store with FTSE 100 stocks Bunzl, G4S, Admiral, Serco, WPP Group, Cairn Energy, Kazakhmys and Diageo all due to make trading announcements.Distribution and outsource specialist Bunzl gets the show on the road on Monday with its interim results. The company has already indicated that revenues for the first half of the year rose 17% though underlying revenue, which removes acquisitions and exchange rate fluctuations from the picture, was marginally lower. Broker Charles Stanley is expecting a slight improvement in interim pre-tax profits to £117m from £110.8m last year.Security solutions provider G4S is also due to announce figures on Monday. Panmure Gordon believes the focus will be on 'the extent to which the company's organic growth is slowing and the strength of its margins at this stage of the cycle.'The broker is forecasting revenues of £3.2bn versus the £2.7bn seen in the first half of last year. Earnings before interest, tax and amortisation are tipped to rise to £208m from £174.8m while adjusted pre-tax profit is forecast to rise to £173m from £139.8m. That's a little bit more optimistic than Charles Stanley's forecast of profit before tax of £165m. Drinks company Diageo, best known for its Guinness brand, releases full-year results on Thursday, and investors will be looking to see whether the weakening trend in sales reported at the nine-month stage has continued. Charles Stanley expects organic sales to be 0.3% lower year-on-year. Monday August 24INTERIMSBovis Homes Group, Bunzl, CBG Group, Development Securities, G4S, Kingspan Group, Petrofac Ltd, Yule CattoAGMSAida Fund GBP Shares, Amerisur Resources, Creon Corporation, VerisUK ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTSNationwide House Prices (00:01)INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTSChicago Fed National Activity Index (13:30) (US)Industrial New Orders (10:00) (EC)Supermarket Sales (JPN)Tuesday August 25INTERIMSAdmiral, Aggreko, ANT, Chime Communications, Corin Group, CRH, Derwent London, ING UK Real Estate Income Trust Ltd., Persimmon, Pinewood-Shepperton, Puricore, Robotic Technology, Source BioScience, Spectris, Unite Group, VisonicINTERIM DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATEAberdeen Growth Opportunities VCT, Charter European Trust, DewhurstQUARTERLY PAYMENT DATEM&G High Income & Growth Units, M&G High Income Inv Trust Income SharesAGMSPlatminTRADING ANNOUNCEMENTSPunch TavernsFINAL DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATEM&G High Income & Growth Units, M&G High Income Inv Trust Income Shares, Speedy HireQUARTERLY RESULTSGlobus MaritimeINTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTSConsumer Confidence (15:00) (US)Richmond Fed Manufacturing Activity Index (15:00) (US)House Pirce Index (15:00) (US)Wednesday August 26INTERIMSCostain Group, FBD Holdings, Gem Diamonds, Glanbia, H & T Group, John Wood Group, Paddy Power, Rambler Media Group, Serco, Vitec Group, WPP GroupINTERIM EX-DIVIDEND DATEAberdeen Growth Opportunities VCT 2, Aberdeen Growth Opportunities VCT 2 'S' Shares, Catlin Group, Dairy Farm International (Singapore), Eurasian Natural Resources, FDM Group, Fidessa, First Quantum Minerals, Fresnillo, Henderson Opportunities Trust, Hongkong Land Holdings, InterContinental Hotels Group, Jardine Matheson (Singapore), Jardine Strategic (Singapore), Lancashire Holdings, London Capital Group, Mondi, Morgan Sindall, New Europe Property Investments, Ocean Wilsons, Patsystems, Rights & Issues Inv Trust Income Shares, ROK, Spring Group, Tarsus Group, Treatt, United Business Media, Witan Inv TrustQUARTERLY EX-DIVIDEND DATEScottish American Inv CompanyAGMSAberdeen New Dawn Inv Trust, Coral Products, Invesco Property Income Trust, INVUFINAL DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATEAlbany Inv Trust, Tangent CommunicationsFINAL EX-DIVIDEND DATEAssetCo, Cambium Global Timberland Ltd., F&C Capital & Income Inv Trust, Fletcher King, Intelek, Jupiter European Opportunities Trust, Matrix Income & Growth 2 VCT 'C' Shares, NCC Group, Newmark Security PLC, Park Group, Solid State, Spice, Stagecoach GroupINTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTSDurable Goods Orders (13:30) (US)New Home Sales (15:00) (US)IfO Business Climate (09:00) (GER)IfO Current Assessment (09:00) (GER)IfO Expectations (09:00) (GER)Small Business Confidence (JPN)Thursday August 27INTERIMS888 Holdings, Aer Lingus Group, Bloomsbury Publishing, Cairn Energy, Carillion, Chaucer Holdings, Churchill China, Communisis, Computacenter, Espirito Santo, Filtrona PLC, Henry Boot, Hikma, Hunting, IFG Group, IMI, International Public Partnerships Ltd., Kazakhmys, Lincat Group, LMS Capital, Macfarlane Group, office2office, Peter Hambro Mining, Premier Oil, Rugby Estates Investment Trust, Salamander Energy, STV Group, Styles & Wood, Trafficmaster, UK CoalFINALSDiageoINTERIM DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATEThrogmorton TrustQUARTERLY PAYMENT DATEAddax PetroleumAGMSBramdean Alternatives GBP Shares, Bramdean Alternatives USD Shares, Cohort, Guinness Flight VCT, Investment Company (The), Omega Diagnostics GroupUK ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTSTotal Business Investment (09:30)CBI Distributive Trends Survey (11:00)GfK Consumer Confidence Survey (00:01)INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTSGross Domestic Product (13:30) (US)Personal Consumption (13:30) (US)Core PCE (13:30) (US)Weekly Jobless Claims (13:30) (US)Consumer Prices Index (GER)GfK Consumer Confidence (07:10) (GER)Jobless Rate (JPN)Household Spending (JPN)Consumer Prices Index (JPN)Friday August 28INTERIMSBritish Polythene, Charles Taylor, Chesnara, Clarkson, Davis Service Group, Headlam Group, Heritage Oil, JKX Oil & Gas, Johnston Press, Kenmore European Industrial Fund, Lavendon Group, Melrose, PartyGaming, Restaurant Group, Robert WaltersINTERIM DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATEAberdeen Asian Income Fund Ltd., Anglogold Ashanti, Beazley Group, Bluehone AIM VCT 2, Brunner Inv Trust, Domino's Pizza UK & IRL, Edinburgh UK Tracker Trust, Independent Inv Trust, Invista Real Estate Investment Management Holdings, Microgen, Reed ElsevierQUARTERLY PAYMENT DATEBankers Inv Trust, City of London Inv Trust, ING UK Real Estate Income Trust Ltd.QUARTERLY EX-DIVIDEND DATECryptologic LdAGMSDQ EntertainmentUK ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTSInternet Retail Sales (09:30)Gross Domestic Product (09:30)Private Consumption (09:30)Exports (09:30)Imports (09:30)INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTSPersonal Income (13:30) (US)Personal Spending (13:30) (US)Core PCE (13:30) (US)University of Michigan Consumer Confidence (15:00) (US)Business Climate Indicator (10:00) (EC)Consumer Confidence Indicator (10:00) (EC)Economic Confidence Indicator (10:00) (EC)Industrial Confidence Indicator (10:00) (EC)Service Sector Confidence (10:00) (EC)FINAL DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATEAberdeen New Dawn Inv Trust, AXA Property Trust, City Natural Resources High Yield Trust, European Assets Trust, Henderson Far East Income Ltd., Kewill, Latham (James), New City High Yield Fund Ltd., New FCPT Ld, New FCPT Ltd., Northern Foods, SABMiller