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General Information
Company Name: Aspen Group
Stock Code: APZ
Website: www.aspengroup.com.au
GICS Sub-Industry: Diversified Real Estate Activities
Market Cap ($M): 278
Equiv. Shares (M): 591

Current Price Data+
Current Price Open High Low Last Close Volume Price Movement
 $ 0.475 $ 0.465 $ 0.480 $ 0.465 $ 0.470 612,152 $ 0.005  1.064 %

Current Broker Consensus Recommendation more
Recommendation: Hold
Recommendation Date: 8th Dec 2009
12 Month Target Price (average): $0.51
Brokers Surveyed: 1

Company Overview

Business Description:
Aspen Group (APZ) is a property investment and funds management group, focused on acquiring quality property assets and creating and managing innovative property funds and syndicates.

Strategy Analysis:
APZ's business model is focused on the development of a sound property portfolio, with the aim of producing a sound recurring rental stream and achieving capital growth through active management and optimal asset utilisation. The second area of focus is developing a leading funds management business, generating recurring income streams from limited capital employment and building multiple distribution channels both in direct and indirect wholesale and retail markets. Aspen directly owns and manages a portfolio of commercial property assets Australia-wide. Aspen Funds Management (AFM) is a subsidiary of Aspen Group Ltd, established to enable Aspen Group to pursue funds management activities, including the management of property related investment funds. AFM acts as responsible entity for Aspen Property Trust, Aspen Parks Property Fund, Aspen Parks Wholesale Property Fund, Aspen Diversified Property Fund, Aspen Villages Fund, Aspen Communities Fund and Aspen Select Property Fund. Aspen Group reported NPAT up 38.82% to $17.43m for the year ended 30 June 2011. Revenue from ordinary activities were $95.28m, up 35.02% from last year. Basic and Diluted EPS were 3.08 cents compared to 2.25 cents last year. Net operating cash flow was $36.85m compared to $31.11m last year. The final dividend declared was 2.1 cents, taking the full year dividend to 4.2 cents compared with 4.2 cents last year.


Financial Summary
Year to Jun NPAT EPS EPS chg (%) PER DPS Yield (%) Franking (%)
2013  F 39.7 6.8 4.6 6.9 4.8 10.2 --
2012  F 38.3 6.5 91.2 7.2 4.6 9.8 --
2011  A 19.1 3.4 -32.0 13.7 4.2 9.1 --
Source: Aspect actuals / Thomson IBES estimates

Peer Comparison
EPS Growth (%) P/E (%) Dividend Yield (%)
Company Mkt Cap 2011 A 2012 F 2013 F 2011 A 2012 F 2013 F 2011 A 2012 F 2013 F
Aspen Group (APZ) $275 M -0.3266 0.9349 0.0382 13.7574 7.1101 6.8483 0.0903 0.0989 0.1032
GPT Group (GPT) $5,428 M 0.3763 -0.3386 0.0112 8.8784 13.4228 13.2743 0.0450 0.0588 0.0614
Lend Lease Group (LLC) $4,191 M 0.3145 -0.0893 0.1314 8.5651 9.4047 8.3125 0.0477 0.0536 0.0592
Stockland (SGP) $7,737 M 0.0871 0.0134 0.0227 10.6675 10.5263 10.2928 0.0710 0.0715 0.0740
Westfield (WDC) $20,065 M 0.1969 -0.1661 0.0493 11.4402 13.7196 13.0755 0.0731 0.0557 0.0574

Market Comparison
Earnings P/E Ratio P/B Ratio P/E Growth
APZ 0.72 8.88 0.70 0.21
Market 0.82 12.5 1.38 1.21
Sector 1.25 11.5 0.74 5.90

Directors
Name Position Start Date
Mr Gavin R Hawkins Managing Director,Executive Director 31 October 2001
Mr Frank Zipfinger Non-Executive Chairman 31 January 2011
Mr Reginald Norman Gillard Non-Executive Director 31 October 2001
Mr Terrence (Terry) Charles Budge Non-Executive Director 06 May 2005

Management
Name Position
Brendan Acott Chief Executive Offier - Living
Simon Martin Chief Financial Officer
Eric Lee Company Secretary
Philip Barker General Manager - Funds Management
Jamie Smith Head of Commercial Property
Chris Lewis Head of Residential Property

Substantial Shareholders
Holding Name
36,939,908 (6.31%) Commonwealth Bank Group
29,337,289 (5.02%) Orbis Investment Management Pty Ltd and its related bodies
29,522,918 (5.05%) Vanguard Investments Australia Ltd

Calendar of Events
Date Event
25 October 2012 Report (Annual)
27 August 2012 Report (Prelim)
27 February 2012 Report (Interim)
16 February 2012 Div Pay Date
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