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HAMILTON JAMES & BRUCE GROUP LIMITED (HJB)

HAMILTON JAMES & BRUCE GROUP LIMITED (HJB)

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General Information
Company Name: Hamilton James & Bruce Group Limited
Stock Code: HJB
Website: www.hjb.com.au
GICS Sub-Industry: Human Resource & Employment Services
Market Cap ($M): 17
Equiv. Shares (M): 553

Current Price Data+
Current Price Open High Low Last Close Volume Price Movement
$ 0.030 $ 0.000 $ 0.000 $ 0.000 $ 0.030 0 0%

Company Overview

Business Description:
Hamilton James & Bruce Group Limited (HJB) is engaged in the provision of employee placement, temporary, and contract services to commercial, government and not for profit sectors which operates in Australia.

Strategy Analysis:
HJ&B Group is one of Australia's leading recruitment groups with strong penetration across many industries. The group provides services to organisations across industry sectors and job specialisations including banking and finance, accounting, IT&T, sales and marketing, corporate communications, law and operations. The company's strategy for growth involves the acquisition of suitable businesses. HJ&B plans to acquire recruitment company, Priority Personnel soon after the ASX listing; increasing their service diversification. Management indicate that they will target growth in the areas of information technology and telecommunications; e-commerce recruitment; call centres; online recruitment; preferred supplier agreements; and international markets. HJ&B will also continue to explore new markets and consider expansion into new services and different geographic locations.


Financial Summary
Year to Jun NPAT EPS EPS chg (%) PER DPS Yield (%) Franking (%)
2011  A 0.4 0.1 -- 24.3 0.0 0.0 --
2010  A -2.6 -0.8 -- 0.0 0.0 0.0 --
2009  A -6.2 -4.0 -- 0.0 0.0 0.0 --
Source: Aspect actuals / Thomson IBES estimates

Peer Comparison
EPS Growth (%) P/E (%) Dividend Yield (%)
Company Mkt Cap 2009 A 2010 F 2011 F 2009 A 2010 F 2011 F 2009 A 2010 F 2011 F
Hamilton James & Bruce Group (HJB) $17 M -- -- -- 37.5000 -- -- 0.0000 -- --
Seek (SEK) $2,157 M 0.0848 0.2758 0.1562 22.1453 17.3583 15.0129 0.0223 0.0280 0.0332

Market Comparison
Earnings P/E Ratio P/B Ratio P/E Growth P/S Ratio
HJB 3.00 37.5 1.73 -- 0.28
Market 1.12 11.1 0.96 2.31 2.55
Sector 0.67 9.99 1.03 0.83 0.51

Directors
Name Position Start Date
Mr Grahame Doyle Chief Executive Officer,Managing Director 21 May 2012
Mr Lancelot Christopher Fernandes Company Secretary,Non-Executive Director 24 September 2009
Mr Jeffery Alan Goss Non-Executive Chairman 18 November 2009
Mr Miles Hedge Non-Executive Director 18 November 2009
Mr Mark Lindsay Taylor Non-Executive Director 24 September 2009
Mr Simon Guy Erricker Non-Executive Director 24 September 2009

Management
Name Position
J Adcock Financial Controller
A Hinton General Manager ACT
C Bradshaw General Manager QLD
M Gray General Manager QLD
S Brown General Manager VIC
Rasasingam Jeevakan Joint Company Secretary

Substantial Shareholders
Holding Name
17,706,096 (3.20%) N Burton Taylor
16,168,639 (2.93%) Timothy Burton Taylor
466,724,770 (84.45%) Charterhouse Management Limited and its associates

Calendar of Events
Date Event
27 February 2013 Report (Interim)
26 September 2012 Report (Annual)
29 August 2012 Report (Prelim)
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