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ROK - Forecast beating results

April 2007

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Shares in building services firm Rok stormed to a new high of 1060p on better than expected final results. For the year ended 31 December, turnover increased 24% to £689m, while pretax profit rose 33% to £22.4m. Earnings increased 19% to 52.5p. Impressively, excluding the acquisition of Tulloch Construction, revenue growth was still 17%, while the order book has soared 58% to £522m. Rok Building, the contracting and planned maintenance business, led the way with sales rising 22% to £533m and operating profit rising 33% to £15.7m, of which Tulloch chipped in £1.2m. Marins rose from 2.7% to 2.9% and should widen further as the focus on small works intensifies. Organic growth came through both new ...

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Rok - Â£1.1bn framework agreements underpin growth potential (August 2006)

ROK Property - Very consistent share price growth (June 2005)

ROK Property Solutions - Falls through stop-loss in spite of upgrade (March 2003)

ROK Property Solutions - Acquires large construction firm (September 2002)

Rok Property Solutions - Rokeagle cuts two deals (August 2002)

Rok Property Solutions - Nationwide ambitions (June 2002)

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