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Dunelm - 21.5p special dividend

April 2010

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  • Epic Code:
  • DNLM
  • Price:
  • 365p
The obvious highlight of Dunelm's interim results was an unexpected 21.5p special dividend. Results themselves were as expected with revenues up 26% to £254m, pretax profit increasing 69% to £46.2m and eps ahead 67% to 15.9p. Net cash was £59m. In the seven weeks to 20 February, like-for-like sales grew 6% adjusting for the timing of the winter sale, while gross margins are 200 basis points up. Trading has been helped by a move into new product categories, including arts & crafts, cleaning & laundry and furniture, while store expansion is still increasing at a merry rate with six new superstores opened in H1 and a further five anticipated later this year. Eps forecasts are broadly unchanged, with Oriel expecting ...

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