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NCC - Third profit warning

April 2017

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NCC has posted its third profit warning inside three months, forcing founder and CEO Rob Cotton to walk the plank. His bizarre purchase of 125,000 shares at 191p last December suggests a chronic lack of visibility and poor management / internal controls within the business.NCC now expects EBITDA to be 20% below the previously downgraded £45.5m-£47.5m range due to worse performance at its Assurance consultancy division, with the escrow software side unaffected.Broker Shore Capital believes material margin shrinkage has occurred within Assurance, not confined to recent acquisitions and with a lengthy 2-3 year recovery plan required, ‘there’s a risk its top fee earners and intellectual property will drift ...

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NCC - Third profit warning

April 2017

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