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Dunelm

April 2021

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  • Epic Code:
  • DNLM
  • Price:
  • 1300p
Dunelm’s interim results were bang in line with sales, pretax profit and eps rising 23%, 34% and 33% respectively to £719m, £112.4m and 44.1p. Profitability was boosted by a 0.5% rise in gross margin to 52% thanks to more direct sourcing. Free cash flow of £98m meant it swung from £68m net debt as at 30 June to almost £141m cash and it’s resuming dividends with a 12p pay-out. It’s also repaid the JRS scheme monies (£14.5m).While Dunelm has benefited from the home improvement boom it nevertheless grew at more than double the 9.7% underlying market. That reflects a more than 2m increase in the number of customers over the past two years to 12m+. Online traffic grew 95% and with co ...

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