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Authoritative Independent Monthly Share Selections Using Technical & Fundamental Analysis

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Auto Trader

August 2019

Investing in shares may lose you all or some of your money. Past performance is no indication of future performance. Some of the shares recommended here may be small company shares, which can be relatively illiquid and hard to trade and this makes such shares more risky than other investments.

  • Epic Code:
  • AUTO
  • Price:
  • 557p
It’s been a terrific year for shares in Auto Trader (highlighted by us at 296.5p in July ‘15), which hit a high of over £6 in June and are still well placed at 557p.The group, which is the UK’s largest digital automotive market place, announced results that showed an 8% rise in sales to £355m while pretax profit increased 15% to £242m. That included an £8.7m one off profit from a disposal but underlying operating profit still rose 10% to almost £244m. Eps increased 18% to 21p.Its main division, Trade, which generates revenues predominantly through subscriptions to car retailers and the balance on a pay as you go relationship, increased sales 8% to almost £305m. Key perform ...

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With small companies there is an above average degree of risk compared to buying blue chips. Please be aware that we have not assessed the suitability of any of these investments for you. The newsletter simply states a personal view and diarises the editor’s investment decisions. Please speak to your stockbroker or other qualified individual to ascertain whether any of these companies mentioned would form useful additions to your own portfolios. Past performance is no indication of future success.

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