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Penna Consulting - Shares 106% above January tip

December 2009

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  • Epic Code:
  • PNA
  • Price:
  • 295p
ares in Penna Consulting, which we tipped at 143p in January and again at 200p in August, have performed well, hitting a new high of 295p in response to a strong set of first half results. These showed revenues increasing 68% (11% organic) to £48.4m while pretax profit excluding acquisition costs rose 56% to £3.5m. Operating margins sharply improved from 7.7% to 10.4%, while net cash was £6.7m. Penna is the market leader in career transition or outplacement (25% group sales), which grew revenues by 28% and is likely to continue enjoying the UK's soft labour market. But Penna also has several other businesses covering all stages of the employment life-cycle such as media planning, advertising, assessment selection, recruitment a ...

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