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Walker Greenbank - Wallpaper firm trading at discount to sector

December 2012

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Results from high end wallpaper and fabrics group, Walker Greenbank were at the top end of expectations. On sales, which rose 2.4% to £38.3m it grew pretax profits 11% to £2.7m. Eps was up almost 15% to 3.8p. In the UK sales rose 5.6%, with key brands Harlequin, Sanderson and Morris doing well, while it successfully launched Scion, a new interiors brand aimed at younger customers. Encouragingly, licensing income rose 19% to £0.8m with strong growth in Japan. Overseas has also shown progress with the US increasing sales 22%, Eastern Europe (including Russia) 10%, while Far East grew 13%. That more than offset a 12% decline in Western Europe. With Edison forecasting eps of 7.5p in year to January, ris ...

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