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Lok 'n' Store

December 2017

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  • Epic Code:
  • LOK
  • Price:
  • 385p
While larger rivals Safestore and Big Yellow are performing well, shares in Lok ‘n Store have lagged in recent months but this caution is wide of the mark given decent final results, which showed net asset value rising 8% to 416p per share.  Like-for-like revenue was up nearly 6% to £16.65m while EBITDA profit increased 5.4% to £6.5m. The  slower growth rate reflects increased costs from new store openings, business rates and online marketing. On the plus side store pricing increased 1% while self-storage occupancy grew 6.5%. Normalised occupancy (stripping out stores opened less than three years) was 69.8%.Investors shouldn’t get fixated on the short-term because Lok has exciting expansion p ...

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