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Luceco - Another towering upgrade

December 2020

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Just a month after announcing forecast beating interims, Luceco has revealed Q3 trading is also ahead of expectations, sending the shares to a new high of 269p. Q3 revenues grew 7.5% driven by online and DIY channels while encouragingly this has accelerated further in Q4. A similar demand pattern has been witnessed in European markets as Government imposed lock-downs eased, albeit professional and project LED channels have been slower to recover.Gross margin was better than expected at 41%, with higher sales volumes driving more efficient utilisation of manufacturing overheads, which themselves have been held at last year’s £22.6m despite growth in activity levels.In response, Numis has upgraded eps by 22% to 14.2 ...

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Luceco (November 2024)

Luceco (September 2024)

Luceco - Q1 profit +30% (July 2024)

Luceco (May 2024)

Luceco - First acquisition for two years (April 2024)

Luceco - Trading ahead of expectations (March 2024)

Luceco - Leverage falls below 1x (January 2024)

Luceco (November 2023)

Luceco - Margin growth drives 8% profit upgrade (September 2023)

Luceco - CEO John Hornby upbeat on margin recovery potential (June 2023)

Luceco - Net debt to be virtually eliminated by FY24 (May 2023)

Luceco - Net debt / EBITDA just 0.8x vs forecasts of 1.3x (March 2023)

Luceco (December 2022)

Luceco (June 2022)

Luceco - Acquires DW Windsor (December 2021)

Luceco - Gain to date: 209% (May 2021)

Luceco (March 2021)

Luceco - Shares hit new high of 221p (November 2020)

Luceco - 23% eps forecast upgrade (September 2020)

Luceco - Huge upgrade (August 2020)

Luceco (May 2020)

Luceco (March 2020)

Luceco - Soon to be prospective PE just 11.2 in spite of excellent growth record (November 2019)

Luceco - Cheap on prospective PE of 10.8 (October 2019)

Luceco - Forecasts upgraded; new price target 80p (March 2019)

Luceco (July 2018)

Luceco (April 2018)

Luceco (February 2018)

Luceco - Gain to date: 65% (November 2017)

Luceco (September 2017)

Luceco - Eps beats forecast (May 2017)

Luceco - Emerging LED lighting products business eyes eps growth of 15-20% p.a. (December 2016)

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