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SigmaRoc - Cluster buying by directors

December 2022

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The shares bounced thanks to cluster buying by directors and interim results, which were strong. These showed revenue nearly trebling to £247m, EBITDA of £47.6m and pretax profit rising 234% to £29m following the transformative acquisition of Nordkalk. EBITDA margin of 19.5% was ahead of management's expectations, with effective pricing and ongoing efficiency initiatives mitigating the inflation.Justifying its “buy & build” strategy it said “performance improvement programmes, which have enhanced throughput and utilisation, commercial terms, increased materials reserves, and de-bottle necked capacity are expected to realise EBITDA benefits of £5m in 2022, with significant further scope in 2023 and beyond” while “average underly ...

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