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Dunelm - Well-placed to beat forecasts

February 2022

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  • Epic Code:
  • DNLM
  • Price:
  • 1434p
A strong second quarter for home furnishings retailer Dunelm with sales up 13% year-on-year and +26% versus two years ago at £407m, with a very strong performance in furniture. Gross margin jumped 1.6% year-on-year, ahead of expectations driven by higher full price sell through of seasonal ranges. Dunelm expects to largely mitigate cost inflation in commodities and freight and full year gross margin is expected to be 0.3-0.5% lower than FY’21 as it reverts to two annual Sale events versus one last year. Dunelm expects H1 ’22 pretax profit of £140m (H1 ’21: £112m) and is well-placed to beat market forecasts with Peel Hunt’s estimate of £178.8m for the year to June (eps: 70.4p) likely to be raised in due course.With net c ...

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