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Marstons

January 2010

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  • Epic Code:
  • MARS
  • Price:
  • 90p
After coming under heavy selling pressure, shares in Marstons bounced on relief that final results were in line with expectations. Excluding property impairment charges of £68m, pretax profit fell 13.5% to £70.3m, on revenues that fell 1.4% to £645m. Net debt reduced from £1.27bn to £1.1bn, mainly thanks to the £165m rights issue monies. Marstons Inns & Taverns, the managed pubs side saw sales reduce by 3.6% to £368m, principally reflecting the transfer of 47 smaller pubs to its tenanted side. Underlying profit reduced by 6.5% to £60.3m. The current year has started well with like-for-like sales up 3.1% in the first eight weeks, with food sales up 5.3% and drink ahead by 1.6%. G ...

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