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Photo-Me - Net cash soars to £29m

January 2011

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  • Epic Code:
  • PHTM
  • Price:
  • 68p
Very strong interims fully justify our decision to re-recommend Photo-Me at 37p last August. During the six months to 31 October Photo-Me increased EBITDA by nearly 6% to £30m, while pretax profit rose 25% to £14m. Eps was up 69% to 2.3p and net cash soared from £8.1m to £29.4m.The powerhouse was its operations division, which comprises its estate of 44,200 coin operated vending machines where sales increased 3% to £97.1m while operating profit rose 32% to £15.4m. Although profits are very heavily first half weighted, reflecting additional demand for passport photos in the summer holiday season as well as student identity cards ahead of the academic year, growth came through a 3% increase in pho ...

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