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B&M European Retail

January 2019

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  • Epic Code:
  • BME
  • Price:
  • 325p
Discount retailer B&M highlighted a sharper slow-down than expected, triggering a share price wobble. For the six months ended 29th September it revealed a 16% rise in revenues to £1,563m, while adjusted EBITDA rose 14% to £131.8m. Eps increased 14% to 8.0p.Within the UK it opened 23 new stores of which five are relocations and it now has 591 B&M Stores. UK revenues rose 7.1% (0.9% rise in like-for-like), with the first quarter being strong (+3.6% like-for-like) but July and August were flat, partly because gardening and outdoor ranges were sold earlier than usual (benefiting Q1). September returned to growth thanks to the delivery of new autumn / winter products. EBITDA margin improved 0.42% to 9.5% thanks to r ...

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