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Synergy Health - Margins recovering

July 2009

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  • Epic Code:
  • SYR
  • Price:
  • 469p
The satisfying upward spike in shares in Synergy Healthcare was fully deserved with final results indicating that the problems previously bugging it have receded. For the year to 29 March revenues rose almost 22% to £274m while pretax profit increased 4.8% to £26.1m. Eps rose 4.6% to 37.1p. Net debt increased from £145m to £170m but remains well within the facility of £232m.Synergy's decontamination services division, which supplies procedural packs for hospital operations and sterilises surgical instruments, had been one of the bug-bears with increased start-up costs from new contracts impacting on margins although revenues were ahead 22% to £42.9m. However, margins have now recovered to previous levels. While contracts fro ...

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