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N Brown - New eps forecast for 2017 of 37.4p

June 2014

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Best known for selling plus size clothing via catalogues and online through brands such as Simply Be and JD Williams, N Brownâ€™s results were in line with sales rising 6% to Â£835m and pretax profit increasing 5% to Â£100.1m. Eps were flattish at 27.9p due to a higher tax charge, while net borrowings increased from Â£189m to Â£214m due to investment in the receivables book. Weâ€™re puzzled by the negative share price reaction, which is probably due to the fact that sales growth of 8% in H1 slowed to just 4.9% in H2, while active customers grew just 3.7% but these largely reflected the decision to tighten credit criteria, which reduced bad debt to sales ratio from 8.8% in H1 to 7.5% in H2. Gross margin also declined by 0.3% due to ...

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