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Polypipe

June 2018

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  • Epic Code:
  • PLP
  • Price:
  • 394p
Polypipe has reported full year results slightly ahead of expectations with revenues, pretax profit and eps increasing 6%, 8% and 4% respectively to £412m, £65.7m and 27.2p. Net debt was £148m, representing 1.6x net debt / ebitda.The UK residential side, which manufactures and sells plastic pipes into the residential sector as well as domestic ventilation systems, increased sales by 10% and profit a sparkling 13% thanks to robust growth in UK housebuilding, itself boosted by extension of Government support schemes. However, RMI (refurbs, maintenance improvement) was slow reflecting weak consumer spending and Brexit uncertainty. Selling prices were hoisted by an average 3.8% in 2017, although they lagged inflation ...

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