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PKL

March 2005

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  • Epic Code:
  • PKL
  • Price:
  • 155p
Very respectable interims were masked by two one-off measures that caused analysts to pare back forecasts for this year and next, which caused the shares to be knocked down after previously reaching a high of 190p. For the six months ended 31 October, PKL achieved a 29% increase in turnover, which drove a 38% rise in pretax profit to £2.9m, while earnings were up 22% to 5.5p. The company noted that order books remained healthy, with the healthcare side seeing a 30% increase in enquiries. The reasons behind the earnings downgrade was first the expensing of upfront costs (£0.5m) to establish a start-up division and second, a change in the mix of healthcare sales from short-term sale to longer–term rent ...

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