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Chemring - Eps forecasts raised 10% to 101p

March 2007

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Forecast beating results on 23 January, followed by immediate broker upgrades, were enough to send shares in Chemring spiralling to a new high of 1842p, leaving them well ahead of the 1057p at which we recommended them last April. For the year ended 31 October, sales increased 55% to £188m while pretax profit rose 66% to £31.8m. Earnings rose 51% to 70.3p, effectively achieving its original 2007 forecasts one year early. Chemring’s leading countermeasures division, which supplies decoys such as flares and chaff to protect aircraft from missile attacks, grew turnover by 30% to £118m while operating profit increased 39% to £34m, with margins rising from 27% to 28.6%. As the world leader in countermeasu ...

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