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Safestore - NAV rises 44% to 199p

March 2008

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  • Epic Code:
  • SAFE
  • Price:
  • 153p
Flying in the face of negative sentiment, self-storage operatorSafestore announced a very respectable set of results for the yearended 31 October. Revenues rose 16% to £74.3m, while EBITDA beforeexceptional gains on property re-valuations rose 22% to £40.7m, drivenby an improvement in EBITDA margins from 52% to 54.8%. Encouragingly,Safestore’s property portfolio enjoyed an uplift in value of 24% to£584m and this resulted in profit after tax including revaluation gainsrising 73% to £78.2m, while net asset value rose almost 44% to 199p,10% ahead of broker estimates. Part of its growth came thanks to the opening of six new stores,plus two satellite stores taking the total to 103 stores (83 UK, 20 inParis). This momentum looks s ...

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