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Dunelm

March 2012

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  • Epic Code:
  • DNLM
  • Price:
  • 509p
Specialist out-of-town homewares chain Dunelm noted a resilient H1 with sales up 8.8% (1.1% like-for-like) across the 26 weeks. In Q2, against snow-ravaged comparatives, it achieved 11.7% sales growth with 3.8% like-for-like. Gross margin improved 0.1% and for the year as a whole is expected to be broadly in line with the previous year. Dunelm opened 11 new superstores in H1 to leave 113 open at the period end, while net funds were a healthy £40.4m as at 31 December. Dunelm now anticipates H1 pretax profit to be £52m. As a result, latest 2012 forecasts from Peel Hunt are for pretax profit of 92.1m and eps of 33.1p. Hold. ...

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