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T Clarke

March 2022

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After I wrote up T Clarke last June at 140p, the shares raced to a high of 183p but soggy markets have seen a retrace. However, that’s finally changing following a strong update, the highlight of which was a record order book of £534m (2020: £456m) with technology projects now accounting for 25% (2020: 10%) of that, driven by buoyant data centre growth. Turnover for 2021 is expected to be c. £27m with underlying earnings before interest and tax (EBIT) of c. £8.8m, a year-on-year increase of 47%. Net cash was £5.3m (2020: £10.2m) reflecting higher working capital to fund the growth. Excitingly, Clarke now expects turnover to reach £400m in 2022, before achieving its £500m goal by the end of FY’23. Broker, Cenkos’ e ...

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