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S&U - 718p price target

May 2002

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Broker, Bell Lawrie White, has upgraded its forecast for S&U, after the provider of home collected credit  announced profit ahead of expectations, for the year to 31 January 2002.  The new forecast is for earnings of 58p in 2003, rising to 63p in  2004.  In2002 the group increased pretax profit by 21% to £9.2m,  onturnover up 8% to £34.4m.  Earnings per share rose 22% to 53.5p(against a forecast of 49.5p).   Profit was boosted by aslight reduction in the provision for bad debts, which fell from 14%to 12.5% of turnover.  This reflects S&U's  reputationfor only taking on the highest quality business.  Its bad debtsto net receivables ratio of around 4% is muc ...

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