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Ultra Electronics - Goldman Sachs has Â£22 price target

May 2012

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A strong year for shares in defence & aerospace electronics firm Ultra, which rallied towards £18 on the back of respectable finals, in which pretax profit rose 12% to almost £115m on turnover that increased 3% to £732m. Eps went up 11% to 120.2p, while the order book rose 16% to £950m. There was a swing from £18m cash to £46m net debt but this was down to spending £142m on acquisitions including deferred consideration for past deals and current head room stands at £200m. In Tactical & Sonar, which supplies anti submarine warfare systems as well as battlespace IT products such as tactical surveillance, profit rose just 2% to £60.5m while its order book fell from ...

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Ultra Electronics (October 2012)

Ultra Electronics - Eps enhancing acquisition (February 2012)

Ultra Electronics - Goldmans have 1790p price target (October 2011)

Ultra Electronics - Swings into net cash (May 2011)

Ultra Electronics - Huge reduction in net debt (October 2010)

Ultra Electronics -Reassures on US, UK defence budgets (June 2010)

Ultra Electronics -Shares above Â£15 for first time (April 2010)

Ultra Electronics - Defence electronics firm boasts fabulous 13 year record (January 2010)

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