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White Young Green - New highs for consulting engineer

November 2005

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Shares in consulting engineer White Young Green have surged to a new high of 345p, making for a gain of 150p since we made them a main recommendation last July at 195p. The latest surge followed excellent results for the year ended 30 June, with turnover rising 60% to £144m, of which organic growth was 12%. Pretax profit increased 46% to £10m and earnings rose 27% to 18p. Net debt increased slightly to £15.4m, caused by an increase in spending on its own property and infrastructure but interest cover remains strong at 7.5 times. All of White Young Green’s core areas of engineering, management services, environmental services and town planning enjoyed a successful year, with record b ...

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