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Dunelm - Shares hit new high of 470p

November 2010

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  • Epic Code:
  • DNLM
  • Price:
  • 470p
A superb run to a new high of 470p following finals that were well-flagged by its year-end update. Aside from the news that chief executive Will Adderley is stepping down after 15 years at the top to become executive deputy chairman, there were no surprises with sales up 18% to £492.8m. Pretax profit increased 46% to £76.8m and eps rose 47% to 26.9p. This growth reflects an increase in the gross margin of 1.9% to 46.8%, like-for-like sales growth of 8% and a massive expansion program, with 10 new out-of-town superstores opened.The economics of new stores are extremely favourable and encouragingly the payback period for the last 30 openings is expected to be just 26 months, compared with the original target of 36 months. A ...

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