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Hargreaves Services - Shares finally move higher

November 2010

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  • Epic Code:
  • HSP
  • Price:
  • 686p
The past 12 months have proved troublesome for Hargreaves' share price but final results for the year to 31 May have kick-started a recovery. These showed underlying pretax profit rising 20% to £34.3m while eps increased 16.5% to 88.8p. Net debt increased from £69m to £88m, reflecting higher working capital needs but is expected to fall this year and next. Hargreaves' growth came almost single handedly from Energy & Commodities, its coal importing side, which increased profits 39% to £20.7m, helped by increases in industrial activity and higher tonnage levels in Europe. Although UK power station business slowed, this is low margin and didn't much affect profits. The production division (coking coal mining at Monckto ...

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