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Albemarle & Bond - Broker upgrades drop 2012 PE to just 9.2

November 2011

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  • Epic Code:
  • ABE
  • Price:
  • 324p
Final results, which were ahead of expectations from pawnbroker Albemarle & Bond, have led to welcome upgrades to forecasts. For the year to 30 June pretax profit rose 5% to £20m with eps rising 6.7% to 28p, against forecasts for 27.1p. Growth may appear anaemic but it should be remembered that a) Albemarle had to bear a £3.6m penalty from hedging gold sales at a lower price and which has now expired and b) it incurred a significant hike in infrastructure costs to support recent ramp up in store expansion. As we noted in this month's write-up on rival H&T, demand for Albemarle's pawn broking services is high due to cautious bank lending and a rise in the value of gold, which has provided increased collateral from which c ...

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