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Dunelm - Warm weather temporarily knocks sales

November 2016

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  • Epic Code:
  • DNLM
  • Price:
  • 823p
Unhelpfully hot weather encourages people to go out rather than stay in and do DIY and this meant home furnishings group Dunelm’s current trading has been marginally lighter than expected with Q1 17 revenues down 1.8% to £199m and like-for-like growth lower by 3.8%. But in the main Dunelm continues to tick over nicely. Full year results for the year ending June ‘16 showed turnover, pretax profit and eps rise 7.1%, 6.2% and 7.5% respectively to £881m, £128.9m and 50.3p. With free cash flow increasing 27% to £110m, net debt of £79.3m was slightly less than consensus.Of the eight core strategic objectives, highlights include a new warehouse opening in Stoke, doubling capacity and providing cos ...

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