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Bovis

November 2017

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Housebuilder Bovis announced its interim results, with its well-publicised operational problems leading to a 31% reduction in pretax profit to £42.7m. But our interest is based on its turnaround plan and the large stake acquired by new CEO Greg Fitzgerald and sure enough it has announced a punchy new strategy.First it intends to lower house building volumes to 4,000 units a year from 5-6,000 while targeting more upmarket customers with a higher average purchase price. It’s also aiming to rebuild operating margin to 18.5%. This compares with expectations for this year of around 3,400 units and a margin of under 14%.As well as higher profitability it is targeting return on capital employed (ROCE) to jump from ...

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