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Dunelm

November 2021

Investing in shares may lose you all or some of your money. Past performance is no indication of future performance. Some of the shares recommended here may be small company shares, which can be relatively illiquid and hard to trade and this makes such shares more risky than other investments.

  • Epic Code:
  • DNLM
  • Price:
  • 1279p
Shares in Dunelm briefly hit £15 after the out of town homewares retailer said full year results met upgraded guidance while it pleased investors with a 65p special dividend, accompanying its 35p ordinary.Despite stores being closed for 35% of trading days, total revenues increased 26% year-on-year to £1.34bn, while gross margin rose 1.3% to 51.6%. Eps rose 47% to 62.9p, while net cash soared from £45m to £129m.Total active customers increased 8.5% despite store closure disruption, while its active email database increased 30%. In a slight variation of the 80/20 rule, Dunelm has identified 12% of customers as “high value” who generate c. 40% sales. These multi-channel, multi-category custom ...

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