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Abcam - Shares now Â£5 above tip price

October 2010

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Another fantastic surge lifted the shares to an intra-day high of 1786p and they remain over Â£5 above our recommendation price in May. The catalyst was final results, which just beat recently upgraded forecasts, with revenues up 25% to Â£71m, pretax profit rising 58% to Â£25.8m and eps increasing 54% to 53.8p. All territories grew strongly, both mature ones like the US and Europe, which grew 20% and the UK, which expanded 15% and also immature ones like Japan (+40%) and Hong Kong & China (up 62%). To recap, Abcam supplies research grade antibodies, which act as â€œmarkersâ€ of a disease and help scientists understand and characterise biological processes in their quest to find cures and treatments. Abcam does thi ...

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