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Authoritative Independent Monthly Share Selections Using Technical & Fundamental Analysis

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H&T

October 2010

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:
  • HAT
  • Price:
  • 290p
Shares in pawnbroker H&T surged back towards £3 after it posted very strong interims with pretax profit rising 71%  to £14.5m, while eps increased 79% to 29.4p. Net debt fell from £42.3m to £30.4m.The core pawnbroking side enjoyed a 10% rise in the pledge book to £37.3m, while gross profit rose  42% to £17.9m. This comprised an unchanged £11.5m through the  pawn service charge (interest earned from the pledge book and surplus auction proceeds) and a massive increase in pawnbroking scrap gross profit from £1m to £6.4m thanks to the higher gold price and a carried forward contribution from the previous year's auctions. Spurred on by the favourable trading conditions management opened six new stores in H1 ...

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With small companies there is an above average degree of risk compared to buying blue chips. Please be aware that we have not assessed the suitability of any of these investments for you. The newsletter simply states a personal view and diarises the editor’s investment decisions. Please speak to your stockbroker or other qualified individual to ascertain whether any of these companies mentioned would form useful additions to your own portfolios. Past performance is no indication of future success.

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