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Polypipe - Shares spike after strong interims

October 2016

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The shares spiked as high as 288p following strong interims with revenues, pretax profit and eps ahead 31%, 45% and 48% to £223.3m, £33.7m and 13.6p, respectively.Broker Deutshce Bank estimates that volumes benefited from some pull forward from H2 but Polypipe still outperformed the market by around 4.5%. Even excluding the first contribution from Nuaire, profits rose 18%.With order intake “remaining consistent with normal seasonal patterns” forecasts could yet be raised later in the year. Its price target is 361p.We think the shares are ready for a further break-out. Keep buying. ...

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