Secondary Recommendation

SuperGroup - Soon-to-be prospective PE of 14.2 vs 54% three-year forecast eps growth

October 2017

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It’s a mystery to us why shares in Supergroup have spent the last three and a bit years consolidating when operationally it’s been all systems go, but a recent intra-day move above £16 suggests the technical overhang may soon be over. The company, which sells T-shirts, hooded tops and jackets, sporting a novel mix of American fabrics fused with Japanese styles, quite simply looks mis-priced given not only its fabulous track record in which pretax profit has soared 15-fold to £87m in the nine years to April 2017, but the promise of much more to come. Following its latest results, broker Investec has upgraded forecasts and now expects pretax profit of £98.1m (eps: 94.8p) this financial year, followed by £ ...

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SuperGroup (December 2017)

SuperGroup (August 2017)

Supergroup - Christmas sales rise almost 21% (February 2017)

Supergroup - Strong trading suggests a "beat" is likely (January 2017)

Supergroup - Fashion retailer cranking up overseas expansion (September 2016)

Supergroup - Q4 sales up 30% (July 2016)

Supergroup - Director selling to fund divorce provides attractive entry point (April 2016)

Supergroup - Retail profits rise 36% in H1 (February 2016)

Supergoup - Shares back over Â£16 (December 2015)

Supergroup - Shares close in on £15 (September 2015)

Supergroup (July 2015)

Supergroup (May 2015)

Supergroup - Prospective PE will drop to just 11.7 next April (January 2015)

Supergroup - Wholesale order book up 26% (September 2014)

Supergroup - Prospective PE just 14.6 (June 2014)

Supergroup - Very strong Q3 update (March 2014)

Supergroup - Upmarket clothing firm accelerates overseas growth (January 2014)

Supergroup - Poor update; introduce stop-loss (November 2011)

Supergroup - Shares soar after strong update (October 2011)

Supergroup - Clothing fashion group eyes massive UK and overseas opportunity (September 2011)

Supergroup - Fashion retailer sees strong UK and international growth (August 2011)

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