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Nichols - Small upgrade to forecasts

September 2011

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Nichols, the owner of Vimto soft drinks, produced sprightly half-year results, which were ahead of expectations and prompted a small upgrade.For the six months to 30 June overall sales rose 14.4% (against a tough comparative of 17.6%), which compares well with the UK soft drinks market, which grew just 6% by value and 1% by volume. Helped by a 0.7% rise in operating margin to 14.3%, pretax profit rose 20% to Â£7.2m, while a lower tax charge (to 25%) meant eps was up almost 24% to 14.6p. Net cash increased from Â£11.7m to Â£14.4m.The growth came thanks to heavy marketing, (c. 15% of sales) while new packaging was also launched in Q1. Market share gains have meant penetration of Vimto has increased from 14.5% two years ago to ...

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