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NCC

September 2013

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After flirting with our stop-loss the shares bounced after full year results achieved revised forecasts, with group revenues increasing 13% to Â£99.2m while pretax profit increased 2% to Â£23m. Eps rose 7% to 8.4p. The core software escrow side grew revenue 2% to Â£28.5m, while profits increased 3% to Â£16.7m. 81% of profits came from the UK, with the balance from the US and mainland Europe. Encouragingly, NCC is â€œstarting to see an upturn as the IT sector appears to be seeing a slight improvement in the UKâ€. NCC's Assurance division, which provides security testing, audit & compliance and web performance, achieved 10% organic growth excluding two acquisitions, while operating profit rose 17% to Â£12m with growth bei ...

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September 2013

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