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Reach - H2 looks more promising

April 2023

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Reach’s FY22 results had been flagged at the January update and were no worse than that. Revenue was -2% to £601.4m and operating profit after being impacted by cost base inflation was £106.1m, with a reduced margin of 17.6% (FY21: 24%). Adjusted eps were 27.1p with a final dividend of 4.5p (ex-12 May) making 7.3p for the year. Net cash of £25.4m reflects a forward purchase of newsprint to be consumed in 2023. Chief executive Jim Mullen estimates that in 2022 it faced cumulative cost inflation from newsprint alone of over £22.5m (costs rose to £75.4m). It partly recouped this through price rises on papers but the year was also then impacted by macro pressure hitting the advertising market, which affected yields, particularly in th ...

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Fisher (James)

Lookers

Reach - Deutsche sets 190p target (November 2024)

Reach - Q2 Digital revenues back in growth (September 2024)

Reach (June 2024)

Reach (April 2024)

Reach - Publishers to benefit from Google Chrome cookie removal (November 2023)

Reach - Material cost programme benefits to come (August 2023)

Reach (February 2023)

Reach - Singer sets 295p share price target (November 2022)

Reach - H2 should see improvement; PE of 3.2 (August 2022)

Reach - Deep Value in a FIFA World Cup year (June 2022)

Reach Prospective - PE of 4.3 (March 2022)

Reach - Digital continues to accelerate (December 2021)

Reach - Shares soar £1 over the month (August 2021)

Reach - Profit forecast upgraded by £5m this year and next (June 2021)

Reach - Highest operating margin for six years - value unlock coming (April 2021)

Reach - I expect it to be in the running for FTSE-250 soon enough (February 2021)

Reach - Q3 benefits from sharp revenue recovery and transformation programme (November 2020)

Reach (October 2020)

Reach (May 2020)

Reach - Results beat expectations (March 2020)

Reach - Accelerates digital transformation (February 2020)

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