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Dunelm

August 2011

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  • Epic Code:
  • DNLM
  • Price:
  • 437.5p
The out-of-town homewares specialist has announced that like-for-like sales moved back into positive territory during Q4 to end June, up 1.9% compared to the decline of 1.3% seen in Q3. Gross margin in Q4 is also up 100 basis points despite the currency and commodity headwinds.Including 10 new stores opened during the year taking its total to 103 units, Dunelm expects to report overall sales up 9.9% to £538.5m for the year just ended. Despite capital investment on refits and store expansion of £40m, net cash stands at £31m and is expected to almost double this year, facilitating an acceleration of store rollouts and also paving the way for another special dividend is our guess.Oriel forecasts eps of 29.8p for the year ju ...

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