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Judges Scientific

August 2016

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  • Epic Code:
  • JDG
  • Price:
  • 1325p
Following Judges’ previous update when it said Q1 was weak, Judges said it saw a recovery in orders at the end of Q2, narrowing the order intake for H1 to just 3.4% below 2015 levels. Low order intake was particularly noted at Armfield in the education sector leaving the order book at 10.6 weeks vs 11.7 weeks a year ago. The timing of the recovery in orders will mean H1 will be weak as had been anticipated but H2 will be stronger, although Judges says it is going to be difficult to play catchup by the year end. Shore Cap has therefore cut its full year eps forecast by 18% to 100p, and expects growth to resume next year with eps of 110p.I suspect that the positive impact of a weaker pound post Brexit will see scope to outp ...

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