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Dunelm - Ahead of expectations

December 2009

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  • Epic Code:
  • DNLM
  • Price:
  • 416p
Dunelm went over 400p after saying full year results will be “comfortably ahead of previous expectations.” Q1 like-for-like sales have continued to run far ahead of expectations, barely slowing from the 16.1% 10 week like-for-like sales growth to 15% after 17 weeks. Total sales including new stores for the period to 31 October are up 26% to £154m. But even better the gross margin has widened and the year-on-year gross margin was 200 basis points ahead (compared to the 10 week run rate of 180 basis points) helped by greater stock clearance items. With little capital expenditure, the cash pile has ballooned to £31.5m. Numis has lifted its forecast for the year to 30 June from £60m pretax to £68m ( ...

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