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Mincon - Characteristics of a successful company

December 2013

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  • Epic Code:
  • MCON
  • Price:
  • 82p
Mincon (MCON; 82p) has all three features (excellent demand profile, 20% operating margins, well spread "repeat" customers) that characterise really successful businesses. The company supplies rockdrills. Conventional ones work by a percussion mechanism, operated by compressed air to break hard rock into dust, which is then blown clear by the air exhaust. It might look boring but it's so niche and Mincon continued its profit climb even during the recent mining downturn. Depleted ore-reserves mean that new mines process mainly low grade ore and as more ore is processed, more drill heads break. Between 2010-2012, helped by geographic expansion, Mincon grew sales from Eu33.8m to Eu63.1m and operating profit doubled from Eu6.22m to Eu13.22m. ...

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