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Volex - Outperforming the market

December 2022

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Volex (VLX; 271p) has been a great performer since I added the shares to Growth Portfolio 3 at 133p in December ‘19 but I think the best is yet to come. I think management would like to believe that the key to its success is what it sells, the unbeatable quality of its electronic components and the fact that most of the components it sells are high growth markets such as data centre cables and electric vehicle cables. But I get the feeling that since industry-wide supply chain and component shortages surfaced, in customers’ eyes how Volex has been selling is really just as important as what it sells. As chairman Nat Rothschild and finance director Jon Boaden told me when I spoke to them, all the turbulence helped strengthen rela ...

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Solid State - Two large NATO contract wins

Growth Portfolio 3 - December '22

Volex - Organic sales and margins ahead of expectations (November 2024)

Volex - Investment driven by localisation (August 2024)

Volex (May 2024)

Volex (December 2023)

Volex (November 2023)

Volex - Murat Ticaret deal completes earlier than anticipated (September 2023)

Volex - Transformational deal produces 14% eps upgrade (July 2023)

Volex - Trading ahead of expectations (May 2023)

Volex - Strong Q1 trading (September 2022)

Volex - To bust a billion within five years (July 2022)

Volex - EV demand helps it beat expectations (May 2022)

Volex - Enters EV infrastructure segment (December 2021)

Volex - Two directors buy shares (November 2021)

Volex - Earnings accretive US defence acquisition (September 2021)

Volex - Forecast up 5% as Medical and EV jump (August 2021)

Volex - Data centres and EV sales +38% and +193%, respectively (July 2021)

Volex - Significant beat on FY21 estimates (May 2021)

Volex (March 2021)

Volex - Three deals being worked on (January 2021)

Volex - Canaccord sets 398p price target (December 2020)

Volex - "Materially ahead of expectations"- results due on 12 November (November 2020)

Volex (August 2020)

Volex (May 2020)

Volex - High growth and exciting (December 2019)

Volex - Five quarters of improvement (June 2010)

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