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Fayrewood - Trading ahead of expectations

February 2004

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  • Epic Code:
  • FWY
  • Price:
  • 105p
In the light of a  bullish trading statement  which followed a better than expected Q4,  broker Arbuthnot has lifted its 2003 forecast for Fayrewood (105p) to £11.7m pretax profit for eps of 9.8p. Since its flotation on AIM in 1996, Fayrewood has made a number of clever acquisitions and also demonstrated strong organic growth. However, the emphasis over the years has shifted from the early one which comprised putting together high growth businesses and floating them as a single unit, to one of a holding company where it is running the operations itself. The one flotation that has taken place has been Computerlinks (now listed on the Frankfurt exchange) where Fayrewood retains a 51% stake and therefore consoli ...

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