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Education Development International - 50% profit upgrade

February 2009

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â€œThe shares should definitely be in the Sharewatch Growth Portfolio,â€ said Education Development International's chief executive, Nigel Snook, after the company issued a blowout trading statement last month. It was an easy remark to make in hindsight. As recently as December, although we hadn't added them to the portfolio, we had already been attracted to the shares and numerous times previously we had commented on the terrific operational gearing inherent in the business.Our quandary had however been that analysts didn't share our enthusiasm. For instance, our December update had recorded the fact that brokers were only looking for 6% growth in profit. But the statement from the company now states that trading during Q1 has "s ...

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