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February 2012

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  • Epic Code:
  • DNLM
  • Price:
  • 471p
Another retailer to buck the trend is Dunelm, which this month reported a strong H1 performance. Overall like-for-like sales were up 1.1% but Q2 saw a much better sales improvement of 3.8% (but then last year Q2 had been impacted by the snow). Including 11 new superstores opening in the period (to leave 113), overall sales were up 8.8% in H1. Four more stores will open in H2. Gross margins have also shown a small improvement whilst net cash now stands at £40m.Eps forecast for the current year is 32.6p with 36p next year, to drop the prospective PE to 13. Await interims on 8 February. ...

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