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Supergroup

January 2011

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  • Epic Code:
  • SGP
  • Price:
  • 1265p
A sell off for the shares in the highly rated branded retailer followed the interim results although there was nothing untoward in the results themselves. It may have been just profit taking after the meteoric rise or perhaps the CEO’s throwaway remark about higher cotton prices impacting next year's margins that rattled some (cotton prices have been rising all year and it hasn't halted Supergroup's ascent thus far but analysts expect it to reduce gross margins by 2% - Editor). Overall sales grew a blistering 65% to £90.3m. Adjusted pretax profit was up 68% to £13.5m and eps was 11.3p, both of which exclude the effect of new accounting policies (on charging for freight and duty costs).On the retail side, sales went up 7 ...

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