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Future - Monolithic free cashflow of £253m or 218p a share

January 2024

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For a business that had a tidal wave of free cash generation of £253m, of which £96m went towards debt reduction (to leave net debt at £327m or 1.25x), a further £47m on acquisitions and £13m on buybacks, any normal market conditions would have seen the shares surge. Instead we had a wild gyration in November, with the shares ranging from £5.50-£10 but the data from this month’s results suggests things are on the mend and I don’t think we’ll have to wait long to see it through. Sales were in line with consensus at £788m (down 4% with an organic decline of 10%). Adj. EBIT at £256m was slightly ahead (down 6%) helped by admin costs 27% lower. Gross margin was healthy at 72%, as was operating margin at 32%. Eps were 140.4p, down 16%. ...

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