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CML Microsystems

July 2018

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  • Epic Code:
  • CML
  • Price:
  • 530p
Good progress at CML across both of its divisions. Overall revenues were up 14% to £31.7m. Pretax profit was up 9% to £4.6m and eps were up 6% to 24.5p. Net cash lifted by £0.9m to £13.8m or 79p a share.The sales performance for the full year is  somewhat muted (H1 sales were up +23% and H2 was +7%) and CML says this is down to shortages in the supply of silicon, impacting the whole industry.   Notwithstanding that, CML reiterated that products released three to four years ago are now passing through the qualification phase with customers and it has begun shipping more of them in production quantities. CML also put costs in place ahead of this growth emerging with several appointments early in the year and also a new ERP syst ...

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