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Topps Tiles - Shares briefly hit £1 in June

June 2009

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  • Epic Code:
  • TPT
  • Price:
  • 83p
Topps Tiles' share price is a really good indicator of fear and greed and now greed is back in the market the shares are doing well. This is best demonstrated by the reaction to the interim results for the 26 weeks to 28 March which, despite Topps saying it was passing its dividend to focus on reducing its net debt, saw the shares hit a string of new highs.  Overall sales were down 13% to £92.1m or down 18.5% excluding the impact of stores opened during the period. Adjusted pretax profit before exceptionals was down 57% at £7.5m for adjusted earnings of 3p. The results were before an exceptional charge of £6.9m relating to losses on interest rate hedges. The weakness of sterling also impacted on the UK gross margin, which ...

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