Primary Recommendation

Polypipe - 24% market share of plastic pipes and fittings

June 2014

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Polypipe, which has just returned to the Full List after a 14 year absence, looks like it could once again become one of the quiet heroes of the UK stock market. The company, which supplies plastic pipes and fittings through the builders merchant network, might not immediately look like the most glamorous business in the world but new housing regulations requiring the use of plastic pipes, rather than copper, clay or concrete, have been lifting demand. It is so dominant in the field that its market share is already 24% and the Competition Commission in the UK blocked it from buying a rival producing plastic ducting a few years back. Whilst I was recently having a small extension to my house, I was exposed to the diverse range of ...

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