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Watkin Jones

June 2019

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  • Epic Code:
  • WJG
  • Price:
  • 215.5p
Watkin Jones has reported a strong H1. Sales were flat at £159m but pretax profit grew by 10% to £26m and eps by 8% to 8.1p. Net cash was £18m, albeit a delayed payment of £14m was subsequently received.Due to timing and mix, revenue from the student accommodation side was £13.4m less than for H1 18 at £128.8m reflecting fewer developments in H1 19 compared to the prior year: six schemes are scheduled to complete this year (2,723 beds), compared with ten schemes (3,415 beds) in FY18. Watkin Jones reports a pipeline of 9,000 beds across 20 developments, of which 5,334 over 11 sites are currently forward sold for delivery over the period FY19 -21, so outer years are set to see a pickup.This r ...

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