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S&U - Results materially ahead of expectation

March 2002

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 Finance company, S&U, 470p, has been the subject of a Sharewatch recommendation once before - at 340p in December 2000. The shares had traded quietly until the middle of February this year when abullish trading update added 60p to the price in a single day. This said that results, for the year to 31 January, to be announced in April, will be "materially ahead of expectations." Brokers have yet to revise their expectations, but even based on the old forecast of £8.3m,earnings were expected to have been 49.5p last year and 57p this year. Even on the out-of-date numbers, the PE looks very low. Threemembers of the Coombe family were appointed to the board back in 1975and have recently shepherded S&U through three vin ...

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