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Lighthouse -15%/17% growth over next two years

March 2019

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  • Epic Code:
  • LGT
  • Price:
  • 24.5p
The fall in stockmarkets in Q4 took the shine off Lighthouse’s full year results. Overall, sales were broadly unchanged at £53.4m whilst recurring revenue improved by 10% to £26.8m - so 53% of the total. Operating expenses also reduced by £0.3m or 3% to £11.2m helping to lift pretax profit by 5% to £2.64m for eps up 6% to 1.7p. Net cash also looked good, up £0.8m to £9.6m (8p a share) despite investing £1m to take a 5.3% stake in AIM-listed Tavistock (TAVI; 3.1p) and a higher dividend.  The last few years have seen Lighthouse transition from owning an IFA network to faster growth from its affinity side, and it is now preferred supplier of financial advice to 23 such groups. ...

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