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Luceco - Expect a WA acquisition in due course

May 2021

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  • Epic Code:
  • LUCE
  • Price:
  • 305p
Luceco's full year results contain few surprises having already seen five upgrades since June. Most of the growth has come from the wiring accessories (WA) side - switches and sockets, circuit protection, cable management products and the like. Sales were up 2% to £176m but gross margins went up as a result of WA being a higher proportion of the product mix due to the pandemic creating a resurgence for DIY. WA increased sales 16% to £81m but divisional earnings almost doubled to £23m as all the additional sales produced high factory utilisation and this drove EBIT margin expansion of 10% to 28.3%. LED saw a 9% sales decline to £49.5m but more than doubled its margin to 5.7% due to last year's pr ...

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