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Porvair - 80%+ of sales repeating from installed base

May 2024

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  • Epic Code:
  • PRV
  • Price:
  • 618p
In the March issue I briefly mentioned Porvair and this month the shares made another fleeting attempt to break higher, supported by a 7/8% upgrade from broker Peel Hunt for this year and next. Established in 1963 and led for many years by Ben Stocks (who has announced an intention to stand down next year), Porvair has achieved a remarkable transformation. 20 years ago it was a manufacturing business without much of a strategy but it has reinvented itself as a specialist filtration company. Porvair now makes its profits from three key areas - filters for use in aerospace (filters used within a plane to keep key engine parts - valves, pumps and actuators - clean and stop them failing), laboratory analysis (water and bioscience filt ...

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