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CSS Stellar - IMG takeover

November 2004

Investing in shares may lose you all or some of your money. Past performance is no indication of future performance. Some of the shares recommended here may be small company shares, which can be relatively illiquid and hard to trade and this makes such shares more risky than other investments.

  • Epic Code:
  • CSS
  • Price:
  • 36p
The shares fell after results for the six months to 30 June were reported, with four non-core poorly performing business units exited just after the period end. The results were therefore once again clouded by £1.1m of exceptionals and losses on these discontinued operations. On a continuing basis, sales were up to £37.2m from  £32.6m. Operating profit from continuing operations before goodwill was £214,000 down from £1.2m, helped by the executive team taking self-imposed pay reductions. Net debt at the period end was £2.3m.A mixed bag in terms of divisional performance. The two biggest, talent management which grooms sports and entertainment talent and marketing which is mostly sponsorship ...

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