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Vertu

November 2013

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  • Epic Code:
  • VTU
  • Price:
  • 60.5p
Strong interims to end August from Vertu, the sixth largest car dealership in the UK. Including three months from the recently acquired and fantastically performing Landrover dealerships in Yorkshire (Vertu's first premium brand acquisition), sales were up a third at £837m (+12.4% like-for-like), pretax profit was up 80% to £8.8m and eps was up 30% to 2.6p (due to the additional shares from the recent placing). Net cash stands at £25.7m.The like-for-like volume of new cars sold in the period was up 19.6% (at 12,700 units) against 16.8% for the industry.     One obvious worry now is that the comparators are so strong that Vertu (like all dealerships) will record falls, if not next year then the year after. ...

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