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Tarsus - Shares move to a new high

October 2005

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  • Epic Code:
  • TRS
  • Price:
  • 167.5p
The shares broke out into a new trading range following interims for the six months to 30 June. Sales were £7.9m, up 76% (32% growth excluding acquisitions). Tarsus also reported a first half profit for the first time in its history. But in profit terms, the first half isn’t really representative of the full year due to the major shows occurring in H2 demonstrated by a pretax profit of £0.5m versus expectations for the full year of £5.8m. Furthermore, Tarsus said that to date exhibition bookings for the year stand at 95% of the forecast.In terms of flagship events, Tarsus continues to grow both Off-Price and Labelexpo flagship events in traditional markets, demonstrating high operational gearing characteri ...

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