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Photo-Me - Q1 pretax profits rise 25%

October 2012

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  • Epic Code:
  • PHTM
  • Price:
  • 50p
Photo-Me vindicated our longstanding support by announcing at the AGM that the year has started with a bang. Pretax profit for Q1 to end July was 25% higher (+33% had there not been an unfavorable move in exchange rates).All countries are profitable on the photo booth side and it highlighted a very substantial improvement in Germany ,driven by growth in the number of booths. France and Japan have provided steady performances. Trade in the sales & servicing arm (12% of sales) is still soft but is now dwarfed by the vending side.Broker Finncap has still to upgrade its forecast from £22m pretax (eps 4.2p). Interims are due in December and should show a nice jump in the cash balance an ...

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