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Dunelm

October 2013

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  • Epic Code:
  • DNLM
  • Price:
  • 876.5p
Dunelm has announced a third special dividend in as many years - with a £50.7m or 25p a share dividend accompanying the full year results. The regular dividend was also increased 15% to 16p and Dunelm can easily afford such largesse for shareholders given its free cash flow was over £100m in the year. As it was, 2013 results showed pretax profit up 12% to £108m for eps up 14% to 40p.  Dunelm grew its store estate (14 added, now 126) and plans on building brand awareness with a £3m TV campaign.  Sales were up 12% also to £677m, a like-for-like improvement of 1.1%. The gross margin was ahead by 40 basis points to 48.7% driven by more direct sourcing initiatives.Lock in a part profit.&nb ...

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