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Warpaint

October 2019

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  • Epic Code:
  • W7L
  • Price:
  • 62.5p
Cosmetics business Warpaint (W7L; 62.5p) is an old friend to SCSW. I made the shares a buy at 137.5p in January’17 and in September ‘18, with the shares hovering at 267.5p, I suggested selling them to lock-in a 95% gain. I have been watching ever since for a re-entry point and with the shares at 55p (and providing a useful 9.4% yield and net cash), I think the time is now.Warpaint is the brainchild of its joint-CEOs, Sam Bazini and Eoin Macleod, who established the business 27 years ago when it started life as a close out business, selling cosmetics sourced directly from the star brands such as Revlon, Max Factor and Calvin Klein to discounters. But 2002 saw the launch of its own cosmetic range, under its W7 brand and t ...

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