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Marlowe - Run rate margins gallop to 12%

October 2020

Investing in shares may lose you all or some of your money. Past performance is no indication of future performance. Some of the shares recommended here may be small company shares, which can be relatively illiquid and hard to trade and this makes such shares more risky than other investments.

  • Epic Code:
  • MRL
  • Price:
  • 535p
An unusual company that has been highly acquisitive but remained small is Marlowe. It has a market capitalisation of just over £290m at 535p, which is remarkable for a company with a reasonable claim to have achieved some of the fastest earnings growth over the past five years of any in the stock market.Marlowe’s strategy is to “buy-and-build” businesses that provide critical asset maintenance services. Its sweet spot is profitable businesses that are focused around contracted services and maintenance. In the UK, there are all sorts of compliance regulations to ensure commercial buildings and those working within them are kept safe. For example, ensuring fire systems are regularly checked and water supplies do not contain bacteria ...

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