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Severfield Rowen

September 2009

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  • Epic Code:
  • SFR
  • Price:
  • 185.25p
Severfield has announced a commendable set of interim results given the difficult construction markets with a pretax profit of £24.6m and eps of 19.5p, a reduction of just 3% on H1 08. This was achieved on revenue in the period of £200m, an increase of 15%, so clearly the additional volumes have been at the expense of margins, which fell from 15.6% to 12.7%. Net borrowings during the period fell to £12m from £15.6m six months earlier. For 2010, the overall demand outlook for structural steelwork in the UK is poor with Severfield expecting it to decline to around 55% of the levels prevailing in 2008. Order book at the period end was £256m, down from £431m. That said, the second half is expected to be ahead of expectations mai ...

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