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Lavendon

September 2014

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  • Epic Code:
  • LVD
  • Price:
  • 201p
Lavendon's H1 results would have really sparkled but for the fact that the pound strengthened against the dollar, which led to a £0.7m currency drag on the Middle East earnings. They were also against the relatively soft comparatives last year when weather had impacted most of the European operations but overall it was nice to see operating profits increase by 12% to £15.6m, with margins improving to 12.9%. Eps were ahead 8% to 5.6p.All told, the picture has brightened incredibly. The UK in particular proved to be the swing factor benefiting from recovering demand, pricing improvements and a better mix (bigger construction related machines, which generate better margins) whilst the reorganisation is paying dividends - ...

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