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Maintel

September 2024

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  • Epic Code:
  • MAI
  • Price:
  • 255p
Contracts closing later than expected across three key growth markets (security and connectivity; customer experience; and unified comms and collaboration) means this year’s results will be H2 weighted. But Maintel’s H1 update looks decent enough. Although sales were flattish at £46.6m, this was against last year’s tough comparables and EBITDA is up 29% to £4.8m driven by last year’s restructuring. Net debt has fallen by £2.5m to £15.6m in the period. Cavendish reckons in this H2-weighted year, H2 sales will come in at £56.4m (55% of £103m revenue) suggesting scope for a ‘beat.’ Interims are due 19 September; buy. ...

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