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Volex - Canaccord sets 398p price target

December 2020

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The (abrupt?) departure of the finance director induced some nervousness, holding back the shares after Volex’s interims emerged together with the hugely eps accretive acquisition of DEKA, a cord manufacturer for the European white goods market. In the light of the deal, despite it only being included for a few weeks, the eps forecast for the year to end March rises 6% to 15 cents with next year’s up 23% to 20 cents, to drop the prospective PE to 13.7.Volex has 14 factories located in key manufacturing hubs around the globe. DEKA enhances its spread and adds two more. Turkish-based DEKA is a power cord manufacturer but has an unbroken eight year record of growing EBITDA at 28% annually. EBIT margins are 14% (cf. Volex’s own margin ...

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