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Eurodis Electron - Attractive valuation again

February 2003

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Results for the six months to 30 November reflected the fifth phase of cost cutting across the company.  The pretax loss before goodwill and exceptional items was £2.7m, compared with a profit of £1.2m in the first half last year.  This was based on sales of £168.4m down 16% in a market which declined by over 20%, suggesting Eurodis continues to gain market share and illustrating the operationalgearing working in reverse. During the year, Eurodisrestructured its operations once again, in line with lower levels ofsales. Although operating expenses were reduced further, this onlypartially offset the effect of the decline in sales. Gross profit alsoreduced as a result of declining prices and was affected by someser ...

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