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Renew - Full year results in the bag

June 2012

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  • Epic Code:
  • RNWH
  • Price:
  • 75p
Renew’s interims to 31 March were a record with growth in revenue, profit and operating margin. Sales were up 18% to £183.7m and adjusted profit by 95% to £4.4m. Adjusted eps was up 75% to 5.5p. Net debt at the period end was £6.9m.The factor that was behind these results is, of course, a full six month inclusion from the Amco acquisition against just one month in H1 11. That contribution meant Renew’s specialist engineering side reported sales and profit up 58% and 82% to £107m and £4.5m respectively before central costs. Without Amco, the company tells us the division would otherwise have grown 4% organically. As Amco operated with margins almost double that of Renew, divisional margins improved by 80 basis points to 4. ...

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