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Hargreaves - Meeting notes

March 2006

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  • Epic Code:
  • HSP
  • Price:
  • 413p
We met management shortly after the group reported interim results to 30 November. As expected, these were excellent with the group enjoying very fast growth in its coal trading activities whilst results were also boosted by a maiden contribution from the Monckton coke works acquisition. On a divisional basis, the core haulage business continues to grow sales at a single figure per centage whilst the waste services side is growing in the low teens but the coal side is growing at such an explosive pace that excluding acquisitions, single-handedly it pulled up overall organic growth in sales for the group to 75% and organic growth in operating profit to 54%. Including Monckton, which contributed £10m sales for five-and-a-half ...

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