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Hargreaves Services - Hedging marks latent upgrades

March 2008

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  • Epic Code:
  • HSP
  • Price:
  • 531.5p
The shares rallied sharply following H1 results to 30 November whichmarked a period of substantial growth for the group, driven by severalacquisitions that made their first full H1 contribution whilst the coremineral division also traded strongly. Sales including joint ventureswere up 68% to £193m and pretax profit increased by 61% to £7.1m.Earnings lifted 33% to 17.6p.For the year to 31 May, Brewin Dolphin has upgraded its forecast to£17.1m pretax with £19.7m next year. Corresponding eps are 43.2p and49.9p. Meanwhile, were carbon prices to be sustained, we reckon profitswould go through the roof. For instance, Banham says most of thelong-term contracts in Maltby are locked in below spot and were thepresent contracts to be ren ...

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