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Yu Group - Wallops the ball out of the park

October 2023

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An astonishing set of interims from Yu. Revenues increased by 51% from £129m to £195m. Pretax profit was up six-fold from £2.2m to £13.1m and eps were up 480% to 58p, with a better EBITDA margin (up from 2.1% to 7%). Average monthly bookings in H1 23 of £51.3m are well up on last year’s average (£22.5m). The contracted revenue has tripled to £358m in August and with bad debts falling also, CEO Bobby Kalar says investors should expect a stronger H2. In the light of results, broker Liberum raised its current year eps forecast by 90% to 139p - which compares to the forecast of 42p when I made the shares a main buy just nine months ago at 380p. Net cash has climbed from £19m to £36.6m and Kalar says he would like to buy a rival’s boo ...

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