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Marks Electrical - Pays its maiden dividend

September 2022

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  • Epic Code:
  • MRK
  • Price:
  • 62.5p
Marks Electrical (MRK; 62.5p) is the second online-only retailer I spoke to this month but unlike On the Beach (OTB; 121p), which I cover on the front page, it specialises in selling bulky, “unfriendly freight” subcategories such as cookers, refrigerators and washer/dryers. These big ticket items put its exposure at the sharper end of a consumer downturn.  But speaking to founder and chief executive Mark Smithson, he notes that against a market decline of over 20% in the first four months of this year, the business grew by 13.7% as it took market share. The business is also already profitable and has just declared its first dividend - making it unusual for an online retailer. But all this has not stopped the market taking fright with the ...

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