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September 2022

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  • Epic Code:
  • TET
  • Price:
  • 544p
Treatt has been a stellar performer since I made  it a main buy at 217.5p in Nov ‘16, having touched £13 since then. But this month saw the high flying shares come back with a bit of a bump after Treatt said H2 profitability would fall short of expectations, although sales will still be higher than last year’s £124m. There is no single factor for the downgrade and it is more of a margin issue than sales performance with the two main reasons cited as a weaker performance in the tea category and FX volatility. In FY21, the group had seen a very strong tea revenue performance (+113%), which is one of its higher margin lines. This has not repeated this year, as US consumer demand in the category has reduced, and also some new product l ...

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