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Marks Electrical

July 2023

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  • Epic Code:
  • MRK
  • Price:
  • 97p
Marks Electric stands almost 50% over the price at which I wrote on it last November. Sales were up 22% to £98m, but this is against the backdrop of the Major Domestic Appliances (MDA) market declining 10% to £4.2bn in the period  and the online element, which is 55% of this, decreased at a faster rate. In this context, Marks’ positive growth represents an increase in market share from 2.0% to 2.5% in MDA (3.5% to 4.7% in the Online segment). Pretax profit was £6.4m (+3%), and eps 4.9p (+4%). Net cash ended the year at £10m up from £3.9m. For most online retailers - particularly in clothing - it can take many repeat orders and many quarters (and even years) before a customer pays back on marketing spend. This is because profit con ...

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