16 July 2018 – final results
The company has revealed a strong set of results for the year ended 31 March 2018. Turnover from continuing operations was £53.6m (2017: £45.6m). Adjusted operating profit from continuing operations increased to £3.1m (2017: £2.5m). Adjusted basic earnings per share from continuing operations were 12.5p (2017: 11.3p). The net bank debt position at the period end was £0.8m versus net cash of £0.6m a year earlier. The proposed final dividend is 3.0p per share (2017: 2.5p) and there is also a special dividend of 1.0p per share (2017: 1.5p per share). Taking all this into account the current share price looks too low. The shares are a STRONG BUY at this level and we put fair value at 100p, representing a conservative 8x adjusted earnings for last year.