22 September 2016 – interim results
A solid set of interim results has been released by The Mission Marketing Group. Turnover can be somewhat misleading given that some costs are passed on but more importantly headline profit before tax increased by 10% to £2.6m (2015: £2.3m) and reported profit before tax increased by 14% to £2.0m (2015: £1.7m). Fully diluted headline earnings per share increased by 15% to 2.33p (2015: 2.03p). Net cash inflows from operating activities were £4.8m in the six months ended June 2016 (2015: £2.3m). There was a £1.5m reduction in net debt to £9.4m. An interim dividend of 0.5p per share represents a 67% increase over last year. The shares look cheap based on fundamentals and we believe a BUY rating is still fully justified.