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4imprint - Massive 20% eps upgrade

April 2013

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  • Epic Code:
  • FOUR
  • Price:
  • 435p
Shares in 4imprint have surged over 60p to a new high of 456p after final results beat expectations. Excluding the gains on a disposal, which completed last March, pretax profit increased 23% to almost £10m, while lower tax meant eps soared 29% to 28.3p. Although most of its disposal proceeds were ploughed into its pension deficit net cash still jumped from £5.5m to £10.7m, while the dividend rose 6% to 15.46p. 4imprint's mainstay is its US direct marketing business, which supplies promotional products such as stationery, mugs, pens and t-shirts to corporate clients. By having their logo emblazoned on the merchandise customers view this form of marketing as better value than radio and television advertisin ...

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