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Elementis

April 2015

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  • Epic Code:
  • ELM
  • Price:
  • 280.5p
The prolific nature of Elementis’ cash generation has paved the way for another special dividend of 6.95 cents, taking the annual dividend payout to 15.4 cents (2013: 13.9 cents). Final results showed turnover, pretax profit and eps rising 2%, 4% and 8% to US$790m, US$142m and 24.8 cents, respectively. Net cash was US$64.2m but with capex requirements falling away it’s expected to hit US$80m this year.Speciality chemicals, which makes additives to enhance the look, feel and stability of industrial paints and coatings, produced broadly unchanged operating profit of US$98.5m on sales 4% higher at US$520m as US and Asian growth was offset by European de-stocking and personal care was lumpy. While management has seen no sig ...

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