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Crest Nicholson - House builder smashes forecast

December 2020

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  • Epic Code:
  • CRST
  • Price:
  • 260p
A perfectly timed write up last month. The shares leapt after Crest Nicholson announced that pretax profit for the current year is expected to be significantly ahead of consensus expectations of £37.9m  and at the upper end of previously guided £35m-£45m. Net cash of £135m was also far higher than expected and up from £37.2m as at FY’19.Importantly, Crest is making good progress towards its targeted £30m cost savings while a further c. £40m of gross profit margin improvements have been identified through better house types and land plot efficiencies. Over 5,500 future units in its short-term land portfolio have now been planned with the new house type range, up from 3,300 units i ...

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