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Secondary Recommendation

Barr (AG) - IRN-BRU and Rubicon drive 18% like-for-like sales growth

July 2010

Investing in shares may lose you all or some of your money. Past performance is no indication of future performance. Some of the shares recommended here may be small company shares, which can be relatively illiquid and hard to trade and this makes such shares more risky than other investments.

  • Epic Code:
  • BAG
  • Price:
  • 1100p
AG Barr, which manufactures and markets a range of soft drinks, including IRN-BRU and Rubicon, has been a star performer in the past decade, with the shares increasing from a low of 177p in August 2000 to 1100p after adjusting for last year's two for one split. This near six-bagger is no flash in the pan though, as over the past decade turnover has increased from £110m to £201m, while pretax profit has soared 130% to £27.9m. And with its latest update on 2 June unveiling an 18% jump in like-for-like revenue for the first four months of this year, Barr looks well on course to extend its record. Founded in 1875 with a soft drinks factory in Falkirk, ...

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