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De La Rue

July 2021

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The most impressive aspect of De La Rue’s annual results to 27 March was that adjusted eps emerged at 14.7p, compared with forecasts of 11.6p at the time of my main write-up last December. Operating profit rose 61% to £38.1m on turnover down almost £44m, reflecting the sale of the ID Solutions business (which generated £52.9m last time). Essentially the heavy lifting came from cost savings of £23m, with the remaining £13m on track for delivery this year, following the closure of the Gateshead factory.Net debt was a lower than expected £52.3m reflecting the timing of turnaround expenditure, leaving net debt at just 1x EBITDA. In Currency, which prints high security pape ...

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