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Hostelworld

March 2018

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  • Epic Code:
  • HSW
  • Price:
  • 381p
Hostelworld’s pre-close update revealed full year results will be in line with expectations, with analysts raising their forecasts a little too. The group delivered 6% bookings growth for the year, although there was a slow down in H2 to 1% growth, as terrorism impacted.More positively, bookings at its flagship Hostleworld brand rose 13% year-on-year, with 6% growth in H2. Gross average booking value rose 2% on constant currency to Eu11.5.Also encouraging was the increase in mobile bookings from 47% to 54% of the total and this helped drive a reduction in marketing spend. The group again achieved “excellent free cah flow” but no news on another special dividend yet.Peel Hunt has lifted EBITDA forecasts ...

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