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Judges Scientific

May 2023

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  • Epic Code:
  • JDG
  • Price:
  • 9260p
New share price highs are as rare as hens teeth in present markets but Judges Scientific is one, rising to £96 in February after final results beat upwardly revised expectations. Sales rose 24% to £113.2m, with Rest of World up 19%, USA and China +6% while Rest of Europe and UK were down 2.5% and 28%, respectively. Eps rose 53% to almost 364p (5% beat) and pretax profit was +56% to £31m, with EBIT margins jumping from 21% to almost 27%. Oil services firm, Geotek, its largest ever deal,  contributed to this and achieved the full-earnout (total consideration: £80m) after hitting its target of £11.3m EBIT profit in 2022. That deal also increased net debt to £52m from £1m cash. Organic order intake rose 0.5% to a new record and after ...

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