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H&T - High gold prices help pawnbroker beat expectations

November 2011

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  • Epic Code:
  • HAT
  • Price:
  • 330p
Given that AIM-listed pawnbroker H&T's first half results comfortably beat expectations, you might think that its share price graph would exhibit the classic bottom-left-to-top-right variety typically exuded by a growth stock. The fact that this has not yet happened is mainly because its well-timed move into gold trading meant that last year's headline earnings were boosted by an unsustainable “windfall†element on the back of a surge in gold prices and investors are now frustrated by forecasts for the inevitable pull-back this year. However, we think that those prepared to look through these one-off factors are likely to be rewarded with a potential doubling in the share price over the next five years. The key to our viewp ...

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