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Dunelm - Another special dividend

November 2013

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  • Epic Code:
  • DNLM
  • Price:
  • 850p
Having hit an all-time high of 1035p on 17 July shares in homewares retailer Dunelm succumbed to profit taking, exacerbated by Q1 results which showed a 5.3% decline in like-for-like sales for the 13 weeks to 28 September. This reflected the hot weather, which caused a marked reduction in footfall, although gross margin did improve 70 basis points helped by more direct sourcing.Earlier, Dunelm reported its final results for the year to 30 June, the highlight of which was another special dividend of 25p a share, returning £50.7m excess cash to shareholders. Dunelm increased revenues and pretax profit 12% to £677m and £108.1m respectively, while eps rose 14% to 40.0p. Year-end net cash was £44.7m. Dunelm's growth reflecte ...

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