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Topps Tiles - Top-slice some profits

November 2013

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  • Epic Code:
  • TPT
  • Price:
  • 82.5p
Shares in specialist retailer Topps Tiles, which we tipped at 51p in January, have enjoyed a tremendous run, hitting a new high of 94p before a recent pull-back.The strong run reflects anticipation that the improving housing market will feed a greater spend on tiling and Topps, in its year-end update, noted like-for-like sales for Q4 were broadly level with the economy “showing signs of a gradual recovery.†For the 52-week period to 28 September revenues are expected to be level with the prior year (2102: £177.7m) with like-for-like sales down 0.5%. Pretax profit is expected to be around £13m (2012: £12.8m). Topps currently trades from 328 stores having opened 18 and closed or relocated 15 during the year. ...

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