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Curtis Banks - Good value on 2017 PE of 15.8

November 2016

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  • Epic Code:
  • CBP
  • Price:
  • 232.5p
SIPP administrator Curtis Banks’ interims were slightly behind expectations due to increased investment in infrastructure, longer than expected completion of the transformative Suffolk Life acquisition and lower interest rates (affecting income from customer deposits).Nevertheless, revenues still rose 44% to £10.8m (including a one month contribution from Suffolk Life, adding £1.4m) while operating profit increased 16% to £1.6m. Eps was 2.3p (H1 15: 2.1p).Total SIPPs under administration rose over 70% to 67,161 with Suffolk Life adding 28,000 and a further 1,627 added organically. Post period end Curtis acquired a further 5,000 SIPPs from European Pensions Management taking the total to 72,000 SIPPs. M ...

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