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Dunelm

November 2022

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  • Epic Code:
  • DNLM
  • Price:
  • 780p
The out of town homewares chain reported a record end to FY’22 with pretax profit rising 35% to £209m on sales up 16% year on year (at £1,581m) and ahead 41% versus FY’19.Dunelm has managed inflation well, helped by forward buying of energy, freight contracts, FX hedging and clear wage rates. As a result gross margins only fell 0.4% to 51.2%. This solid platform helped it maintain its entry level price points, while there’s no clear weakness in higher ticket categories like furniture with higher priced items of given ranges said to be strong. Free cash flow was £153m, leaving net debt just £23.8m (in spite of investment in stock and some double running of new warehouses, absorbing £10m). Current forecasts point to a 44p divid ...

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