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Coats Group

October 2021

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  • Epic Code:
  • COA
  • Price:
  • 75.5p
TMI New Year NAP Coats has been a slow burner but the lid has finally blown off the share price after it announced revenues surpassing pre-pandemic levels. First half sales from this leading industrial thread manufacturer were US$732m (+1% vs ’19 and +34% vs ’20 ) with operating profit rising 179% to US$95m vs ’20. Operating margin more than doubled from 6.4% to 13% as scale and productivity benefits offset rising inflation.In Apparel & Footwear revenue of US$531m recovered to 2019 levels with the core threads side up 2%. Operating margin was 15.5%.The smaller but more dynamic Performance Materials division was 22% of 2019. Operating margin was 6.4% but excluding the US personal protection side, bedevill ...

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