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H&T - FY’22-’24 eps forecasts upgraded 18%, 37% and 30% respectively!

October 2022

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  • Epic Code:
  • HAT
  • Price:
  • 470p
Almost immediately after the ink on my write-up of pawnbroker H&T was dry the company announced interims strong enough to drive forecast upgrades. Celebrating its 125 year anniversary, H&T said group revenue, pretax profit and eps increased 50%, 44% and 41%, respectively, year-on-year to £77.8m, £6.7m and 13.1p.The net pledge book increased 27% year to date to £85.1m, comfortably exceeding its pre Pandemic peak of c. £72m, reflecting growing demand for pawnbroking services due to the cost of living crisis and withdrawal of competition in the unsecured lending market. The composition of the loan book has returned to pre-Pandemic levels as demand for larger loans has caught up with smaller loans.Elsewhere, jewellery ret ...

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