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Judges Scientific - Shares soar to remarkable £112

April 2024

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  • Epic Code:
  • JDG
  • Price:
  • 11200p
The shares are on a tear, climbing to a new high of £112, helped by institutional buying in a thin market. On 1 February, Judges Scientific also made a small acquisition, its first in Switzerland, of Luciol Instruments, a manufacturer and seller of instruments to measure optic fibre properties using Optical Time-Domain Reflectometry (OTDR). Judges is paying CHF 2.0m (c. £1.8m), around 4x Luciol’s average profit for the last four years. Highlighted at 8330p in December ‘21, the shares have gained 34%. With the prospective PE now almost 30 (FY’24 eps forecast: 383.5p), I’m top-slicing a part profit. ...

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