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Lok 'n Store - Gain to date: 335%

December 2021

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  • Epic Code:
  • LOK
  • Price:
  • 917p
Shares in self-storage operator, Lok n Store, have gained over £2 this year, hitting highs of 930p after Lok issued sublime final results for the year ended 31st July. Revenues and EBITDA rose 21% and 23%, respectively, to £21.9m and £11.9m, both 6% ahead of FinnCap’s forecasts, while the dividend was hiked 15% to 15p, its tenth consecutive year of growth.Lok, which has 37 UK self-storage centres including 11 managed ones, enjoyed a 35% increase in occupied space with utilisation rates increasing at an unheard of trajectory from 69.6% to 85.8%, thanks to pandemic related growth in housing transactions and renovations, both of which generate a need for storage space. Over half its centres are now more than 90 ...

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