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SIG

June 2022

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I originally wrote about insulation and roofing group SIG last August at 50p and while the shares have fallen in weak markets, the company has massively outperformed. Broker Peel Hunt has upgraded for the second time since March and now forecasts pretax profit of £52m, £66m and £84m for the years ending December 2022-2024. Equivalent eps is 3.3p (up from 2.6p when I wrote on it), 4.1p and then 5.3p in ’24. SIG noted like-for-like sales of +25% in Q1,  with 19% from inflation and the secret sauce is that it was able to fully pass on higher cost inflation to its customers. Management also said it now expects operating margins to reach 3% in FY’22, one year ahead of schedule. Peel Hunt has upgraded its price target from 65p to 6 ...

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