Date: Thursday 29 Mar 2012
LONDON (ShareCast) - International sales helped lift flooring firm James Halstead to record revenues in the half year to December 31st.
Trading over the first half produced revenues of £117.7m, an increase of 10.9% over the same period the year before.
Overseas sales increased by 15.2%. The growth in Germany was over 17% and France and Scandinavia were north of 25%.
Growth in the UK was lower with a 3.5% uplift on 2010 and the UK proportion of total turnover now stands at 33%, although the firm points out total UK revenue is at a record.
Most of Halstead’s work comes from commercial properties; recent contracts include the Royal London Hospital and Liverpool John Moores University.
Pre-tax profit up to December increased to £21.1m - an increase of 14.1% over 2010 while the dividend has been boosted by 11.1% to 5p.
News of the results had pushed the shares up 7% by 15:05. Since January the stock has risen 24.7%.
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Share Price | 199.00p |
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52 Week High | 225.00 |
52 Week Low | 188.00 |
Volume | 124,707 |
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Market Cap | £829.32m |
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