Focusrite (TUNE)

Sector:

Leisure Products

Index:

FTSE AIM 100

335.00p
   
  • Change Today:
      5.00p
  • 52 Week High: 605.00
  • 52 Week Low: 285.00
  • Currency: UK Pounds
  • Shares Issued: 59.21m
  • Volume: 73,736
  • Market Cap: £198.36m

Focusrite on track to meet full-year targets

By Abigail Townsend

Date: Friday 03 Feb 2023

LONDON (ShareCast) - (Sharecast News) - Focusrite reiterated its full-year outlook on Friday, despite industry-wide weakness across its Asian markets.
Updating on trading, the audio products specialist, which supplies both professional and amateur musicians with hardware and software, said trading across its content creation and audio businesses in the first four months of the year had been in line with expectations.

This was despite experiencing industry-wide weakness in its Asian markets, the AIM-listed firm noted, with Focusrite-branded products adversely impacted by the planned earlier phasing of inventory sell-in to the channel ahead of the key holiday season.

Phil Dudderidge, chair, said: "However, pleasingly the sell-through of our Content Creation brand products has been robust through this period."

Gross margins had also benefited from reduced freight costs, he added, while supply chain issues were easing.

Dudderidge concluded: "Board expectations for the full-year remain unchanged and anticipate a weighting towards the second half of the year, due to the timing of the product launches."

Focusrite is currently targeting acquisitions that boost its market potential as well as being earnings enhancing, and in December acquired smaller rival Sonnox in a £9.1m deal.

Focusrite said the integration was going well. "2023 is a year for consolidating our leading market positions, supported by significant new product launches and upgrades planned for the latter part of the year, which will underpin future growth," said Dudderidge.

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Focusrite Market Data

Currency UK Pounds
Share Price 335.00p
Change Today 5.00p
% Change 1.52 %
52 Week High 605.00
52 Week Low 285.00
Volume 73,736
Shares Issued 59.21m
Market Cap £198.36m

Focusrite Star Ratings

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Value
51.72% above the market average51.72% above the market average51.72% above the market average51.72% above the market average51.72% above the market average
81.82% above the sector average81.82% above the sector average81.82% above the sector average81.82% above the sector average81.82% above the sector average
Price Trend
78.29% below the market average78.29% below the market average78.29% below the market average78.29% below the market average78.29% below the market average
66.67% below the sector average66.67% below the sector average66.67% below the sector average66.67% below the sector average66.67% below the sector average
Income
45.27% below the market average45.27% below the market average45.27% below the market average45.27% below the market average45.27% below the market average
33.33% above the sector average33.33% above the sector average33.33% above the sector average33.33% above the sector average33.33% above the sector average
Growth
73.92% below the market average73.92% below the market average73.92% below the market average73.92% below the market average73.92% below the market average
83.33% below the sector average83.33% below the sector average83.33% below the sector average83.33% below the sector average83.33% below the sector average

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Focusrite Dividends

  Latest Previous
  Final Interim
Ex-Div 28-Dec-23 11-May-23
Paid 31-Jan-24 09-Jun-23
Amount 4.50p 2.10p

Trades for 28-Mar-2024

Time Volume / Share Price
16:27 7 @ 339.60p
16:26 2 @ 339.60p
16:17 695 @ 332.25p
16:15 145 @ 339.00p
15:47 8,850 @ 340.00p

Focusrite Key Personnel

CEO Timothy Paul Carrol

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