Porvair (PRV)

Sector:

Energy Producers

Index:

FTSE Small Cap

670.00p
   
  • Change Today:
      36.00p
  • 52 Week High: 730.00p
  • 52 Week Low: 524.00p
  • Currency: UK Pounds
  • Shares Issued: 46.46m
  • Volume: 6,291
  • Market Cap: £311.29m
  • RiskGrade: 190

Porvair profit drops as crisis hits demand

By Sean Farrell

Date: Monday 01 Feb 2021

LONDON (ShareCast) - (Sharecast News) - Porvair's annual profit fell as the filtration and environmental technology group suffered declining revenue due to supply constraints and falling orders during the Covid-19 crisis.
Pretax profit dropped 17% to £11.6m in the year to the end of December as revenue fell 7% to £135m. Adjusted pretax profit fell 15% to £12.6m.

Porvair increased its final dividend to 3.3p a share from 3.2p a year earlier taking the annual payout to 5p a share compared with 4.9p a year earlier.

Profit fell most sharply at the aerospace and industrial division, Porvair's biggest business by revenue, where adjusted operating profit dropped 26% to £6.3m. On the same basis, profit rose 2% at the laboratory business to £6.7m.

The company gave no financial guidance with trading difficult to predict and said the next few months could be difficult. Demand from aerospace customers may take longer to recover while others such as laboratories are rebounding strongly, Porvair said.

Ben Stocks, chief executive, said: Until the pandemic recedes near-term trading remains unpredictable and the Group continues to withhold earnings guidance. But the results for the year turned out to be better than initially feared in our contingency planning.

"The next few months may continue to be difficult, but beyond that we are increasingly optimistic. Investments made over the last few years will help margins and the new product development pipeline is strong for the near term."

Porvair shares fell 4.4% to 529.64p at 11:41 GMT.

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Porvair Market Data

Currency UK Pounds
Share Price 670.00p
Change Today 36.00p
% Change 5.68 %
52 Week High 730.00p
52 Week Low 524.00p
Volume 6,291
Shares Issued 46.46m
Market Cap £311.29m
RiskGrade 190

Porvair Star Ratings

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Value
75.53% below the market average75.53% below the market average75.53% below the market average75.53% below the market average75.53% below the market average
80% below the sector average80% below the sector average80% below the sector average80% below the sector average80% below the sector average
Price Trend
66.69% above the market average66.69% above the market average66.69% above the market average66.69% above the market average66.69% above the market average
80.00% above the sector average80.00% above the sector average80.00% above the sector average80.00% above the sector average80.00% above the sector average
Income
9.50% above the market average9.50% above the market average9.50% above the market average9.50% above the market average9.50% above the market average
100% below the sector average100% below the sector average100% below the sector average100% below the sector average100% below the sector average
Growth
11.20% above the market average11.20% above the market average11.20% above the market average11.20% above the market average11.20% above the market average
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Porvair Dividends

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Ex-Div 18-Jul-24 02-May-24
Paid 21-Aug-24 05-Jun-24
Amount 2.10p 4.00p

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