The full year results were in line with market expectations. As anticipated, the Packaging Machinery division generated strong sales growth of 26% and more than doubled its operating profits. However, overall group profitability was held back by weak trading in the Instrumentation & Tobacco Machinery division. On a continuing basis, group sales fell by 3% and underlying operating profit by 26% to £4m, resulting in underlying EPS of 15.1p. We are reducing our Target Price to 110p (19

25 Feb 2016
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Mpac Group PLC (MPAC:LON) | 275 6.9 0.9% | Mkt Cap: 82.7m
- Published:
25 Feb 2016 -
Author:
Sanjay Jha -
Pages:
3 -
The full year results were in line with market expectations. As anticipated, the Packaging Machinery division generated strong sales growth of 26% and more than doubled its operating profits. However, overall group profitability was held back by weak trading in the Instrumentation & Tobacco Machinery division. On a continuing basis, group sales fell by 3% and underlying operating profit by 26% to £4m, resulting in underlying EPS of 15.1p. We are reducing our Target Price to 110p (19