News & Comment
Electronic component distributor Abacus has it warned that the US and
European slowdown is now hitting trading after a 56 per interim profits
increase to £10.5 million. James Crux reports.
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Electronic component distributor Abacus Polar has capped a doubling of
annual profits to £15.8 million with the exciting £13.9 million
acquisition of semiconductor distributor Silicon Concepts, writes James
Crux.
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Recommendations
Burdened with £62.9m of borrowings, Abacus, the bombed-out European-wide electronic components distributor, remains a fairly unattractive investment at present.
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Abacus
SPECULATIVE BUY 31/05/2006
Acquisitions sent Abacus into the red at the interim, though these key deals are bringing significant operational and margin benefits to the recovering distributor of electronic components.
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Abacus
BUY 23/11/2004
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Abacus
NO RECOMMENDATION 14/05/2002
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Abacus
NO RECOMMENDATION 20/09/2001
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Abacus
NO RECOMMENDATION 22/05/2001
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Abacus Polar
NO RECOMMENDATION 17/11/2000
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Abacus Polar
NO RECOMMENDATION 24/05/2000
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Sector Articles
London's FTSE Smallcap closed the month at 2003.77, a 22.8 per cent discount to its valuation a year ago. However, the index has shown recent signs of life, inching ahead seven per cent from 1858.19 at the start of the May to current levels. As ever, there were a number of small cap ventures vying for attention with upbeat announcements.
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