(Alliance News) - Computacenter PLC on Tuesday said its trading has continued to be "robust" in July and August.
Shares in the midcap computer services firm were 3.4% higher in London on Tuesday morning at 2,981.88 pence each.
"Current market forecasts have remained below the board's expectations," the firm said.
It attributed this to analysts not upping their forecasts following its mid-July trading statement.
On July 21, Computacenter said it expects profit for the first half to surge on the back of a stellar performance in the second quarter, despite the independent technology partner being constrained by supply issues. The Hatfield, England-based firm said it will deliver an adjusted pretax profit for the first half of 2021 around 50% higher than last year's GBP72.4 million.
It will report interim results on September 9.
In a statement Tuesday, Computacenter said: "The exceptionally good performance in the second half of 2020 makes a more difficult comparison than we have experienced in the first half of this year, but even with a flat performance in the second half of 2021 compared to the second half of last year, we would finish the year 10% ahead of current market expectations of the group's full year 2021 adjusted profit before tax."
It posted adjusted pretax profit of GBP200.5 million in 2020.
Computacenter continued: "Whilst visibility in our business is never perfect, given the momentum in the business, a substantial order backlog, the successful acquisitions and a strong forecast we will endeavour to beat last year's second half performance, not just match it."
By Paul McGowan; paulmcgowan@alliancenews.com
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