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Sunday share tips: Johnston Press, IG Design

Sun, 07th Aug 2016 13:59

(ShareCast News) - Sell shares in Johnston Press, was the advice of the Sunday Times' Inside the City column. The publisher, recently added to its stable of local newspaper that ranges from the Burnley Express and the Isle of Man Examiner down to the Crawley Observer and Portsmouth's The News, with the acquisition of the daily national paper the i from the owners of the Evening Standard for a whopping £24m, of which £22m was cash, putting further pressure on a creaking balance sheet. Net debt stood at £137.7m at the start of July, according to recent interim results, of which there was £10.59m cash in the coffers.At those results the company wrote down the value of most of its publishing titles and print assets by roughly £224m almost in half to £279m, excluding the i. The resulting market value of just over £11m means that Johnston is worth, if cash is stripped out, a heartbreaking £0.5m. A £24m loan could be useful but the banks' conditions require the company to improve its debt-to-earnings ratio before it can access it. Plans are to cut costs and sell assets, in order to keep afloat, although this might be a lot easier if it didn't have to pay interest costs of £19m a year.IG Design is a stock worth buying, said Midas in the Mail on Sunday. The former International Greetings has been a recovery story since hitting a lot in 2008 but prospects for further growth from the maker of greetings cards, Christmas crackers, wrapping paper and children's stationary are said to be bright, with a customer list that includes Costco, Wal-Mart, Tesco, Target, Aldi, Lidl and Waitrose. Annual results to end-March showed how in recent years management have reduced the reliance on the UK, cutting overseas revenues risen to 66%; reduced reliance on cards and Christmas, with cards down to 9% of sales and Christmas still accounting for around half, as well as reducing the debt, which was down to £17.5m from £42.1m three years ago.IG sells a range of around 0.5bn products in around 80 countries, with the US beginning to be a major market, helped by Fineman shifting the product range downmarket. Retailers buy IG products for an average price of about 55p and price them on the shelves at between £1 and £2, which keeps demand resilient whatever the economic conditions. IG's manufactures in The Netherlands, Wales, China and the US produce goods quickly and cheaply. Further investment to upgrade US manufacturing due to be complete by early next year, should add growth in what is the biggest market in the world for gift products and children's stationery. Brokers are sanguine for 2017, forecasting 13% sales growth to £269m and similar profits acceleration to £12.3m, with the dividend up 1p to 3.5p.
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30 Apr 2024 11:14

IG Design says annual profit multiplied thanks to turnaround strategy

(Alliance News) - IG Design Group PLC on Tuesday said it expects to report an annual profit that multiplied from the year before, as it pointed to "good progress" in its turnaround strategy, although revenue fell.

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30 Apr 2024 10:54

IG Design delivers 'significant growth' in FY profits

(Sharecast News) - Greeting cards manufacturer IG Design said on Tuesday that it had experienced "significant growth" in profit and strong cash flows in the year ended 31 March, ahead of expectations.

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28 Nov 2023 14:44

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25 Oct 2023 13:42

IG Design shares rise as backs full-year expectations

(Alliance News) - IG Design Group PLC shares jumped on Wednesday, after it said it expects full-year results in line with expectations

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25 Oct 2023 11:10

Canaccord Genuity reiterates 'buy' rating on IG Design

(Sharecast News) - Analysts at Canaccord Genuity reiterated their 'buy' rating on consumer products manufacturer IG Design Group on Wednesday, saying the firm's interim trading update detailed "a robust financial performance" in what remain "challenging market conditions".

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25 Oct 2023 10:46

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25 Oct 2023 08:16

IG Design sees 'significant growth' in profits

(Sharecast News) - Stationery and gifts manufacturer IG Design Group said on Wednesday that it had seen "significant growth" in both profit and margins in the six months ended 30 September.

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20 Jun 2023 09:50

IN BRIEF: IG Design swings to annual loss as revenue down

IG Design Group PLC - Newport Pagnell, England-based designer and manufacturer of celebrations products, including greetings cards, gift wrap, Christmas crackers, gift bags and partywares - Posts revenue of USD890.3 million for the year ended on March 31, down from USD965.1 million the year before. Says the decrease in revenue is due to adverse foreign currency movements, "lower second-half volumes in DG Americas and the strategic decision to continue to exit from unprofitable contracts in the US". Swings to a pretax loss of USD18.9 million from a profit of USD2.2 million. Says this is impacted by a non-cash, one-off write-down of the historic goodwill in the UK business of USD9.1 million.

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13 Jun 2023 15:53

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Monday 19 June 
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5 Jun 2023 14:56

IN BRIEF: IG Design jumps as refinances lending facilities

IG Design Group PLC - Newport Pagnell, England-based designer and manufacturer of celebrations products, including greetings cards, gift wrap, Christmas crackers, gift bags and partywares - Negotiates a three-year refinancing of its lending facilities with HSBC Holdings PLC and NatWest Group PLC for USD125 million. Company also extends its overdraft facility with HSBC. The new facility replaces its previous revolving credit facilities agreed in 2019. Says the facility provides "more than sufficient" headroom to fund its working capital needs over the three years.

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5 May 2023 09:28

IN BRIEF: IG Design hires Devro CFO Rohan Cummings as new finance head

IG Design Group PLC - Milton Keynes, England-based manufacturer and designer of gift packaging, stationery, and craft-related products - Hires Rohan Cummings as chief financial officer starting July 3. Cummings has been CFO of Devro Ltd since 2020. Devro provides collagen casings for food and had been a London-listed firm as Devro PLC. He will be replacing Paul Bal, who was promoted to IG Design's chief executive officer in April.

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20 Apr 2023 11:40

IG Design cautions "deteriorated trading" will likely impact results

(Alliance News) - IG Design Group PLC on Thursday said its performance in the year ended March 31 was ahead of expectations, despite troubles in its Americas division.

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