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Haynes beats expectations

The publishing group expects to beat expectations for the recently completed financial year with EPS expectations marked higher by almost a fifth.
June 7, 2018

Shares in Haynes Publishing Group (HYNS) were marked up on the news that the publisher of technical car information for consumers and professionals expects adjusted pre-tax profits to rise 10 per cent for the full year to May 2018, beating current market expectations by around 7 per cent. Meanwhile, the benefit of US tax changes should provide a further boost to the bottom line with brokers now expecting adjusted EPS growth of over 40 per cent.

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Meanwhile, with the further benefit of US tax changes, EPS forecasts for the recently completed financial year have been marked up by nearly a fifth from 11.8p to 14p by broker Panmure and current year forecasts are raised from 15p to 16.4p.