Adairs has delivered relatively consistent performance financially since listing, Canaccord Genuity notes, ahead of initiating coverage with a Buy rating and $2.32 target. Winter sales are the most significant of the seasonal promotional campaigns and responsible for a slight weighting to second half revenue and earnings. Cash conversion has been strong and net debt has fallen to $10m at the end of 2018. Guidance provided in August 2018 indicated FY19 like-for-like sales growth of 5-8%.
Higher costs were one area that disappointed Morgans in the first half, although this was attributed to capacity constraints at the distribution centre. The broker also notes the dividend pay-out policy has been increased to 60-85% from 55-70%. Morgans maintains an Add rating and $2.25 target.
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