No sign of upturn at Dignity

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Although the death rate is normalising, funeral parlour and crematoria owner Dignity (LON:DTY) is still underperforming. There is no longer a dividend to help put a floor under the share price.

Admittedly, the full year pre-tax profit forecast has not been changed from £41m following the third quarter trading update, but there is no perceptible improvement in the outlook.

Like-for-like market share fell from 12% to 11.8%. It appears that the decline in market share may have been stopped, but there is no sign of an upturn. Average selling price was £2,944, which was slightly higher than i...

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Andrew Hore
Andrew Hore is the publisher of AIM Journal, which is an online monthly publication covering the Alternative Investment Market.