Friday preview: Focus to be on current trading at Spectris
High flying instrumentation and controls group Spectris has already issued a detailed trading update for 2011 so Friday's full year results should contain few surprises, which means the focus will be on current trading.
High flying instrumentation and controls group Spectris has already issued a detailed trading update for 2011 so Friday's full year results should contain few surprises, which means the focus will be on current trading.
For the record, market consensus is for sales of £1.1bn and profit before tax of £185.5m. Earnings per share are seen rising to 120.12p from 86.6p in 2010, paving the way for an increase in the full year dividend to 32.86p from 28p in 2010.
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