UK's Essentra warns on annual profit, shares slump
Adds share move in paragraph 2, analysts' comments in 5
Sept 17 (Reuters) -British plastic and metal components supplier Essentra ESNT.L warned of its annual operating profit missing market expectations on Tuesday, partly hurt by weaker conditions in Europe, sending its shares about 25% lower.
Shares in the company fell as much as 24.6% to 126 pence, their lowest level since August 2009, and the stock was the top percentage loser on the FTSE 250 .FTMC index.
Essentra, which operates in 27 countries, supplies products for a variety of applications in industries such as equipment manufacturing, automotive, fabrication, electronics, medical and renewable energy.
"The impact of the market backdrop on trading since the half-year results, combined with a consequently more cautious view of the likely timing of further modest improvements in market conditions has led to the board revising its expectations for full year," the company said in a trading statement.
Jefferies analysts said in a note that Essentra's management is taking a more cautious view regarding the remainder of the year, adding that the update comes hot on the heels of Monday's profit warning from TT Electronics TTG.L.
Shares in TT Electronics, which slumped about 37% on Monday, were down 2.5% as of 0749 GMT.
Essentra now expects its 2024 adjusted operating profit to be in the range of 40 million pounds to 42 million pounds ($53 million to $55.5 million), below the company-compiled market expectations of 48.4 million pounds to 49.7 million pounds.
($1 = 0.7568 pounds)
Reporting by Aby Jose Koilparambil in Bengaluru; Editing by Rashmi Aich and David Evans
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