Greencore downgrading

THE combination of the strike in the sugar factories, the growers dispute and boycott and green pound revaluations have resulted…

THE combination of the strike in the sugar factories, the growers dispute and boycott and green pound revaluations have resulted in a severe downgrading of profit and earnings forecasts for Greencore by Goodbody Stockbrokers.

Goodbody analyst Mr Liam Igoe has reduced his 1997 profits forecast from £62 million to £57 and the 1998 forecast from £68.9 million to £66.2 million. The earnings forecast for 1997 has been cut from 27.9p per share to 26.2p and the 1998 forecast from 30.7p to 29.5p.