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    How UIE’s Dual Buybacks and Twin DKK 3.30 Dividends At UIE (CPSE:UIE) Has Changed Its Investment Story

    Simply Wall St·12/13/2025 16:39:57
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    • UIE Plc has commenced two parallel share repurchase programmes authorised at its May 2025 AGM, allowing buybacks of up to 5% of issued share capital overall and up to 2% via a Safe Harbour programme capped at DKK 245,000,000, alongside past declarations of both regular and special cash dividends of DKK 3.30 each with an ex-dividend date of 3 December 2025.
    • Together, the capital return through dividends and the intention to cancel repurchased shares signal a clear focus on shrinking the equity base and returning cash to shareholders.
    • We will now examine how UIE’s combined share buybacks and twin DKK 3.30 dividends shape the company’s investment narrative.

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    What Is UIE's Investment Narrative?

    To own UIE today, you need to be comfortable with a company that converts fairly solid earnings into generous cash returns, even as profit margins have come down from last year and the shares trade on a richer earnings multiple than many food peers. The twin DKK 3.30 regular and special dividends, plus a sizeable buyback mandate running to 2030, reinforce that near term catalysts are now heavily skewed toward capital allocation: execution of the Safe Harbour and block trade programmes, and how aggressively the board shrinks the equity base. That said, the recent announcement does not change the underlying issues flagged earlier, such as uneven profit growth over five years, an unstable dividend history and a Return on Equity still below 20%. It tilts the story more toward capital return than operational momentum.

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    Exploring Other Perspectives

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    Three Simply Wall St Community valuations span roughly DKK 365 to DKK 1,044 per share, showing how differently individual investors see UIE’s potential. Set against rising buybacks and elevated earnings multiples, these contrasting views highlight why you may want to weigh several risk and dividend scenarios before deciding how UIE might fit in your portfolio.

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