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Britain’s Hottest Stock? It’s a Magic Carpet
The ride could be about to get bumpier for Victoria’s shareholders.
On the floor.
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The best-performing U.K. stock this decade isn’t an artificial intelligence or biotech startup in Cambridge. It’s a carpet manufacturer from Kidderminster. Come again?
Since the start of 2010, Victoria Plc has generated a 6,140 percent return for shareholders who reinvested their dividends.8 That’s more than stock market sparklers like Games Workshop Group Plc (up 2,500 percent) and posh tonic maker Fevertree Drinks Plc, which has also jumped 2,500 percent since its 2014 initial public offering.