Focusrite - The song remains the same

The investment case for Focusrite is not so much its trading growth, impressive though that is with 19% pre-tax growth in FY18, but its ability to sustain expansion into the future. Both in category terms, with the professional and app-based products developing their markets, and geographically, with Asia taking over as the fastest growth region, management demonstrates its longer-term aspirations and capabilities. In our view, the inconvenience of US tariffs is likely to be temporary and does not affect long-term value, which we define as 457p per share.