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tinyBuild: Building resilience

tinyBuild plc (LON:TBLD) – Solid results, strong pipeline, rising resilience and high-value acquisition: Revenue was $18.6m, in line with expectations. H1 revenue represents 38% of our full year forecast, indicating an..

Pendragon: Progress on multiple fronts

Pendragon plc (LON:PDG) has announced interim results for the six months to 30 June 2021, which are ahead of guidance and our expectations. The Group has made strong progress in..

Epwin Group: Post recent upgrades trading remains good and the outlook positive

Epwin Group plc (LON:EPWN) half year pre-close trading update six weeks ago led to a c. 20% increase in ZC FY21 profit expectations. Today’s interim results confirm that trading has..

ICG Enterprise Trust – ICGT in personal pensions: do as the professionals do

With UK Pensions Awareness Day taking place on 15 September 2021, in this note, we explore the reasons why PE, and ICG Enterprise Trust plc (LON:lCGT) in particular, may be..

Lookers: Firmly back on track

Last week Lookers plc (LOOK) announced a record set of H1 results for the six months to 30 June 2021. Underlying PBT was £50.3m, versus an underlying loss of £36.5m..

Oakley Capital Investments: 1H’21 35% EBITDA growth drives 26% NAV return

Oakley Capital Investments Limited (LON:OCI) results were strong, with i) an annual total NAV return of 26% (11% in six months), ii) average annual portfolio company EBITDA growth of 35%..

Neodecortech: Business booming

1H21 results from Neodecortech (NDT) confirmed the trend of the first quarter. Revenue was up 41% vs. 1H20, but, more tellingly, it was up 21% vs. 1H19, demonstrating the strength..

Xpediator: Resilience in turbulent supply chain times

Xpediator plc (LON:XPD) has reported strong H1 earnings with revenue up c.27% and adjusted PBT up c.74%; results were in line with our estimates. Revenue growth was strong across all..

Yew Grove REIT: Strong results, strong prospects

Yew Grove REIT plc (LON:YEW) invests in office and industrial assets in the Republic of Ireland (RoI). RoI was the best-performing European economy in 2020, with inward investment from multinationals,..

BBGI Global Infrastructure: Boring is beautiful – and dividend growth continues

BBGI Global Infrastructure SA (LON:BBGI) is a diversified social infrastructure investment company, registered in Luxembourg, and a FTSE 250 constituent. Its portfolio consists of long-term and low-risk essential social infrastructure..

Flowtech Fluidpower: Strong revenue recovery underpins confidence FY21 outlook

Flowtech Fluidpower plc (LON:FLO) interim results to 30th June are in line with the comprehensive trading update (8th August) showing a good recovery in underlying demand from pandemic hit H1 ‘20. Revenue..

Ulisse BioMed: Molecular diagnostic game changer

Ulisse BioMed (UBM) has developed three technology platforms that offer great potential, having wide applications in molecular diagnostics and immunoassay. Its most developed product – a polymerase chain reaction (PCR)..

Symphony Environmental: Further regulatory approval for d2p

Recent news from Symphony Environmental plc (LON:SYM) has been positive. In mid-July, the Group said that trading for the interim period had been strong. Separately, Symphony received U.S. Food and..

Surface Transforms: New contract win and revised manufacturing strategy

Surface Transforms plc (LON:SCE) has announced another contract win. The Group will provide discs for OEM 5, an existing customer, for an upgraded model of an ICE vehicle with start-of-production..

Three-year follow-up trial data successfully demonstrates survival benefit of Oncimmune’s Early-CDT lung cancer diagnostic

Oncimmune Holdings plc (LON:ONC) drew attention to the pre-publication of new research demonstrating how the use of its EarlyCDT-Lung Test, for diagnosing early stage lung cancer, has been shown to..

Shield Therapeutics: Focused on US market penetration

Shield Therapeutics plc (LON:STX) is a commercial-stage pharmaceutical company delivering specialty products that address patients’ unmet medical needs, with an initial focus on treating iron deficiency (ID). Accrufer® has just..

Sportech: Cash payout

Sportech plc (LON:SPO) has announced plans to return £36m surplus cash to shareholders by way of a tender offer, at 40p for up to 47% of the issued share capital...

Vertu Motors: Capital allocation specialists

Vertu Motors plc (LON:VTU) has delivered another earnings upgrade driven by strong ongoing used car margins, in what is effectively an early delivery of the H1 pre-close update. Dividend payments..

Pantheon International: FY’21 – 20% NAV growth; right place at right time

Pantheon International plc (LON:PIN) buyout company sample reported FY’21 weighted average revenue and EBITDA growth of 13% and 20%, respectively, outperforming the MSCI World Index by 23% and 41%. Picking..

Arbuthnot Banking Group: 1H’21 results: a return to profitable growth

The key highlight from 1H’21 is that Arbuthnot Banking Group plc (LON:ARBB) is back on track. To quote from the Chairman’s statement: “The growth trajectory of the loans …. should..

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