Ian Pollard – Games Workshop Group #GAW – “Truly” Surplus Cash & Not “Truly” Surplus Cash
Games Workshop Group GAW updates that at the end of the six months to the 2nd December, it has a lot of cash which is truly surplus, presumably as opposed to cash which is not “truly” surplus. . The company can not find anything else to do with it so it is giving it to […]
Ian Pollard: Stagecoach Pleased With Operating Loss of £6.2m (Unadjusted)
Stagecoach Group plc SGC is pleased to report positive half-year financial results, ahead of expectations, at least according to the Chief Executive, David Griffiths. These included a total unadjusted operating loss of £6.2m compared to a profit of £114.8m profit for 2018, which may lead the more cynical to comment that some people are easily […]
Ian Pollard – Ferguson #FERG Restructuring for UK After Weak Performance
Ferguson plc FERG Ongoing revenue for the quarter to 31st October.was 5% ahead of last year, including 6.7% organic growth, whilst ongoing trading profit at $432m. was 9.9% ahead. US business saw organic revenue growth of 9.6% . All the US business units generated organic growth in the quarter with continued good demand from residential […]
Ian Pollard: Yourgene Health – Rapid Expansion in Asia, India, Middle East & Africa
Yourgene Health plc YGEN “We are making excellent commercial progress”, claims newly appointed CEO Lyn Rees after revenues for the six months to the 30th September climbed by 45% and gross profit was up by 49%. The implementation of a further £1m annualised cost reduction program helped to bring the loss before tax down by […]
Andrew Hore – Quoted Micro 3 December 2018
NEX EXCHANGE European Lithium (EUR) joined NEX on 26 November. European Lithium is the 100% owner of the Woflsberg lithium project in Austria and it is already quoted on the ASX. The plan is to produce battery grade lithium hydroxide for the European market. Capex of $390m is required for the project. WH Ireland […]
Avanti Getting Lift Off
Avanti Comms Group AVN has issued a further update prior to the change of its year end to the end of December. A unique Master Distribution Agreement has been concluded with with Comsat Inc, USA.The seven-year contract enables Avanti immediate access to key growth markets to offer its HTS network. Strong growth in bandwidth revenues […]
Buy iEnergizer #IBPO says VectorVest. The stock still has legs despite recent rise and stellar interim numbers
AIM listed iEnergizer Ltd, (IBPO.L) is a global provider of Business Process Outsourcing (BPO). Leading companies in the Healthcare, BFSI, Gaming, Publishing and Legal industries successfully outsource mission-critical business processes to the Company. With over 12,000 staff, IBPO builds and operates customized customer contact, back office and high-volume transaction processing centres serving the entire customer […]
Ian Pollard – On The Beach #OTB hit by heatwave
On the Beach Group PLC OTB Revenue was heavily impacted by the unprecedented hot summer in Scandinavia leading to lower demand for holidays and widespread discounting of distressed product by Sweden’s leading tour operators. Nonetheless revenue at On the Beach Group for the year to the 30th September rose by 24.5%, profit before tax by […]
Ian Pollard – Thomas Cook Suspends Dividend
Thomas Cook Group TCG updates on its expected results for the year to the end of September and at first it looks like a mixed bag until you get to the important bits, the main one of which is that the full year dividend is being suspended. On top of that it has been impacted […]
Ian Pollard – Sanderson Significantly Ahead
Sanderson Group plc SND Preliminary trading results for the year ended 30 September 2018 are significantly ahead of the prior year and also ahead of market expectations. Revenue has increased by 49% to £32.05 million and operating profit by 33%. The recommended Final Dividend and Full Year Dividend are both to be increased by 13% to […]