Andrew Hore – Quoted Micro 26 November 2018
NEX EXCHANGE Blockchain venture builder Coinsilium Group Ltd (COIN) says that RIF Labs is acquiring RSK Labs, where Coinsilium owns 65,000 series Seed-1 preferred shares. The cost of the investment was $83,750. The acquisition is a share for token swap and Coinsilium will end up with 1.95 million RIF tokens, which is the equivalent […]
Andrew Hore – Quoted Micro 19 November 2018
NEX EXCHANGE Renewable energy supplier Good Energy (GOOD) has traded slightly ahead of expectations and been cash generative in the first ten months of 2018. Customer numbers have remained flat. The financial year should be in line with expectations. This reassurance led to a 17% increase in the share price, although it is still […]
Ian Pollard – Royal Mail #RMG Executives Struck Dumb
Royal Mail plc RMG finds plenty to highlight in its interim results for the half year to the 23rd September. A rise of 1% in revenue is one of the best. Apart from that, underlying adjusted profit before tax was down 27 per cent and· adjusted basic earnings per share fell by about a third […]
Ian Pollard – #SSE – Diverting Wrath
SSE plc SSE although interim results for the six months to the 30th September are ahead of previous expectations they are only slightly so and they are still fairly dire. Adjusted profit before tax is down by 40.9% and adjusted earnings per share by 39.9% with a reported loss per share of 22.6p. The Chairman […]
Oil play, 5.5% yield (income paid quarterly),8% discount to assets, BREXIT currency hedge..what more do you want?
Black Rock Commodities Income Investment Trust –ISIN GB00B0N8MF98-BRCI Oil remains one of the strongest major commodities this year and despite recent exemptions from Iranian sanctions, looks likely to stay well supported. The major companies themselves Royal Dutch #RDSB, BP #BP, Total, Eni, Norsk Hydro etc have been major beneficiaries of the stronger spot price and, […]
Ian Pollard – Vodafone #VOD gets its ‘Comeuppance’
Vodafone Group plc “challenging competitive conditions” are words which bring a chill to the boardroom of any company and Vodafone is no exception. Quite simply the impact of its problems turned it from a profitable company in 2017 to a loss making one in the first half of 2018. Group revenue declined by 5.5%, impacted […]
Ian Pollard – Singles Day at Primark
Alibaba invented Singles Day as a shopping celebration for the unattached as opposed to the romanticism of Valentines Day. It is now the world’s biggest online sales event, exceeding the combined totals of Black Friday and Cyber Monday. Yesterday saw sales hit a record $1bn in 85 seconds and the total spend for the day […]
Andrew Hore – Quoted Micro 12 November 2018
NEX EXCHANGE Crossword Cybersecurity (CCS) plans to raise up to £2.25m prior to a move to AIM at the end of this year. The cash will be invested in sales and marketing, product development and working capital. Primorus Investments (PRIM) says that investee company Stream TV Networks has secured a deal with Beijing Optical […]
Ian Pollard – Volex #VLX, Rothschild Praises Rejuvenated Management Team
Volex plc VLX Half year results to the 30th September showed a solid performance with organic growth of 48% in underlying operating profit. This is all due to a rejuvenated management team with a clear strategy opines the Executive Chairman. With a continuing strong sales pipeline, the Board expects full year trading performance will be […]
Ian Pollard: ABF – A Headline A Day
Associated British Foods ABF Yesterdays headline trumpeted that Primark blamed three periods of unseasonable weather for sales sliding by 2.1% over the year to the 15th September. But today a new day has dawned and brought with it new headlines as the media stands on its head and proclaims that today’s truth is that Primark […]