PROGRESSIVE: Sanderson Design Group: Strategic growth drivers show their value in challenging trading conditions

Sanderson Design Group (SDG) has announced its FY24 full-year results, which are in line with the headline figures from its February trading update. A record year for Licensing and a strong performance in the key North America market helped to offset a challenging consumer environment in other geographies, most notably the UK. While this backdrop is set to persist in FY25E, the group will continue to focus on its strategic growth drivers, notably North America and Licensing, to deliver sharehold

Duplicate of BWMX: 1Q Review: In-Line Q, With Multiple Positives (Updated); Reiterate Buy

We are reiterating our Buy rating and $22.50 price target for Betterware after the company reported an impressive 1Q, with better than expected top line results. Further, management reiterated 2024 revenue and EBITDA guidance. There was also material progress at Betterware, which enjoyed double-digit increases in average ticket and revenue and is nearing the shift to positive growth in Associates. JAFRA Mexico also registered another strong quarter, as the acquisition has remained a key winner.

N Brown Group+ (BWNG, House Stock, 14p) - Management change

Ceres Power Holdings - Strategic partnerships powering growth

Ceres Power Holdings’ innovative technology uses electrolysis to produce green hydrogen and solid oxide fuel cells to generate power. In a year where it moved to the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange, it recorded revenue growth of 13% and gross margin expansion to 61% (the highest in the sector, according to management), but is yet to record an operating profit (FY23 operating loss of £59.4m versus £54.0m in FY22). Ceres continued its strategy to drive innovation and technology across sol

Time to focus on growth ambitions

STCB: 4Q Review: Setting Up the Next Steps; Reiterate Buy, PT

We are reiterating our Buy rating and $0.25 price target for Starco Brands, leaving our 2024 projections basically unchanged and rolling out another year of double-digit top and EBITDA growth after the company reported inline 4Q23 results and left 2024 guidance unchanged. We believe, with multiple potential expansion opportunities in category adjacencies and new relationships, continued innovation and vertical integration and the potential for further accretive acquisitions (which are not in our

LIBERUM: CT Automotive* - Double-digit growth single-digit PE

LIBERUM: CT Automotive: Strong finish to FY23, we see further PBT strength in FY24

LIBERUM: CT Automotive* - Paring down to stay profitable

LIBERUM: SAS UK SMID Monthly: Should we expect a rally in retail stocks?

LIBERUM: CT Automotive: Strong 1H23 re-affirms our FY outlook

McBride - Improving backdrop with cautious optimism

McBride has witnessed improving momentum in its business during H123, with the company returning to positive adjusted operating profit during the last two months of the period. This trajectory has continued into the start of H2 and is coupled with some early signs of stabilisation in certain input costs and higher volumes from new business wins. The current retail environment is favourable as cost-conscious consumers turn to private-label products, and McBride has gained share of this segment. T

Zeus Top Picks for 2024 - 2023 review and outlook for 2024

On 9 January last year, we set out our ten top stock picks for 2023, for what turned out to be another relatively poor twelve months for UK equities due to two wars, stubbornly high inflation and further tightening of monetary policy. This was even as other major markets, such as the US, largely recovered in the year. In the 2023 calendar year, the AIM All-Share index fell 8.2% and is still 42% off its 2021 high. From the release of our 2023 top picks note, the average total return (assuming div

PROGRESSIVE: IG Design Group: Strong profit growth, key strategy initiatives and quantified aspirations

IG Design Group delivered a 27% increase in adjusted PBT to $34.8m for H1 FY24 (to 30 September) with a significant reduction in net debt to $15.1m, as signposted in last month’s trading update. The adjusted operating profit margin was some 270bps higher at 8.6% (vs 5.9% in H1 FY23), the highest achieved since H1 FY20 ahead of the CSS acquisition. Management has provided more details on the key attributes and initiatives for its new growth-focused strategy. The group is on track to return to pre

Strong H124 profitability and growth plan ambitions