Strix Group plc (KETL LN) - Trading conditions to improve in H2

Today’s trading update for H1 22 highlights the difficult operating environment over the first six months of the year, particularly in Q1. Trading picked up in Q2 and is expected to continue to improve in H2 22, in part, due to the inherent seasonality of the business, but also due to some catch up in demand. Guidance is for FY22 post-tax profit to be in line with the consensus estimate of £32.2m, as a result Zeus reduces its estimate by 2.5% to £32.2m. Previous guidance of £3.0m potential impac

Review of Electricity Market Arrangements - REMA Could Bring Benefits

Last week, the UK government published the consultation paper on its Review of Electricity Market Arrangements (REMA). Any change potentially represents uncertainty in a market that has been wary of changes with a number of shares falling after early details of possible reforms were flagged in the press. We review the possible changes and conclude that while there is some risk, from what we can see at present the likely outcomes could be either minimal or beneficial for investors in clean energy

SHORE CAPITAL - Crestchic+ (LOAD) - House stock at 196p

Invinity Energy Systems - Improving Liquidity for US Investors

Invinity has begun trading shares on the OTCQX Best Market in the USA. We see this as adding liquidity for North American investors and more generally increasing visibility for the company in key markets in North America.

LIBERUM: Flowtech Fluidpower* - Resilient H1 trading

Inflation Reduction Act

The US Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 now has a chance of passing the Senate next week as it is being voted under the Reconciliation procedure which allows bills related to the budget to pass on a simple majority rather than the 60-vote majority required to overcome a filibuster. If the act does find its way onto the statue books it will bring US$369bn in clean energy tax credits, grants and other incentives. Much is directed to protecting clean energy manufacturing in the USA, but it is a wide

Hybridan Small Cap Feast 21-07-2022

Dish of the day Joiners: No joiners today. Leavers: No leavers today. What’s cooking in the IPO kitchen? Unigel Group, intends to join the Aquis Growth Market. Unigel Group is a pioneer in the field of thixotropic gels for the fibre optic cable industry. The Company is also a supplier of laminated steel tapes to the fibre optic cable industry in the US. Thixotropic gels and laminated steel tapes are essential components to the rapidly growing global fibre optic cable market. The Group export

SHORE CAPITAL - Velocys+ (VLS) - House Stock, 5.6p - Tipping the balance - thematic developments in sustainable aviation

LIBERUM: Staffline Group* - H1 restrained by investment but expect stronger H2

Q2 22: mixed signals

Rolls Royce published mixed figures. Profitability was particularly low, pushing the net result back into the red zone. However, FCF generation was a positive surprise despite the rise in inventory. It has finally found an agreement to sell ITP Aero and will use the resulting cash to repay its only floating interest rate debt.

LIBERUM: Staffline Group* - H1 restrained by investment but expect stronger H2

Morning Note – 2 August 2022

Morning Note – 4 August 2022

Cenkos: Oil & Gas -- Getech Group, Longboat Energy, Valeura Energy, Genel Energy, bp, EnQuest, SDX Energy, Eco (Atlantic) Oil & Gas, Occidental Petroleum, ConocoPhillips, Vaalco Energy, Phoenix Global Resources, Sirius Petroleum, Tullow Oil, Equinor, Sunco

Oil posted the biggest weekly decline since early April on growing signs that a global economic slowdown is curbing demand. Prices are near the lowest level in six months. West Texas Intermediate settled at $89 a barrel, ending the week nearly 10% lower. US gasoline consumption has dropped, stoking demand concerns, while low liquidity has added to volatility. Supplies from Libya also picked up, helping to shrink key oil futures time-spreads and ease the tightness in the market. The pullbac

Morning Note – 8 August 2022