1Spatial - Encouraging trading and outlook

1Spatial’s trading update confirms that trading has remained robust, with FY23 revenues and EBITDA expected to be no less than £29.8m (+10.3% y o-y) and £4.9m (+17% y-o-y) despite some inflationary pressure. The revenue mix continues to improve, with recurring revenues now c 50% (+c 22% y-o-y) of the total and term licences up c 80% to £5.2m. With momentum continuing into Q1, and a healthy order book and pipeline, the company looks well set to deliver further progress this year. Trials of the co

LIBERUM: 1Spatial* - Positive outlook for FY24

1Spatial - Change of CFO

1Spatial has announced that Andy Fabian will be stepping down as CFO on 19 December, to be replaced by Stuart Ritchie, currently CFO at Fusion Global, an international provider of SaaS workflow software. Mr Fabian has played a key role in putting 1Spatial on a sound financial footing, rebuilding investor confidence in the business and developing the current growth strategy. With these foundations in place, this change is being made to help drive an acceleration in growth and transition to a SaaS

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The Hardman & Co Monthly: October 2022

Feature article: A glass half-empty view of markets - The 20s harder than the last decade This month’s feature article is written by Steve Clapham, who gives his view on the outlook for markets. He sets out one side of the current debate in markets. Steve is admirably experienced to express an opinion. Steve is the founder of Behind the Balance Sheet, an investor training consultancy. He qualified as a chartered accountant before moving into investment banking as an analyst in the 1980s. In

1Spatial - Making GIS data useable for a variety of verticals

1Spatial (SPA) delivered another period of robust results in H123, with annualised recurring revenue (ARR) up 29% y-o-y, revenues growing 11% and EBITDA rising 10%. 1Spatial’s success in driving transformational growth was marked by several contract wins with significant amounts of recurring revenue, the expansion of smart partnerships and further penetration of the US market. We maintain our FY23 and FY24 estimates and watch for catalysts that signal 1Spatial’s plan is continuing to bear fruit.

LIBERUM: 1Spatial* - Strong momentum into 2H

Hybridan Small Cap Feast 05/09/22

Dish of the day While we were away: Joiners: Unigel Group (AQSE:UNX) joined the Access Segment of the Aquis Growth Market on 26, August 2022. Zamaz plc (ZAMAZ.L) joined the Standard Segment of the Main Market via a direct listing on 2 September 2022. Leavers: Scottish Investment Trust (SCIN.L) left the Main Market today. What’s cooking in the IPO kitchen?** Aurrigo Group plc, a international provider of transport technology solutions, intends to join AIM. The Group designs, engineers, manufactur

1Spatial - Two recent wins highlight US potential

Spatial’s two recent wins in the United States highlight the potential for the business to deliver significant, high-margin recurring revenue growth in the world’s largest market. We are not changing our estimates at this stage, but the repeatable nature of both deals indicates there should be more to come and we believe there is upside potential to our estimates for FY23 and FY24. We believe the current ratings of FY23e EV/sales of 1.4x and FY24e P/E of 17x does not reflect the company’s long-t

1Spatial - Flying high with a major EU aerospace company

1Spatial has announced a sizeable contract with a major European aerospace company worth circa €3m over five years. Notably, the deal is the first major win for the company’s new 1Telecomms solution (together with 1Integrate) supporting a win in the aerospace industry, a new vertical for the business. We believe that this provides evidence that the company’s development of app solutions can broaden the company’s addressable market. We believe that the broader market for geospatial solutions is s

Hybridan Small Cap Feast 19/07/2022

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 leading 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 exports to over 40

1Spatial - On board with HS2

1Spatial has announced a two-year contract to build a data verification gateway with High Speed Two (HS2). The deal is worth £0.9m over two years, the majority of which is likely to be a recurring software licence/subscription, with options to extend for a further two years beyond that. The deal provides support for our current estimates, but also highlights the company’s increasingly interesting strategic position as the go-to supplier of location master data management solutions in both the UK

Hybridan Small Cap Feast - 21 Feb 23

21 February 2023 @HybridanLLP Status of this Note and Disclaimer This document has been issued to you by Hybridan LLP for information purposes only and should not be construed in any circumstances as an offer to sell or solicitation of any offer to buy any security or other financial instrument, nor shall it, or the fact of its distribution, form the basis of, or be relied upon in connection with, any contract relating to such action. This document has no regard for the specific investment objec

Hybridan Small Cap Feast - 06 Mar 23

6 March 2023 @HybridanLLP Status of this Note and Disclaimer This document has been issued to you by Hybridan LLP for information purposes only and should not be construed in any circumstances as an offer to sell or solicitation of any offer to buy any security or other financial instrument, nor shall it, or the fact of its distribution, form the basis of, or be relied upon in connection with, any contract relating to such action. This document has no regard for the specific investment objective

New Forecasts: breaking through

With FY22 in line and no changes to our existing FY23 forecasts, our focus is on the introduction of new forecasts for FY24 and FY25. We model Clareti recurring revenue growth of 17% and 18% resp. With Clareti having broken through to positive cash EBITDA for the first time in its history in FY22, we expect operating leverage to drive significant margin expansion over the next three years and beyond (Gresham guides to 40% of ARR dropping through to cash EBITDA). We model cash EBITDA margins of 1

Morning Note – 7 March 2023

Hybridan Small Cap Feast 08/03/22

What’s cooking in the IPO kitchen?** Fadel Partners, a developer of cloud based brand compliance and rights and royalty management software, working with some of the world's leading licensors and licensees across media, entertainment, publishing, consumer brands and hi-tech/gaming companies intends to join the AIM market. FADEL has two solutions, being IPM Suite and Brand Vision. Expected Admission date is late March 2023. Onward Opportunities Limited intends to join the AIM market. The Company'

Accretive bolt-on M&A

Microlise is making its first deployment of funds raised at IPO with the £2.1m cash acquisition of UK Transportation Management System vendor Vita Software. Vita offers complementary upstream SaaS software with strengths in the area of order management, which feeds into Microlises best-in-class journey execution solutions. Vita has a long history of uninterrupted profits and cash growth and is being acquired on approximately 4x revenues and 8x EBITDA. As such the acquisition will be immediately

NTU update and change of reporting date

We learn today that Tribal has received notification that NTU has terminated its contract and reserved its rights to claim damages. Tribal meanwhile rejects this right to terminate and is considering its next steps. Furthermore - to accommodate this update, the company now expects to report results on 24th March. We therefore consider it is most appropriate to temporarily withdraw forecasts until we regain clarity over this situation and the most likely financial impact.

SHORE CAPITAL - FDM (FDM) - House Stock at 854p - Impressive again, and planning ahead

Hybridan Small Cap Feast - 21 Mar 23

21 March 2023 @HybridanLLP Status of this Note and Disclaimer This document has been issued to you by Hybridan LLP for information purposes only and should not be construed in any circumstances as an offer to sell or solicitation of any offer to buy any security or other financial instrument, nor shall it, or the fact of its distribution, form the basis of, or be relied upon in connection with, any contract relating to such action. This document has no regard for the specific investment objectiv

Hybridan Small Cap Feast - 13 Mar 23

13 March 2023 @HybridanLLP Status of this Note and Disclaimer This document has been issued to you by Hybridan LLP for information purposes only and should not be construed in any circumstances as an offer to sell or solicitation of any offer to buy any security or other financial instrument, nor shall it, or the fact of its distribution, form the basis of, or be relied upon in connection with, any contract relating to such action. This document has no regard for the specific investment objectiv

Hybridan Small Cap Feast - 20 Mar 23

20 March 2023 @HybridanLLP Status of this Note and Disclaimer This document has been issued to you by Hybridan LLP for information purposes only and should not be construed in any circumstances as an offer to sell or solicitation of any offer to buy any security or other financial instrument, nor shall it, or the fact of its distribution, form the basis of, or be relied upon in connection with, any contract relating to such action. This document has no regard for the specific investment objectiv

SHORE CAPITAL - FireAngel Safety Technology Group (FA, House Stock at 10p)

Morning Note – 26 January 2023

Fonix Mobile - Strong H1 23 with +12% gross profit and +18% DPS growth

Fonix has announced strong H1 23 results, with +12% gross profit growth, +12% adjusted EBITDA growth, and underlying net cash of £8.4m due to EFCF of £5.1m. Commercial customers have driven mobile payments and mobile messaging growth of +13% and +18%, and gross profit as a % of TPV has increased to 5.7% from 5.1% in H1 22 due to lower charity volumes. The 3 March ITV announcement makes Fonix the de facto SMS interactive services partner for broadcasters in the UK, and it is focused on becoming t

Hybridan Small Cap Feast - 16 Mar 23

16 March 2023 @HybridanLLP Status of this Note and Disclaimer This document has been issued to you by Hybridan LLP for information purposes only and should not be construed in any circumstances as an offer to sell or solicitation of any offer to buy any security or other financial instrument, nor shall it, or the fact of its distribution, form the basis of, or be relied upon in connection with, any contract relating to such action. This document has no regard for the specific investment objectiv