Small Cap Feast

Small Cap Feast

Small Cap Feast

PetroTal Corp is an oil and gas company whose shares are currently admitted to trading on the TSXV. The Company is focused on development of oil and gas assets in Peru and it currently has controlling interests in three onshore Peru license blocks. No new funds being raised. Due 21 Dec. Mkt cap c.£80m Greenfields Petroleum (TSX-V:GNF) production focused company with operated assets in Azerbaijan seeking AIM dual listing including $60m private placement. Mkt cap $12.6m CAD. Expected mid December.

Switch to US Dollar accounting

APQ Global (APQ) has reported results for the year to the end of December 2017. Although somewhat superseded by the subsequent Q1 2018 quarterly update and second CULS issue, we note the steady progress made during the Company’s first full year of operation. As previously flagged, APQ has switched to US Dollar accounting to report its numbers and performance in its functional currency. APQ achieved an increase in its US Dollar book value of 4.6% in 2017 while making a total return of 9.9% in dol

2017 milestones achieved, well set for 2018

APQ Global (APQ) achieved an increase in its US Dollar book value of 4.6% in 2017 while making a total return of 9.9% in dollar terms during the year. With economic growth and commodity prices among the supports for emerging markets, APQ looks well positioned for 2018. Payment in March of the 1.5p dividend declared for Q4 will mean that APQ meets its targeted 6% dividend for 2017. APQ will switch to US Dollar presentation of its accounts – its functional currency – with its FY 2017E results. Its

APQ Global - CULS issuance and income target achieved

Following shareholder approval at the December EGM, APQ has issued an additional £10.3m in 3.5% convertible unsecured loan stocks (CULS) at a 3% premium to par value. The CULS provide long-term structural gearing at a fixed cost, the proceeds of which will be deployed in line with the company’s business and investment strategy. APQ has also changed its reporting currency from sterling to US dollars so as to more closely match its investments. Separately, it has reported an unaudited 31 December

APQ Global - Meeting income targets and looking to grow

APQ Global is well on track to deliver its targeted 6% yield on its August 2016 IPO price of 100p. The proceeds from the IPO and follow-on CULS issue have initially already been invested in a highly diversified liquid markets portfolio of mainly global emerging market bonds and equities, including a number of strategic positions. APQ continues to work on the sourcing of direct investments. The management team is experienced and incentivised, and supported by an advisory group of international EM

Good progress, dividend on track

APQ Global (APQ) remains on track to pay a 6% dividend for FY 2017E. Its Q3 comment and its outlook for Q4 2017 provided an informative update on the progress of APQ and its portfolios. During the third quarter, APQ issued £20.09 million of Convertible Unsecured Loan Stock (CULS), the proceeds of which have already been fully invested. APQ ended October 2017 with a book value of 96.3p ex the Q3 2017 dividend of 1.5p (making a total dividend of 4.5p for the current financial year so far). Followi

Small Cap Brunch

Totally (TLY) - Sch 1 for £11m RTO of Vocare, a provider of integrated urgent care services to the NHS throughout the UK. . £76.8 million rev in the year ended 31 March 2017. Totally to address Care Quality Commission concerns. Due 24 Oct. | Central Asia Metals (CAML) -RTO of Lynx Resources. Anticipated market capitalisation at Admission: £404.8m. Raising £113m at 230p. Acquiring the SASA zinc-lead mine in Macedonia from Solway Industries. Due 15 Dec. | Springfield Properties—Scottish housebuild

Income and growth from emerging markets

APQ Global is a company which invests in emerging markets and operates with a strategy geared to provide investors with a steady income steam. It aims to pay an annual dividend equivalent to 6% of the company’s opening book value, on a quarterly basis. In addition, it will target underlying growth of that book value of between 5% and 10% per annum through earnings (including realised and unrealised gains). Listed on the TISE in Guernsey in August 2016 following its IPO which raised £78 million,

Building an emerging markets business

Since listing in August 2016 with the issue of £78m in equity, APQ Global has moved quickly but cautiously to deploy the funds. It has initially assembled a highly diversified liquid markets portfolio of predominantly bonds and equities in global emerging markets, including a number of strategic positions, while working on the sourcing of direct investments. APQ is managed by an experienced and incentivised team aiming to deliver a sustainable, progressive dividend with the potential for capital

Small Cap Breakfast

QUIZ— omni-channel fast fashion womenswear Company intention to float. Due July 2017. Offer TBA | Ethernity Networks—Schedule 1 from Israeli based specialist in data processing technology used in high end carrier ethernet applications across the telecom, mobile, security and data centre markets . Expected late June. Offer TBA. | Phoenix Global Mining— US Brown field copper play. Expected late June. Offer TBA | Touchstone Exploration— Oil exploration and production company active in the Republic

LIBERUM: Plus500: Strategic progress pays dividends

Tatton Asset Management (TAM LN) - Record net inflows

Tatton, the leading on-platform discretionary fund manager (DFM) and IFA support services Group has released a trading update ahead of its results to 31 March 2024, due on 18 June 2024.

Hardman & Co Insight: 2023 was an annus horribilis for Quoted UK Infrastructure and Renewable Energy

The focus of Hardman & Co Research is on the nine quoted Infrastructure Investment Companies (IICs) and on the 22 Renewable Energy Infrastructure Funds (REIFs): the stocks analysed are all members of the Association of Investment Companies (AIC). We are updating our publication of January 2023, assessing both the lacklustre share price performances during 2023 and the key issues, including interest rates, inflation and power prices. As a 31-strong group, its combined market capitalisation is no

Ondo InsurTech FY24 Trading Update

Ondo InsurTech has released a brief post-YE update revealing its good progress continued through 2H24 and consequently FY24 will be in line with market expectations.

BlackRock World Mining

BRWM’s managers: we see all the classic signs of high commodity prices...

NextEnergy Solar Fund - Attractive Refinancing

The refinancing of a £135m revolving credit facility and the extension of a similar £70m facility gives NESF firepower as development opportunities for new solar are especially attractive thanks to lower module prices in Europe. They give the fund key financial flexibility at a critical time as it pursues its capital recycling programme.

Resilient FY24, confident long-term outlook

Vp’s full year update highlights sector-leading results, once again benefiting from the diversity of its end markets and the quality of its specialist businesses. With results expected to be broadly in line with expectations, we trim our FY24 PBT forecast by c.5% to £39.0m, a shade below the FY23 outturn (£40.2m). We consider this an impressively resilient performance set against a mixed market backdrop. Under new leadership, a strategic refresh is underway and management is confident in long

Jupiter Green

JGC’s fundamental story continues to show resilience, but the discount remains wide…

Lowland Investment Company - Is the tide turning?

Lowland Investment Company’s (LWI’s) unconstrained, multi-cap investment policy differentiates it from most peers in the AIC UK Equity Income sector. It offers investors broad market exposure, outside of the large, traditional ‘income stocks’ at a 13% discount to NAV. The underperformance of small- and mid-cap companies versus larger peers has slowed and a turnaround would be very positive for LWI. Portfolio returns are already benefiting from acquisition activity, spurred by low valuations, and

The Hardman & Co Monthly: April 2024

Feature article: Steady as she goes, but could be better: A review of investment company liquidity since 2016 Liquidity is the lifeblood of equity markets. The measurement of liquid asset availability to a market or company is a way of gauging a market’s health. This article builds on our previous work, which analysed the liquidity data for non-financial trading companies, by applying the same analytical techniques to the investment companies (IC) space. We analyse liquidity for ICs as a whol

AUM up 30% in FY24, record flows, forecasts raised

AUM jumped £3.8bn or +30% in FY24, reaching £16.6bn on 31 Mar 24, 12% above our previous forecast of £14.7bn. Including 50%-owned 8AM Global, Assets Under Influence hit £17.6bn. Investment performance provided a tailwind, adding £1.5bn to AUM. But our key takeaway from Tatton’s hugely impressive last few years, is that it has designed and implemented a superior offering in platform-MPS with net flows consistently far higher than peers. That leadership looks even more pronounced in H2-24 with net

abrdn Private Equity Opportunities – On the way to greener pastures?

Despite navigating through what its managers considered to be challenging conditions in 2023, abrdn Private Equity Opportunities (APEO) was able to report both positive NAV growth and double-digit share price returns in its recently published annual results. APEO’s discount has narrowed by more than 10% in recent months, so that it is trading on a 28.9% discount currently, narrowing from about 45% last October. These figures were generated over a period that saw a slowdown in activity in Europea

NextEnergy Solar Fund – High- and growing-income opportunity?

NextEnergy Solar Fund (NESF) is almost 10 years old. Since launch, it has built a £1.2bn, 933MW portfolio of 100 operating solar assets, powering the equivalent of over 330,000 homes, declared dividends totalling £333m, and avoided the emission of about 2.2 Mt CO2e. NESF is on track to pay 8.35p in dividends, with forecast dividend cover of about 1.3x. Share price weakness that has afflicted the whole sector means that dividend translates to a yield of 11.1%, one of the highest in its sector, a

Tetragon Financial Group - FY23 growth driven by idiosyncratic factors

Tetragon Financial Group (Tetragon) posted a 6.4% net asset value (NAV) per share total return (TR) in US dollar terms in FY23. Tetragon’s returns normally have a low correlation with broader markets, and therefore its FY23 performance was below the 26.3% return of the S&P 500 Index, which rallied on the artificial intelligence (AI) theme. Tetragon’s FY23 return on equity (RoE) of 5.5% was below its target of 10–15% pa. That said, its performance since listing was within the target range at 11.3

Hybridan Small Cap Feast - 16/04/2024

16th April 2024 * A corporate client of Hybridan LLP ** Arranged by type of listing and date of announcement *** Alphabetically arranged **** Potential means Intention to Float (ITF) has been announced Dish of the day Admissions: Delistings: What’s baking in the oven? ** Potential**** Initial Public Offerings: Reverse Takeovers: Electric Guitar (ELEG.L) Concurrent with its Admission to trading on AIM, Electric Guitar is proposing to acquire the entire issued share capital of 3radical Limited for