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ATTRAQT Group (ATQT LN) Interims show encouraging progress | Bodycote (BOY LN) Strong H1 growth, modest upgrade to guidance | Brooks Macdonald Group (BRK LN) FuM +6.5%: Better markets in Q4, net inflows sustained at 9% annualised | Findel (FDL LN) Strong start to the year with both divisions performing | Frontier Smart Technologies Group (FST LN) Trading in line with revised expectations | Howden Joinery Group (HWDN LN) Solid H1 results given circumstances + on track to meet FY forecasts | Renis

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Bodycote (BOY LN) Positive AGM update guiding to profit slightly ahead of consensus | Oxford Metrics (OMG LN) Continued progress versus goals | Photo-Me International (PHTM LN) Japan competition and restructuring impacts forecasts c15% | Urban&Civic (UANC LN) Buying well to sell better, more to come | Xaar (XAR LN) CFO to depart in November

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Be Heard (BHRD LN) Win momentum maintained into 2018 | Bodycote (BOY LN) 15 year contract signed with Rolls Royce | City of London Investment Group (CLIG LN) FuM +1.6% in Q3, no material net inflows but growth in smaller strategy | IFG Group (IFP LN) All change! New leadership team | Strategy The latest ONS data shows the first real wage growth for a year | N Brown Group (BWNG LN) PREVIEW – prelims due on Thursday 26 April

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Bodycote (BOY LN) Strong FY17 performance, just above consensus | Cambria Automobiles (CAMB LN) In line update and progress with its property developments | Craneware (CRW LN) Strong interims, momentum building | Findel (FDL LN) Positive update on commercial supply arrangement with Sports | Direct | UK Housing Theresa May’s Speech and (overdone) Help to Buy coverage |SDL (SDL LN) Progressing against strategic goals Yu Group (YU LN) Very strong growth and expectations increased again

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Actual Experience (ACT LN) 2018 year of execution | Adept4 (AD4 LN) Asset light strategy starting to deliver | Bodycote (BOY LN) Forecasts increased following positive year end update | City of London Investment Group (CLIG LN) Q2 FuM +6%, H1 profits expected in line | Clinigen Group (CLIN LN) H1 trading update in line with expectations | Earthport (EPO LN) Board changes

Forecasts increased following positive year end update

We have increased our forecasts for adjusted profits and EPS by 5% for 2017 and by 3% for 2018 and 2019, following Bodycote’s stronger than anticipated Q4 performance. Our adjusted operating profit estimate of £124.5m for 2017 is in line with updated guidance, ie towards the top of the previous market range. Our 2018 forecast assumes organic sales growth of 3.9% vs. a tough 2017 comparative, but offers potential for further upgrades given the supportive industrial backdrop. Meanwhile the group’s

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ATTRAQT Group (ATQT LN) CEO stepping down, trading in line with October update | Bodycote (BOY LN) Good year end trading update | Carclo (CAR LN) Trading significantly behind; FD, chairman to leave | Sinclair Pharma (SPH LN) Trading update: stronger H2 as expected, EBITDA in-line |

N+1 Singer - Bodycote - Outsourcing agreement providing additional HIP capacity

Bodycote has signed a long term outsourcing agreement with Doncasters Group to provide HIP and heat treatment services in the UK. As part of the agreement thermal treatment assets, including a HIP vessel, and c.20 employees at the Doncasters site in Wales transfer to Bodycote. This will provide helpful additional HIP capacity in the UK, although we do not expect the agreement to have a material impact on our revenue and profit forecasts.

N+1 Singer - Morning Song 20-12-2017

Bodycote (BOY LN) Outsourcing agreement providing additional HIP capacity | IQE (IQE LN) Photonics growth drives upgrades as expected

N+1 Singer - Bodycote - Good momentum; PBT forecasts increased

Bodycote reported strong, broadly-based sales growth for H1 17, growth which accelerated within the period. Margin also advanced, leading to a 26% rise in adjusted PBT. Management expects this momentum to continue and increased guidance for the full year towards the top of the range. We have increased our low end PBT forecasts by 14% for 2017 and 15% for 2018 and also increased our target price from 690p to 995p. We believe prospects remain attractive for Bodycote. Industrial data series are sup

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Aberdeen Diversified Income & Growth Trust (ADIG LN) Unconstrained and flexible approach | accesso Technology (ACSO LN) Six Flags miss not a red flag | Bodycote (BOY LN) Good growth for H1 17, guidance raised to upper end of expectations | Brewin Dolphin Holdings (BRW LN) Positive Q3 update, upgraded 394p target price | Brooks Macdonald Group (BRK LN) Strong Q4 net inflows but additional cost investment planned | Burford Capital (BUR LN) Exceptionally strong first half results | Itaconix (ITX LN

Advanced Materials – the building blocks of Tomorrow’s World

Whether we know it or not, advanced materials are a core component in the everyday life of the everyday person. They are the key material in items we often disregard, such as printer inks and lotions, to objects which defy the laws of gravity like the Airbus A380 and London’s Shard. Furthermore, these materials are not only essential to many objects and structures, but, due to their superior qualities, are the key to the advancement of many industries. One such example is the use of carbon fibre

N+1 Singer - T2 Trend spotting - Strategy update

In our second edition of “Trend spotting” we note how in the last three weeks the defensive rotation trend has gathered pace and further evidence has emerged of the “relative fading” in the UK economy. However we now see early signs of the “risk on” trend starting to reassert itself in equity markets and we look at small cap laggards plus European exposure as ways to play this.

Finals, ahead of expectations

Volex has delivered final results that are ahead of expectation. Organic revenue growth of 19% reflects growing customer demand, alongside a particularly strong performance in EV which saw sales almost double. The Group has demonstrated its ability to manage both supply chain challenges and inflationary cost increases, albeit with a short time lag. Recent acquisitions have integrated well, building exposure to attractive higher growth market segments. The Group’s global footprint has resonated w

AFC Energy (AFC LN) - Kier agreement

AFC has signed an agreement with another leading UK construction/infrastructure player, this time in Kier Group. We believe this further endorses our long term thesis that AFC will play an active role in encouraging the transition away from diesel-fuelled temporary power solutions. We believe its technology could help the sector make clear strides towards a net zero future, which has to commence now if they are to reach this target by 2045. The share price has been weak of late (in line with man

Cenkos: Healthcare Sector - Ward Round

Weekly round-up of AIM-listed healthcare news. Venture Life Group, GENinCode, Kromek, Alliance Pharma, Polarean Imaging, Benchmark Holdings, Ondine Biomedical, Verici Dx, Faron Pharmaceuticals, Avacta Group, Abingdon Health, Open Orphan, Belluscura, Hutchmed (China), Oxford Biodynamics

ITM Power - Trading update

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Spectra Systems Update

Spectra Systems Corp (SPSY.L), a global leader in machine readable high speed banknote authentication, brand protection and gaming security technologies, recently announced a further expansion of its sensor development phase contract with a central bank customer. The amendment, related to expanding the flexibility of use for the new generation of sensors, is worth an extra $2m and will be phased over the next three years and results in forecast upgrades at the top and bottom lines.

ATOME Energy - Hydrogen Here and Now

ATOME Energy offers investors exposure to subsidy-free green hydrogen opportunities today with projects in major niche markets where several factors conspire to create strong project returns. We think ATOME can build a business of scale in this way and be ready for additional hydrogen opportunities as the market develops. Valuing only the existing projects under development gives us a central case valuation of 173p.

Cenkos: Oil & Gas Sector -- Chariot, Empyrean Energy, Savannah Energy, Jadestone Energy, Serica Energy, Gran Tierra Energy, Kistos, Sound Energy, Longboat Energy, i3 Energy, Clontarf Energy, Bowleven, Southern Energy, SDX Energy, Arrow Exploration, Predato

Oil posted its seventh weekly gain as tight fuel-supply balances sustain bullish fundamentals, though headwinds brought on by accelerating US inflation capped crude's advance. West Texas Intermediate fell 0.7% after trading in a $4 range during a volatile session on Friday. Despite the fall, WTI ended the week 1.5% higher. The US Labor Department reported inflation quickened to a 40-year high, chilling broader markets and potentially signalling to the Federal Reserve to extend an aggressive

SHORE CAPITAL - Judges Scientific (JDG) - House Stock at 6860p

Morning Note – 8 June 2022

Hybridan Small Cap Feast 16/06/2022

*A corporate client of Hybridan LLP Dish of the day Joiners: No Joiners Today. Leavers: No Leavers Today. What’s cooking in the IPO kitchen? LifeSafe Holdings, a fire safety technology business with innovative fire safety products, intends to join AIM. LifeSafe has developed what the Directors believe to be market disrupting, eco-friendly fire safety protection products to both protect (via fire extinguishers) and detect (via carbon monoxide, smoke and heat alarms) fires. At the cent

Cenkos: Plant Health Care Plc -- Increased margins from new production

Plant Health Care has announced that it has signed a long-term production and supply agreement with a leading European-based fermentation company. This secures low-cost production capacity of Harpin αβ, the active ingredient in its ProAct®, Employ®, and H2Copla® branded products, sufficient to meet projected global demand. Volume production cost targets have been met which should provide an improved gross margin for Plant Health Care and an attractive Return on Investment (ROI) for customers. Th

Hybridan Small Cap Feast 22/06/2022

Dish of the day Joiners: No Joiners Today. Leavers: No Leavers Today. What’s cooking in the IPO kitchen? Visum Technologies seeking admission to The AQSE Growth Market. The Company's business is to own and operate an "on-ride" video and photographic camera system that it sells and/or licenses to customers (being theme parks, ride manufacturers, souvenir imaging providers, and other leisure operators). Due 30 June. LifeSafe Holdings, a fire safety technology business with innovative fire safety p

Roadmap to significant profit growth

With a clear roadmap of new digital inkjet products and an ambitious management team focused on gaining (or retaining) significant market shares across the segments that make up its $1bn addressable market, Xaar is positioned to grow strongly. Management has already demonstrated its abilities in turning the business around, and we believe it is far from clear that the share price fully reflects the opportunities ahead.

Cenkos: Smart Metering Systems Plc -- Accelerating CaRe asset strategy

SMS has announced two strategically important investments this morning, in line with the strategy presented during the CMD in June 2021 (DOWNLOAD). The first investment is to acquire an initial 25% holding in Clenergy EV, a software business with a Charge Point Operator platform and the second to acquire 100% of n3rgy Data, a data software business providing direct access to smart meter consumption data from the DCC. Total consideration for these investments is an initial £3.4m. Clenergy enables

Judges Scientific (JDG) – Acquisition of minority shareholding in Bordeaux

The shares now trade on 24.3x FY2022E earnings, versus a peer group trading on a blended 24.9x. Judges' shares more than regained their composure in early 2022, before events in Ukraine and continued Covid concerns (notably China) weighed on sentiment. As a result, some treading of water is likely in our view. But given the strength of the business (we believe earnings risk is towards the upside) and balance sheet, the quality of earnings and the company's continued ability to execute deals on s