Hybridan Small Cap Feast - 17 April 24

17th 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: 16 April 2024: Electric Guitar (ELEG.L) Concurrent with its Admission to trading on AIM, Electric Guitar is proposing to acquire the entire issued share capital of 3radi

Hybridan Small Cap Feast - 19 Mar 24

19th March 2024 @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 object

Hybridan Small Cap Feast - 12 Feb 24

12th February 2024 @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 obj

Hybridan Small Cap Feast - 06 Feb 24

6th February 2024 @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 obje

A record new business performance

Eckoh has provided an excellent new business update. In H1’Sep24, Eckoh contracted a record level of business totalling £24.6m. This momentum has continued with a further c.£20m+ of business contracted (defined as both new wins, renewals, and up/cross sells) in H2 to date. This has led to a record total contracted business of £45m signed by the end of January, of which c.£18m is new business. This is an impressive result driven by the signing of several sizable enterprise deals in North America,

Hybridan Small Cap Feast - 21 Nov 23

21st November 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 obj

H1'24: 22% N. America ARR growth

Eckoh has made strong progress in H1’24 with 22% N. America Data Security Solutions ARR growth and a record pipeline, although this is not yet reflected at a Group level. A 4% yoy decline in total revenues to £18.8m, masks the progress made in the important N. America market where revenues grew 5% yoy (+$0.6m) and recurring revenues +18% yoy (+$1.4m). The delta between this impressive growth in recurring revenues and a decline in total revenues is the absence of hardware revenues in contract ren

Hybridan Small Cap Feast - 01 Nov 23

1st November 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 obje

H1 Update: A record pipeline but longer sales cycles

Eckoh has provided a H1 trading update with a record performance in Total Contract Value won (+40% yoy) and a record new business pipeline in North America with multiple contracts where Eckoh is the selected vendor, but due to a lengthening in sales cycles, these sizable contracts are now expected to land in H2. North American growth is key to the Eckoh investment case and H1’24 ARR increased 22% yoy to $16.8m. Eckoh’s new products (e.g. Secure Call Recording) have been well received and are exp

Hybridan Small Cap Feast - 14 Jun 23

14th June 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 objecti

FY23: Margins and Cash outperform

FY23 was another material step forward for Eckoh in the key North American market (c.48% of TAM). Group revenues increased 22%, while North American ARR increased 34% organically, evidence of accelerating growth in ECK’s recurring revenue products. FY23 results are consistent with Eckoh’s April trading update with revenues broadly in-line, profit outperforming (c.80bps AOP margin beat) and Net Cash c.£0.3m higher at £5.7m. Eckoh has refreshed its go-to market strategy and enlarged its product su

Hybridan Small Cap Feast - 25 Apr 23

25th April 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 object

FY23 Trading Update: Cash outperforms

Eckoh has provided a strong FY’Mar23 trading update which highlights the significant progress made in North America with N. American Security Solutions exit ARR up 34% organically to $15.9m (FY22: $11.9m). Group Revenues were broadly in-line with our forecasts (£39m vs £40m) but adjusted operating margin outperformed by c.50bps at 19.5%. Net Cash also surprised to the upside at £5.7m (vs SCMe: £5.4m). Looking forward, total contracted business grew >50% which alongside the launch of new products

The contact centre of the future

Eckoh has announced the launch of a new cloud-based Secure Call Recording (‘SCR’) solution for contact centres. This is a timely launch given market research estimates that c.24% of US contact centres are currently looking to update their call recording solution over the next 12 months. Eckoh unveiled its technology roadmap at a CMD event in October 2022 and the launch of SCR is the next phase given this new product will utilise artificial intelligence to enable real-time monitoring and improvem

hVIVO - Introducing 2025E; HSD sales grth/margin expansion expected

Post further analysis of the FY 2023 results on 9 April 2024, we are establishing FY 2025 forecasts, as well as modifying our forecast adjusted net profit/EPS figures for 2024 and 2025 to reflect the accounting of the deferred tax asset. Our 2025 forecast calls for 9% growth in customer revenues, stable other operating income (largely R&D tax credits) vs 2024, EBITDA margins going back to the 23% level (after a slight contraction in 2024 to reflect 3 facilities being run in parallel for part of

Bioventix - Laying out the longer-term opportunity in Alzheimer’s Disease

The clinical diagnosis of Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) continues to be a highly challenging endeavour and existing gold standard diagnostic techniques (PET scans, CSF analysis) are limited by their cost, lack of access and perceived invasiveness. As the therapeutic landscape of AD evolves so too are the tools being developed to diagnose and monitor AD in clinical practice and blood-based AD tests represent potentially more sustainable, scalable and economically viable approaches to future AD managem

Elixirr - Outperforming competitors and the global Consulting market

Elixirr offers investors exposure to the long-term growth trends in the global Consulting market (including digitisation and the ongoing technology revolution, demand for innovation, efficiency and specialised expertise) all turbo charged by the group’s ‘challenger’ strategy driving market share gain from a low base. FY 2023 results showed the power of Elixirr’s differentiated model with revenue up +20% and adj. EPS up +22% in a market subdued by global uncertainty. With net cash of £18m, a posi

Morning Note – 22 April 2024

City of London Investment Group (CLIG LN) - 3Q IMS: return to growth

CLIG’s 3Q IMS reveals 5.5% rise in FuM in the first three months to March 2024 to US$10.1 billion. In the quarter performance added US$302m and group net inflows were US$224m.

Morning Note – 25 April 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

LIBERUM: Science Group: The Science of shareholder value

Solid close to FY24

SP Angel Morning View: Gold prices slide following profit taking as traders look to US data

LIBERUM: MindGym: Delivering on the controllables

hVIVO - FY 2023 results, revenue in-line, margin better, future is bright

hVIVO has delivered FY 2023A results in-line with the 30 January 2024 TU, with total customer revenues of £56m, growth of 16% versus 2022A. Other income related to tax credits added another £2.6m. 2024 revenue guidance of £62m has been reiterated, representing 11% growth over 2023A, and ahead of the £60m that we had previously forecast. The company has good visibility with the 2024 figure, with 90% already being covered by the existing orderbook (stands at £80m at the end of 2023), as well as in

Malvern International - Positive results confirm turnaround on track; cash-generative and a strong bid pipeline

A positive trading trajectory for MLVN has continued to emerge strongly in this morning's results, with FY23A revenues standing at £12.2m (FY22A: £6.3m / +79%) and £0.2m PBT profit as against a £1.1m PBT loss the year before (excluding a £94k fair value movement / loan write back). MLVN provides education services including (1) a range of university-related courses for overseas students, (2) adult ELT and (3) summer schools for juniors. MLVN's contract with the University of East London (UEL) st

LIBERUM: The Liberum Leisure Digest: NLW increase - pricing power is key

Hybridan Small Cap Feast - 25 April 2024

25th 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: Smart Metering Systems (SMS.L) has delisted from the AIM market What’s baking in the oven? ** Potential**** Initial Public Offerings: Reverse Takeovers: 16 April 2024: Electric Guitar (ELEG.L) Concurrent with its Admission to trading on AIM, Electric Guitar