Hybridan Small Cap Feast - 22 Jan 24

22nd January 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

Hybridan Small Cap Feast - 10 Jan 24

10th January 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

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Hybridan Small Cap Feast - 12 Oct 23

12th October 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

Hybridan Small Cap Feast - 04 Jul 23

4th July 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

PROGRESSIVE: Distil - Q4 revenue performance best of the year, though slightly shy of market expectations

Distil’s FY23E trading performance has been disappointing, with full-year revenue more than halving, resulting in a higher loss before tax. The disappointing optics primarily reflect the change in business model, moving from a distributor-based model to Distil assuming direct control of supplying its major UK customers. This strategic shift required a one-off but prolonged clearing of stocks from the previous distributor’s supply chain. With this complete, Distil can focus on driving domestic an

PROGRESSIVE: Distil: One-off factors adversely impact Q3 trading

A number of primarily one-off factors has resulted in a 48% decrease in revenue to £411k in Distil’s peak Q3 trading period (to end December). The principal reasons behind this were: the continuing effects of the one-off reduction in UK market stock cover arising from the change in business model and removal of the UK distributor; a softer-than-expected UK spirits market; and systems issues within a major customer, resulting in sub-optimal replenishment. Distil has indicated that FY23 revenue wi

Hybridan Small Cap Feast - 12 Jan 23

12 January 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

Hybridan Small Cap Feast 13/10/22

What’s cooking in the IPO kitchen?** World Chess plc, a leading chess organisation, intends to join the Main Market. World Chess Plc is the holding company of a group which aims to promote the mass market appeal of chess globally through the commercial offering of chess related activities. Euro 8m to be raised. Expected November 2022. OTAQ plc, (OTAQ.L) the technology company with three divisions: Aquaculture, Geotracking Devices and Offshore intends to delist from the Main Market and join the A

PROGRESSIVE: Distil: Interim results reflect business model shift

Distil’s interim results to 30 September 2022 reflect the financial consequences of the strategic change to its business model, with the group assuming direct control of servicing its major UK customers and employing a third-party distributor for the rest of its business (primarily hospitality, wholesale and export). The reversal to a £602k adjusted operating loss should be seen in this light. To that point, we are making no changes to the reinitiated forecasts published after the Q1 trading upd

Walt Disney Company: The HYBE Partnership, Subscriber Growth & Other Drivers, Financial Forecasts, DCF & Comparables Valuation, ESG & Other Risks (08/22)

Disney delivered another all-around beat and its strong results were driven by a stellar performance at its domestic theme parks, increases in live sports viewership across its linear channels and ESPN+, and significant subscriber growth at its streaming services. The company had 221 million subscribers overall as of the end of the third quarter for its streaming service finally surpassing rival Netflix. Their results demonstrate the Walt Disney Company's potential to power its ecosystem and exp

Distil: Q1 reflects re-modelling for a stronger future

Distil’s Q1 trading update reflects the recently announced changes to the company’s business model, with the group assuming direct control of servicing its major UK customers, and employing a third-party distributor for the rest, from October onwards. In the interim, Distil and the outgoing UK distributor, Hi-Spirits, are running down their inventory of Distil brands. The company anticipates a one-off £580K adverse sales impact affecting H1 of the current year, with future years benefiting from

Hybridan Small Cap Feast 06/07/2022

Dish of the day Joiners: LifeSafe Holdings (LIFS.L) joins AIM. The fire safety technology business with innovative fire safety products, 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. The Company raised £3m on Admission. Market Cap approximately £16.6m. Leavers: No leavers today. What’s cooking in the IPO kitchen? Immediate acquis

Distil: FY22 results reflect challenging comparatives

Distil’s FY22 results reflect the exceptional performance delivered in FY21, when sales rose 48% following the distortions caused by the unprecedented response to Covid, lockdowns and retailer fears of supply chain disruption. FY22 has consequently seen declines in both turnover and profitability.

Carr's Group - An enhanced value creation strategy

Carr’s Group has announced an updated strategy that offers the potential for value realisation and creation from a number of avenues. These include: value realisation of the Engineering Division; the ability to significantly reduce central costs; and longer-term value creation in the Agriculture Division as a focused business with recovery potential and a strategy to leverage its strong market positions for growth.

M.P. Evans - Tougher year but growing cashflow outlook drives optionality

FY23 results are much in line with overall expectations, helped by a much stronger H2 production and higher purchases of independent crops helping to fill the group’s rising mill capacity. A marginally higher than expected average CPO price mill-gate price of $729/tonne drove the revenue outperformance, but the change in production mix impacted gross margins while slightly higher than anticipated interest, tax and minority charges resulted in EBIT, PBT (Adj.) and EPS (Adj.) just below our foreca

Anpario+ (ANP, House Stock at 230p) - FY24F upgrades - recovery play

Greggs - Showing us how it's done

The second full year of Greggs’ five-year growth plan to double revenue by FY26 should be marked down as very successful, especially so given the challenging external environment. Unlike many consumer-facing companies, high selling price inflation was accompanied by volume growth, leading to good market share gains. The consumer is responding well to new initiatives to grow revenue in new dayparts and digital channels. Profitability was well-managed with better recovery of input cost inflation t

Hardman & Co Healthcare Index: 2023 – Capital demands dent performance

The Hardman & Co Healthcare Index (HHI) has been running since 2009. Its main function is to highlight the attractions of life sciences investments over the long term. For the second year running, apart from global economic influences affecting world markets, performance in 2023 was dented by the capital-intensive nature of the sector. The HHI fell 3.7%, to 483.8, underperforming the main London markets – FTSE 100 (+3.8%) and FTSE All-Share (3.8%) but outperforming the FTSE AIM All-Share Index (

Initial Equity Trading Comments - 16 May 2023

Ocean Harvest Technology - Harvesting the power of seaweed

Ocean Harvest Technology (OHT), based in the UK, produces animal feed additives products using a composite of blended seaweed. Its patented products have been shown to enhance growth rates in livestock, increase feed efficiency and improve egg quality and quantity for laying poultry. As OHT operates in an attractive market, there is significant potential for its proprietary technology to drive volume growth as awareness of its product benefits increases, along with improving financials.

SP Angel Morning View: Risk sentiment pulls back on geopolitical tensions and concerns over Chinese property market

Hybridan Small Cap Feast - 20 Mar 24

20th 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

Initial Equity Trading Comments - 20 March 2024

Morning Note – 11 September 2023

Premier Foods+ (PFD, House Stock, 140p) - Strong trading & share gains

Premier Foods+ (PFD, House Stock, 139p) - Pension cash contributions suspended

Morning Note – 19 January 2024

Morning Note – 23 January 2024