Headlam Group - Strategy for growth in tougher market

Headlam Group has laid out an ambitious long-term revenue target of between £900m and £1bn, as it seeks to grow its share of the UK floor coverings distributor market. Despite a challenging backdrop due to the low level of residential housing transactions, management is seeking to expand each of its sales channels: Trade Counters, Larger Customers, Regional Distribution and Europe & Other. The FY23 results reflected the more challenging environment and the group trades at a discount to its long-

Headlam

COVID-19 update: div. suspended, expect downturn in orders

The Industrial Revelation

US & German manufacturing PMI hits lowest readings since 2009, UK manufacturing PMI heads below 50, BorgWarner expects material financial impact from customer production halts

The Industrial Revelation

Japanese PMI falls to lowest level since 2009, GE Aviation cuts 10% of workforce, Kone downgrades 2020 outlook

The Industrial Revelation

US building permits fall in Feb missing estimates, Scania to temporarily stop European production from next week, JCB halts production across 9 UK plants

Headlam

FY19 prelims – first take

The Industrial Revelation

US durable goods falls less than expected in Jan, Japan and South Korean industrial production beat Jan estimates, CRH sees growth in US construction markets

The Industrial Revelation

UK CBI manufacturing orders beat estimates for Feb; Taiwan revises down export growth in Feb due to coronavirus; Japan manufacturing PMI falls

The Industrial Revelation

US housing starts & building permits beat estimates, Spectris sees challenging H1, GE reportedly in talks with Airbus on new A330 engine as 737 Max hurts cashflow

Supreme (SUP LN) - Record performance, EBITDA ~doubled

Supreme’s FY24 trading update confirms a record performance in the 12 months to 31 March 2024. Organic revenue and profit growth across all four divisions has driven Group revenue +45% YOY to £225m, with FY24 adj. EBITDA almost doubling to ‘at least £38m’, driving record levels of cash generation. Supreme is actively exploring complementary M&A, supported by a debt free balance sheet. Trading on an undemanding FY25 PE of just 6.7x, with a 3.4% yield, we believe downside risks are more than price

Morning Note – 22 April 2024

Supreme+ (SUP, House Stock at 125p) - Supreme, Supreme!

SP Angel Spec Sits: FY Trading Update (LTHM)

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

SP Angel Morning View: Copper prices hit $9,700/t as China smelts concentrates for zero charge Tc/Rc

LIBERUM: Ilika: CMD confirms operational progression

Hybridan Small Cap Feast - 24 April 24

24th 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

LIBERUM: Gattaca: Resilient contract performance, perm tough

LIBERUM: Severfield: Erratum: Better EPS and cashflow, and buyback

LIBERUM: CEO Video: Matt Wragg, Gattaca plc:

LIBERUM: Capex Cycle: Miners' spending continues to lift

Hybridan Small Cap Feast - 22 April 2024

22nd 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

VSA Morning Flow Test 19/04/24 (Quadrise)

Quadrise (QED LN) has provided an update on its Utah project with Valkor. Valkor’s partner (Heavy Sweet Oil LLC) has received funding and approval to commence drilling enabling production of 20-40bopd of heavy sweet oil providing QED with samples for production of test scale quantities of MSAR and bioMSAR; the company’s key fuel decarbonising emulsion fuel products. This should derisk the commercial scale ramp up. QED management has highlighted that Valkor has not yet raised the minimum of US$

AUCTUS ON FRIDAY - 19/04/2024

AUCTUS PUBLICATIONS ________________________________________ Tethys Oil (TETY SS)C; target price of SEK100 per share: Increasing further the size of the prize/Considering Algeria – The South Lahan area on Block 58 is estimated to hold 55-523 mmbl prospective resources (P90-P10 case) with a mean case of 251.8 mmbbl prospective resources across six prospects in the Ara Carbonate. Combined with the previously disclosed prospective resources of the Fahd area in the north-eastern part of Block 58, Te