Vetting the opportunity

Monday''s trading update caused the shares to drop 13%, leaving c28% upside on the possible all-cash offer price by EQT, set at 4,070p per share. While the market seems sceptical on the deal going through (outcome expected by June 2), we believe EQT will proceed and most likely on unchanged terms. We turn opportunistic and upgrade the shares to outperform. Destocking and European slowdown behind the trading update Destocking in the USA went deeper than expected by a couple of weeks, with inven

Morning Song

Dechra Pharmaceuticals (DPH LN) In line trading update & entry to Brazil | Futura Medical (FUM LN) Equity capital raise for MED2002 development | Urban Logistics REIT (SHED LN) Strong NAV performance, and total returns | Zytronic (ZYT LN) Year end update – revenue in line, lower than expected margins

Morning Song

Bagir Group (BAGR LN) Posting of circular and notice of EGM - proposed strategic partnership | Dechra Pharmaceuticals (DPH LN) Sterling progress once again, but one or two clouds on the horizon | Future (FUTR LN) A great summer | Microsaic Systems (MSYS LN) Progressing to plan | Murgitroyd Group (MUR LN) In line trading update, increased dividend, exceptional (historical) item

Morning Song

Craneware (CRW LN) Trading update & contract win | Dechra Pharmaceuticals (DPH LN) In line FY trading update | Eckoh (ECK LN) Contract win through Capita partnership | Miton Group (MGR LN) Strong H1 net inflows, upgrading FY18e EPS by 11% | MySale Group (MYSL LN) Another record year & more potential from platform | Photo-Me International (PHTM LN) On track versus downgraded forecasts. Japan being turned around | Realm Therapeutics (RLM LN) Supportive preclinical data on PR022 vs. tofacitinib in

Morning Song

Dechra Pharmaceuticals (DPH LN) Interims contain no surprises, AST/Le Vet acq now complete | Dialight (DIA LN) Are we nearly there yet? | Eckoh (ECK LN) US secure payments win and new US partnership | GlobalData (DATA LN) Results driven by strong trading | Photo-Me International (PHTM LN) Appointment of CFO | Senior (SNR LN) Solid results and outlook | Sigma Capital Group (SGM LN) REIT placing complete, 140p+/share intrinsic value

Morning Song

Dechra Pharmaceuticals (DPH LN) Acquisition of Le Vet to drive next leg of growth | Low & Bonar (LWB LN) Significant change | PCI-PAL (PCIP LN) Secure payments offers exciting growth potential | Sigma Capital Group (SGM LN) The PRS REIT launches placing programme to raise up to c.£250m

Acquisition of Le Vet to drive next leg of growth

The €340m acquisition of AST Farma/Le Vet looks another superlative deal which is set to drive a period of exceptional growth at Dechra. We upgrade our FY19 EPS forecasts by 10% and by a material 18% in FY20 as the full benefits of the deal begin to be realised. The premium rating is well deserved, and we believe this latest deal puts Dechra on a trajectory towards the FTSE 100 index within a few years. We upgrade to Buy, with a new TP of 2550p.

Morning Song

Dechra Pharmaceuticals (DPH LN) Significant European acquisition | Northern lights The year of the Great Exhibition

Morning Song

1Spatial (SPA LN) US state contract win | Bioquell (BQE LN) Ongoing strength prompts further upgrades | Carr’s Group (CARR LN) Continuing recovery in divisions should help the shares recover | Dechra Pharmaceuticals (DPH LN) Strong, in line H1 update | Gresham Technologies (GHT LN) YE trading update confirms strong progression | IndigoVision Group (IND LN) Pedro Simoes confirmed as new Chief Executive

Strong, in line H1 update

Another strong update from Dechra, leaving the group on track to hit our full year expectations. Growth in North America in particular continues to impress as the group benefits from the increased critical mass from the Putney acquisition, new product registrations and cross-selling opportunities. The more mature European segment remains solid. No change to estimates at this stage, although US tax reform is likely to benefit the bottom line and should lead to useful EPS upgrades at the interims

N+1 Singer - Morning Song 20-10-2017

Dechra Pharmaceuticals (DPH LN) AGM statement confirms all in line | IQE (IQE LN) Unexpected historic US tax bill | PCI-PAL (PCIP LN) Continuing compliance with PCI DSS and new contract win | Renold (RNO LN) Forecasts trimmed to reflect H1 update | SDL (SDL LN) CMD highlights: Technology key to long term competitive advantage

N+1 Singer - Dechra Pharmaceuticals - AGM statement confirms all in line

Dechra’s AGM update confirms all is in line with growth across all business areas. It is still early in the year, but this is reassuring nonetheless. We have been a bit overly cautious with our estimates and are upgrading our EPS forecasts by ~7-8%, bringing us more in line with consensus. The shares now trading on a Cal'17 P/E of 30x, EV/EBITDA of 20x, falling to 27x/17.5x in Cal’18. The FCF Yield is still 4% however so whilst the shares are certainly not cheap, the valuation is not completely

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.

Initial Equity Trading Comments - 15 May 2023

Kromek - Placing raises £7m with Open Offer of up to £1m

Kromek raised £7m (with up to £1m via an Open Offer) to strengthen the balance sheet and provide the working capital for the CT programme to bridge the gap before supply agreements with recently announced Tier 1 and Tier 2 OEMs commence in earnest. As the only independent commercial scale manufacturer of the next-generation detector (CZT) for use in CT and SPECT imaging systems, Kromek is actively engaged with 9 OEMs (both Tier 1 and Tier 2), with 3 agreements having now been signed (FC estimate

LIBERUM: Aptamer* - Prelims supports growth projections

LIBERUM: Aptamer* - Initiation - Build better binders

Hybridan Small Cap Feast - 19 May 23

19th May 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

Oxford BioDynamics+ (OBD, House Stock, 17p) - Expanding applications

46 stocks, 272 charts, 690 questions

Conference compendium With the summer conference season approaching, we have collated a convenient compendium of questions and performance/valuation/data screens for all the stocks within our food, household and personal care, beverages and consumer ingredients coverage universe. Stock information Within you will find 15 updated questions for management, latest company guidance, the P/E and EV/EBIT history relative to the wider sector, the P/E history relative to the relevant sub-sector, the YTD

Oncimmune (ONC LN) - Successful divestment & debt refinancing enhances potential for value growth

This morning Oncimmune announced the successful divestment of its lung cancer diagnostic (EarlyCDT®) business to US cancer detection specialist Freenome Holdings Inc., for £13m in cash. Sale proceeds have been used to pay down almost 50% of outstanding debt principal. The remaining €6.0m of debt has been refinanced. Oncimmune is now focused solely on its ImmunoINSIGHTS™ discovery business. In a separate deal, Freenome has purchased ImmunoINSIGHTS™ services worth at least €1.14m per year for a pe

ReNeuron Group Prelims

Preliminary FY 2023 results from ReNeuron Group plc (RENE.L) highlight its transition via restructuring from a clinical-stage drug developer to a drug delivery platform based on its exosome technologies. As such, clinical trial spend is being minimised to cover legacy obligations only and in future will be conducted instead by partners, such as Fosun Pharma. The generation of data validating its CustomEx™ exosome platform to enable partnering and licensing transactions can be completed more cost

Hybridan Small Cap Feast - 25 May 23

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Funding the opportunity in medical imaging

On 18 April Kromek announced a major seven-year agreement with a Tier 1 OEM to develop and incorporate its CZT-based detectors in the OEM’s advanced medical imaging scanners, and further deals have since followed. In order to fund these opportunities, on 5 May the Group announced a fund-raise of £8m (gross). It is our assumption that the Tier 1 OEM segment targeted is the CT scanner market. This was worth an estimated US$6.7bn in 2022 and, at a 5.6% CAGR, is expected to reach US$9.92bn by 2029.

Cenkos: Creo Medical Group Plc -- Lung: First in human completed

Creo Medical has announced the successful completion of the first in human use of its MicroBlate Flex device to ablate a lung lesion, undertaken at the Royal Brompton Hospital, London. The patient was treated as part of the recently announced human clinical study aimed at demonstrating the safety and efficacy of its MicroBlate Flex device for the microwave ablation of lung lesions accessed minimally invasively via a bronchoscope. We believe this procedure represents a significant milestone for C

Avon Protection - Termination of coverage

Edison Investment Research is terminating coverage on Avon Protection (AVON), Osirium Technologies (OSI), IQE (IQE), Kopy Goldfields (KOBY) and RhoVac (ROHVAC). Please note you should no longer rely on any previous research or estimates for this company. All forecasts should now be considered redundant.

Hybridan Small Cap Feast - 26 Apr 23

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Initial Equity Trading Comments - 10 May 2023