Judges Scientific - FY23 results marginally ahead; FY24 small upgrades, the model keeps performing

Judges Scientific is a group involved in the buy and build of scientific instrumentation businesses. Testament to the strength of its highly engineered offer and global diversified customer base, total revenue increased an impressive 20.2% to £136.1m (organic +15%), with adj. PBT +7.5% to £31.7m (FY2022: £28.3m), 3.1% ahead of our estimate of £30.5m. Fully diluted (FD) adjusted EPS increased a more muted 2.6% (impacted by anticipated tax headwinds) to 368.5p (basic adj EPS 374.5p), 3.4% ahead of

Judges Scientific+ (JDG, House Stock at 11,600p) - FY23A - solid organic order book

LIBERUM: Judges Scientific: FY23 in line, with an historic dividend

Judges Scientific - Small accretive bolt-on further evidences the model

Judges Scientific, the group focused on acquiring and developing companies in the scientific instrument sector, has announced that it has acquired Swiss based Luciol Instruments SA, a company that manufactures and sells instruments to measure optic fibre properties. The entire issued share capital has been acquired by Judges' subsidiary PE.Fiberoptics Ltd (Luciol deploying similar technology in different markets) for a maximum cash consideration of CHF2.5m (£2.3m), of which CHF2.0m is payable u

Judges Scientific+ (JDG, House Stock at 9,200p) - Small acquisition, Switzerland

LIBERUM: Judges Scientific: Strong finish to FY23E

Judges Scientific+ (JDG, House at 9,300p) - FY23F update - in line, good organic

Judges Scientific+ (JDG, House Stock at 8,900p) - HY; strong order book, FY23F unchanged

Judges Scientific - Interim results – Excellent H1 underpins FY2023 with upside potential to FY2024E

Judges Scientific is a group focused on acquiring and developing companies in the scientific instrument sector. Judges has delivered an excellent first half with order books reaching a new mid-year record of 22.4 weeks. H1 revenue increased by 32% (organic +16.5%) to £61.3m (H1-22: £46.4m) which helped yield an adjusted pre-tax profit of £12.8m (H1-22 £9.6m), a 33% YoY increase (organic: +12%), with EBITA margin climbing to 23.2% (H1-22: 21.8%). Adjusted fully diluted EPS increased 22% to 150.3p

LIBERUM: Judges Scientific: Strong H1, FY23E well underpinned

LIBERUM: Judges Scientific: A COO's insight to the success of Judges

Hybridan Small Cap Feast - 18 Jul 23

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Judges Scientific - Strong first half, holding FY2023 estimates, but with upside risk

Judges Scientific is a group focused on acquiring and developing companies in the scientific instrument sector. The first half looks to have demonstrated a solid performance, with management ‘confident' of hitting full year market expectations given a strong order book and the business demonstrating resilience across all key global markets. We hold our FY2023 estimates which look for revenue of £129.9m, adjusted PBT of £30.7m (ca. +24% YoY) and basic adjusted EPS of 365.7p (+0.5% YoY).

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!

Morning Note – 25 April 2024

Vianet Group: FY24 trading update, strategic contract win

Vianet has published a positive trading update for FY24 with turnover up 7.6% to £15.18m, a 3.5 percentage point increase in gross margin YoY, and adjusted EBITA ahead of market expectations. Net debt continues to fall and closed FY24 at £1.52m (£2.1m at 30 September 2023), demonstrating strong free cash flow generation, even without the benefit of the £0.9m tax receipt received in 1H24, which augers well for a final dividend. The company reported a new contract with Wilcomatic Wash Systems, the

Renewi - Solid trading and better cash generation

Renewi’s FY24 trading update was in line with management’s expectations and its improved cash generation is reassuring for investors. Attention is now likely to turn the strategic review of the UK Municipals with management stating that they remain on track to update markets by the end of June. This could lead to an exit of key liabilities and leave Renewi as an attractive circular economy investment with strong market positions and organic growth plans, which should assist in generating value,

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Vianet - FY24 ahead, strategic forecourt customer win

Vianet’s FY24 trading update shows FY24 revenue +1% ahead of our previous forecast, adjusted EBITA +2% ahead, EFCF and net debt +£0.6m ahead, and a strategic new customer win with prominent forecourt operator Wilcomatic. A robust FY25 pipeline and outlook leads us to reiterate our FY25E forecasts at this point, with the update highlighting: strong progress renewing and winning new customers on 3-5 year contracts as they migrate from 3G to Vianet’s advanced 4G LTE solutions; the successful integr

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-

Norcros (NXR LN) - Sale of Johnson Tiles UK streamlines the business and improves operating margin

Norcros has announced the sale of its Johnson Tiles UK business to the current management team for a consideration of £1.0m, with a further modest earnout based on the equity value of the business, both payable in April 2028.

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

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Norcros - Sale of Johnson Tiles UK agreed

Norcros’s disposal of Johnson Tiles is the latest strategic activity taken by management to better allocate capital to fit with priorities. Last year it closed its UK adhesives operation. Norcros has a compelling investment case, where its new product development initiatives, market positioning and self-help initiatives allow it to take market share in both the UK and South Africa. Its rating is low at 6.0x FY24e P/E, which is attractive, especially when compared to its yield of 5.4% on its well

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

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