SHORE CAPITAL - Mpac Group+ (MPAC, House Stock at 380p)

FY22 first half trading update: supply chain pressure

In a trading update for the half year to 30 June 2022, Mpac reports that supply chain difficulties affecting the availability of critical components has impacted on delivery lead times to customers. Mpac reiterates a strong prospective pipeline and order book, and has implemented a series of mitigating measures. Nevertheless, combined with inflationary pressure on costs, the impact on profitability leads us to reduce our outlook for FY22: FY22E: revenue of £96m, +1.8%YoY, previously £105.0m. FY2

Hybridan Small Cap Feast 04/05/22

Joiners: No Joiners Today. Leavers: No Leavers Today. What’s cooking in the IPO kitchen? Altona Rare Earths, the AQSE listed mining exploration company focused on the evaluation, acquisition and development of Rare Earth Elements mining projects in Africa, intends to join the Main Market. Admission to trading of the Company's Ordinary Shares on the AQSE Growth Market will be cancelled simultaneously with Admission. It is also proposed that on Admission, the Company will change its EPIC from AQSE

SHORE CAPITAL - Mpac Group+ (MPAC) - House Stock at 478p - AGM Trading Update, Strong Order Flow Continues

SHORE CAPITAL - Mpac Group+ (MPAC, House Stock at 467p)

FY21 results: the strategy delivers

FY21 results reflected the fruits of Mpac’s strategic initiatives, underpinned by growth in the US and the One Mpac integration process. EBITDA (adj.) grew +42%YoY to £11.2m, which was ahead of our outlook of £10.3m. Order intake crossed the £100m mark for the first time. • An important lead indicator for future performance, Group order intake grew 41%YoY to £117.9m (FY20: £83.9m) - surpassing the £100m mark for the first time - with a closing order book of £78.4m, +41%YoY (FY20: £55.5m). •

Trading update confirms a strong FY21

In a Trading Update for the year ended December 31st 2021 Mpac Group confirms strong performance for the year, with revenue, adjusted PBT and the year-end cash position in line with market estimates. Strong H2 order intake led to a year-end closing order book of £77.0m, an impressive increase of 39%YoY, which continues a rising trend. The resilience of FY21 performance reflects the impact of Mpac’s strategy in two respects. First, its ‘outward-facing’ market positioning. Examples include ent

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FY21 interim results: a strong rebound

For the six months to 30 June 2021 Mpac Group reported a strong recovery in both orders, +69%YoY, and revenue, +20%YoY, as a result of which we have raised our FY21 revenue outlook from £95.0m to £97.5m (+16.4%YoY) and for FY22, from £100.0m to £105.0m. We have also raised our fair value / share estimate from 600p to 660p.

Packs a punch, upgrades!

Clean energy equipment contract win

Mpac has announced that Mpac Lambert has signed a contract with FREYR Battery to supply casting and unit cell assembly equipment for the battery cell production line at FREYR’s Customer Qualification Plant in Mo i Rana, Norway.

H1’21 Trading Update – accelerated momentum

In its Trading Update for the six months ended 30 June 2021 Mpac reports that the upturn seen in H2 2020 has accelerated with H1’21 order intake well above that a year earlier - which had suffered the impact of COVID-19. The update highlights:

Strix Group plc (KETL LN) - Trading conditions to improve in H2

Today’s trading update for H1 22 highlights the difficult operating environment over the first six months of the year, particularly in Q1. Trading picked up in Q2 and is expected to continue to improve in H2 22, in part, due to the inherent seasonality of the business, but also due to some catch up in demand. Guidance is for FY22 post-tax profit to be in line with the consensus estimate of £32.2m, as a result Zeus reduces its estimate by 2.5% to £32.2m. Previous guidance of £3.0m potential impac

Review of Electricity Market Arrangements - REMA Could Bring Benefits

Last week, the UK government published the consultation paper on its Review of Electricity Market Arrangements (REMA). Any change potentially represents uncertainty in a market that has been wary of changes with a number of shares falling after early details of possible reforms were flagged in the press. We review the possible changes and conclude that while there is some risk, from what we can see at present the likely outcomes could be either minimal or beneficial for investors in clean energy

SHORE CAPITAL - Crestchic+ (LOAD) - House stock at 196p

Invinity Energy Systems - Improving Liquidity for US Investors

Invinity has begun trading shares on the OTCQX Best Market in the USA. We see this as adding liquidity for North American investors and more generally increasing visibility for the company in key markets in North America.

Inflation Reduction Act

The US Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 now has a chance of passing the Senate next week as it is being voted under the Reconciliation procedure which allows bills related to the budget to pass on a simple majority rather than the 60-vote majority required to overcome a filibuster. If the act does find its way onto the statue books it will bring US$369bn in clean energy tax credits, grants and other incentives. Much is directed to protecting clean energy manufacturing in the USA, but it is a wide

Hybridan Small Cap Feast 21-07-2022

Dish of the day Joiners: No joiners today. Leavers: No leavers today. What’s cooking in the IPO kitchen? Unigel Group, intends to join the Aquis Growth Market. Unigel Group is a pioneer in the field of thixotropic gels for the fibre optic cable industry. The Company is also a supplier of laminated steel tapes to the fibre optic cable industry in the US. Thixotropic gels and laminated steel tapes are essential components to the rapidly growing global fibre optic cable market. The Group export

Hybridan Small Cap Feast 09/08/22

Dish of the day Joiners: No joiners today. Leavers: No leavers today. What’s cooking in the IPO kitchen?** Unigel Group, intends to join the Aquis Growth Market. Unigel Group is a pioneer in the field of thixotropic gels for the fibre optic cable industry. The Company is also a supplier of laminated steel tapes to the fibre optic cable industry in the US. Thixotropic gels and laminated steel tapes are essential components to the rapidly growing global fibre optic cable market. The Group exports

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Oil posted the biggest weekly decline since early April on growing signs that a global economic slowdown is curbing demand. Prices are near the lowest level in six months. West Texas Intermediate settled at $89 a barrel, ending the week nearly 10% lower. US gasoline consumption has dropped, stoking demand concerns, while low liquidity has added to volatility. Supplies from Libya also picked up, helping to shrink key oil futures time-spreads and ease the tightness in the market. The pullbac

LIBERUM: Staffline Group* - H1 restrained by investment but expect stronger H2

Q2 22: mixed signals

Rolls Royce published mixed figures. Profitability was particularly low, pushing the net result back into the red zone. However, FCF generation was a positive surprise despite the rise in inventory. It has finally found an agreement to sell ITP Aero and will use the resulting cash to repay its only floating interest rate debt.

LIBERUM: Staffline Group* - H1 restrained by investment but expect stronger H2

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Renewi - Incorporating Paro, raising TP to £10

We revise our estimates, primarily to incorporate the Paro acquisition, resulting in an average 3% increase in our forecasts for diluted EPS through FY25. Renewi's FY22 results demonstrated that its business and financial performance have moved to a new level, underscored by the positive 1QFY23/AGM update. While Renewi has started to re-rate, we continue to believe that the share price has yet to reflect the transformation in the company's earnings power fully, while the potential ECP bid for Bi