Hybridan Small Cap Feast - 26 Jan 23

26 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

SHORE CAPITAL - Rotala+ (ROL, House Stock at 30.5p) Interims demonstrate strategic progress

Hybridan Small Cap Feast 19/05/22

Joiners: No Joiners Today. Leavers: No Leavers Today. What’s cooking in the IPO kitchen? Psych Capital PLC, intends to list on the AQSE Growth Market. Psych operates the Psych Platform (a business-to-business networking platform), that is developing the Blossom Database pursuant to a third party licensing arrangement. The Company also has an investment of 426,000 common shares in Awakn, a Canadian NEO Exchange listed psychedelics research and clinical group, with operations in the UK and Europe.

SHORE CAPITAL - Rotala+ (ROL) - House Stock, 35p - Positive update / AGM Statement

Hybridan Small Cap Feast 29/04/22

Joiners: Lift Global Ventures plc (AQSE:LFT) has joined AQSE Growth Market. The Company's investment strategy is to operate as an enterprise company seeking acquisition or investment opportunities within the financial media and technology industries. Within these broad industries, areas of focus may include: Financial news websites and other forms of “new media”, Investment research providers, Financial PR, IR, design and marketing agencies, Production studios and visual content providers and Te

Hybridan Small Cap Feast 14/03/22

Joiners: CYBA (CYBA.L) has completed the reverse takeover of Narf Industries on the Main Market (Standard), a US based group with a track record of successful and advanced cyber security projects with the US Department of Defense and affiliated government agencies like the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. £6m raised. Leavers: No leavers today. What’s cooking in the IPO kitchen? Aquis Exchange (AQX.L) the exchange services group, announced its intention to apply for admission of the Gro

Small Cap Feast: 17/05/21

Dish of the day Kistos (KIST.L) readmitted to AIM, following the Company's successful Equity Financing in connection with the Acquisition of Tulip Oil Netherlands. Tulip Oil has a portfolio of assets which include profitable, cash generative producing assets, plus exploration and appraisal assets. Tulip Oil has 19.5 mmboe of 2P reserves and has 102.1 mmboe contingent resources. Boanerges Limited (AQSE:BNRG), admitted onto the Aquis Stock Exchange. The Directors believe that an opportunity exis

A Midsummer Day’s Dream…..

Small Cap Feast

Sky News reports that a surge in pandemic-fuelled activity by homebound traders is propelling AvaTrade towards a London stock market listing that could value it at up to £700m. Established in 2006, AvaTrade is one of a number of platforms - including CMC Markets, Plus500 and IG Group - which enable their customers to trade contracts for difference. PensionBee, the online pensions provider, with a mission to make pensions simple, so that everyone can look forward to a happy retirement, conside

Small Cap Feast

AMTE Power, a developer and manufacturer of lithium-ion battery cells for specialist markets, announced its intention to seek admission to trading on AIM. Admission is expected to take place during March 2021. The Company intends to raise approximately £7m by way of a placing of new ordinary shares in the capital of the Company. Timing TBC. Samarkand Group Limited, the cross-border eCommerce technology and retail group opening up the world's largest market for brands and retailers, intends to IP

Small caps to win again in volatile world?

Small Cap Feast

Intention to float by Gemfields Group. No Capital Raise. Currently listed on JSE. (GML:JNB) at circa £122m. The Group's key producing assets, the Kagem emerald mine in Zambia (believed to be the world's single largest producing emerald mine) and the Montepuez ruby mine in Mozambique (one of the most significant recently discovered ruby deposits in the world), are both expected to have long mine-lives with potential for expansion. Also owns the Faberge brand. Due Valentines Day 2020.

Small Cap Feast

Airtel Africa Limited — provider of telecommunications and mobile money services, with a presence in 14 countries in Africa, primarily in East Africa and Central and West Africa, looking to join the premium segment of the main market. Offer TBC, expected TBC ReAssure Group plc - The Group is a leading closed book life insurance consolidator in the United Kingdom with 4.3m policies, £68.7 billion of assets under administration on a Post-L&G Illustrative Basis. It is considering a premium listing

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Techniplas –global producer and support services company providing highly engineered and technically complex components, making the supply chain to original equipment manufacturers more efficient. FYDec17 rev $515m. Loungers plc—the operator of 146 café/bar/restaurants across England and Wales under the Lounge and Cosy Club brands, announces its intention to seek admission on AIM, offer TBC

FY18 Results. Upgrade to '19 forecasts.

Rotala has today reported strong finals, with normalised PBT of £4.23m ahead of DCe £4.10m and adjusted earnings per share of 7.22 against our 7.08p forecast. Group revenues advanced +19% with great performances from Rotala's two largest divisions, contracted services and commercial services. Adjusted operated profit leapt +18% to £5.8m. We have upgraded our FY2019E forecasts. The recent acquisitions are bedding in well and the Group continues to actively review its portfolio of depots. This res

Continued strong growth

Record result but rising costs

Strix (KETL LN) - Interim results & CMD

Strix has announced interim results for the six months to June showing revenue up 28.6% to £65.2m. The strong top line growth, driven by its 2022 acquisition of Billi, has resulted in gross profits rising 22.6% to £23.9m. Excluding Billi, revenue was down c. 14% yoy. Following updated guidance in today’s announcement, along with its Capital Markets Day, we adjust our forecasts to reflect the slower than anticipated economic recovery along with the impact rising interest rates have had on profita

Mpac Group+ (MPAC, House Stock at 210p) - HY results; recovery continues

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

Hybridan Small Cap Feast - 11 Sep 23

11th September 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 ob

Interims and earnings update

LIBERUM: SThree: Q3 demonstrates further resilience

LIBERUM: Safestyle: Looking to strengthen balance sheet

Water Intelligence - Positive H1 results, adj. PBT up 18%, cash on the balance sheet

WATR has published a strong set of results this morning, featuring a c.9% lift in revenues, growing margins, double digit profit expansion and net cash on the balance sheet. WATR supplies in-demand water leak detection and related services across the whole of the US, and also in international markets including the UK, Australia and Canada. The company's operating model has generated double-digit CAGR consistently over the past decade, and this is another set of results which highlight WATR's ac

Interim results

Water Intelligence has reported interims that were slightly ahead of our expectations and we maintain our FY23 estimates.

Powerhouse Energy - Key Patent Protection Granted

Powerhouse has achieved important protection of the IP around its Distributed Modular Generation technology. This adds to additional protection from the complexity of all ATT processes which already gives the company a high degree of know-how protection. The move helps to consolidate the IP in our view and brings useful validation to the technology.

Artificial intelligence in UK biopharma and healthcare 11/09/2023

Artificial intelligence (AI) continues to accelerate at full speed, first by imitating the workings of a human brain and now it is drawing concepts of evolution, sometimes with synthetic data, artificially manufactured for training purposes or for privacy protection, and sometimes not even with human intervention. In this note, we examine how AI is being developed and applied by the NHS and UK mid/small cap companies for the benefit of human health and wellbeing. AI in drug discovery and devel

Wincanton (WIN LN) - Transformational pension agreement

Wincanton has announced a very positive outcome of the 2023 Triennial Valuation, agreed with the Trustees. The Group and the Trustees have decided that no further contributions are now payable into the Pension Scheme because of the 2023 valuation. Previously, contributions for the year ending 31 March 2024 would have been £23.6m, and £25m each year from April 2024 to March 2027, increasing in line with the Retail Prices Index. The free cash and balance sheet position of the Group is transformed,