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FLASH: In-line trading update

A dose of morosity

No change in the narrative. Aviva’s ship sails on as usual. The PRT business is still going well, inflation remains an impediment to a strong P&C improvement, retail customers seem more interested in the rising cost of living than savings’ products and Aviva investors see no real signs of an improvement. This is the same story as in recent quarters and, in that context, our thesis remains the same.

'Airlines will be shocked when Covid leases run out and rates go up’

Critical Metals Plc - Molulu Operational Update - Target Price £1.14 ps

Event On the 15th May, Critical Metals plc released an operational update relating to their Molulu copper project in the DRC. Key Points 1. 6,500t of copper ore grading 3% copper has been mined 2. The mining focus is moving towards the high grade sulphide copper ore grading above 8.3% copper 3. No cobalt has been identified in the mining so far using hand-held XRF 4. Dewatering of the pits has begun with a trench decanting water from the small pit. Implications As soon as the road rehabilitation

Cenkos: Duke Royalty Ltd -- Record revenues and more to come

Duke has released a Q1/24E trading update which points to a continuation of steady growth in recurring cash revenues and resilient underlying portfolio companies. Guidance for the quarter is for £6m of recurring cash revenues, and total cash revenues are expected to be c£7.5m once the buyout premium from Instor is accounted for. Duke's valuation looks very compelling at current levels with the FY24E dividend yield over 10% whilst being backed by FCF generation.

Morning Note – 30 May 2023

Acquisition of Silver Royalty

Trident Royalties Plc (AIM: TRR) has, this morning, announced the acquisition of two royalties and a production-linked milestone payment over the La Preciosa Silver Project, owned by Avino Silver & Gold Mines Ltd (TSX: ASM, mkt cap US$87m) in the State of Durango, Mexico. The consideration consists of US$7m cash to Coeur Mining (NYSE: CDE, mkcap US$1.1bn) on closing with a further US$1m in either cash or shares at Trident's election upon receipt of the milestone payment. The acquisition is Tride

NAHL Group plc: AGM update: Continued progress in scaling the business for future growth

NAHL’s AGM statement released today, is encouraging as management continues to scale the businesses for further growth. As a result, the Board’s expectations for the full year remain unchanged and we make no alterations to our forecasts. As a reminder, these still call for a c.13% increase in adjusted PBT in 2023, c.170% in FY24 and a further c.70% in FY25. Our current fair value remains at 65p but this is likely to rise as the Group delivers on its significant potential.

WH Ireland: Avation - Market tailwinds highlighted in Bloomberg Intelligence event

Avation is a lessor of 35 commercial aircraft to a diversified client base of 17 airlines. Yesterday's Bloomberg Intelligence webinar event entitled ‘Aircraft Lessor Recovery and Innovation' reaffirmed a number of positive market trends for aircraft lessors at the present time. Key points included: i) structural deficits in the supply of turboprop aircraft in the coming years, with aircraft retirements expected to outpace limited production of new aircraft; ii) the strong recovery in air travel

Early Mover in UK Lab-grown Meat

BSF Enterprise Plc (BSF) is a biotechnology company focused on acquiring, combining, and building businesses in the lab-grown tissue space. It aims to achieve this through an acquisition-led growth strategy and has already acquired the tissue engineering and cellular agriculture company, 3D Bio Tissues.

LSE AIM - Market Screener (30 May 2023)

 The market capitalization of AIM stocks was £95.9bn as of 26 May 2023, down 3.7% since 14 April 2023. Among the top YTD winners, there were Celadon Pharmaceuticals (up 216.6%), Vast Resources (+325% YTD), B90 Holdings (+212.4%), Verditek (209.1%, MktCap £7.5mn), Star Phoenix Group (+175%), Inspecs Group (+166.3%). Among the bottom movers, were companies canceling admission to AIM: Applied Graphene Materials (-88%,), Circle Property (-93%, MktCap £1.2mn), Purplebricks Group (-93.1% on a possi

Very strong CY22 - CY23 upgraded 10%

Trading update indicates strong FY23 performance

XPS CMD articulates growth potential