Hybridan Small Cap Feast - 21 Feb 24

21st February 2024 @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 obj

Morning Note – 21 February 2024

Arcontech - Encouraging 1H24 builds platform for robust growth

Arcontech has reported encouraging H1 24 results to December, with revenue £1.45m, adj EBIT £0.4m and net cash £5.7m, in line with our conservatively unchanged £2.8m FY24 revenue estimate. Revenue growth (+7% yoy) reflects the multi-year contract won in October and the strengthening relationships with core Tier-1 customers, with signs of improvements in challenging market conditions. Our prudent forecasts reflect the impact of unexpected growth in floating user terminal numbers in H1, with plent

Hybridan Small Cap Feast 27/10/2023

Dish of the day Joiners: No joiners today. Leavers: No leavers today. What’s cooking in the IPO kitchen?** Announced ITF 2 October: Adsure Services, the holding company for TIAA Limited, a specialist business assurance provider operating across the Housing, Healthcare, Government, Education, Charities, and other sectors in the UK, intends to join the Access Segment of the AQSE Growth Market. Admission expected on 30 October. Tekcapital announced intention to spin off and IPO on 2 October: MicroS

Morning Note – 27 October 2023

The Joy of Techs - Cavendish Technology quarterly sector note

£23.3bn in enterprise value has been returned to AIM technology shareholders over the past six years in the form of 51 public to private takeouts, including 10 in 2023 alone with the takeovers of Smoove* and Tribal announced in early October. With UK valuations appearing cheap and looking more attractive to potential acquirers, we take a moment to reflect on the trends of corporate and private equity bidders targeting AIM-listed technology companies going back to 2017, through the uncertainties

Morning Note – 5 September 2023

Arcontech - FY23 paves the way for future operating leverage

Arcontech has reported encouraging FY23 results to June, with revenue of £2.7m, adj EBIT of £0.8m and net cash of £6.4m, and we upgrade FY24 net cash +3% to £6.8m while revising our adjusted EBIT. FY23 revenue of £2.7m is in line with expectations and 100% recurring, and reflects the strengthening relationships with the core tier 1 customer base through contract renewals into multi-year contracts. £0.8m of FY23 adj EBIT accounts for an accruals release of £0.1m previously excluded from forecasts

Morning Note – 24 July 2023

Morning Note – 27 February 2023

Arcontech - H1 23 shows encouraging signs for growth

Arcontech has reported encouraging H1 23 results with revenue of £1.36m +4% relative to H2 22, and adjusted EBIT of £0.40m comfortably in line with our unchanged and conservative FY23 forecast of £0.65m. Management has continued to strengthen relationships with the core tier 1 customer base, including extending more customers on multi-year contracts, and the pipeline continues to be strong, with some individual contracts that could exceed the entire revenue uplift that we currently forecast for

Morning Note – 12 September 2022

Arcontech - FY22 ahead, strong cash flow, encouraging signs for growth

Arcontech has reported FY22 revenue in line with our previous forecast, adjusted EBIT +8% ahead, net cash +6% ahead, and proposed FY22 DPS growth of +18% to 3.25p. Over 90% of FY22’s £2.76m of revenue is from recurring licence fees from core tier 1 financial institutions, and management has achieved multiple contract renewals on multi-year terms, as customers greatly value its robust solutions and excellent level of service. After the pandemic impacted new sales, there are encouraging signs for

The Joy of Techs - finnCap Technology quarterly sector note

In previous quarterlies, we have focused on valuations, considering our tech indices for stocks below £1.5bn market cap and their performance as a herd. This time we focus on individual “zeitgeist” stocks: the stocks which confront a current theme – the indices over the period since the beginning of the year (finnCap Tech 40: -18%; finnCap Next 50: -17%) have shown unfortunate decline, therefore stock picking is more important now than ever. Median P/Es have declined 29x to 22x for the larger fC

Morning Note – 24 February 2022