Hybridan Small Cap Feast - 21 Sep 23

21st 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

Double digit ARR growth

Corero’s cyber defence solutions delivered double digit growth in order intake, revenue and ARR in H1A. The Group also generated positive free cash flow leaving net cash on the balance sheet of $6.2m. Costs are relatively fixed from this point and Corero is now operationally leveraged into a growing cyber protection market. We are initiating forecasts targeting a conservative 10% revenue growth rate. Trading on 1.7x sales, we calculate a fair value of at least 14p which is 100% above the current

Back in business - up to Buy

ARR driven cyber growth

Corero is a cyber software business that is overlooked by the market, in our view. Huge progress has been made over the last three years bringing the business to operational maturity. The company is predominantly now a recurring revenue business, but this does not seem to be recognised in the current valuation. Corero's technology has been validated with major market leading customers and go-to-market partners. Group revenues have grown c20% compound between 2018-22A, enabling the business to

Hybridan Small Cap Feast - 13 Jul 23

13th July 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 objecti

The rebound

Hybridan Small Cap Feast - 04 Jul 23

4th July 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 objectiv

Hybridan Small Cap Feast - 25 Apr 23

25th April 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

Demand stabilising, growth inflection likely

Hybridan Small Cap Feast - 17 Jan 23

17 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

Budget flush missed, but EBITDA and KPIs solid

Softening macro leads to pushouts

Hybridan Small Cap Feast 21/10/22

Joiners: Sondrel (SND.L) has joined AIM. Leavers: No leavers today. What’s cooking in the IPO kitchen?** Ithaca Energy, a UK independent exploration and production company focused on the UK North Sea, intends to join the Premium Segment of the Main Market. Ithaca Energy is one of the largest independent oil and gas companies in the UKCS, ranking 2nd by resources and 3rd by production. During the six months ended 30 June 2022, Ithaca Energy's average daily production (oil and gas) on a net workin

Continued progress

Success in US market delivers strong H1

Bango has reported strong H1’23 results with 88% revenue growth (we estimate c.25%+ organic), ARR increasing 63% yoy, and a further $8m of annualised cost savings executed with Bango on track to deliver a transformational H2 profit performance. Bango’s Digital Vending Machine (‘DVM’) secured 2 new US wins, including 1 of the top 5 US operators (now working with 3 of the 5), providing access to 200m+ US consumers. Given these operators are currently on the bottom tier of license revenue (we estim

Journeo - Strong H1/23A Interim Results

Journeo has released a strong set of interim results in-line with the prior trading update and our recently upwardly revised expectations. Revenue increased 146% YoY to £21.8m and PBT similarly increased substantially to £1.7m driven by organic growth in all divisions and the new contribution from the Infotec acquisition. We leave forecasts unchanged following the two recent upgrades. Journeo looks compelling on an FY24E Adj P/E of 10.1x vs peers on 13.2x, and we reiterate our 1-year price targe

Record H1'23 with continued momentum into H2

Allenby Capital TMT Update - 25.09.23 - SPSY.L, BIRD.L, TRAK.L, ENET.L

Please find below our weekly update covering themes that we feel that are of interest to investors and participants in the small and mid-cap TMT sector as well as commentary on recent newsflow.

Hybridan Small Cap Feast - 26 Sep 23

26th 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

Taking the Upper Brand: Brands Sector Overview

The earliest dated brand has long been contested; the majority point to Kongō Gumi, a family run construction company that specialised in Buddhist temples in Japan; its documented record of ownership goes back to 578 AD. Like Kongō Gumi, several different brands have withstood the test of time, albeit without then same degree of longevity. The term brand originates from the 1500s and means "to burn" in Ancient Norse and was initially used to mark cattle for ownership. This practice can be consid

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

Acquisition of MNA and PCS

National World has announced the acquisitions of Midland News Association (MNA) and Press Computer Systems (PCS) for £11m in cash and we raise our 2024 EPS estimate by +16%.

Morning Note – 27 September 2023

Fonix Mobile - Robust progress in FY23, EFCF and DPS +6% and +3% ahead

In today’s FY23 results, Fonix has announced gross profit and adjusted EBITDA in line with the +4-5% upgrades at the trading update in July, underlying EFCF +6% ahead of our previous forecast, FY23 DPS +3% ahead, and FY24 trading in line with expectations. FY23 TPV of £268.1m reflects robust double-digit yoy growth from commercial customers, and gross profit as a % of TPV has increased to 5.6% from 5.1% in FY22. New customer wins include Channel 4, Bauer Ireland, RTÉ and Wireless Radio Ireland,

Morning Note – 26 September 2023

Hybridan Small Cap Feast - 12 Sep 23

12th 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

tinyBuild (TBLD LN) - H1: Declining profits and cash

H1 revenue fell 19%, gross margin narrowed by 18 percentage points and Adj EBITDA fell to -$1.2m from $9.9m a year ago. The company impaired $27.2m of development costs and intangible assets.

Pennant International - Benefitting from complexity; positive H1's and growth / margin agenda

H1 results from PEN today reflect further progress with its agenda of growing the business across a range of activities, with software a key component and complex work for global OEM's continuing to contribute meaningfully, given the technical nature and complexity of assets and the requirement to manage through-life costs. PEN provides software / integrated product support solutions to an extensive client list of OEM's and governments, while also supplying complex training products to a prestig

IQGeo Group - H1 organic growth of +83%, 4-5% revenue & EBITDA upgrades

In today’s H1 results, IQGeo has announced H1 revenue growth of +124% yoy to £20.5m, adjusted EBITDA of £2.7m, and EFCF of +£0.3m. Excellent execution of the land and expand strategy scaled exit ARR +64% yoy to £16.9m, net recurring revenue retention increased to 114% from 108% in FY22, and recurring revenue grew +61% yoy to £7.2m. The +122% yoy growth in services revenue to £8.8m reflects vigorous demand from customers to implement and leverage the differentiated solutions, and as customers ext