Cloud computing and connectivity provider for financial markets, Beeks Financial Cloud Group (“Beeks”), has reported FY 20A results in line with our forecasts. In our view the impressive growth in revenue and EBITDA delivered demonstrates the group’s defensive qualities against the COVID19 environment. The group also made strong operational progress during the year: FY 20A saw the strategically important (organic) Tier-1 client base reach five, alongside material expansion of the platform and a key new product launch. Management commentary on the outlook is positive, and we maintain our FY 21E earnings estimates following the announcement.
Companies: Beeks Financial Cloud Group Plc
Guild Esports a UK-based owner and developer of esports teams, has announced its intention to seek a listing of its ordinary shares to the Standard Listing segment of the London Stock Exchange this autumn. its founding shareholders include David Beckham, former football player and captain of England, and now co-owner of new MLS team Inter Miami CF. HOME REIT intends to float to the Main Market raising up to £250m. The Company will seek to contribute to the alleviation of homelessness in the UK, whilst targeting inflation-protected income and capital returns, by investing in a diversified portfolio of assets across the UK which will be dedicated to providing accommodation to the homeless. Due Mid October S-VENTURES - The Company will look to identify investment opportunities in the wellness sector within the UK and Europe. Due 16 Sep on the Aquis Exchange. Sativa Wellness Group—(Canadian Securities Exchange: STIL) renamed from Stillcanna Inc following the conditional acquisition of Sativa Group (AQSE:SATI) to list on the AQUIS Exchange. A fully integrated European seed to consumer CBD group with the pricing, products, and stability to meet the CBD market demand in the medium term. With world-class extraction and formulation experts, an agricultural team that has over 20 years’ experience farming hemp, along with laboratory testing capabilities, the group has established itself globally as a trusted source of high-grade, premium wholesale CBD brands and products. Umuthi Healthcare Solutions Plc, the technology led healthcare business focused on the distribution of pharmaceuticals and the provision of medical facilities in remote areas, seeking admission to the Standard Listing segment of the Official List The Hut Group. Expected intention to float on the Main Market. THG is a vertically integrated digital-first consumer brands group, retailing its own brands in beauty and nutrition plus third party brands, via its proprietary technology platform to an online and global customer base. For the year ended 31 December 2019, THG's revenue was £1.1 billion, up 24.5 per cent. year-on-year, and its Adjusted EBITDA was £111.3 million, representing an Adjusted EBITDA margin of 9.8 per cent . The Company has experienced an acceleration in growth during 2020, with revenue of £676 million, up 35.8 per cent. on the equivalent prior year period , achieved in the 6 months to 30 June 2020, which the Directors believe evidenced the non-discretionary nature of the nutrition and beauty categories . Kibo Energy PLC, the multi-asset Africa focused energy company, is seeking admission for its 100% owned UK subsidiary Sloane Developments Ltd , which will be renamed Mast Energy Developments PLC (MED), to the Standard List of the London Stock Exchange plc . Targeted for Q4 2020. The MED business strategy is to acquire and develop a portfolio of flexible small-scale power generation assets, exploiting a growth niche market in the UK for Reserve Power generation to balance out the national grid at critical times.
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We believe Beeks has issued a reassuring update on business performance for the twelve months ending 30 June 2020. Management expects to report FY 20E trading results within the range of current market expectations. The sales pipeline continues to grow, and implementations with existing Tier-1 clients are progressing according to plan. Beeks has also announced that COVID-19 has so far had only a minimal impact on the group but signals that some clients decision-making processes have been altered. We maintain our FY 20E estimates following the release but amend FY 21E forecasts reflecting revised assumptions on timing of revenues from new Tier1 clients.
Beeks Financial Cloud (“Beeks”) has announced the acquisition of Velocimetrics Limited (“Velocimetrics”), a software developer providing network monitoring and trade analytics software to financial services clients. The deal brings new products to the group and with a client base of largely tier-1 financial services institutions, should provide strong crossselling opportunities. Beeks has also announced that COVID-19 has so far had only a minimal impact on the group but signals that new customer implementations may be delayed. We revise forecasts following the announcement, with acknowledgement of the uncertainty over the longerterm impact on the business of COVID-19 outweighing the contribution of the acquisition.
Beeks Financial Cloud Group’s (“Beeks”) H1 20A results demonstrate impressive growth and profitability, alongside strong operational momentum. Institutional and retail revenues both grew well during the period, and underlying EBITDA grew by almost a third YoY, reflecting firm cost management. Operational highlights include the signing up of two new Tier1 clients – bringing the roster up to five, and datacentre expansion. We make downward revisions to forecasts following the announcement, primarily reflecting revised assumptions on revenue growth from Tier1 clients.
FRP Advisory Group, UK professional services firm specialising in restructuring advisory. Raising £80m (£20m primary). Expected market cap £190m. Compound annual growth of 16.4 per cent. in revenue and 10.9 per cent. in operating profit since the beginning of FY17.o Strong average EBITDA margins of 51 per cent. over FY17 to FY19, and consistently strong cash conversion
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The Global Sustainable Farmland Income Trust will invest in a diversified portfolio of operational farmland assets located in major agricultural markets including the United States, Europe, New Zealand, Australia and certain countries within Latin and South America. Raising up to $300m. Due 28 February
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Kaspi.kz, the largest Paym ents, Marketplace and Fintech Ecosystem in Kazakhstan w ith a leading m arket share in each of its key products and services. GDR offering expected Oct 2019. In the first half of 2019, the Company generated total revenue of KZT226,862m (U.S. $598m), up 34% and net income of KZT77,001m (U.S. $203m), up 54%. Registration document approved for Helios Towers. The Group provides essential network services, flexible infrastructure solutions and reliable power supply to mobile network operators in five African growth economies. Revenue increased 7 per cent. year-on-year to US$191m (H1 2018: US$178m), with Adjusted EBITDA up 15 per cent. year-on-year at US$99m (H1 2018: US$86m) for the six months ended 30 June 2019.
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Beeks Financial Cloud has announced full year results for period to 30 June 2019, with revenue up 32% to £7.35m and annualised monthly committed recurring revenue (ACMRR) also up 32% to £9.1m. Three Tier 1 financial services clients were signed during the year including a major insurance company, a global bank and a global investment management organisation. The number of institutional customers has increased to 220 from 192 in 2018, with the commencing entry level monthly average spend up 175% (to £2,200). Now beginning to establish itself within the large tier financial services market, we expect the number and scale of these relationships to be potentially transforming for Beeks. With our forecasts based on established growth trends, such potential could provide further upside to our forecasts and with the shares currently trading at 11.0x 2020E EV/EBITDA, 21x PE, PEG ratio of 0.54 (2020/21) and a prospective 0.9% yield, we remain buyers.
Cloud computing and connectivity provider for financial markets Beeks Financial Cloud Group (“Beeks”) has reported FY 2019A results in line with our forecasts. Contract wins in the key institutional business demonstrate that the group is delivering against the stated strategic priority of customer growth and also show the benefits of the ongoing investment in the Beeks platform. Management commentary on the outlook is positive, and our FY 2020E earnings estimates are unchanged following the announcement. In this note we also introduce FY 2021E estimates for the first time.
This morning, Beeks Financial Cloud has announced the signing of two substantial Tier 1 financial services clients, a global bank and global investment management organisation, both focused on fixed income operations. These contract wins are significant, following on from the first Tier 1 contract win with an insurance company at the end of 2018. In our view, it is no small achievement to convince Tier 1 financial institutions to host these critical business solutions on the Beeks cloud platform. Now firmly establishing itself within the large tier financial services market, we expect the number and scale of these relationships to expand Beeks' operational activity significantly.
Interswitch, a Nigeria-based payments firm, has hired advisers to resurrect plans for a stock-market listing in London and Lagos later this year, which may value the financial technology company at $1.3 billion to $1.5 billion. Voyager AIR The Company will focus on the acquisition, leasing and management of primarily widebody aircraft, with asset management services to be provided by Amedeo Limited the IPO will comprise a Placing and Offer for Subscription of Shares to raise up to approximately US$200m. Roxi Music UK music streaming service plans London IPO as it goes up against Spotify. They have appointed investment bank Arden Partners for an initial public offering (IPO) on the London Stock Exchange later this year.
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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 segment of the main market. Reinsurance giant Swiss Re has suspended plans for a £3.3bn London stock market flotation of its subsidiary ReAssure, blaming "heightened caution" among investors. Voyager AIR The Company will focus on the acquisition, leasing and management of primarily widebody aircraft, with asset management services to be provided by Amedeo Limited the IPO will comprise a Placing and Offer for Subscription of Shares to raise up to approximately US$200m. Uniphar, a diversified healthcare services business with a workforce of over 2,000, is looking to join AIM. Raise TBC, expected mid-July 2019.
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Beeks Financial Cloud Group (“Beeks”) provides scalable, cloudbased ultra-low latency connectivity and infrastructure services for the automated trading of all key financial asset classes. Founded in 2010, in our view the business has a strong track record of growth and profitability and enjoys a solid financial position with high levels of recurring revenue and positive monthly cash generation. This has all been delivered while investing in the platform - the benefits of which have been demonstrated in the impressive revenue growth reported over recent periods. The experienced management team has positioned the Group well to benefit from the growth in its chosen markets.
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FY’20 results are slightly ahead of our expectations, and cap an excellent period with strong news flow. KidneyIntelX has now launched at Mount Sinai and is cleared to report results in all 50 US states. We continue to believe KidneyIntelX could represent the future standard-ofcare for early detection of chronic kidney disease progression and kidney failure in patients with Type II Diabetes, affecting an estimated 11m. Focus is now on building out the platform with expanded indicated uses, win national reimbursement and drive testing adoption. One significant catalyst ahead is Medicare coverage, which come as early as H1 2021 under new proposed rules. Whether or not this rule is finalised, the company is moving forward towards broader insurance payor coverage. In this note, we have refreshed our forecasts and valuation reflecting the deployment of IPO proceeds.
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An H1 update to September reveals a robust performance notwithstanding a challenging macro backdrop - sales (ex. Coral) are just “slightly lower” y/y, indeed if also excluding an intentional move away from hardware-based Support, we estimate core revenue grew c.+7%. This was underpinned by continued strong growth in US SecPay: +80% y/y, now ~32%/group sales, while in the UK, we estimate sales fell by c.-11%. Here, Covid impacted transactional sales (rather than any permanent loss of business) such that a future recovery is likely in our view. Despite the lower sales and GP, it‘s impressive to note profitability is expected to be in line with 1H20 (AOP: £3.4m) following tight cost management. Looking ahead, there’s reason to be optimistic, as in US SecPay, large enterprise tenders that were paused in H1, may resume in H2. Meanwhile in the UK – and despite the headline sales figure – business activity is already reassuringly strong: total new business won grew 8% y/y in H1, this includes the major £4m/6yr contract with Capita and TfL announced in August. In addition, closing net cash of £12.9m (£2m FCF) continues to offer strategic options. We reiterate that this a high quality company, with a robust and cash generative UK business, while leadership position in a nascent and fast growing US market.
Companies: Eckoh plc
Proactis has delivered finals to July in line with the August trading update, revealing EBITDA of £11.8m from revenue of £49.6m and pre-IFRS16 net debt of £45.1m (net bank debt of £37.1m). The focus remains on annual recurring revenue (ARR), total contract value (TCV), and bePayd, with positive news on all three: core ARR increased by 1.3%, TCV won in the period surpassed all previous highs despite COVID, and bePayd engaged with early adopters. While COVID has had an effect on sales cycles, the application of the UK and NL mid-market sales methodology across a consistent target market in France, Germany and the US has already demonstrated results with contract wins and the establishment of a record pipeline. The group has reshaped in favour of efficiency and visibility, delivering credibility with proof of execution and offering substantial upside. Target 80p reiterated, with a long run target of 180p applying reasonable peer group multiples to maiden FY22 forecasts.
Companies: PROACTIS Holdings PLC
Positive update today – reporting that as a consequence of recent SITS contract wins, careful cost management and the efficiency of remote delivery, TRB is tracking “comfortably ahead” of current profit estimates. As a consequence, we upgrade EBITDA and AOP to £14.8m and £11.5m, equivalent to 8% and 10% upgrades respectively. FCF is tracking better also, as implied by current net cash: £11.2m – already exceeding our FY20 estimate. Accordingly, we upgrade u/l FCF (i.e. ex the royalty dispute) to £5.7m. Also announced today - Q3 ARR now stands at £44.5m, up £1.3m on 2H20. While only using 3 months of data, we highlight that this run-rate equates to +12% annualised growth i.e. a significant step-up vs. the +3% y/y achieved to 2H20. To us, this is a clear reflection of how TRB’s on-prem SITS product continues to sell, TRB’s significant cloud hosting opportunity with existing customers and lastly, we’re also starting to see the financial benefits from Tribal Edge, as the first module went live earlier this year. In view of progress, we also make modest upgrades to FY21 estimates, whilst leaving scope for outperformance, should current momentum be maintained. On valuation, whilst the share price has recovered somewhat, TRB still trades on a 7% earnings yield or alternatively, just 2.7x ARR. On either metric, this looks attractive vs. peers…so would suggest TRB’s very real growth opportunities are still not priced in.
Companies: Tribal Group plc
Allergy Therapeutics (AGY.L): Initiation of field trial | Sensyne Health (SENS.L): Research agreement with Milton Keynes University Hospital
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GB Group (GBG) expects to report underlying revenue growth of 10% y-o-y for H121, with a one-off contract in the US making a material contribution to revenues. Combined with strict cost control this resulted in adjusted operating profit growth of 26% y-o-y and a £32m h-o-h reduction in net debt. With management guidance for revenue well ahead of our and consensus forecasts for FY21, we have upgraded our revenue and EPS forecasts for FY21–23. Despite COVID-19 related pressure on new business in the short-term, we view GBG as well placed to benefit from the accelerated shift in the digitalisation of business processes.
Companies: GB Group PLC
Microsoft has begun marketing LiveData as its ‘preferred solution’ to migrate Hadoop data into the cloud. The announcement represents a culmination of years of development work from WANdisco and finally proves beyond doubt the capabilities of its technology. As highlighted previously, we expect this launch to drive a significant uptick in financial performance. The exact timing and pace of this uplift is uncertain, but the company has reaffirmed the guidance given to the market at its interims.
Companies: WANdisco Plc
Gaming Realms is a creator and licensor of innovative games for mobile, with operations in the UK, U.S. and Canada. Flagship brand Slingo® is a highly popular and unique game genre which combines elements of slot, bingo and table gameplay. These games are licensed by some of the biggest online gaming operators in the world, including DraftKings, Sky Betting & Gaming and GVC, and distributed directly to operators or via global partners such as Scientific Games & Relax Gaming using the company's proprietary Remote Game Server platform.
Companies: Gaming Realms PLC
Mirriad Advertising’s H120 numbers show strong top-line progress, up 109% on H119 and 26% ahead of H219. H120 revenues were up over 185% year-on-year in China and Singapore, with market confidence rebuilding. There are very promising new agreements in place with US media owners, with early moves in large adjacent markets, such as music video. There are advanced negotiations ongoing with Tier 1 entertainment platforms. These prospects significantly increase the attraction of Mirriad’s proposition to advertisers. Cash burn is now under £1m per month, with end-August cash of £13.3m (no debt). Market forecasts for FY20–22 are unchanged.
Companies: Mirriad Advertising plc
Crimson Tide has reported a strong set of H1 results evidencing very strong sales momentum backed by long-term contracts and cash flow. H1 sales grew by 40% and EPS by 154%. Net cash has improved to £0.8m at June 2020 from nil at December 2019. The strategic focus on transportation and supermarkets is working well, partnerships are improving routes to market, and there is growing traction from investments in innovation. We have left our forecasts unchanged for now, but recognise positive pressure and have upgraded our target price from 3.1p to 4.3p. We reiterate our view that Crimson Tide’s valuation will be dictated by its ability to convert the significant opportunity rather than short-term metrics. H1 results show the group is nicely on track to do exactly that.
Companies: Crimson Tide Plc
LoopUp has announced a very strong H1 period, in line with the previous trading update and reflecting a number of months of exceptional performance. This is allowing the business to invest in the major identified new opportunity, to provide telephony within Microsoft Teams, where the early signs are extremely positive. We look forward to further detail on the Teams pipeline and sales levels over time.
Companies: LoopUp Group PLC
Gamesys Group’s Q320 trading update is ahead of expectations with pro forma revenue growth of 31% and an improved financial position. As in previous quarters, the company increased the active player base responsibly and benefitted from new game launches. We increase our revenue forecasts for FY20–22 by 5.7–7.0%, and EBITDA forecasts by a slightly lower 2–3% as management further invests in growing a sustainable and repeatable business, while ensuring revenue growth is done responsibly. This follows an EBITDA upgrade of 7.8% for FY20 at the time of the interim results. For FY21e, the free cash flow yield is 9.2% and the dividend yield is 2.9%.
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Q3 figures were broadly in-line with our estimates Q4 guiding implies marginal changes to our estimates Focus in the coming months should be a potential IPO of Bemobi in Brazil Continue to view Otello as a break-up-case, could give additional upside
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Otello’s Q3 figures were slightly below our estimates. AdColony was in-line with our estimates, while Bemobi came in slightly below. We continue to view Otello as a break-up-case, as its segments share no synergies, which could give potential upside to our target price. The focus in the coming months should be on the preliminary filing for an IPO of Bemobi in Brazil. We maintain our Hold rating but increase our target price due to AdColony.
AGM statement as expected; Resume with a Buy
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