Morning Note – 25 July 2024

Pennant International (PEN LN) - A solid start to the year

PEN’s H1-24E trading update this morning highlights progress during the first half, together with (a) a reminder of the major software launch impending in H2, and (b), “material” prospects which the company appears well-placed to convert in the second half, assuming that PEN can build on H1 operational delivery to capture the benefits of a buoyant bidding environment driven by the animated global defence sector. PEN provides software, integrated product support solutions and complex training sys

Pennant International - FY23A swings upwards, record gross margin, healthy bid pipeline, software investment

This morning's results release from PEN reflects good progress made during FY23, notably a big turnaround in numbers, with an upwards swing in profits in line with our forecast £15.5m revenues and adj. PBT at £1.3m (adjusted for amortization and costs of halted acquisition). The company provides software / integrated product support solutions to a long client list of OEM's and governments, while also supplying complex training systems to household name global clients, mainly in the defence secto

Hybridan Small Cap Feast - 21 June 2024

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Pennant - Propellant FY23A Results for Pennant

The defence industry is in a period of long-term secular growth driven by ever-increasing friction between superpowers and their allies. As equipment becomes more complex and interoperability between allies more crucial, Pennant’s market-leading integrated software suite (Auxilium) will become ever more critical to maintaining armed forces’ effectiveness. Pennant trades at a discounted FY25E EV/EBITDA multiple of 5.3x versus its UK small cap data and productivity software peer group on 11.4x. We

Hybridan Small Cap Feast - 24 May 24

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Pennant International - Proposed £1.51m

Yesterday's close of play announcement from PEN heralds gross proceeds to the tune of £1.51m (assuming among other things completion of a meaningful Directors' Intended Subscription of £0.2m, priced at 25p (a 16% discount to the closing mid-market price on May 22nd). The new shares will represent c.12.5% of the enlarged share capital (including 3.7m placing shares), delivering net proceeds of c.£1.4m

Hybridan Small Cap Feast - 14 May 2024

14th May 2024 * A corporate client of Hybridan LLP ** Arranged by type of listing and date of announcement *** Alphabetically arranged **** Potential means Intention to Float (ITF) has been announced Dish of the day Admissions: Delistings: What’s baking in the oven? ** Potential**** Initial Public Offerings: 7th May: Time To ACT plc, an engineering business focused on technology for the energy transition sector, has announced its intention to seek Admission to trading on the Aquis Stock Exchange

Pennant International - Software launch underpins revenue shift, material prospects despite tricky timeframes

This morning's update from PEN highlights major developments on the software front, where the latest version of its successful GenS product, which supports the maintenance of key assets, was launched as flagged at the end of April, to be followed by the integrated solution in Q4 – encouraging developments given the high gross margins available to PEN in these product areas. The company provides software / integrated product support solutions to an extensive client list of OEM's and governments,

Pennant International - FY23 update and appointment

We view confirmation of market forecasts / PEN's February update as providing further validation for the company's strategy. Ongoing business streams (including the concluding stage of the Boeing / Apache contract) provide underpinning for forecasts for the current year and software-derived earnings as strategized look set to rise in FY24 with the launch of the company's GenS technology (well-regarded and long-established OmegaPS series update). Tuesday's statement from the Prime Minister ple

Hybridan Small Cap Feast: 07 Feb 24

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Pennant International - FY23 update – well on track and strategy delivering

This morning's update from PEN confirms that the company delivered significant upside to numbers in FY23E, in line with our forecasts (£15.5m sales, £1.3m adj. PBT). 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 prestigious global client base including BAE Systems, Boeing and others. The gross margin has again moved ahead materially, to 50% (H1-23E: 47%, FY22A: 42%) as the

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

Hybridan Small Cap Feast - 11 Sep 23

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Pennant International - New Pennant, new partnership, attractive beachhead in training information management systems

This morning's Reach announcement from PEN highlights a further step forward for the company as it continues to grow the software orientation of the business. We anticipate that the new partner, Aquila Learning Ltd, will form an attractive enhancement of PEN's capabilities in training information management systems based on Aquila's Learning and Requirements/Resource/Record Management System (ALaRMS). The agreement is expected to provide a platform for growth to PEN's partner, given PEN's extens