Top Picks for 2023 - 2022 review and outlook for 2023

On 10 January last year, we set out our ten top stock picks for 2022, in what turned out to be a very poor twelve months for global equities, due to war, accelerating inflation, political instability and recession fears. Between 7 January 2022 and 31 December 2022, the AIM All-Share Index declined 30.0%, whilst the average performance of our ten top picks was -24.7%, a modest relative outperformance. In this note we discuss the performance of our 2022 top picks, equities trends in 2022, and our

LIBERUM: Bango* - Transformational 2022

Morning Note – 26 January 2023

Upgrades on the horizon

Hybridan Small Cap Feast - 25 Jan 23

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Encouraging signs

H1 numbers convince us that cons. numbers are likely to get gently nudged up over the coming 12 months. H1 revs growth of 9% compares to cons. FYJun23 forecasts of 8%. H1 adj. PBT is tracking in line at present but FCF looks ahead. DOTD expresses confidence in H2 demand and strategic direction. We suspect H222 was the nadir. Buy. PT 115p.

Trading Update

TPXimpact has announced a Q3 update which indicates that trading was below expectations and it has lowered its guidance for the full year.

Hybridan Small Cap Feast - 17 Jan 23

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FY22 Trading Update

Cambridge Cognition has released a strong FY22 update which indicates that revenues were ahead of expectations and from this higher base we raise our FY23 revenue forecast by +6%.

Record FY22 revenues despite supply chain challenges

FireAngels year end update highlights record revenues of £57.4m (+32%, 2021: £43.5m), with an adj. LBT of £3.5m (2021: £3.5m), which is in line with our forecasts. The result would have been higher at £2.1m had the Group not incurred £1.4m of additional procurement costs due to supply chain challenges. Related to this, longer lead times resulted in a higher year end stock position, increasing net debt to £4.8m pre-leases (SCME: £3.6m). Encouragingly, there are early signs of supply chain challen

FY22 Trading Update

National World has reported a strong Trading Update, we increase our PBT/EPS estimates by +11% for FY22 and +7% in 2023, with higher interest income, digital revenue & cost estimates.

Hybridan Small Cap Feast - 23 Jan 23

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Morning Note – 27 January 2023

Hybridan Small Cap Feast - 19 Jan 23

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Hybridan Small Cap Feast - 26 Jan 23

26 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