PROGRESSIVE: Gamma Communications: More happy returns

Gamma’s results for the year ended 31 December are in line with the expectations confirmed in the January trading update. Revenue of £521.7m is 8% ahead of FY22, with gross profit at £267.2m showing the same progress. Adjusted EBITDA grew by 9% and PBT by 10%, although the impact of higher tax rates was seen in the 5% increase in adjusted EPS. Cash generation was strong once again, with 108% adjusted cash conversion. Year-end cash of £134.8m is £42.3m above the year before, even after the £30.5m

PROGRESSIVE: Gamma Communications: Aligned with the stars

Gamma’s trading update for the year ended 31 December confirms adjusted EBITDA and adjusted EPS in line with market consensus (£113.8m-£116.0m for adj. EBITDA and 74.2-77.4p for adj. EPS). Business is performing well and making progress with the development of its product offering, while Enterprise is winning notable contracts. In Europe, Gamma has made strong financial progress. Year-end cash was £134.8m (FY22: £92.5m) with operating cash conversion over 100%. The statement refers to an update

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PROGRESSIVE: Gamma Communications: Switch-on to the PSTN switch-off

Gamma Communications’ H1 results, released today, show strong performance in the two UK business units and very encouraging revenue and profit growth in Europe. Revenue of £256.2m was up 9% (H1 22: £234.7m), while adjusted EBITDA also improved by 9% to £56.5m (H1 22: £51.9m) and adjusted EPS grew by 5% to 37.5p (H1 22: 35.6p), or by 11% on a constant-tax basis. Gamma’s strong cash generation was once again a highlight. Net cash (pre-leases) at the period-end was £121.7m, up from £92.5m at the st

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PROGRESSIVE: Gamma Communications: Resilient operational and strategic progress

The trading update for the six months ended 30 June confirms that Gamma performed well in H1 and is set to report in line with market expectations for the full year. In the UK, Business (formerly Indirect) is performing strongly and Enterprise (formerly Direct) has won a number of significant contracts. In Europe, EBITDA grew healthily, supported by forex. Cash generation is in line with the 90% conversion guided to, with net cash at c.£121.5m (FY22: £92.5m). We maintain our forecasts, noting th

PROGRESSIVE: Gamma Communications: AGM update – ticking all the right boxes

Today’s AGM trading update confirms that Gamma has continued to show growth across all three business areas. Management expects the strong start to the year to continue and for FY23 adjusted EBITDA and adjusted EPS (fully diluted) to be in line with market expectations. UK Direct and Indirect both continue to perform well, and in Europe the H2 22 improvements have continued into FY23. New products have helped growth in Europe, while in the UK Gamma has launched its Simple Swap product for SME cu

PROGRESSIVE: Gamma Communications - Continuing UK growth drives profit and cash

Gamma’s results for the year ended 31 December 2022, released today, are in line with expectations and guidance, and show a strong performance with 8% growth in revenue (£484.6m vs FY21 £447.7m), 10% improvement in adjusted EBITDA (£105.1m vs FY21 £95.4m) and 12% increase in adjusted diluted EPS (71.8p vs FY21 64.0p). Cash generated by operations was up by 10%, resulting in year-end net cash (pre-leases) of £92.5m (FY21 £49.5m). Trading in the UK, in both the Indirect and Direct businesses, was

PROGRESSIVE: Gamma: Confidently following a consistent course

Gamma’s trading statement for the year ended 31 December 2022, issued today, confirms that the group will be able to report another year of strong financial performance, with results in line with expectations. The UK business has been trading strongly through both the Direct and Indirect channels, while UCaaS adoption in Europe continues to build, with Germany showing notably strong UCaaS growth. We maintain our estimates for FY22 and FY23 following today’s statement, and look forward to the ful

PROGRESSIVE: Gamma: Quality shining through

Gamma Communication’s robust H1 results, released today, contained no significant surprises, following the confirmatory trading update issued at the end of July. Revenue for H1 increased by 8% to £234.7m (H1 2021: £217.4m), Adjusted EBITDA increased by 13% to £51.9m (H1 2021: £46.0m) and Adjusted EPS was up 16% to 35.6p (H1 2021: 30.6p). Net Cash at the period end was £72.6m, up from £49.5m at the end of December 2021. The business continues to grow, the growth drivers remain intact, we hav

Gamma: The growth story continues

Gamma’s H1 trading update, released today, reaffirms guidance and confirms that, despite wider market concerns, the company is seeing strong year-on-year adjusted EBITDA growth, with healthy progress in the UK and Europe, while meeting the challenges of inflation and the hardware supply chain.

Q1 update − on course for another growth year

Gamma has today issued a Q1 trading update, coinciding with its AGM. The update confirms that the year has started positively, with revenue growth across all operating segments. Management expects this positive momentum to continue throughout the year, with full-year adjusted EBITDA and adjusted EPS being in the upper half of market estimates. We have tweaked our FY22 revenue estimate down (£495m to £488m) but left our earnings figures intact.

Steady progress over choppy waters

Gamma’s results for the year ended 31 December 2021, released this morning, are broadly in line with our expectations. While revenue fell slightly short of our forecast, £447.7m vs our £455.6m estimate (£393.8m FY20), the company achieved higher margins than we had expected, yielding an Adj EBITDA figure just ahead of our forecast, £95.4m vs our £94.0m estimate (£79.0m FY20). The strong overall results reflected robust operating performance across the group – some areas very strong, some slightl

Positive trading update

Gamma this morning issued a positive trading update for the 2021 period. Revenue is within the current consensus range, and both EBITDA and EPS are expected to be in the top half of the range of consensus expectations. Net cash is comfortably in line with our own expectations. The update also provides useful and positive detail on the various trading activities, and we look forward to additional granularity with the FY21 results due in March.

CyanConnode (CYAN LN) - FY24 update: revenue materially ahead

CyanConnode exceeded FY24 revenue expectations and has high visibility into FY25, supported by strong deliveries and a growing backlog respectively.

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Artificial intelligence (AI) is a double-edged sword in cybersecurity. Whilst new AI models, architectures, and innovations are emerging to protect the security posture of organisations, attackers are also benefiting from deepfakes, sophisticated phishing, and automation of malicious codes. To ensure the impact of AI on cybersecurity to be a net-positive, we need to pit good AI against bad AI. Point solutions enhanced with machine learning: Global cybersecurity has been built with point soluti

CyanConnode (CYAN LN) - The smart choice

CyanConnode provides end-to-end communications platforms that connect Internet of Things (IoT) devices such as smart meters to a utility's billing system. The company is a global player and a market leader in India, where a new government scheme, as set out below, has mandated the procurement of 250m meters by March 2025, a significant market opportunity for CyanConnode.

Morning Note – 21 December 2023

Cyanconnode (CYAN): Smart meter breadth and depth

CyanConnode has steadily been making progress in India, where the national smart meter programme has been gathering pace. In July 2022, the company crossed the one million mark for meters connected to its RF network across nine Indian states. This is the aggregate RF device number in India connected since 2014 and represents market share of 22%. The latest update from the company states an order book of 2.6m RF nodes for India. Performance of smart meters is a critical aspect of the Indian progr

CyanConnode (CYAN LN) - Large Letter of Award for Omnimesh Cellular Modules

CyanConnode has received a large Letter of Award (LOA) for Omnimesh Cellular Modules (CNICs) from a Thai customer.

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CyanConnode (CYAN LN) - H1 FY24: On track

CyanConnode’s H1 results position the company to meet our full year forecasts. The company does not need to grow revenue yoy in H2 in order to meet full year estimates. The Indian smart metering programme appears on track, with 98m smart meters already awarded to prime bidders and these orders should soon filter down to competitively well positioned subcontractors such as CyanConnode. These market drivers position the company well to grow revenue 39% in FY24 and 111% in FY25 and for a £1.9m of o

Filtronic - H1/24 Riding the EM-waves across land, sea and space

Filtronic has reported results in-line with management expectations for H1/24, and now expects to perform ahead of our forecasts for FY24E and FY25E in terms of revenue and profit. We are raising our revenue forecasts for FY24E and FY25E by 14.6% and 6.2% respectively, and our EBITDA forecasts by 85.2% and 28.0% respectively. The increase in expectation is driven by a strong recent acceleration in order flow, including a £7.8m order announced today. In this report we present a detailed review of

CyanConnode (CYAN LN) - FY23 results: Solid outlook

Revenue grew 23% in FY23 with limited contribution from Indian RDSS contracts

Filtronic - Expecting 10% pa compound revenue growth to FY24

As revealed in last week’s interim update, strong demand continued through 1H23 and into 2H23, fuelled by demand for backhaul modules in the ongoing 5G rollout, newly won defence contracts and a post-COVID recovery in critical coms. This led to solid +5% yoy growth in 1H revenue and a current record order book of £17m – a full year’s worth of business for the group. The update also revealed that shortages and the resulting price hikes on specific components led to FTC delaying some 2H23 producti

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