Advertising growth remains key

H116 group revenues were slightly ahead of the prior year in both US dollar and euro terms, helped by continued growth in artnet News, where revenues were up 17% despite weaker Q2 advertising performance. Reduced losses from Auctions and the benefit of lower costs within the Price Database segment helped drive an 11% uplift in group contribution margin, partially offset by increased central expenses. Stronger operating cash flow drove higher net cash, which at end June was €0.9m, from €0.5m at t

A brush with success

Following a year of investment and reorientation in FY14, artnet had good success in FY15 in turning its Gallery segment back into growth and in building strong web traffic – and hence group advertising revenues – with artnet News. In US dollar terms, FY15 group revenues were up 4% y-o-y, with currency swelling this to a 24% rise in euro terms. This implies a strong Q4, following top-line reported growth of 1% for Q1-Q3. The shift in mix is helping gross margins and with stable operating costs i

Art market online

artnet’s nine-month figures show revenues stable in US$, with the uplift in the € numbers reflecting currency movements. Good progress is being made in the reach of artnet News, driving traffic to all parts of the artnet website and increasing advertising revenues. The upcoming mobile app launch and Amazon co-operation should help continue momentum, lifting the top line and starting to deliver more meaningful returns, allowing the rating to move closer to online B2B and B2C operators and art bus

Gaining luxury advertisers

Q215 results showed good progress expressed in euros, with the currency translation restraining reported performance in US dollars. artnet News is becoming well established as a prime source of market information, with monthly unique visits averaging 1.3 million over the first six months. It is expected to become self-sustaining by the year end. The higher traffic is helping drive advertising revenues from vendors of luxury goods, lifting the performance of the Gallery segment in both revenue an

Initial Equity Trading Comments - 15 May 2023

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Hybridan Small Cap Feast - 06 Jun 23

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Morning Note – 1 June 2023

Improving visibility

Hybridan Small Cap Feast - 07 Jun 23

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Altitude Group (ALT LN) - Trading update highlights strong start to FY24

Altitude has released a trading statement this morning confirming FY23 results will be at least in line with Zeus’ recently upgraded forecasts and trading in the first few weeks of FY24 has been strong. The upgrades put through at the time of the last update (28th March) were predicated on new contract wins in the Adjacent Markets Programmes (AMPs) leading to an increase in EBITDA expectations of 11.9% in FY24 and 24.2% in FY25. The contracts underpin the strong start to the new financial year b

Auto Trader (AUTO LN) - Strong growth from core business

Auto Trader’s FY23 results last week showed continued strong performance from its core marketplace business despite constrained supply in new and used vehicles.

Morning Note – 8 June 2023

Cenkos: LoopUp Group Plc -- Upgraded FY23E forecast

LoopUp, the premium hybrid communications cloud platform provider has released unaudited preliminary results to December 2022. Revenues were £16.5m (FY21A:£19.5m), a YoY decline of 15.4% driven by the structural decline in the meetings business coupled with a decline in the third-party resale services channel. Adjusted EBITDA of £(0.9)m was behind the prior year (FY21A: £1.2m), but ahead of our £(1.1)m forecast. We update our FY23E forecasts to reflect an uplift in the Meetings business, and rel

Staying the course

Hybridan Small Cap Feast - 18 Apr 23

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Cordel Group (CRDL LN) - Building the platform

Cordel’s AI data analytics solutions for the global rail maintenance industry is an exciting opportunity. The Group is now well funded for the next phase of expansion.

Initial Equity Trading Comments - 10 May 2023