Hybridan Small Cap Feast 07/12/2022

Dish of the day Joiners: No joiners today. Leavers: Attraqt Group delists from AIM following their acquisition from Crownpeak Holdings LLC. What’s cooking in the IPO kitchen?** Savannah Energy, the AIM-quoted energy company is undergoing a reverse transaction in connection with the acquisition of Exxon Mobil Corporation's entire upstream and midstream asset portfolio in Chad and Cameroon. No capital to be raised on Admission. Anticipated market cap £300m. Expected admission date TBC. Celsius Res

SDI: Another strong set of results

SDI Group has announced strong H1 results to 31 October, with the full year expected to be in line with market expectations. Total revenue increased by 28.3% to £31.7m and adjusted operating profit by 19% to £6.9m. Despite increased global economic uncertainty, SDI’s niche businesses, operating in diverse end markets, have driven overall organic revenue growth of 3.8%. Safelab Systems and Scientific Vacuum Systems (SVS) acquired over FY 2022 and LTE Scientific Limited (LTE) in the first half of

Morning Note – 7 December 2022

SDI Group - Interims

SDI reported a strong set of interim results to 31 October, with 14% and 28% increases in adjusted pre-tax profit and EPS, driven by 28% revenue growth. Organic growth of 4% reflected some timing issues relating to component delays, with acquisitions contributing £6.1m (+25%) to revenue growth. We have made minor changes to pre-tax profit and EPS in FY 23 (-3% to £11.9m and 9.1p) and FY 24 (-1% to £12.4m) to reflect higher net debt (working capital) and therefore higher finance charges. Acquisit

Hybridan Small Cap Feast 24/10/22

Joiners: Eastinco Mining (ATN.L) has joined AIM. Leavers: Ted Baker has left the London Stock Exchange. What’s cooking in the IPO kitchen?** Ithaca Energy, a UK independent exploration and production company focused on the UK North Sea, intends to join the Premium Segment of the Main Market. Ithaca Energy is one of the largest independent oil and gas companies in the UKCS, ranking 2nd by resources and 3rd by production. During the six months ended 30 June 2022, Ithaca Energy's average daily prod

SDI: Acquisition to increase global presence

SDI Group has announced the acquisition of Fraser Anti-Static Techniques Limited (Fraser), a UK-based global leader in the manufacture of anti-static equipment. The estimated total consideration is £13m, net of approximately £3.9m excess cash acquired. The acquisition will be funded from SDI’s existing cash resources and revolving credit facility; as at 30 September the group had c.£3.3m of cash, £7.0m bank debt and £13.0m undrawn bank facility. Fraser represents a departure from SDI’s usual sub

Morning Note – 24 October 2022

SDI Group - Accretive acquisition – largest to date

SDI has announced the acquisition of Fraser Anti-Static Techniques (Fraser) for c.£16.9m (includes £1.76m of freehold properties and c.£3.9m cash). Fraser manufactures static control and generation solutions to OEMs that sell into the plastics, packaging and printing industries, amongst others. The acquisition is funded from cash and SDI’s existing debt facility, with net debt at 30 September having been c.£3.7m. We expect the acquisition to be immediately EPS enhancing to FY 2023 (+4%), althoug

SDI: Acquisition of LTE Scientific Limited

SDI Group has announced the acquisition of LTE Scientific Limited (LTE), a UK manufacturer of sterilizers and decontamination equipment, for an estimated total consideration of £4.2m, net of £1.3m excess cash acquired. The initial cash consideration is £4.2m, with a further £1.3m payment due shortly after completion. It will be funded by the group’s existing cash resources and £20m revolving credit facility, highlighting SDI’s balance sheet strength. The acquisition is expected to be immediately

Morning Note – 1 August 2022

SDI Group - Accretive acquisition – +5% in FY 2024

SDI has announced the acquisition of LTE Scientific for c.£5.5m (includes £1.65m of freehold property and £1.3m of cash). LTE Scientific manufactures and services sterilizers, decontamination and thermal processing equipment, used in the life science and medical market sectors. The acquisition is funded from cash and SDI’s existing debt facility, with net cash at 30 April having been c.£1.1m. We expect the acquisition to be immediately EPS enhancing and to be c.5% accretive to EPS in FY 2024. Co

Hybridan Small Cap Feast 21-07-2022

Dish of the day Joiners: No joiners today. Leavers: No leavers today. What’s cooking in the IPO kitchen? Unigel Group, intends to join the Aquis Growth Market. Unigel Group is a pioneer in the field of thixotropic gels for the fibre optic cable industry. The Company is also a supplier of laminated steel tapes to the fibre optic cable industry in the US. Thixotropic gels and laminated steel tapes are essential components to the rapidly growing global fibre optic cable market. The Group export

Morning Note – 21 July 2022

SDI Group - FY 2022 – another record year drives 12% FY 2023 upgrade

The third year of consecutive >50% EBITDA growth and 45% CAGR EPS growth - SDI reported full-year results to 30 April that were 12% higher than indicated at the trading update (6 May), helped in part by higher recognised revenues from the SVS and Safelab acquisitions. Coupled with a stronger underlying cash position (net cash of £1.1m), in part reflecting a delay in the Safelab contingent payment into FY 2023 and higher than forecast OEM contract prepayments (albeit less than FY 2021), £20m borr

SDI Group: Another record year

SDI Group has delivered an exceptional performance for FY22, following a succession of upgrades prompted by the trading update in May and acquisitions of Safelab Systems in March and Scientific Vacuum Systems in January. Atik Cameras benefits from significant Covid-19 related demand, expected to continue into the first half of FY23E. Despite macro volatility and Covid disruption, SDI has achieved another record year by some margin. Capital employed has grown 35% compound over the past six years,

FY22 Financials

Capital Limited (LSE: CAPD) released its full year results (YE Dec 2022) this morning. The company had already released the operational figures for the year including revenue so focus is on EBITDA and below as well guidance. Having said that it is impressive that this is the third consecutive year Capital has delivered material growth in revenue, with full year sales increasing 28%, following 68% YoY growth in 2021 and 18% YoY growth in 2020. Moreover the company is guiding to $320-340m for FY23

Hybridan Small Cap Feast - 21 Feb 23

21 February 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 objec

LIBERUM: Luceco* - Margin momentum coming into view

LIBERUM: Yü Group* - Strong momentum and cash flow

LIBERUM: Costain Group* - Free cash more than 50% market cap

Revised forecasts

Judges Scientific FY Results – Outstanding results, Steady organic, M&A delivers in spades

Judges Scientific is a group involved in the buy and build of scientific instrumentation businesses. Testament to the strength of its highly engineered offer and global diversified customer base (offsetting Covid-induced earlier weaker order intake from China, although rebounding in December 2022), total revenue increased an impressive 24% to £113.2m (organic basis 8%), buoyed by Geotek, with adjusted PBT increasing a substantial 56.7% to £28.3m (FY2021: £18.1m), 4% ahead of our estimate of £27

LIBERUM: Judges Scientific* - FY22 ahead of expectations

Supreme plc: disposal of T-Juice intellectual property

Supreme reports that it has entered into an agreement with an associated company of La Vape Professionelle Distribution (LVP), a leading French wholesaler of e-cigarettes and e-liquids, for the disposal of the intellectual property (IP) of T-Juice, inclusive of the Red Astaire brand. Supreme will receive an upfront payment of €4.5m (£3.97m) in respect of T-Juice brand IP, with the addition of income from consultancy services. The agreement ushers in a new strategic partnership in which Supreme

Hardide Update

The AGM statement reiterated the ‘cautious optimism’ that underpinned the group’s recent annual report (covered in our 9 February update). HDD is experiencing growth across all of its key markets; aerospace, energy and industrial products. First half revenues to end March 2023 are expected to come in around 7% ahead y-o-y. That will be sufficient to deliver forecast EBITDA breakeven in FY23 despite deferral of a c. £0.3m order into H1 FY24. That outcome underlines the success of initiatives to

LIBERUM: SThree* - Resilient Q1

SHORE CAPITAL - Judges Scientific+ (JDG, House Stock at 8,920p)

SP Angel Spec Sits: (YUG) Stellar 2022 Results + New Dividend Policy

YUG announced its full year 2022 financial results, which exceeded recently revised market expectations.

LIBERUM: Kier Group - Continued margin strength

EQTEC (EQT LN) - Italia MDC project operational

Italia MDC project now operational. EQTEC has announced that its Italia MDC project is now operational. The gasification and biochar facilities were commissioned in January, with the Jenbacher engine commissioned in March and first electricity export recently achieved. EQTEC expects full handover of operations before the end of March.