Hybridan Small Cap Feast - 06 Mar 23

6 March 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 objective

Hybridan Small Cap Feast - 19 Jan 23

19 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

Hybridan Small Cap Feast 14/03/22

Joiners: No joiners today. Leavers: No leavers today. What’s cooking in the IPO kitchen? Aquis Exchange (AQX.L) the exchange services group, announced its intention to apply for admission of the Group to trading on the Apex Segment of the Aquis Stock Exchange Growth Market. Aquis' shares will continue to trade on the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange plc to satisfy certain regulatory requirements. The Group is targeting admission to the AQSE Growth Market on 29 March 2022. New Energy One A

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FRP Advisory Group, UK professional services firm specialising in restructuring advisory. Raising £80m (£20m primary). Expected market cap £190m. Compound annual growth of 16.4 per cent. in revenue and 10.9 per cent. in operating profit since the beginning of FY17.o Strong average EBITDA margins of 51 per cent. over FY17 to FY19, and consistently strong cash conversion

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Techniplas –global producer and support services company providing highly engineered and technically complex components, making the supply chain to original equipment manufacturers more efficient. FYDec17 rev $515m.

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Wentworth Resources— oil and gas exploration and production company, with assets in the onshore Rovuma Basin of East Africa. Introduction only. Mkt Cap c £50m . Due today Finncap—proposed acquisition of M&A adviser Cavendish Corporate Finance and AIM admission. Offer TBA Kropz PLC—an emerging plant nutrient producer with an advanced stage phosphate mining project in South Africa, a phosphate project in the Republic of Congo and exploration assets in Ghana. Looking to join AIM, offer TBC, marke

Morning Song

Craneware (CRW LN) Trading update & contract win | Dechra Pharmaceuticals (DPH LN) In line FY trading update | Eckoh (ECK LN) Contract win through Capita partnership | Miton Group (MGR LN) Strong H1 net inflows, upgrading FY18e EPS by 11% | MySale Group (MYSL LN) Another record year & more potential from platform | Photo-Me International (PHTM LN) On track versus downgraded forecasts. Japan being turned around | Realm Therapeutics (RLM LN) Supportive preclinical data on PR022 vs. tofacitinib in

Morning Song

Bodycote (BOY LN) Strong FY17 performance, just above consensus | Cambria Automobiles (CAMB LN) In line update and progress with its property developments | Craneware (CRW LN) Strong interims, momentum building | Findel (FDL LN) Positive update on commercial supply arrangement with Sports | Direct | UK Housing Theresa May’s Speech and (overdone) Help to Buy coverage |SDL (SDL LN) Progressing against strategic goals Yu Group (YU LN) Very strong growth and expectations increased again

Small Cap Breakfast

TruFin—holding company of an operating group comprising three growth-focused FinTech and banking businesses operating in three niche lending markets: supply chain finance, invoice finance and dynamic discounting. Offer TBC, expected late Feb | Polarean - The medical drug-device combination companies operating in the high resolution medical imaging market. Offer TBC. Due 22 Feb | Block Energy—a NEX Listed UK based oil exploration and production company whose main country of operation is the Repub

Small Cap Breakfast

Startup Giants is a UK-based investment vehicle, which will invest in technology start-ups at the concept stage. Raising £752,700 at £1. Market cap £1m. Due 1st November. AIM Ten Lifestyle Hldgs. Technology-enabled lifestyle and travel platform providing trusted concierge services to the world's wealthy. Net revenue increased from £20 million in the year ended 31 August 2015 to £33 million in the year ended 31 August 2017, a compound annual growth rate of 29%. Offer and date TBA. AfriTin Mini

N+1 Singer - Craneware - In line prelims, growth accelerating

A customarily solid set of results from Craneware, in line / slightly ahead of our estimates. The core business looks to be trading well and the migration to the group’s new cloud-based platform Trisus is underway. This should enable a more rapid roll out of new modules and services to its customer base and, ultimately, support a further acceleration of growth. We make no changes to our forecasts at this stage and Craneware remains a top pick for growth and quality. It’s current valuation means

Small Cap Breakfast

Arena Events Group -provider of temporary physical structures, seating, ice rinks, furniture and interiors. Raising £60m. Mkt cap £63m. Expected on the Chef’s birthday. 25th July. | Altus Strategies—African focused natural resource Company. Offer TBC. Expected Mid July. | Harvey Nash Group— Provider of professional recruitment and offshore solutions moving to AIM from Main. No capital to be raised. Mkt Cap c. £57.8m. | AnimalCare—RTO of Ecuphar NV, a European animal health company. £30m raise. E

Small Cap Breakfast

K3 Capital Group—Schedule 1 from the Group of business and company sales specialists across business transfer, business brokerage and corporate finance. Admission date and fundraise details TBC. Integumen— Schedule 1 from the personal health company developing and commercialising technology and products for the human integumentary system. Raising £2.16m at 5p. Expected market cap £8.16m. Admission expected 5 April. Sentinel—Investment company expecting NEX admission/introduction on 24 March. £

Initial Equity Trading Comments - 15 May 2023

Morning Note – 11 May 2023

Second half promises

No growth in sight, we cut top-line forecasts for 23/24e We have updated our forecasts for the seven European online retailers under our coverage, following the Q1 reporting season. At the start of the year, growth for online pure-plays was scarce. Current trading comments suggest this hadn''t changed in April/May. The outlook message across the sub-sector was consistent as almost all the retailers push top-line growth and profit expectations out to the second half of 23/24e. This report aligns

FY22 full year results – and looking beyond

ENGAGE XR (formerly known as VR Education Holdings) has published its full year results for FY22, which were delayed following the successful and oversubscribed net equity raise of €9.9m in February 2023. ENGAGE XR has signed a rapidly growing number of strategic and commercial partnership agreements with companies invested in promoting the VR medium and the development of corporate metaverses.

In the Flow

Industry flows - bond funds remain preferred over equities Risk appetite for equity funds remained subdued with last week seeing $4bn net outflows (negative in 8 of the last 9 weeks). Flows worsened sequentially for Asia/EM categories, but improved for US and European equities. Bond funds saw inflows for a 10th straight week (c.$8bn) with broad based inflows across US government, IG and HY funds. Listed asset managers flows - inflows into ETFs, outflows from mutual funds ETFs net inflows contin

Reassuringly expensive

Morning Note – 1 June 2023

GenAI: How to Use It

You''ve been here before, right? Blockchain, the Metaverse - and now GenAI. Could this time really be different and the hype justified? The answer to this question is rooted in how GenAI can be used in the real world. In this report we thus challenge our sector teams to identify GenAI use-cases within their industries - and those companies likely to pioneer them. The result is perhaps the broadest consideration yet of how GenAI can diffuse through the economy. Efficiency is the common theme, pr

SP Angel Spec Sits: 2022 Financial Results (TEK LN)

TEK reported 2022 Financial Results with a revised net asset value of US$57.8m at 30 Nov 2022, down from US$68.1m in 2021, down 15% y/y. This downward valuation reflects the market backdrop, where share prices of Innovative Eyewear (LUCY.NQ) and Belluscura (BELL.LN) declined significantly y/y. Notably, the valuation of MicroSalt Inc. nearly doubled over the year.

Engage XR Holdings - FY22 results as expected, momentum building in 2023

Following the +40% yoy Q1 23 revenue growth at April’s trading update, ENGAGE XR has reported in line FY22 results, growth to over 200 customers, and we reiterate our FY23 and FY24 forecasts. Today’s announcement confirms that FY22 saw new customer wins and renewals from blue-chip customers including Pfizer, MTN, HSBC, KIA, Pearson, Lenovo, Kuehne & Nagel, 3M, KPMG, Meta, HTC, BHP, Adtalem Global Education, University of Miami, and Stanford University; and the momentum has continued into Q1 with

Hybridan Small Cap Feast - 19 May 23

19th May 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 objectiv

Morning Note – 31 May 2023

On track

LSE AIM - Market Screener (30 May 2023)

 The market capitalization of AIM stocks was £95.9bn as of 26 May 2023, down 3.7% since 14 April 2023. Among the top YTD winners, there were Celadon Pharmaceuticals (up 216.6%), Vast Resources (+325% YTD), B90 Holdings (+212.4%), Verditek (209.1%, MktCap £7.5mn), Star Phoenix Group (+175%), Inspecs Group (+166.3%). Among the bottom movers, were companies canceling admission to AIM: Applied Graphene Materials (-88%,), Circle Property (-93%, MktCap £1.2mn), Purplebricks Group (-93.1% on a possi

Key takeaways from Microlise transport conference

Microlise hosted its annual Transport Conference on Wednesday which was well-attended, and included a number of product demonstrations and customer presentations. The key themes of the conference were digital transformation (more data than ever before), regulatory compliance, and decarbonisation. Our key takeaway from the conference was the stickiness of Microlise’s software (churn was 0.4% in FY22) and the upsell potential within the existing customer base. We see opportunities for outperforman