Morning Note – 24 August 2023

Sopheon - Interims deserve Acclaim

Sopheon has delivered interims in line with unchanged FY expectations. 1H23 saw five (1H22: six) new Accolade customers, at an average deal size of $0.8m, almost twice the level in 1H22. Acclaim Projects & Acclaim Ideas (developed from ROI Blueprints and Solverboard, acquired in 2021 & 2022) were launched in September 2022 and have achieved c$0.5m ARR, showing good momentum from a standing start. ARR of $25.9m has grown 18% vs 1H22, and 7% since FY22, including $15.2m SaaS ARR, which grew 63% vs

PROGRESSIVE: Sopheon: Transition to growth

The H1 23 results, published today, show impressive progress on both the operational and product fronts. SaaS ARR is up 63% on H1 22. Accolade continues to win new clients while Acclaim Projects and Acclaim Ideas are gaining revenue traction, and the recently launched online sales channels for Acclaim Ideas and Acclaim Products are already achieving ‘benchmark run rates’ for signup activity. The outlook statement is confident. In our view, the pieces appear to be falling into place for significa

Morning Note – 10 July 2023

PROGRESSIVE: Sopheon: Improving access to key growth markets

Sopheon has today announced the acquisition of the business and assets of Prodex, a specialist innovation software reseller and consulting business based in Brisbane, Australia. This deal brings Sopheon’s established reseller in the region into the fold, with the goal of improving access, service and traction in the Australia, New Zealand and South-East Asian markets. This relatively small acquisition (consideration up to AUD $2.2m) has been made on what appears to be attractive terms for both p

Morning Note – 8 June 2023

PROGRESSIVE: Sopheon: AGM statement – FY23 starting well and to plan

Sopheon’s AGM statement, issued today, revisits the successes of FY22 but also updates on the encouraging progress made so far in FY23. The statement is positive and confident in tone. Since the start of the year, Sopheon has secured five new SaaS client wins with Accolade, alongside a number of order extensions. ARR is up by an impressive 18% on this time last year. Revenue visibility of $31m and an active pipeline of both new and existing customers underpins management’s confidence in full-yea

Hybridan Small Cap Feast - 23 Mar 23

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Morning Note – 23 March 2023

PROGRESSIVE: Sopheon - A year of strategic and product progress

Today’s FY22 results reflect a year of significant progress, with revenue and EBITDA coming in above the market expectations prior to the January update. Sopheon completed two acquisitions and launched three products, broadening its family of InnovationOps solutions and expanding the addressable market to $3bn. FY22 also saw Sopheon’s largest single deal to date: the $11m US Navy contract. Revenue of $36.8m was 7% ahead of $34.4m in FY21, or $38.1m on a constant currency basis, representing 10%

Sopheon - Results: Introducing InnovationOps

FY results to December 2022 are in line with the January trading update indicating exciting prospects. The significant strategic shift to SaaS for all new customers will lead to greater visibility and quality of earnings, and forecasts are unchanged save for changes to US tax assumptions in FY24. $24.3m of ARR at FY22 (+17% vs FY21 ) represents 64% of FY23 revenue expectations; total visibility of FY23 revenue stands at $28.4m, equivalent to 75% of FY expectations (this time last year was $25.1m

Hybridan Small Cap Feast - 30 Jan 23

30 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

Morning Note – 30 January 2023

PROGRESSIVE: Sopheon: Getting in step for the SaaS jump forward

Sopheon’s trading update for the year ended 31 December 2022, issued today, shows a strong performance at the revenue level, in line with market expectations, and adjusted EBITDA comfortably above expectations. Net cash of $21m is in line with our estimate, down on last year principally because of the currency movements on Euro and Sterling deposits and the extended payment terms on the US Navy contract announced in July, as well as M&A payments. ARR at the year-end is expected to have been $24.

Success in US market delivers strong H1

Bango has reported strong H1’23 results with 88% revenue growth (we estimate c.25%+ organic), ARR increasing 63% yoy, and a further $8m of annualised cost savings executed with Bango on track to deliver a transformational H2 profit performance. Bango’s Digital Vending Machine (‘DVM’) secured 2 new US wins, including 1 of the top 5 US operators (now working with 3 of the 5), providing access to 200m+ US consumers. Given these operators are currently on the bottom tier of license revenue (we estim

Journeo - Strong H1/23A Interim Results

Journeo has released a strong set of interim results in-line with the prior trading update and our recently upwardly revised expectations. Revenue increased 146% YoY to £21.8m and PBT similarly increased substantially to £1.7m driven by organic growth in all divisions and the new contribution from the Infotec acquisition. We leave forecasts unchanged following the two recent upgrades. Journeo looks compelling on an FY24E Adj P/E of 10.1x vs peers on 13.2x, and we reiterate our 1-year price targe

Record H1'23 with continued momentum into H2

Allenby Capital TMT Update - 25.09.23 - SPSY.L, BIRD.L, TRAK.L, ENET.L

Please find below our weekly update covering themes that we feel that are of interest to investors and participants in the small and mid-cap TMT sector as well as commentary on recent newsflow.

Hybridan Small Cap Feast - 26 Sep 23

26th September 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 ob

Taking the Upper Brand: Brands Sector Overview

The earliest dated brand has long been contested; the majority point to Kongō Gumi, a family run construction company that specialised in Buddhist temples in Japan; its documented record of ownership goes back to 578 AD. Like Kongō Gumi, several different brands have withstood the test of time, albeit without then same degree of longevity. The term brand originates from the 1500s and means "to burn" in Ancient Norse and was initially used to mark cattle for ownership. This practice can be consid

Artificial intelligence in UK biopharma and healthcare 11/09/2023

Artificial intelligence (AI) continues to accelerate at full speed, first by imitating the workings of a human brain and now it is drawing concepts of evolution, sometimes with synthetic data, artificially manufactured for training purposes or for privacy protection, and sometimes not even with human intervention. In this note, we examine how AI is being developed and applied by the NHS and UK mid/small cap companies for the benefit of human health and wellbeing. AI in drug discovery and devel

Acquisition of MNA and PCS

National World has announced the acquisitions of Midland News Association (MNA) and Press Computer Systems (PCS) for £11m in cash and we raise our 2024 EPS estimate by +16%.

Morning Note – 27 September 2023

Fonix Mobile - Robust progress in FY23, EFCF and DPS +6% and +3% ahead

In today’s FY23 results, Fonix has announced gross profit and adjusted EBITDA in line with the +4-5% upgrades at the trading update in July, underlying EFCF +6% ahead of our previous forecast, FY23 DPS +3% ahead, and FY24 trading in line with expectations. FY23 TPV of £268.1m reflects robust double-digit yoy growth from commercial customers, and gross profit as a % of TPV has increased to 5.6% from 5.1% in FY22. New customer wins include Channel 4, Bauer Ireland, RTÉ and Wireless Radio Ireland,

Morning Note – 26 September 2023

Hybridan Small Cap Feast - 12 Sep 23

12th September 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 ob

tinyBuild (TBLD LN) - H1: Declining profits and cash

H1 revenue fell 19%, gross margin narrowed by 18 percentage points and Adj EBITDA fell to -$1.2m from $9.9m a year ago. The company impaired $27.2m of development costs and intangible assets.

Pennant International - Benefitting from complexity; positive H1's and growth / margin agenda

H1 results from PEN today reflect further progress with its agenda of growing the business across a range of activities, with software a key component and complex work for global OEM's continuing to contribute meaningfully, given the technical nature and complexity of assets and the requirement to manage through-life costs. PEN provides software / integrated product support solutions to an extensive client list of OEM's and governments, while also supplying complex training products to a prestig

IQGeo Group - H1 organic growth of +83%, 4-5% revenue & EBITDA upgrades

In today’s H1 results, IQGeo has announced H1 revenue growth of +124% yoy to £20.5m, adjusted EBITDA of £2.7m, and EFCF of +£0.3m. Excellent execution of the land and expand strategy scaled exit ARR +64% yoy to £16.9m, net recurring revenue retention increased to 114% from 108% in FY22, and recurring revenue grew +61% yoy to £7.2m. The +122% yoy growth in services revenue to £8.8m reflects vigorous demand from customers to implement and leverage the differentiated solutions, and as customers ext