34 days ago
Today’s dire trading update from Versarien (VRS) has managed to hammer the share price down a further 50%. The shares are now. At 0.15p, down by more than 99.9% in just five years. More ouzo for the Sheriff of AIM for hundreds of exposes penned in the face of death threats, harassment of my wife and industrial trolling and who has called this superbly. But let’s start with the good news for the morons who ignored me.
66 days ago
According to Regtech’s (RTOP) RNS of 7 September 2023, Paul McFadden will be arriving as Chief Financial Officer with an effective start date of 5 December 2023. When his appointment was announced Regtech’s share price was just over 200 pence per share and now languishes close to its near its 52-week low of 9 pence per share, a drop of more than 95%.
78 days ago
Wealth and asset management company Mattioli Woods (MTW) has issued an update with its AGM including that it “continues to see sustained demand for advice… which has continued into the current year to date”. What does this suggest for financial performance and from a 510p to buy share price?
109 days ago
easyJet (EZJ) has issued a trading update announcement headlined “record Q4 PBT, thereby achieving in FY2023 its existing financial targets. Business momentum now allows the setting of new, ambitious, medium-term targets, a proposed new aircraft order and resumption of dividends”. That sounds very good, so what’s the detail?
263 days ago
A trading update is meant to inform by posting key metrics. You can therefore assume that any company posting an operational update which excludes the key metrics has something to hide, that is to say bad news. And that brings us to a July operational update from Argo Blockchain (ARB).
323 days ago
Industrial components company Essentra (ESNT) has issued an AGM trading update including noting distributor destocking but that it “is seeing improved trends since the start of the second quarter”.
338 days ago
Packaging designer, manufacturer and distributor Macfarlane Group (MACF) has issued a trading update headlined “Solid start to 2023 – on course to meet full year expectations”, so what does that mean relative to a now 114.5p share price, £181.3 million market cap?
369 days ago
Imperial Brands (IMB) has issued a trading update emphasising that it is on track to meet full-year guidance including growing revenue and operating profit after first half robust tobacco pricing and stable aggregate market share across its top combustible markets against a strong comparator and a step-up in ‘next generation products’ launches.
396 days ago
In today’s trading update, Zamaz (ZAMNZ), founded by Supply’s Dr Frankenstein, Dominic White, provided a trading update under the following caption “Bella Dispensa reports over 30-fold calendar 2022 revenue growth”. The RNS also indicates that “These subsidiary results are being announced as they will shortly be in the public domain in Italy and are price-sensitive.”
429 days ago
Early stage financial services businesses investor B.P. Marsh & Partners (BPM) has announced that during its year to 31st January 2023 the majority of its investee companies continued to perform well and that it remains positive regarding its ongoing performance and the outlook for the insurance market.
450 days ago
Wood Group (WG.) has issued a trading update for the 2022 calendar year, including emphasising “underlying revenue growth… led by Operations and Consulting with a return to growth in H2 in Projects” and that it has “attractive growth prospects”.
450 days ago
Naked Wines (WINE) today boasts that its EBIT ( fairly made up earnings) for the year to almost the end of March 2023 will be higher than expected. But there is a warning about 2024 and absolutely no guidance about the real elephant in the room, the ghastly balance sheet. That 2024 warning and the lack of transparency about what really matters are what stink.
481 days ago
I am not sure that I could. Morally I’d feel bad about it and actually to be quite so useless not just in the year gone by but over five years as a listed company would be really hard work. Welcome to the world of Mirriad Advertising (MIRI) about which Steve and I have been bearish for half a decade. Today came another piss poor trading update.
536 days ago
Once upon a time, Yourgene (YGEN) was a growth stock, the sort of company where shoot the lights out sales increases justified a lofty multiple which might allow for yet another fund raise. How times have changed. Today’s trading update was piss poor and, whatever bearded boss Lynn Rees might say, there must be a very high chance of a 2023 placing, as I warned three weeks ago HERE.
742 days ago
Equipment rental company Vp plc (VP.) has issued a trading update announcement which is headlined “Expected performance ahead of expectations driven by increased demand”. This sounds good.
780 days ago
OptiBiotix Health (OPTI) has issued a trading update commenting that 2021 “total invoiced sales for the group were £2.2m (2020: £1.5m) an increase of 46.7% on the previous year and in line with market expectations” and including that it “has made good progress against its stated aims of focusing on a smaller number of large partners in key strategic markets and expects to see the benefits of these in 2022 and beyond”. What does that mean at the bottom-line?
820 days ago
Components and (currently) Packaging and Filters company Essentra (ESNT) has announced fourth quarter like-for-like revenue up 12.7% on the prior year (+11.1% v. Q4 2019) and that it “expects to deliver FY 2021 operating profit in the range of analysts’ forecasts” (£80.7m-£84.3m) and “order book trends remain strong”. The shares are now 340p, a just shy of £1 billion market cap, but is there still further to go here?
897 days ago
This is the second dreadful trading update from Supply@ME Capital (SYME) in the space of six weeks. It demonstrates that the company will soon run out of cash and has hoodwinked mug punters to allow industrial scale director share sales and dumping by death spiral providers. If the FCA does not act on this latest clear evidence of outright fraud, it really is admitting that it is not fit for purpose. Anyone still holding the shares is insane and here is why.
954 days ago
Early stage financial services businesses investment company B.P. Marsh & Partners (BPM) has made a trading update for its half-year ended 31st July 2021, including that its “portfolio has performed well during the period, and we expect this to continue through the group’s current financial year”.
1003 days ago
The fraud Zoetic (ZOE) said it would serve up its final results in July. Instead on July 1 we had a trading update and today we have another trading update. If results really are out before the weekend why rush out a second trading update this morning? This is smoke and mirrors time as the trading news is absolutely dire and the absence of those results should alarm even the most moronic of morons.
1087 days ago
Shame on all those such as Zak Mir who have promoted this bag of excrement for today’s trading update was a true horror both in terms of what it said bit also what it did not say. Starting with the latter: this is a trading update which admits that sales are SFA but made no mention of losses or the cash position. Why not? I put it to you that if the company was drowning in cash it would shout about it. That it does not mention it at all screams out the possibility that another bailout placing is on the way. Then there is what is said which is almost as bad.
1243 days ago
Well actually there is no trading – as in generating real as opposed to accounting sales – to report on, Supply@ME Capital (SYME) again offers an update with not one single inventory monetization transaction processed. That is one mystery, the transaction cannot be heard barking at all. And there is another dog that could not be heard barking:
1550 days ago
On 6 December 2019, AIM uber dog St James House (SJH) issued a trading update indicating more losses for second half of the year ending on 31 January 2020. It also stated it was actively exploring options to improve the working capital position of the group before the end of its current financial year end on 31 January 2020 as it was working capital constrained.
1640 days ago
Previously commenting on Shoe Zone (SHOE) we noted it updating disappointingly but the Big Box and Digital growth elements of its strategy progressing, the latest balance sheet was still in decent shape and it not anticipating any change to dividend policy, with even just the ordinary dividend per share for last year totalled 11.5p – and thus to, at worst, hold. Now a “Full Year Trading Update” from this, the UK’s largest value footwear retailer…
1643 days ago
Recent share tip electronics group Solid State (SOLI) “is pleased to announce a trading update for the six months ended 30 September 2019”…
1646 days ago
On 24 October 2018 the star of the NEX lobster pot, wine producer Chapel Down (CDGP) issued a formal update on what was a cracking 2018 harvest. Will 2019 be so good, er..
1650 days ago
Company upon company is reporting they’re suffering amidst “heightened macroeconomic and political uncertainties of recent months” – or words to that effect. The quote there was from a trading update last month from Solid State plc (SOLI)… but the update also included that, notwithstanding… “trading in the first four months of the year has been very strong… is confident that profits for the year ending 31 March 2020 will be significantly ahead of expectations… consider there may be opportunities to generate further incremental sales later in the year”…
1844 days ago
As you know my only concern over Yourgene (YGEN), where I remain a loyal shareholder, is an ethical one. A full year trading update, though badly crafted - note to board: sack useless PR - is incredibly impressive and removes any financial doubts. The shares have not yet responded. They will. At a 12.75p offer fill your boots at up to 15p – this stock will soon be in the roaring twenties and is a STRONG BUY...
2022 days ago
Bathroom and kitchen products company Norcros (NXR) has updated that “underlying operating profit for the first half is expected to be in line with the board's expectations reflecting a robust performance and continuing to demonstrate the financial resilience of the group” and that it “remains confident… will continue to drive market outperformance and will enable the group to make further progress in line with its expectations for the year to 31 March 2019”…
2049 days ago
In 2017 Purplebricks (PURP) held its AGM on 29 September and pushed pout an H1 trading update on November 6. The news was not blisteringly good but enough lipstick was put on the dog to fool the sell side analysts. Wind forward 12 months…
2107 days ago
We tipped shares in the then Molins, Mpac Group (MPAC) at a 125p offer price in June last year. They recently returned above 200p, but now have been hit by a half-year trading update…
2202 days ago
Updating in November with the shares at 66p, we noted results disappointment from specialist castings and engineering company Chamberlin (CMH) but that it looked worth holding on ahead of a further update. The shares are currently rising above 70p on a trading update for the company’s year ended 31st March…
2233 days ago
A Trading Update from Veltyco Group (VLTY) a few weeks ago noted, following continued “strong” trading in December, results “significantly ahead of market expectations”. However, having exceeded 100p last year, the shares are currently available at 89p to buy and this looks to represent an opportunity ahead of April-expected results. BUY at 89p with a target to sell of 125p.
2428 days ago
Seeing a 1:52pm “Trading Update” announcement didn’t inspire confidence and indeed the announcement from media and entertainment-focused Reach4Entertainment (R4E) includes “the directors anticipate that EBITDA for the 12 months to 31 December 2017 will be below market expectations”. HOWEVER…
2471 days ago
Alliance Pharma (APH) has updated on trading for the first half of 2017, ahead of a results announcement expected on 13th September…
2627 days ago
The ouzo refers to the latest crushing blow for snakeoil salesman Darren Winters. This man has claimed to have fleeced, sorry trained, 500,000 Britons yet still the deadwood press fail to report on our takedown of the charlatan. Pathetic. The bathtime refers to the CEO of Tracsis (TRCS) who claims to listen to bearcast in his bath. I comment on today's trading update. Then it is onto China fraud Jiasen (JSI) and its latest bollocks news signed off by low life Nomad Cairn Financial. And then after an en passant look at Polemos (PLMO) I take a very detailed look at Blenheim Natural Resources (BNR) which is overvalued hype with a bushel of red flags thrown in for good measure. I advise my pal Big Dave Lenigas to take profits and sell and others to do likewise.
2627 days ago
Our 35p offer price share tip of Veltyco (VLTY) last month is looking good after another cracking trading update. There is more to come.…
2653 days ago
Provider of IT consultants, FDM Group (FDM) has updated that a strong trading performance and favourable exchange rate movements see it now anticipating “full-year results ahead of its expectations” – and the shares have responded more than 9% higher to a current 624p ‘bid’ price. So not a bad share tip from us...
2659 days ago
Having been tipped at a 148p offer price at the start of 2013, shares in K3 Business Technology (KBT) have more recently exceeded 350p. However, they are currently back to circa 240p following a disappointing“Trading update” announcement.
2698 days ago
A latest “Trading update” announcement from recruitment group InterQuest (ITQ) saw the shares fall to to circa 30p although with Jim Mellon upping his stake they are now 35p. We have had a long chat with the company’s Chairman Gary Ashworth.
2709 days ago
K3 Business Technology (KBT) has updated that “trading in the first four months of the new financial year is ahead of last year” – this in advance of a key selling period of the forthcoming weeks to the end of December.
2744 days ago
Octagonal (OCT) published a trading update yesterday which contained some strong numbers from its wholly owned subsidiary Global Investment Strategy UK Limited as follows:
2772 days ago
Begbies Traynor (BEG) has updated on “satisfactory” trading in the first quarter of its current financial year and emphasised that “we continue to be confident of the prospects for the group”. And that makes the shares look cheap.
2800 days ago
With eleven completed hotels with 2,032 rooms across the Middle East and Australia, Action Hotels (AHCG) has updated on performance for the first half of the year – noting it “was positive… with both the group's Middle East and Australian hotels contributing strong average occupancies”.
2835 days ago
Brexit vote fallout saw shares in retailer and manufacturer of PVCu replacement windows and doors, Safestyle UK (SFE) decline from more than 260p towards 200p, before recovering towards 240p. The recovery has now been further aided by a half year trading update.
2842 days ago
Drat. There is that phrase again. Results for the year to June 30th 2016 are expected to be "broadly" in line. That is stockmarket speak for "a near miss". No wonder the shares fell a tad on the announcement to 310-333p. We are well ahead of our 148p offer share tip but down on a few months ago.
2897 days ago
Engineering and environmental consultancy group Waterman (WTM) has updated that revenue during the first nine months of its year (to end June 2016) is up 10%, that it continues to anticipate “a significant increase” in adjusted operating margin and that it now expects year-end net cash will be above the current market forecast.
2917 days ago
FDM Group (FDM) has updated on “a strong operational and financial performance for the first quarter of 2016”, seeing that “the board remains confident of meeting its expectations for the full year”.
2929 days ago
Broker and Nomad SP Angel is not listed so why on earth it thinks anyone gives a flying fuck about today's trading update is rather beyond me? But never underestimate the innate sense of self importance among folks in the City of London even if they work for shittly little Nomads and brokers who try to float bankrupt pieces of Turkish such as Mkango Resources. Oddly today's statement fails to mention Mkango, a company Chris Oil appears to have blown £100,000 on backing last autumn.
2975 days ago
1Spatial (SPA) has updated that “the group has made good progress in the second half of the year” to 31st January 2016, that it “ended the period with a strong order book and pipeline of opportunities for the coming year”and that it has exercised its call option to acquire a further 26% of its US distributor Laser Scan.
2991 days ago
Ahead of April scheduled results for 2015, Action Hotels (AHCG) has updated that its “nine operational hotels performed strongly and in line with expectations” and that “an increase in reported net asset value is expected as a result of new hotel openings, upward revaluations of existing properties and new additions to the portfolio”.
2992 days ago
Investment Case: Safestyle UK (SFE) listed on AIM in December 2013 at 100p per share and has since performed well, the shares soaring to over 270p early this year. They are now however back to a current 256p offer price and a recent positive trading update suggests that they offer, particularly Income, value here - and so this is our latest Nifty Fifty share tip.
3003 days ago
Waterman Group (WTM) has updated on “a successful interim trading period”ahead of results scheduled for 29th February.
3006 days ago
SpaceandPeople (SAL) has updated that “trading in the second half of 2015 was in line with management expectations”, that it intends to propose a 10% increased dividend per share of 2.2p and that with an “announcement of a new relationship with British Land we have had a positive start to 2016”
3012 days ago
Petropavlovsk (POG) has updated on its fourth quarter and full-year 2015 performance and what its strategy, “focused on the group deleveraging and on cash cost optimisation”, means for 2016.
3013 days ago
InterQuest (ITQ) has updated that “trading for the financial year ended 31 December 2015 was in line with market expectations” and that it is “encouraged by the continued growth we are experiencing and the exciting initiatives of our new executive management team”
3017 days ago
Distil plc (DIS) has announced, despite a reduction in sales of Blavod Black Vodka in Eastern Europe, strong overall volume and sales performance in its third (October–December) quarter.
3017 days ago
Fox Marble (FOX) has updated that 2015 reported sales are expected to be around a self-declared “disappointing” €230,000, but that the outlook for 2016 is much more promising indeed. And that is why the shares are a buy. This has been a poor share tip to date but now is a time to average down big time.
3018 days ago
K3 Business Technology (KBT) has updated that “profitability for the first half is expected to show a significant increase year-on-year in line with management expectations” and that it“remains well positioned to attain market forecasts for the financial year, with high levels of recurring revenues as well as a strong pipeline of prospects”
3020 days ago
Our most recent share tip, FDM Group (FDM) has updated that it “maintained its strong performance in the second half of 2015 and expects to deliver full-year results slightly ahead of the board's expectations” as well as that “we enter 2016 with good momentum and I am confident that the year will see further progress for the group”
3041 days ago
It is not what Fitbug (FITB) says in its year end trading update which is alarming but what it does not say. Mr Market was not fooled by this hogwash and the shares are off 20% at 0.9p. That makes the shares still overvalued by circa 100% but the final demolition of this POS, which was ramped so disgracefully by certain folks, can wait for 2016.
3082 days ago
And boy did the grossly overpaid poltroon Phil Letts serve up a stack of metrics in this trading update. KPIs, metrics, MBA tosser jargon, it was all in there. But buried at the bottom was the cash position. Ouch. When’s the next placing Phil?
3093 days ago
Following a recent positive trading update, Shoe Zone (SHOE) announced a £4.74 million sale of shares by CEO Anthony Smith and COO Charles Smith, with a purchase of rather less by the wife of CFO Nick Davis.
3137 days ago
Stanley Gibbons (SGI) has updated that “it is currently uncertain whether high value sales completed by 30 September 2015 will be at the level required to achieve the group's internal budgets for the first half of the year” but that “the directors continue to believe that the group will achieve market forecasts for the full year ended 31 March 2016”
3147 days ago
On 14th July 2015 AIM Casino dog Iofina (IOF) made its last announcement – the usual bag of shite trading update. Its shares closed the day at c22p. The shares are now 14.5p having fallen steadily over the past two months but aggressively of late. So when and what is the bad news?
Obviously Zak Mir tipping the shares as a buy on August 8th was a bit of a kiss of death but there must be something worse to come?
3157 days ago
Noting a little changed share price in 2015 despite continuing positive progress, we tipped shares in IS Solutions (ISL) on our Nifty Fifty website at a 56p offer price in May. They had since been little changed, but a trading update has now changed that – with they currently approaching 35% higher on its back at 69p-71p. So far so good...
3302 days ago
Another winning share tip! AdEPT Telecom (ADT) has updated that profit for its year ended 31st March 2015 is expected to be in line with market consensus expectation, with cash flow ahead – enabling a more than 58% increase in total dividends for the year.
3333 days ago
Provider of rental equipment and services for broadcasting, Avesco Group (AVS) has updated that “trading in the first few months of the financial year has continued the positive trends seen during last year”, that “the outlook for the summer period also looks promising” and that “the directors anticipate that results for the year to 30 September 2015 will be comfortably ahead of their previous expectations”.
3340 days ago
Specialist in the collection and delivery of live video and associated data for the broadcast, surveillance and defence markets, Vislink plc (VLK) has updated that it “anticipates adjusted operating profit for 2014 to be ahead of market expectations… following a better than anticipated end to the year” and that “trading for the current year has started in line with market expectations”.
The 2014 performance
3380 days ago
K3 Business Technology (KBT) has updated on trading in the first half of its year to 30th June “in line with management expectations, supported by an increase in sales of approximately 20% against the same period last year”.
3382 days ago
International specialist staffing group, Empresaria (EMR) has updated investors that calendar 2014 “profitability will be slightly ahead of market expectations” and that “we see exciting growth opportunities ahead and are confident in our ability to continue to deliver profitable growth”.
3385 days ago
Speciality pharmaceutical company, Alliance Pharma (APH) has updated that 2014 “pre-tax profits are expected to be in line with current market expectations” on turnover of £43.5 million and that “we continue to evaluate a number of acquisition opportunities”.
3388 days ago
Cineworld Group (CINE) has announced that “we anticipate that group profitability for the year ended 1 January 2015 will be towards the top end of market consensus”. This follows its UK & Ireland business having continued to outperform the wider market and stronger box office growth elsewhere.
A 3.7% decline in UK & Ireland admissions was offset by a 4% increase in the average ticket price, whilst Central and Eastern Europe & Israel box office revenues were 2% higher.
Currently
3432 days ago
Specialist pension, wealth management and employee benefit services provider, Mattioli Woods (MTW) has updated that “current trading is in line with the board's expectations” and that it “is very well positioned to secure further profitable growth going forward”.
This follows “the Government finally seeing the benefit of offering individuals and their families control of their pension funds”, with the company noting an “attractive” backdrop for its services and “momentum of strong organic and acquired growth”.
It continues
3582 days ago
Cineworld Group (CINE) has updated that trading for its half year ended 26th June 2014 “has been in line with our expectations” and that, “taking into account the strength of film line up in the second half, we are on track with our plans for the year as a whole”.
This follows pro forma (reflecting the 28th February completed acquisition of Cinema City) box office revenues increasing by 1.5% in the period (admissions up by 1%), retail spend per person increasing by 2.6% and ‘other income’ declining by 2.5% (though excluding phasing effects of distribution incomes being 3.2% higher).
It was noted that “in the final weeks of the half, as expected, admissions in certain countries have been lower due to the World Cup”
3750 days ago
Speciality pharmaceutical company, Alliance Pharma (APH) last week announced that “turnover for 2013 is expected to be £45.5m (2012: £44.9m) and pre-tax profits are expected to be in line with current market expectations” (expectations are for earnings per share of around 3.5p) as well as an acquisition of the rights to the thyroid product Irenat in Germany from subsidiaries of Bayer AG.
In the 12 months to October 2013, total sales of Irenat by Bayer were €0.8 million and the gross margin generated was €0.5 million – with the company emphasising that “the acquisition, our first in Germany, will be immediately earnings enhancing and fits well with our strategy of building Alliance's international sales”. No acquisition price was provided though house broker, Numis, estimates £1.2 million.
Also positively,
3783 days ago
Electric Word (ELE) has updated on “good progress in 2013 in what has been a year of significant change, including at board level”. The company’s year to 30th November 2013 saw a new Chairman and Finance Director appointed, with it now updating that “trading is in line with the board's expectations, with profit growth in the Sport & Gaming division complemented by increased investment in Education”.
