Croda

30 days ago

Naughty Bear Tim Kempster schooled in GCSE science yet again by Stuart Ashman

Oh dear, oh dear, naughty Tim keeps pushing the sort od science that would shame my four year old daughter or perhaps even my cats in support of his undeclared short position in Skinbiotherapeutics (SBTX). He thinks Croda (CRDA)has spaffed £10 million for no reason as, I am sure he knows its business better than Croda does. Luckily Stuart Ashman is here to explain in terms simple enough for even Tim to grasp…
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74 days ago

Calling all masochists: reminder Skinbiotherapeutics Investor Meet at 11 AM today

Yes, I still think that shares in Skinbiotherapeutics (SBTX) are cheap at 19p, that there will be three quarters of revenues from Croda booked in the year to June 30 2025 with two quarters fully paid. But I see that the shares are off a penny today because we know what is looming.

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79 days ago

Skinbiotherapeutics: Manprick gone and other boardroom changes, more shares bought

Folks like the Lemming thought that Skinbiotherapeutics (SBTX) FD Manprick Randhawa was the bees knees and were jolly cross with me for rebranding him for his patent incompetence. In my view he was useless, unable to communicate with serious investors or to stop Stuart Ashman abusing the word accretive and, at least, partially responsible for the cack handed and dilutive financing of two acquisitions. He was unable to control costs. Well, today, he has gone to pursue other business interests. Great news.. It has prompted me to buy more shares, increasing my holding by 25%.

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80 days ago

Tom Winnifrith Bearcast: an apology to an old stockbroker while a young one and I are are baffled, can you assist?

In today's podcast I look at Croda (CRDA) and Skinbiotherapeutics (SBTX), V22, Avacta (AVCT), the biggest threat to your wealth and it is not what Gary Newman et al are foaming at the mouth about, at Cleantech Lithium (CTL) and the disgrace at Anexo (ANX)

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80 days ago

Skinbiotherapeutics shares sharply up on Croda 2+2 =27 speculation but who is selling?

Croda (CRDA) has a trading statement out today and the Skinbiotherapeutics (SBTX) obsessives are looking at how revenues from consumer care leapt by £18 million, Quarter on Quarter, to £255 million in Q1 2025. Natch they speculate as to how much of this is Skins related, bearing in mind that Skins would get a double digit margin on whatever is sold. I reckon the answer is “norra lot” but such speculation has pushed the shares up to 25.5p. Now here is my guess for the next RNS!

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84 days ago

Tom Winnifrith bearcast: Optibiotix and weight loss pills and Skinbiotherapeutics and the Croda bid rumour

I discuss why the former is not, I believe a threat and why Optibiotix (OPTI) shares are so cheap and on the latter I comment on the idea that Croda (CRDA) might launch a cheeky 50p a share bid for Skinbiotherapeutics (SBTX). FWIW I think its unlikely although stranger things happen at sea.

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94 days ago

CEOs do not decide the share price, Mr Market does, more cobblers from Stuart Ashman

I despair at the way that there is nobody with PLC experience to stop Skinbiotherapeutics (SBTX) CEO Stuart Ashman from making a complete tit of himself. Today there is another classic.
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110 days ago

Skinbiotherapeutics – just wondering about those interims?

Last year, Skinbiotherapeutics (SBTX) announced on 8 March that its interim results, to December 31, would be out on 22 March and they duly arrived on that day. To be fair to the bearded Geordie poltroon, Stuart Ashman, he has historically been jolly good about issuing an RNS to flag up when results will be out and past performance is, whatever the FCA says, very often a good guide to the future. But…
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123 days ago

Skinbiotherapeutics shares up thanks to Elon, Ai & the Lemming

Grok is the AI programme developed by Elon Musk’s twitter and for a bit of sport the Lemming investor invited it to see which of Optibiotix (OPTI), Skinbiotherapeutics (SBTX) and Probiotix (PBX) shares folks should buy. There is a big caveat here. The Lemming notes:
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136 days ago

UPDATED: Skinbiotherapeutics, waiting for the TRI which has now arrived, my cynicism unjustified

On 24 February Skinbiotherapeutics (SBTX) announced that David Brierwood had exercised 3.289474 million warrants at c11p. Clueless CEO Stuart Ashman stated:
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144 days ago

Tom Winnifrith Bearcast No 2: Skinbiotherapeutics and its NDA and what makes a strong shareholder list

I start with an observation ( supportive) and a question about Tesco (TSCO). then a few thoughts on why interest rate cuts will not necessarily drive growth. Then Skinbiotherapeutics (SBTX) and its Croda NDA. Finally, prompted by PL, what makes a strong shareholder list? 

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214 days ago

Cavendish on Skinbiotherapeutics: God save us from Ashman as his M&A hunger is not sated

Skinbiotherapeutics (SBTX) is very simple. If you believe that Croda could deliver £25 million GP or anywhere close to that as CEO Stuart Ashman has intimated the shares are stupendously cheap at 17.75p. Ashman needs to do nothing apart from deliver other corporate deals and more GP from his existing IP and no more shares need be issued. Hell’s teeth why issue shares now or indeed at twice or three times the price given that on Ashman’s Croda numbers the shares could easily be 100p or even 200p! But Ashman is a git.

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223 days ago

Has Optibiotix sold Skinbiotherapeutics shares? Steve O’Hara declines to deny

I wonder why shares in SkinBiotherapeutics (SBTX) have not raced ahead more on the news from Croda. One possible explanation put to me by Lemming investor is that Optibiotix (OPTI) has been reducing its holding which was last stated at 10.92%.

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779 days ago

SkinBioTherapeutics – SkinBiotix additional formal studies, a short-term delay but enhanced outlook: STRONG BUY

SkinBioTherapeutics (SBTX) has announced on its AxisBiotix-Ps (psoriasis) product that it has commenced sales in Spain aided by the launch of a regional website and on its skin care active ingredient SkinBiotix that partner, cosmetics business of FTSE-100 Croda (CRDA), Sederma has noted ‘exciting’ additional benefits which means delays in monetisation. Is that good news or bad?

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1420 days ago

SkinBioTherapeutics – ‘Business Update’, high margin profit potential moving materially closer

SkinBioTherapeutics (SBTX) has delivered a “Business Update” including that the commercial launch of AxisBiotix-Ps is on track for Q4 and has further encouraging potential, that SkinBiotix manufacturing scale-up with Croda (CRDA) is progressing to schedule and 30th June year-end cash totalled £4.6 million. Sounds good.

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