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Notes From Underground: Giving thanks

Published 9 October 2016, 01:25

Dear reader, it's one of the most important holidays on the calendar today, Thanksgiving. The real one. The Canadian one. Oh sure, next month we'll hear all about the US holiday and where to buy turkey and it's related treats, but remember who did it first.

Notes from Underground: The most-read stories of the week, and what shares do you think we should be covering?

Published 8 December 2019, 10:15

This is another situation where I ask for valuable feedback from our readers and Tom will add an editor's note reading something like "Darren is being utterly mad."

Prize Contest: Get your 2:1 in Banking & Finance from Bath Spa University - a sample question

Published 26 January 2020, 09:35

This should be easy, I invite you to answer the following question in fewer than 150 words. Bath Spa students need to find a safe space room if their human rights are breached by being asked to pen more than 150 words a term.  The deadline for entries is Sunday at midnight and the best entry wins a bottle of Greek Hovel 2019 olive Oil. This question is sponsored by Ms Alison Rose of RBS.

Prize Contest – None of you win even a 2-1 from Bath Spa University..but the good news

Published 27 January 2020, 12:21

A few days ago I asked you to write an essay of no more than 150 words to answer a question from the Bath Spa University Banking & Finance course. A few of you tried as you can see here but I have good news and bad.

Tom Winnifrith Bearcast 15 April - In poor Phorm after lunch with Lucian

Published 15 April 2016, 09:00

I woke up last night panicking that after staggering home from a boozy lunch with Lucian I had written a drunken piece laughing at all sorts of folks after Phorm admitted it was bust but that I had just written it becuase I felt like it not because it was true. Imagine my relief to discover that it was in fact true and with hindsight I think I write jolly well when drunk. Perhaps we should have a writing contest myself & Paul Scott both drunk vs two boring sober bastards. I digress. I look at BP and executive pay and unable to resist poking some fun at the ghastly Nicola Horlick and dreadful Channel 4 News. I look at 21st Century Technology ( C21), Gulf Keystone (GKP), Strat Aero (AERO), Grand Group (GIPO)) and 88 Energy (88E) where Lucian is short. In a sort of flashback I recall our discussion yesterday on 88 and recount it. 

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Friday »

Bearcast

Tom Winnifrith Bearcast No2: Bugger I have to go to Greece

 

NARF

Narf Industries – “Progress update re: commercialization” announcement. Ramptastic?…

 

BEM

Beowulf – is this a record of non delivery and Swedish marching backwards for 14 years?

 

CEL

EXPOSE: Celadon’s French financier, is Madame Gallois dodgy as hell? Shares must be suspended NOW

 

MIN

Minoan – End Of The Road Or Can A Rabbit Be Pulled? I've been long and wrong!

 

HEMO

Are you talking about me Frances or the Hemogenyx boss?

 

Bearcast

Tom Winnifrith Bearcast No 1: Steve O' Hara vs Chris Egleton, what AIM should be for and what it has become

 

CEL

Celadon – can’t it be more specific about when it will go bust?

 

MIN

You can’t kick the can down the road forever, will Minoan finally kick the bucket?

 

4GBL

4GLOBAL – emphasises “significant expansion” contract win, but how ‘well positioned’ is it really for the long-term?

 

BP

BP (#BP.) – Chair Helge Lund has “informed the board of his intention to step down in due course”, a succession process has been initiated

 

QUBE

Quantum Base (#QUBE) – “quantum science company focused on creating a new global standard in authentication” (hmmm!) joins the AIM casino

 

MIN

Minoan (#MIN) – receives debt for equity swap and funding proposal, “the company is in ongoing negotiations”

 

VAST

#VAST Resources – notes “Vast Baita Plai SA voluntary reorganisation” court hearing, “hearing for continuing the observation period… 25 September 2025”

 

BEM

Beowulf Mining (#BEM) – “final terms of capital raise”, including a shares placing, Depository Receipts preferential rights issue and a retail offer

 

THG

#THG – details completion of its debt refinancing to 2029

 

CAV

Cavendish (#CAV) – FY LFL revenue expected to be in line with prior year, states “profitable in both halves”

 

ALU

Alumasc (#ALU) – formal opening of Gatic access covers manufacturing and assembly facility in Halstead, Essex

 

NARF

#NARF Industries – “Progress update re: commercialization”, suggests delays in “timing of certain programs”

 

SDI

#SDI Group – acquisition of electric boilers for industrial applications business Collins Walker for a net c.£1.85m

Thursday »

TBLD

tinyBuild – sale of a business it argues is “an important milestone in streamlining our portfolio”. Er, why’s that?…

 

Bearcast

Tom Winnifrith Bearcast: that day of the year that I get to annoy mad lefty sister N and the mad lefty Mrs too

 

AAU

Video Interview with Kerim Sener of Ariana Resources

 

Roulette

AIM Market Statistics – March 2025, another disaster

 

MOTR

Motorpoint – trading update emphasises “strong return to profitable growth” and states on outlook “cautiously optimistic”, but it’s a profit warning!…

 

Gold

Video: 2025 is the Perfect Storm for Gold

 

TM1

Technology Minerals makes a profit but is surely bust, Recyclus accounts overdue

 

CDGP

Chapel Down – 2024 results argue “an attractive investment proposition”, so what was the result of “extensive conversations with interested parties” again?…

 

SBTX

Boots: Should Skinbiotherapeutics make a clarifying statement re No 7?

 

Black-Swan

1 in 10 High Net Worth Brits planning to leave the UK within 5 years

 

PHP

Primary Health Properties (#PHP) – “indicative” 0.3848 new shares and 9.08p per share proposal to Assura (#AGR)

 

KBT

K3 Business Technology (#KBT) – proposed return of value to shareholders Circular publication and to consult shareholders on de-listing from AIM

 

BIG

#BIG Technologies – “Update re: CEO Dismissal”, has reported Sara Murray to Panel on Takeovers and Mergers

 

CURY

Currys (#CURY) – recent trading “robust”, FY “adjusted profit before tax is now expected to be around £160m (compared to previous guidance of £145-155m)”

 

MOON

Moonpig (#MOON) – anticipates FY revenue £350m-£353m and “double-digit percentage growth in adjusted EPS”

 

CDGP

Chapel Down (#CDGP) – 2024 swing to loss, argues expects this year “strong sales growth… with a return to full profitability”

 

MOTR

Motorpoint (#MOTR) – expects FY swing to PBT of £4m-£4.3m, argues outlook “cautiously optimistic”

 

AAU

Ariana Resources (#AAU) – 76% owned Western Tethyan Resources formally earns-in to 51% of Slivova gold project in Kosovo

 

TBLD

tinyBuild (#TBLD) – sale of Red Cerberus video game services business for $1.5m

 

COA

Coats (#COA) – intention to fully exit US Yarns business, “exit process is expected to complete in Q2 and is anticipated to generate a modest cash inflow”

Wednesday »

Bearcast

Tom Winnifrith Bearcast No2: Once again we far right alt right conspiracy theorists wholly vindicated - mass arrests at Turkish barber shops

 

G4M

Gear4music – its argued “pleased to report” full-year financial performance is actually a material profit warning!

 

SBTX

Bearded Geordie Poltroon in Downing Street Caption Contest

 

SCE

Surface Transforms – argues key customers discussions “at an advanced stage… regarding longer-term arrangements”, but from currently a cash constraints limited ability to operate!

 

Gold

Video: Silver to $50, Gold No Longer Cares About The Dollar

 

Bearcast

Tom Winnifrith Bearcast No 1: Lucky Luke's hammer blow for AIM but what does it matter and who is to blame?

 

PIER

Brighton Pier Group – hopefully my prior warnings were heeded as it’s now proposed AIM cancellation. (And hello, anyone at AIM listening?)…

 

SYME

Zamboni fraud NUBURU Inc - repeating Supply’s formula of announcing deals with unnamed counterparties to pump its shares but accounts delayed

 

TERN

BREAKING: GOTCHA, FRC thanks Tom Winnifrith as Tern rapped on knuckles

 

CODE

Northcoders – “New Consultancy contract wins”, but how’s current trading?

 

Gold

Gold share pick and price (as a tiebreaker) reader contest (maybe a prize one) – end-Q1 2025 update

 

Warwick_School

Tom Winnifrith: Naming the paedophile teachers at Warwick School No 3 – David Stuke

 

GNC

Greencore (#GNC) – agreement in principle with Bakkavor (#BAKK) of key financial terms, of 85p and 0.604 Greencore shares per Bakkavor share, possible offer

 

PIER

Brighton #PIER – proposed AIM cancellation and re-registration as a private company

 

SCE

Surface Transforms (#SCE) – “numerous challenges persist to grow output and revenue at the pace required”, argues on financing “remain optimistic”

 

WIZZ

#WIZZ Air – March booked passengers +6.4% YoY, load factor -0.3ppts to 90.5%

 

NBB

Norman Broadbent (#NBB) – Q1 net fee income +40% YoY, that to £3m after a 2024 small loss on net fee income of £9.3m

 

TPT

Topps Tiles (#TPT) – H1 adj. sales +4% YoY, though reckons “profits in 2025 being weighted significantly towards the second half”

 

G4M

Gear4music (#G4M) – FY profit before tax expected to be up at £1.6m on sales +2% to £146.7m, though that below market expectations

 

GATC

Gattaca (#GATC) – H1 continuing operations post-tax profit fall to £0.5m, DPS 1p, notes “persistent macroeconomic headwinds”

 

RPI

Raspberry Pi (#RPI) – 2024 adj. EPS down to $0.107, “with channel inventory now normalised… anticipates a steady build-up in demand”

 

HSS

#HSS Hire – conditional agreement for sale of Republic of Ireland tool and equipment hire business for a gross c.€31.6m to Grafton (#GFTU)

Tuesday »

CNS

Corero Network Security – 2024 results emphasise a swing to profit, but is there really?…

 

Bearcast

Tom Winnifrith Bearcast: At least one CEO seems to be listening to me

 

GGP

Greatland Gold – don’t sell, targets increased on share tip where we are almost 100% ahead already!

 

SYME

This is NOT an April Fool: You could not make this up

 

INSP

Inspirit Energy - suspension ahoy, AIM’s smallest company is fecked, Jagatia fecks it up in the boiler room again

 

AMRQ

Amaroq Minerals – 2024 results and mineral resource estimate suggest still a winning share tip Buy

 

STG

Strip Tinning – “trading materially ahead of expectations”, but it is what the “expectations” were which determines how much of an achievement that is. And…

 

Gold

Video: The Big Prospects for gold mining shares are still ahead of Us (and also Uranium and copper)

 

CEL

Celadon: Timber! The Fat Lady is warming up!

 

ICON

Iconic Labs Plc – surely its time to switch the lights off

 

Price-Vs-Value

ShareProphets readers tips for 2025 prize competition – end-March update

 

Boom

BREAKING: Labour considering £5bn windfall cow tax to tackle climate change

 

GDR

Genedrive (#GDR) – raises total of £1.23m after RetailBook offer closes raising £0.23m at 1.5p per share

 

BIG

#BIG Technologies – appointments of Alexander Brennan as Chairman and Mike Johns as CFO Designate

 

AMCO

Amcomri (#AMCO) – first acquisition, this of mechanical and electrical engineering business EMC Elite Engineering Services for initial £2.5m

 

PEEL

#PEEL Hunt – FY revenue “expected to be approximately £90m (FY24: £85.8m)” after “a challenging second half”

 

GNC

Greencore (#GNC) – Q2 “strong delivery”, now anticipates FY “ahead of current market expectations”

 

CNS

Corero Network Security (#CNS) – 2024 emphasises swing to profit and “solid start to FY 2025”

 

STG

Strip Tinning (#STG) – emphasises “trading materially ahead of expectations”, but still expects even adj. EBITDA loss

 

PINE

Pinewood Technologies (#PINE) – adj. PBT “ahead of consensus analyst expectations”, “confident in prospects”

 

RNWH

Renew (#RNWH) – H1 “in line with its revised expectations” after being impacted by Rail sector trading

 

TPK

Travis Perkins (#TPK) – 2024 adj. EPS down to 36.6p, DPS to 14.5p, notes UK construction activity “uncertainty”

Monday »

Bearcast

Tom Winnifrith Bearcast: If only there'd been a technical analyst on board to warn folks about a 95% share price collapse!

 

AML

Aston Martin Lagonda – prospective further fundraising, for “exquisitely addictive performance cars” or exquisitely addictive further cash burn?

 

Cheryl_Cole

As the yellow metal hits $3,122 Goldman Sachs calls gold up to $4500. Or does it?

 

Boom

Another Winnileaks expose: Tavira letter to customers - this does not read well

 

AAU

Questions for Kerim Sener of Ariana

 

SYME

EXPOSE: The FRAUD Supply@Me Capital – Alessandro Zamboni hiding what is happening with loan from Dominic White’s companies

 

MIND

MindGym – argues a “significant improvement in profitability”, but how “significant” really?…

 

EDEN

Eden Research: when’s the placing to avoid a material uncertainty statement?

 

SCGL

How is Sealand Capital Galaxy not bust? Is Cheuk cheucking in the towel on keeping the lights on?

 

FCM

GOTCHA!: First Class Metals, bent chairman goes, funding crisis as ponzi 79th cannot back phase 2 placing

 

Crime-Scene

Winnileaks: 79th Group ponzi fraud, a victim writes and shows how the company is still lying

 

Beggar

Seriously: how can any normal person afford to watch England Rugger? Tom Winnifrith

 

AML

Aston Martin Lagonda (#AML) – proposed c. £52.5m consortium investment and selling of shares in F1 team

 

WG

Wood Group (#WG.) – with review and expected number of prior year adjustments, expected accounts delay and end-April shares suspension

 

VID

Videndum (#VID) – refinancing work “continues”, “March 2025 covenant test has been waived”

 

PETS

#PETS At Home – FY adj. PBT “expected to be £133m, in line with previous guidance”, though expects current year “£115-125m”

 

YOU

YouGov (#YOU) – H1 adj. EPS down to 17.1p, “trading conditions remain challenging reflecting the current macro-economic backdrop”

 

DIA

Dialight (#DIA) – FY “underlying operating profit… expected to be ahead of market expectations”, “full and final settlement agreement” with Sanmina

 

QTX

Quartix Technologies (#QTX) – “a strong start to 2025 and the outlook for the rest of the year is encouraging”

 

MIND

#MIND Gym – “Full Year Trading Update and”… a “continued macro-economic uncertainty” profit (lack of) warning

 

PMP

Portmeirion (#PMP) – 2024 adj. EPS down to 8.04p, “no dividend recommended for the full year as priority focus is to reduce net debt”

 

IDOX

#IDOX – trading “in line with the board’s expectations for an increase in revenue and adjusted EBITDA, and a reduction in net debt”

Sunday »

Bearcast

Tom Winnifrith Bearcast: the latest Stuart Ashman blunder and Lemming is wrong on Probiotix

 

URU…Who R U Kidding?

 

PRD

Even ignoring the allegations against Predator Oil from its former MD, I'm struggling to see any reason what it is worth anywhere near the current market cap - sell

 

AAU

Ariana – Management Incompetence At Its Worst. Can It Recover?

 

Professor

Visual Aid: Europe’s Projected Population Crash by 2100

 

Professor

Sunday Long Reads: Simon & Schuster, Gen X Careers, Scandi Noir, Irish Pubs, Footless Goose

 

Gold

The View From The Montana Log-Cabin As Gold Reaches Further New Highs….When Will The Correction Come?

 

Quiz

The ShareProphets Sunday Pub Quiz #287

 

Top-10

Notes from Underground – Most read articles for the week ending March 29

Saturday »

OPTI

The Sinner repenteth, the Lemming says Optibiotix worth up to 47.5p a share

 

Bearcast

Tom Winnifrith Bearcast No 2- surely heads must roll at First Class Metals, Novum and at the FCA after today's exposes

 

Crime-Scene

79th Group and the Gibraltar Fraudsters looking after its “assets” how did the FCA and Novum miss this?

 

Bearcast

Tom Winnifrith Bearcast No 1: Explaining the REAL reason for Friday's Amaroq share price puke and why it is a great buying opportunity

 

BMY

Bloomsbury Publishing – trading update suggests a current value opportunity Buy

 

Crime-Scene

79th Group – the façade continues to crumble, ponzi fraud runs out of cash

 

GPM

Golden Prospect – Still A Strong Hold But Time To Offload A Few For Me, And What To Buy Instead

 

Bear

Six Months On from Sharestock ’24, has Tesla lost its lustre?

Friday »

WYN

Wynnstay Group – AGM trading update, a trading recovery Buy

 

SEE

Seeing Machines – “Director/PDMR Shareholding” acquisition, meaningful confidence or attempted ramptastic?…

 

Bearcast

Tom Winnifrith Bearcast No 3: O'Hara is meeting Coca Cola today says the Lemming and demands an RNS, what planet is he on?

 

GCM

GCM Resources – placing (discounted, natch) and the proceeds for “working capital” purposes hey?…

 

Bearcast

Tom Winnifrith Bearcast No 2 - All about Amaroq

 

PRD

UPDATED: Tick Tock: The Countdown to Lonny letting rip, oh no he's been gagged

 

EUA

Eurasia & the market makers rape BBMs yet again with another placing into a Telegram Group pump

 

Gold

Video: The Silver Squeeze and Why Banks Are Looking at Miners

 

Bearcast

Tom Winnifrith Bearcast No1: Stockmarket high stinks, Genedrive, Peel Hunt and Georgina Energy

 

LFT

Brown Envelope Man’s Lift Global Ventures, interim loss as Miriad’s revenues and profits decline

 

SMWH

WH Smith (#SMWH) – agrees sale of UK High Street business to Modella Capital, “anticipated net cash proceeds of c.£25m”

 

AMRQ

Amaroq Minerals (#AMRQ) – 2024 results noting “liquidity of $50.5 million” and “51% increase in overall contained gold” updated Mineral Resource Estimate

 

WSG

Westminster Group (#WSG) – H1 another above £1m loss, in overdraft before subsequent £1.2m fundraise

 

LFT

Lift Global Ventures (#LFT) – H1 loss and cash just £0.2m

 

AEG

Active Energy Group (#AEG) – former CEO “Michael Rowan has resigned from the board with effect from today”

 

WBI

Woodbois (#WBI) – proposed £3.3m fundraise at 0.05p per share with warrants

 

URU

#URU Metals – discounted placing at 3p per share of £0.3m to keep the lights on (Oops, “to facilitate and accelerate activities at the Zebediela project”)

 

GCM

#GCM Resources – discounted placing at 3p per share of £1m to keep the lights on (Oops, “for working capital purposes”)

 

SSE

#SSE – appointment of Chief Commercial Officer Martin Pibworth as Chief Executive designate

 

SNWS

Smiths News (#SNWS) – H1 “solid trading performance”, FY “on track to deliver results… in line with market expectations”

Thursday »

CML

CML Microsystems – I having previously stated it’s likely profit warning ahoy, today an intra-day “Trading Update”…

 

Bearcast

Tom Winnifrith Bearcast No 2: a blazing row with the Mrs looms over a hideous piano that has just arrived in my study

 

SBTX

SkinBioTherapeutics – interims, CEO Stuart Ashman contradicts himself again but there’s still a key near-term catalyst

 

WINE

Naked Wines – shares soar on “New Strategic Plan”, but is the announcement ramptastic?

 

Celadon- could it go bust as soon as Tuesday?

 

ARB

BREAKING EXPOSE: Argo’s new CEO and his murky Delaware past

 

SEE

Seeing Machines – interims, does cost reduction ‘underpin’ cash flow break-even sustainably from 2025?

 

IEC

Investment Evolution Credit PLC – dead canary, time for AQSE and The Toke to pull the rug

 

Bearcast

Tom Winnifrith Bearcast No 1: ADVFN to quit AIM, where does that leave ADVFN and where does it leave the Casino?

 

VRS

Versarien serves up dire results and explicit warning that Group may be insolvent within six weeks

 

Welsh_Flag

Photo article from the Welsh Hovel; sharing a desk, Tom Winnifrith

 

AFN

ADVFN (#AFN) – H1 another, albeit reduced, loss, to propose AIM delisting

 

VRS

Versarien (#VRS) – FY another loss (natch) and even gross cash down to £0.145m

 

NXT

Next (#NXT) – FY EPS +10% to 636.3p, DPS 233p, current year “full price sales… ahead of our expectations”

 

SAA

M&C Saatchi (#SAA) – 2024 adj. EPS up to 17.6p, DPS to 1.95p, “confidence that we can achieve results in line with the market's expectations for 2025”

 

TRB

Tribal (#TRB) – 2024 adj. EPS up to 4.7p, DPS 1.3p, current trading “in line with the board's expectations”

 

FRAN

Franchise Brands (#FRAN) – 2024 adj. EPS edged up to 8.59p, DPS +9% to 2.4p, “optimistic” 2025 in line with current market expectations is achievable

 

SAAS

Microlise (#SAAS) – 2024 adj. EPS up to 4.19p, DPS 1.81p, “confident” in prospects for 2025

 

EMR

Empresaria (#EMR) – 2024 further swing to loss, “market conditions are expected to remain challenging in 2025”

 

JHD

James Halstead (#JHD) – H1 EPS edged up to 5p, DPS to 2.75p, notes “improved margins and reductions in overheads”

 

INAC

InvestAcc (#INAC) – agreement to acquire pension administration client books for £18.5m and up to further £6.5m from AJ Bell (#AJB)

Wednesday »

Bearcast

Tom Winnifrith Bearcast No 2: reputations built over many years can be destroyed in weeks and months, ref Ariana and Probiotix

 

VINO

Virgin Wines UK – interims emphasise new “Growth Strategy and Capital Allocation Plan”, but I thought it was already meant to be “A real corker”?…

 

PRD

Video: Another car crash interview from deranged Paul Griffiths at Predator screams 0p here we come

 

AAU

Ariana – Kicks Shareholders In The Teeth, I am furious

 

ARB

KERBOOM: Argo Blockchain and the stinking GEM deal, Evil Banksta has more, surely the FCA must intervene?

 

PRD

The seven stages of BBM grief - hating me but praising me having once simply abused me

 

Boom

EXPOSE: RegTech Open Project – is a pre pack administration on the cards, meet the Colombian bird living in France

 

TRC

The Revel Collective – earlier this month Going concern “material uncertainty” risk warning now followed with “Directorate Change”…

 

Bearcast

Tom Winnifrith Bearcast No 1: Utterly fecked off with Ariana and Skinbiotherapeutics, heads should roll but I am not selling either

 

ARB

EXPOSE: Argo Blockchain $21.7m acquisition: the numbers just do not add up, do the maths with Evil Banksta

 

PRD

Disgraced PR Tim “dirty tricks” Thompson tries to cover up the Predator blow up

 

AIC

Achilles Investment Company (#AIC) – intention to requisition board changes EGM at Urban Logistics REIT (#SHED)

 

ARB

Argo Blockchain (#ARB) – “term sheets for convertible loan and to acquire GEM Mining LLC assets”

 

AAU

Ariana Resources (#AAU) – proposed approx. £1.15m equity raise at 1.5p per share

 

SBTX

SkinBioTherapeutics (#SBTX) – H1 reduced loss but still £1m on revenue up to £1.6m, “trading continues in line with expectations in all group entities”

 

AEO

Aeorema Communications (#AEO) – H1 loss, forecasts H2 swing to overall profit

 

VINO

Virgin Wines UK (#VINO) – H1 EPS up to 1.6p, “second half trading has started positively”

 

EVPL

Everplay (#EVPL) – 2024 adj. EPS up to 24.1p, DPS 2.7p, 2025 confident of improvement “marginally ahead of current market expectations”

 

LUCE

Luceco (#LUCE) – 2024 adj. EPS up to 12.5p, DPS to 5p, “2025 has started well”

 

AVON

#AVON Technologies – notes growth trading momentum, upgrades expectations

 

VTY

Vistry (#VTY) – 2024 adj. EPS down to 55.9p, argues expects 2025 “more H2 weighted than in prior years”

Tuesday »

GELN

Gelion – “Nominated and Financial Adviser” change, now why might that be?…

 

Bearcast

Tom Winnifrith Bearcast No 2: Futura set to flop like a limp todger

 

KGF

Kingfisher – after I most recently concluded outlook caution, what of a 14% share price fall on full-year results?…

 

PRD

Reporting Predator to the FCA asking for a share suspension and full enquiry

 

THG

THG plc – what does a refinancing and equity placing now suggest that “on or around 30 April” results will show?…

 

WNX

Wellnex Life – a cash guzzling perma loss maker you should avoid as it joins the AIM sewer

 

PRD

Two more tweets from ex Predator MD Lonny Baumgardener, order more beer and popcorn

 

ALGW

EXPOSE: Alpha Growth second interims claim profit but it remains non-compliant with IFRS in breach of FRC ruling

 

Bearcast

Tom Winnifrith Bearcast No 1: Given a life ban by Asda in Chester, is this good or even honest retailing

 

PRD

BREAKING: Ex Predator MD Lonny Baumgardner in X rated rant on X – blows the whistle big time.

 

THG

#THG – £90m fundraising including £30m placing at 32.3p per share and remainder from CEO Matthew Moulding including £55m convertible loan

 

SMWH

WH Smith (#SMWH) – completes refinancing with £200m issue of US Private Placement notes and £120m bank term loan

 

TMG

Mission Group (#TMG) – 2024 adj. EPS up to 3.8p, net bank debt £9.5m, “trading in the new financial year has started well and is in line with expectations”

 

FEVR

Fevertree (#FEVR) – 2024 adj. EPS up to 28.01p, DPS to 16.97p, expects 2025 “low single digit group revenue growth and c.12% group adjusted EBITDA margin”

 

BAG

A.G. Barr (#BAG) – FY adj. EPS up to 39.77p, DPS to 16.86p, confident of further progress

 

ULTP

Ultimate Products (#ULTP) – H1 adj. EPS down to 4.3p, DPS to 1.55p, expectations include sales to return to growth in H2

 

AO

AO World (#AO.) – expects FY LFL revenue +c.7% and adj. PBT “around the top end of our previously upgraded guidance range of £39m to £44m”

 

KGF

Kingfisher (#KGF) – FY adj. EPS -5% to 20.7p, DPS maintained at 12.4p, notes macro outlook of raised costs and impacted consumer sentiment

 

MBH

Michelmersh Brick (#MBH) – 2024 adj. EPS down to 8.18p, DPS edged up to 4.6p, order intake “positive momentum… continued into Q1 2025”

 

BWY

Bellway (#BWY) – H1 adj. EPS up to 90.3p, DPS to 21p, 2025 “encouraged by the improvement in customer enquiries and reservations”

Monday »

TND

Tandem – 2024 “in line with market expectations” and “sales for 2025 have started well”, but how creditable are those?…

 

Bearcast

Tom Winnifrith Bearcast No 2: Stifel joins the bears at Oxford Nanopore but its valuation is still generous and bloody colonials

 

ENSI

EnSilica – “Agrees a Multimillion Pound Contract” announcement, attempted ramptastic?…

 

Beggar

Looking for a new job: Dominic Frisby has a new song for you

 

Bearcast

Tom Winnifrith Bearcast No1: reviewing my gold portfolio, a mixed bag but I am very much ahead

 

SBTX

Skinbiotherapeutics – just wondering about those interims?

 

WPHO

Windar Photonics – “pleased to update the market” = missing 2024 revenue expectations range in an update nearly three months after the year-end!

 

GoldfishShark

Video: This is a Run to Gold over Bonds, breaking $3,000 really does matter

 

MFAI

Tom Winnifrith podcast with Nick Lee of Mindflair, is NAV really twice the market cap?

 

PRD

Predator: weasel words mean you can bet the ranch that it will place again this year

 

CEL

GOTCHA: Celadon to delist from the AIM sewer, all directors bar CEO to quit

 

SFOR

S4 Capital (#SFOR) – 2024 swing to even operating loss, argues “proposes a final dividend of 1p per share, signaling confidence in cash flow”. Hmmm!

 

CEL

Celadon Pharmaceuticals (#CEL) – GOTCHA!, board resignations and to propose AIM delisting

 

ABDX

Abingdon Health (#ABDX) – H1 increased loss, board reshuffling

 

WG

Wood Group (#WG.) – following a possible cash offer proposal, discussions with Sidara “are continuing”. Deadline now extended to 17th April

 

ARB

Argo Blockchain (#ARB) – appointment of Justin Nolan as CEO, good luck chap!

 

WPHO

Windar Photonics (#WPHO) – customer delays mean 2024 “EBITDA will now be at the bottom end guidance” with now “expected strong trading in the first half of 2025”

 

TND

Tandem (#TND) – 2024 return to pre-tax profit, current year sales “optimistic beginning”

 

RTC

#RTC Group – 2024 EPS slightly increased to 13p, DPS up to 6.1p, “remain cautiously confident”

 

PLUS

Plus500 (#PLUS) – agreement to acquire India financial services business Mehta Equities for approx. $20m

 

CBOX

Cake Box (#CBOX) – completes acquisition of Ambala Foods

Sunday »

Gold

My Gold Holdings – A Mixed Bag For Now

 

Bearcast

Tom Winnifrith Bearcast: Rachel needs to chat to Brian Kinane ASAP, do you have questions for Nick Lee?

 

Crime-Scene

EXPOSE: Nuburu and the Prospectus fraudster Dominic White shell company fronting its $125 million acquisitions

 

Professor

Visual Aid: The World’s Fastest Growing Economies in 2025

 

Gold

The View From The Montana Log-Cabin As Gold Reaches Another Record High, Holds $3,000

 

Quiz

The ShareProphets Sunday Pub Quiz #286

 

Professor

Sunday Long Reads: Scottish Magnet Fishing, Mexico City Water, Detained Canadian, Congresswoman with Dementia, Endangered Wolves

 

Top-10

Notes from Underground – Most read articles for the week ending March 22

Saturday »

HAT

H&T Group – 2024 results, value and income Buy

 

Bearcast

Tom Winnifrith Bearcast: More Poulden & Lenigas high jinks and have we missed the boat on £830m Alphawave as a short?

 

KEFI

Kefi Gold & Copper – exploration licence tender win further enhances potential value from Saudi Arabia

 

ZTF

Zotefoams – 2024 results, growth and value Buy

Friday »

Bearcast

Tom Winnifrith Bearcast No 2: Those celebrating piss poor numbers from Wetherspoons, celebrate poor folks getting sacked

 

ASC

ASOS – “expects a significant improvement in profitability in H1 FY25”. Er, that prior year period comparative though is an even adjusted £121.7 million loss!

 

ADME

BREAKING: What on earth is Lord Henry Bellingham playing at during the ADM Energy GM today

 

ASHI

You kiss Ajan Rejinald, it’s the kiss of corporate death: is Ashington Innovations bust yet?

 

JDW

We're from the government and we're here to help you: Spoons’ heroic Tim Martin explains economics to Rachel from Customer Services

 

SYME

EXPOSE: Nuburu - round trip related party share placing to fund SFE’s investment in Nuburu to permit Nuburu to lend to related party fraud Supply@ME Capital

 

HOC

Hochschild Mining – gold and silver exposure value

 

Madness

The maths of employing a chap to stick a fork in my garden, this is insanity

 

SUPR

Supermarket Income REIT – interims, value and income Buy

 

Bearcast

Tom Winnifrith Bearcast No 1 - Joseph Sheedy banned from ADVFN, the end of free speech? And another way of looking at Optibiotix selling Skins shares

 

Boom

LinkedIn suggests I’m a good fit for the job on this planet that I am least likely to want, Tom Winnifrith

 

PFC

Petrofac (#PFC) – “financial restructuring” court process update, 2024 results delayed to now expected “shortly after the restructuring effective date” after 30th April

 

CMCL

Caledonia Mining (#CMCL) – “auditors have raised a query regarding the accounting treatment of deferred tax dating back to 2019”, expected “short delay” to results

 

WNX

Wellnex Life (#WNX) – Australian “consumer health and wellness products” company lists on AIM raising £5.22m at 31.75p per share

 

BEM

Beowulf Mining (#BEM) – proposed equity raise for up to £4.5m

 

FXPO

Ferrexpo (#FXPO) – receives notification of a decision to suspend refund of VAT, will mean reduced production and sales

 

JDW

J D Wetherspoon (#JDW) – H1 adj. EPS +6% to 21.5p, DPS 4p, boss Tim Martin hits out at national insurance, labour and VAT rates

 

CWR

Ceres Power (#CWR) – 2024 loss £28.3m, cash down to £102.5m, “expect revenue for 2025 will be broadly similar to 2024”

 

ASC

ASOS (#ASC) – “despite continued volume deleverage… strong gross margin development” overall improvement, though in “adjusted EBITDA” terms

 

VLE

Volvere (#VLE) – “strong trading at Shire Foods and good returns on our treasury deposits” profit growth

 

ENOG

Energean (#ENOG) – proposed sale of Egypt, Italy and Croatia portfolio to Carlyle terminated

Thursday »

Bearcast

Tom Winnifrith Bearcast No 2: Ripple goes bust, losing patience with Adam Reynolds & shouldn't someone be in jail over Pathfinder after today's news?

 

Bear

Video: foul mouthed blogger on Gold Outpacing the S&P, Just the Start?

 

HSW

Hostelworld – “adjusted EBITDA delivery in line with consensus”, but how creditable is that?…

 

Bearcast

Tom Winnifrith Bearcast No 1: Imps has done me proud but with the yield now sub 6% should I sell? What about Tesco

 

ARB

Technically insolvent Argo flogging its bitcoin miners – look at how little they are worth

 

GGP

Greatland Gold – mineral resource estimate increase from this winning share tip, more to go!

 

Boom

BREAKING BOMBSHELL EXPOSE: ISA outfit Plum – Is the FCA (for once) awake? Has MoneySuperMarket.com got a clear undeclared conflict of interest?

 

Beggar

Have 89% of SME’s really fired at least one employee since the Autumn Budget?

 

TUNE

Focusrite – concludes “Trading Update” with now “looks forward to… when it announces its half year results in late April 2024”. I bet it wishes it could report the results of back then too!…

 

SYME

BREAKING: Zamboni’s insolvent US fraud Nuburu says to to seize control of of his insolvent UK fraud Supply@ME Capital

 

ARB

Argo Blockchain (#ARB) – updates by end-April “expects 69% of the approximately 23,000 miners previously hosted at Helios to be operational”

 

OHGR

One Health (#OHGR) – “provider of NHS-funded medical procedures” joins AIM raising £7.8m gross at 180p per share. Good luck!

 

KEFI

#KEFI Gold & Copper – Saudi Arabia JV wins new tender, proposals deadline for it now 31st March

 

HSW

Hostelworld (#HSW) – 2024 adj. EPS up to €0.1397 and “return to a net cash position”, to provide “detailed growth strategy and capital allocation update” next month

 

TUNE

Focusrite (#TUNE) – H1 “in line with expectations”, though that including for 12 months EBITDA “more heavily weighted to the second six months”

 

BMY

Bloomsbury Publishing (#BMY) – FY “ahead of consensus expectations”

 

FSJ

James Fisher & Sons (#FSJ) – 2024 adj. EPS up to 16.9p, net debt reduced to £56.1m, “confident in delivering further progress in 2025”

 

WIX

Wickes (#WIX) – 2024 adj. EPS -7% to 14.1p, DPS maintained at 10.9p, notes Design & Installation “ordered sales are in positive growth for the second quarter in a row”

 

ECEL

Eurocell (#ECEL) – 2024 adj. EPS +31% to 14.4p, DPS +10% to 6.05p, “confident in delivering another year of good progress in 2025”

 

CRST

Crest Nicholson (#CRST) – 10 weeks to 14th March open market sales rate (excluding bulk) 0.61 (FY24: 0.50), cautions that “sector remains susceptible to weak consumer confidence”

Wednesday »

Bearcast

Tom Winnifrith Bearcast No 2 - no analyst coverage = no fund raise = no hope

 

GPM

Golden Prospect Precious Metals – 2024 results & a NAV update. Discount to reduce to a higher NAV winning share tip Buy

 

SPA

1Spatial – trading update headline includes “exceeding expectations”, but the overall performance is quite the opposite again!…

 

PRD

Winnileaks scoop: Man sacked for dirty tricks campaign tells folks to ignore social media rumour mongers on Predator Oil & Gas

 

OPTI

OptiBiotix Health – shares up despite another word soup RNS announcement, looks much further upside ahead

 

GELN

Gelion – interims emphasise “significant technical and commercial progress”, but now running out of cash at a very bad time?

 

CEL

Ooops I did it again, Celadon ‘fesses to more financing woes

 

Bearcast

Tom Winnifrith bearcast No1: TrakM8's latest warning looks terminal, a glory stock gone wrong, a tale of folks chasing coke and hookers cash, of thirsty share bloggers and smug Sam Smith and red flags

 

4GBL

4GLOBAL – following “pleased to announce” AI-powered platform launch last week, was there not also ‘anticipation’ of contracts delays by then too?!…

 

SYME

You could not make it up: the fraud Supply@ Me Capital gets a new related party death spiral from another insolvent fraud, Nuburu

 

CNSL

Cambridge Nutritional Sciences (#CNSL) – subsidiary pleads guilty to “historical breach of Health & Safety regulations”, “sentencing hearing is to be held on 22 May”

 

CEL

Celadon Pharmaceuticals (#CEL) – further funding ‘delays’, “continues to work with its creditors to ensure it has sufficient cash up to April”!

 

SYME

Supply@ME Capital (#SYME) – after “non-performance” of a related-party funding facility… announces another related-party funding facility!

 

POS

Plexus (#POS) – proposed up to £3.5m fundraising at 6.5p per share

 

RIO

#RIO Tinto – argues against requisitioned resolution for potential “unification of the dual-listed companies structure into an Australian-domiciled holding company”

 

AFC

#AFC Energy – full-year £17.4m loss, cash down to £15.4m, argues “strategic repositioning: from technology-led to market-led growth”. Hmmm!

 

TRAK

Trakm8 (#TRAK) – warns as “anticipated material Optimisation contract will not now be forthcoming. In addition, conditions in the Insurance market remain poor”

 

4GBL

4GLOBAL (#4GBL) – warns as “certain contracts” expected in the current year are now anticipated next year

 

SPA

1Spatial (#SPA) – contract delays have impacted pace of growth, argues current year “has begun positively”

 

FTC

Filtronic (#FTC) – expanded agreement with SpaceX, including to increase supply of E-band SSPA modules and issuance of warrants

Tuesday »

KEFI

Kefi Gold & Copper – Tulu Kapi project co-lending banks approvals in, full project funding sign-off even closer

 

STEM

SThree – argues “stable performance in challenging conditions”, but “stable” from what?…

 

Bearcast

Tom Winnifrith Bearcast: where on this day is the deranged fantasist Magna Carta?

 

Crime-Scene

A chart showing how increasing tax creates crime

 

Bearcast

Tom Winnifrith Bearcast No 2: Eurasia, don't do it Frank!

 

SHED

Urban Logistics REIT – discount to NAV and income value

 

IES

The Green Bubble bursts – big news from the Krauts: double down on the AFC, Invinity and Powerhouse shorts

 

FAB

Fusion Antibodies – argues a “delighted” by “enthusiasm” shown placing, but does it really provide vast growth potential or is it to be needed to ‘keep the lights on’?…

 

Bearcast

Tom Winnifrith bearcast No 1: Optibiotix trading statement, TW for chairman ( I am almost serious)

 

ALGW

GOTCHA! Alpha Growth to delist from London Stock Exchange and still no appointed auditor

 

Tom

Brick Lane “never misses” but only if you are a Jew hating scumbag, Tom Winnifrith

 

KWG

Kingswood (#KWG) – 7p per share offer from 89.39% shareholder

 

KEFI

#KEFI Gold & Copper – both banks conditionally “processed board approvals for the Tulu Kapi project”, project “preparations are on track”

 

FAB

Fusion Antibodies (#FAB) – £1.17m placing at 6.75p per share

 

OPTI

OptiBiotix Health (#OPTI) – 2024 orders delivered “£869,507 (35% increase)”, Q1 2025 “have already passed sales orders for H1 2024”

 

STEM

SThree (#STEM) – Q1 net fees -15% YoY, “ongoing challenging market conditions”

 

BYIT

Bytes Technology (#BYIT) – FY growth “strong performance”, argues “well-positioned to continue its strong growth”

 

HAT

H&T (#HAT) – 2024 adj. EPS +5% to 50.9p, DPS +6% to 18p, “as expected, the pledge book has grown slightly since year end to c. £128m”

 

MIDW

Midwich (#MIDW) – 2024 adj. EPS -30% to 26.24p, DPS -21% to 13p, argues current year second half “higher weighting anticipated”

 

RM

RM (#RM.) – FY adj. EPS swing to 11.7p, though “adjusted net debt increased to £51.7m”

 

TRST

Trustpilot (#TRST) – 2024 adj. EPS slightly down at $0.031, cash down to $68.9m

Monday »

EYE

Eagle Eye Solutions – “pleased to announce” interims. Er, what about the ‘lower than hoped’ performance?…

 

Bearcast

Tom Winnifrith Bearcast No 2: will Pri0r1ty be the final downfall of the two fatties: Cornish & Lenigas

 

MSLH

Marshalls – 2024 results argue to expect a “strengthen progressively… market recovery later this year”, but what did it expect early last year again?…

 

Crime-Scene

BREAKING: The FCA fines sex pest Crispin Odey £1.8 million and bans him from financial services

 

BAKK

Bakkavor – already a winning share tip, now “Possible Offer” news takes the gain to 29% in just five weeks

 

Gold

Video: The reasons gold is going higher still

 

BKS

Beeks Financial Cloud – interims, emphasises full-year outlook “remains positive and within the range of market expectations” but what about next year’s?…

 

HEMO

Hemogenyx – Vlad Sandler, Peter Redmond (aged 194) et al, this is just so unethical

 

PRD

Predator on the ropes as MOU-5 fails to meet expectations

 

Bearcast

Tom Winnifrith Bearcast No 1: there will be a wealth tax, the 8th stock to short if you think the Nasdaq will slide some more and more bad news for Powerhouse

 

ONC

Oncimmune (#ONC) – “intention to appoint administrators and suspension”

 

VCP

Victoria (#VCP) – “CFO Transition”, hmmm! Brian Morgan to leave in June after three years with Alec Pratt to be appointed

 

SAG

Science Group (#SAG) – argues Ricardo (#RCDO) “board continues to seek to deflect from the fundamental issue, namely the poor performance of the company and the ineffective governance”

 

BKS

Beeks Financial Cloud (#BKS) – H1 adj. EPS up to 2.61p, “outlook for FY… remains positive and within the range of market expectations”

 

EYE

Eagle Eye Solutions (#EYE) – H1 swing to profit, but “lower than we had hoped”

 

QQ

QinetiQ (#QQ.) – profit warning due to “near-term trading conditions” in UK and US

 

MSLH

Marshalls (#MSLH) – 2024 adj. EPS -4% to 16p, DPS -4% to 8p, “expects a market recovery later this year, which should strengthen progressively”

 

SRC

SigmaRoc (#SRC) – 2024 adj. EPS +3% to 8.35p, argues “potential for improvements across European markets”

 

HERC

Hercules Site Services (#HERC) – argues expects “strong growth to continue… driven by increased investment in the UK infrastructure and construction sectors”

 

LPA

#LPA Group – completes acquisition of the UK trade and assets of a power supply provider from Eaton Electrical Products Limited

Sunday »

Bearcast

Tom Winnifrith Bonus Bearcast: a magnificent 7 UK stocks to short if you think equity markets will correct further

 

Trustpilot tries to pass the buck to ShareProphets as it offers a platform for fraud

 

ENQ SQZ

The merger of EnQuest and Serica should lead to a stronger company - buy or continue to hold

 

Bearcast

Tom Winnifrith Bearcast: arguing with Gary, worried by Jo Hart going bullish on gold, welcoming more market falls and Minoan

 

Professor

Visual Aid: Visualizing the Global Stock Market by Sector

 

Gold

The View From The Montana Log-Cabin As Gold Breaches $3,000 – Time For A Victory Lap? No it is $3,500 next

 

Professor

Sunday Long Reads: Desperate Rich People, Luigi Mangione, DOGE Coup, Champburger, Last Days of Soho

 

Quiz

The ShareProphets Sunday Pub Quiz #285

 

Top-10

Notes from Underground – Most read articles for the week ending Mar 15

Saturday »

HTG

Hunting – 2024 results and acquisition, value growth Buy

 

Bearcast

Tom Winnifrith Bearcast: As Powerhouse does bailout placing, the differences between myself and Evil Banksta

Friday »

Tom

Sharestock on 6 September: new speaker announced

 

COA

Coats Group – 2024 results, a value Buy?

 

PHE

Here is Zak Mir helping Powerhouse tell lies in 2017

 

Gold

Video: Gold is Shifting to Outperformance vs the S&P, silver to $250, stockmarket bubble to collapse

 

Bearcast

Tom Winnifrith Bearcast: when's the next bad news from Invinity and will it go bust?

 

DBOX

Digitalbox – “digital assets” acquisition, how “pleased” should it currently be?…

 

SCGL

Breaking: Sealand Capital Galaxy ands another bigged up CV as it hires the portrait of Dorian Gray, aka Gordon Radley

 

Bearcast

Tom Winnifrith Bearcast No2: Is Ariana at £35 million really worth more than $300 million?

 

SYME

Is Supply@ME Capital planning to delist? Statement needed

 

AAU

Video: Ariana interview and claims it is worth $300 million plus as gold touches $3000 briefly

 

Bearcast

Tom Winnifrith Bearcast No 1: Julie "sex toy on expenses" Meyer MBE, the struck off dentist Ajan Rejinald and Trustpilot

 

LABS

Life Science REIT (#LABS) – notes delays in leasing activity and a review “to explore all strategic options available to maximise value for shareholders”

 

ROQ

Roquefort Therapeutics (#ROQ) – placing raising just £0.236m at 1.5p per share and £50,000 loan notes conversion

 

IQE

#IQE – closes “convertible loan note” fundraising, raising aggregate subscription proceeds of £18m

 

ENET

Ethernity Networks (#ENET) – placing raising just £88,750 at 0.05p per share

 

MIN

Minoan (#MIN) – “expects to successfully resolve” end-2024 expired secured debt situation “in the next few weeks”

 

PIP

PipeHawk (#PIP) – H1 swing to small profit, notes positive prospective order book but slower than hoped start to 2025

 

BOY

Bodycote (#BOY) – 2024 adj. EPS slightly up to 48.6p and DPS to 23p, “current run-rate profit performance is at a broadly similar level to H2 2024”

 

BKG

Berkeley Group (#BKG) – “sales rates ahead of those achieved last year… modest improvement in sales reservations”

 

DBOX

Digitalbox (#DBOX) – conditional £0.2m acquisition of digital assets of The Life Network

 

SFT

Software Circle (#SFT) – acquisition of driving instructors software business Total Drive for £4.5m and up to further £3m

Thursday »

Bearcast

Tom Winnifrith Bearcast: Lunch with Nigel Wray, skin in the game and gold hits record high

 

DIS

Distil – strategic review ‘to determine how best to help deliver long-term shareholder value’. It means as there’s “cash requirement” AHOY!

 

SAR

Sareum: why can’t it just be transparent as it places yet again?

 

ESYS

essensys – interims commencing “Return to profit in H1”. Er, there wasn’t!…

 

Crime-Scene

EXPOSE: Nuburu Inc the spiders web of connections

 

GNIP

GenIP: Evil Banksta has a rant, warns to avoid like the plague & comments on the Hornby delisting

 

Gagged

Is Ben Woods, @benonwine, being sacked by Waitrose/John Lewis for having the wrong views, for being right wing?

 

DFS

DFS Furniture – interims emphasise growth from “compelling customer proposition & strong operational execution”. Meaning from its interest-free credit offer?…

 

Crime-Scene

Alessandro Zamboni and Dominic White’s US fraud Nuburu: smoke and mirrors acquisitions

 

Clown

REVEALED: To celebrate International Women’ Day the email threatening Tom Winnifrith with legal action

 

TRN

Trainline (#TRN) – FY revenue +11% to £442m, expects adj. EBITDA % of net ticket sales “marginally ahead” of guidance but omits bottom-line

 

IGG

IG Group (#IGG) – Q3 revenue +12% YoY, “remains confident” of meeting FY expectations

 

ROO

Deliveroo (#ROO) – 2024 swing to small profit, 2025 “GTV growth anticipated to be high-single digits percentage growth (in constant currency)”

 

CCR

C&C (#CCR) – expects FY adj. EBIT “modestly below” target “due to softer trading across the market in January and February”

 

FSTA

Fuller, Smith & Turner (#FSTA) – “Business Update” including “trading momentum continues to be strong… confident that market expectations will be delivered”

 

DFS

#DFS Furniture – H1 adj. EPS up to 5.3p but dividend axed with “leverage remaining well above our target range”

 

FAN

Volution (#FAN) – H1 adj. EPS +12% to 15.3p, DPS +21% to 3.4p, “expects earnings for the full year to be ahead of consensus”

 

HLMA

Halma (#HLMA) – FY guidance for good organic constant currency revenue growth “unchanged”, adj. EBIT margin guidance slightly improved to “modestly above 21%”

 

VANL

Van Elle (#VANL) – warns, due to “project delays… now expects underlying profit before tax for the second half of FY25 to be similar to the first half”

 

RST

Restore (#RST) – 2024 adj. EPS +12% to 19p, DPS +12% to 5.8p, acquisition of document management business Synertec for initial £22m

Wednesday »

SHI

SIG plc – “Directorate Change” announcement swiftly followed by a director shares purchase announcement, attempted ramptastic?

 

FORT

Forterra – 2024 results show falls, is there yet market improvement?

 

MAX

The poisonous legacy of fraudster Dominic White – the last dying days of Max Rets Ventures

 

IGR

IG Design – “Completion of Distribution Facility Sale”, but also how’s second half of the year trading impacted the balance sheet?

 

KEFI

Kefi Gold & Copper – Tulu Kapi project financing “progressing well”, Strong Buy

 

FOUR

4imprint – results emphasise growth and a special dividend, so why a more than 10% lower share price response?…

 

Bearcast

Tom Winnifrith Bearcast: Another multi billion quid green energy company goes tits up, who is next?

 

VSVS

Vesuvius – 2024 results, remains a recovery and income Buy

 

RCDO

Ricardo – interims, catalysts suggest now a recovery Buy

 

Clown

Reader Poll: To celebrate International Women's day who threatened Tom Winnifrith with legal action yesterday

 

CBOX

Cake Box (#CBOX) – agreement to acquire Asian confectionery business Ambala Foods for £22m, proposed fundraising of “up to” £7.2m at 180p per share

 

CPAI

Capai (#CPAI) – proposed appointment to the board of Professor Ronjon Nag, equity raise of just £0.275m at 0.04p per share

 

IGR

IG Design (#IGR) – completes sale of former distribution facility in Pennsylvania, USA, for $8.4m

 

IGP

Intercede (#IGP) – “new contract orders… underpin the group's revenue for FY25 and contracted revenue backlog”

 

FOUR

4imprint (#FOUR) – FY EPS +10% to $4.163, DPS +11% to 186.4p and a 193.3p “special” DPS, “first two months of 2025 revenue at the order intake level was slightly down”

 

GYM

#GYM Group – 2024 return to profit, 2025 two months LFL revenue +3%

 

LGEN

Legal & General (#LGEN) – 2024 “core operating” EPS +6% to 20.23p, DPS +5% to 21.36p, emphasises “positive commercial momentum”

 

FORT

Forterra (#FORT) – 2024 adj. EPS -33% to 7.6p, DPS -32% to 3p, first two months of 2025 “brick despatches 17% ahead of the prior year”

 

BBY

Balfour Beatty (#BBY) – 2024 adj. EPS +17% to 43.6p, DPS +9% to 12.5p, “positive outlook”

 

HILS

Hill & Smith (#HILS) – 2024 adj. EPS +16% to 122.6p, DPS +14% to 49p, “confident of making further good progress in FY25 and beyond”

Tuesday »

Bearcast

Tom Winnifrith Bearcast: any questions you have for Britain's Buffett (v1)

 

HEAD

Headlam – 2024 results, swing to net cash but how sustainably so?…

 

HEMO

Hemogenyx – Vlad Sandler takes the piss again with another discounted placing

 

PHE

On one matter Evil Banksta is far too harsh on Powerhouse, just because its IPO was a castle built on lies

 

ELEG

Electric Guitar - it’s either death or massive dilution for existing shareholders ( and then probable death), this is not what capitalism is about

 

ADF

Facilities by ADF – productions “have now started in line with expectations” so… a ‘material’ profit warning AGAIN?!

 

SBTX

Skinbiotherapeutics shares up thanks to Elon, Ai & the Lemming

 

AFC

Tits up time in Denmark, the writing is on the wall for AFC Energy as the green bubble implodes

 

Crime-Scene

Alessandro Zamboni's US fraud Nuburu – enters death spiral to raise desperately need cash

 

Photo Article: a car park in Southport with fraudster motors inside

 

SNG

Synairgen (#SNG) – “minimum fundraising condition” not met, proposing AIM cancellation

 

CHLL

Chill Brands (#CHLL) – “focused” on completing audit process this quarter, “intends to issue a convertible loan note”

 

KEFI

#KEFI Gold & Copper – Tulu Kapi project finance update, notes “progressing well”

 

TCAP

TP ICAP (#TCAP) – 2024 adj. EPS +9% to 31.8p, DPS +9% to 16.1p, “look to the future with confidence”

 

ADF

Facilities by #ADF – 2024 update and warns currently expects 2025 “materially below current market expectations”

 

BOO

boohoo (#BOO) – FY revenue -16%, argues “Debenhams is back” including to change name to Debenhams Group

 

DOM

Domino's Pizza (#DOM) – FY adj. EPS +13% to 20.4p, DPS +5% to 11p, current LFL sales +0.7% YoY

 

CRW

Craneware (#CRW) – H1 adj. EPS +18% to $0.506, DPS +4% to 13.5p, “confident in its outlook for FY25”

 

GEN

Genuit (#GEN) – 2024 adj. EPS -2% to 24.6p, DPS +1% to 12.5p, argues “building on” H2 “signs of market stabilisation”

 

PSN

Persimmon (#PSN) – 2024 adj. EPS +12% to 92.1p, DPS maintained at 60p, 2025 “targeting further growth in profit and returns”

Monday »

4GBL

4GLOBAL – “pleased to announce” AI-powered platform launch, attempted ramptastic?

 

Bearcast

Tom Winnifrith Bearcast No 2: as Evil Banksta exposes Powerhouse as a zero in waiting, I flag up smelly red flags at Roquefort and Trustpilot

 

ELM

Elementis – 2024 results suggest further upside ahead from this winning share tip

 

SHI

SIG plc – director shares purchase, why not include the price in the announcement’s paragraph?

 

Bearcast

Tom Winnifrith Bearcast No 1: It was 20 years ago, naming names from the height of the 3DM and Eden Research fraud affair

 

TRST

Trustpilot - another reader writes to expose why it cannot be trusted

 

CKN

Clarkson – 2024 results argue “complex backdrop” means its opportunity “remains significant”, but current “phase of change” means “markets have softened”!

 

PHE

DYNAMITE EXPOSE: Powerhouse Energy seeks to bamboozle its own shareholders

 

EDEN

The snake in the garden of Eden Research talks with forked tongue (again)

 

TRST

TrustPilot, an MBE writes about how it acted to protect fraudsters

 

AGR

Assura (#AGR) – 49.4p per share “possible cash offer”, “would be minded to recommend”

 

APH

Alliance Pharma (#APH) – “final”, increased recommended offer from DBAY of 64.75p per share

 

EDEN

#EDEN Research – “appointment of Oberon Capital as its joint broker with immediate effect… to enhance brokerage services”. Hmmm!

 

CAPD

Capital (#CAPD) – “Company update” including “non-cash provisions” and “CEO, Peter Stokes, has tendered his resignation”

 

DATA

GlobalData (#DATA) – 2024 adj. EPS +10% to 7.5p, DPS reduced to 2.5p “to focus capital on M&A”

 

CKN

Clarkson (#CKN) – 2024 adj. EPS +4% to 286.9p, DPS +7% to 109p, notes continuing geo-political disruption

 

MCON

Mincon (#MCON) – 2024 profit fall though emphasises H2 market conditions improved, dividend maintained

 

SAVE

Savannah Energy (#SAVE) – completes acquisition of SIPEC for consideration currently of approx. $35.1m

 

NWF

#NWF – acquisition of fuel distributor Northern Energy Oil for £8.3m

 

ROO

Deliveroo (#ROO) – to exit Hong Kong via “sale of certain assets to foodpanda and the closure of other assets”

Sunday »

Bearcast

Tom Winnifrith Bearcast: I don't like being lied to and the Optibiotix jam tomorrow debate

 

Gold

The View From The Montana Log-Cabin As Gold Crosses An Important Line

 

Professor

Visual Aid: The Highest Marginal Income Tax Rate in Each Country

 

TRST

Trustpilot just shows that it cannot be trusted: it finally posts a "warning" about mini bond fraudsters The 79th Group

 

Professor

Sunday Long Reads: 50 Year Farm Mystery, YouTube at 20, Mondragón, Changing Plants, Free Bootcamp Scam

 

Quiz

The ShareProphets Sunday Pub Quiz #284

 

BAKK

Bakkavor – full-year results, already ahead on this share tip from last month but further to go

 

Top-10

Notes from Underground – Most read articles for the week ending Mar 8

Friday »

FRES

Fresnillo – 2024 results bumper dividends increase shows confidence, Buy

 

Bearcast

Tom Winnifrith Bearcast No 2: a Versarien owning Kraut wants to save my reputation

 

SRAD

Stelrad – emphasises 2024 operating profit “up 17.6%”, but what about bottom-line performance?…

 

WINE

Naked Wines – broker change and upcoming “Strategy Event and IMC Presentation”, attempted ramptastic?

 

TRST

Share Promoter Alan Green shows up Trustpilot for the waste of space it is once again; ref Perfect Pet, surely the shares are a stonking £1.2bn short

 

Bearcast

Tom Winnifrith Bearcast No 1: Avacta demonstrates disastrous diworsification and unimpressive trial results

 

PREM

Death by a thousand cuts c/o Monkey, Fatty & (Cock) Roach

 

BIRD

Video: Brown Envelope Man and Blackbird

 

FCM

EXPOSE: Why bother with an RNS when you can lie to investors via social media?

 

PREM

Premier African Minerals (#PREM) – “interim funding” of £0.6m at 0.0125p per new share

 

WINE

Naked Wines (#WINE) – appointment of Panmure Liberum as a joint broker

 

DEC

Diversified Energy (#DEC) – argues “acquisition of Maverick Natural Resources remains on track” with share consideration not impacted by share price movement

 

TIR

Tiger Royalties & Investments (#TIR) – board changes including appointment of Nick Lyth as part-time Finance Director

 

BMS

Braemar (#BMS) – COO Tristram Simmonds “standing down”, CFO Grant Foley's role to “encompass a wider remit”

 

MDZ

MediaZest (#MDZ) – FY still a loss, argues expects to see 2025 improvement

 

JUST

#JUST Group – emphasises 2024 growth and “markets remain buoyant”, DPS +20%

 

HTG

Hunting (#HTG) – acquisition of Organic Oil Recovery technology for $17.5m and a royalty

 

SRAD

Stelrad (#SRAD) – 2024 adj. EPS -4% to 13.1p, DPS +2% to 7.79p, “continues to expect softness in market conditions for the first half of 2025 at least”

 

ECEL

Eurocell (#ECEL) – acquisition of home improvement products business Alunet for £29m and up to a further £6m

Thursday »

JSG

Johnson Service Group – 2024 results strong progress and looks further progress ahead, Buy

 

RWA

Robert Walters plc – 2024 results emphasise “Executing strategic plan against tough market backdrop”, so financial disappointment then?…

 

AAU

Ariana Resources – Dokwe project resource increase, risk/reward Buy

 

Bearcast

Tom Winnifrith Bearcast No 2: are there any listeners living or working near Southport who can assist me?

 

KMR

Kenmare Resources – shares soar on possible offer “proposal”, what does this suggest here and for the sector overall?

 

Bearcast

Tom Winnifrith Bearcast No 1: crossing swords with the FemiNazi PR woman again as I look at pot play Ananda

 

VCP

The collapsing Victoria share price – three explanations

 

SCGL

Expose: Sealand Capital Galaxy and the Nvidia spoof, you could not make this shit up

 

PAGE

PageGroup – 2024 results emphasise dividend “reflecting confidence in our strategy”. Er, does it?…

 

Collapsing-Reactor

Fraudsters at 79th Group deny they are ponzi fraudsters: well they would wouldn’t they?

 

KMR

Kenmare Resources (#KMR) – notes a “most recent” possible offer proposal of 530p per share, rejected but has offered to provide access to “limited due diligence information”

 

PREM

Premier African Minerals (#PREM) – “Corporate Update” = Funding Troubles

 

RWA

Robert Walters (#RWA) – 2024 PBT down to just £0.5m, DPS maintained at 23.5p though “it remains uncertain as to when a sustained improvement in hiring markets will commence”

 

PAGE

PageGroup (#PAGE) – 2024 EPS -63% to 9.1p, DPS still 17.11p though “a high degree of macro-economic and geopolitical uncertainty remains”

 

ITV

#ITV – 2024 adj. EPS up to 9.6p, DPS maintained at 5p, argues “confidence that we will continue to deliver good growth in the coming years”

 

ELM

Elementis (#ELM) – 2024 adj. EPS +23% to $0.133, DPS up to $0.04, “positive outlook”

 

VSVS

Vesuvius (#VSVS) – 2024 adj. EPS +2% to 43.3p, DPS +2% to 23.5p, “cautious on market conditions”

 

COA

Coats (#COA) – 2024 adj. EPS +18% to $0.095, DPS +11% to $0.0312, 2025 anticipates another year of progress

 

GFTU

Grafton (#GFTU) – 2024 adj. EPS -8% to 71.8p, DPS +3% to 37p, notes recovery timings remain uncertain

 

RKT

Reckitt Benckiser (#RKT) – 2024 adj. EPS +8% to 349p, DPS +5% to 202.1p, 2025 targeting core 3%-4% LFL net revenue growth

Wednesday »

Bearcast

Tom Winnifrith Bearcast No 3: RIP the Daily Mail market report

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