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Published 1618 days ago
Escape-the-room experiences company Escape Hunt (ESC) has updated including “revenue over the week beginning 26 October 2020 which coincided with schools’ half term week… was 25% ahead of the same period last year” and “EBITDA conversion ratios have been substantially better than in prior periods, assisted by more efficient labour usage”. However…
Published 1848 days ago
This was a dog of an RTO which Steve and I have regularly, and correctly, called out as such on this website. Sure no-one could have predicted Coronavirus but this is a disease that, largely, kills the sick and ailing and so Escape Hunt (ESC) is an obvious potential victim.
Published 1820 days ago
“Further to its announcement of 19 March 2020, Escape Hunt (ESC) provides a further update on mitigating actions taken in response to the COVID-19 pandemic”. The shares had fallen below 3p before that March announcement, closed that day at 3.5p and are currently 3.75p...
Published 1736 days ago
‘Escape room experiences’ company Escape Hunt (ESC) “is delighted to announce that all eight of its venues in England will reopen on Saturday 11 July 2020” and “welcomes yesterday's announcement by the Government of further support to the sector” – and the shares have currently responded up to 7.5p...
Published 1751 days ago
‘Escape rooms’ leisure company Escape Hunt (ESC) “is pleased to announce that it has launched remote versions of its most popular 5* rated escape room experiences Doctor Who: Worlds Collide and The Fourth Samurai via remote platforms” – and the shares have currently responded to 9.75p, more than 18% higher...
Published 1633 days ago
An “Acquisition of Middle East Master Franchise and re-opening of Dubai site” announcement from ‘escape-the-room experiences’ company Escape Hunt (ESC) – and the shares currently 9.25p, 11.5% higher…
Published 1659 days ago
Escape-the-room experiences company Escape Hunt (ESC) has updated including “trading in our UK owner-operated sites has been encouraging since we re-opened on 12 July… sales in the six weeks to 20 September… 72% of the same period in 2019… resulted in a positive site level EBITDA which was approximately 33% higher than the site level EBITDA in the equivalent six-week period in 2019” – and the shares have currently responded to 8p, 6.7% higher. However…
Published 1688 days ago
An announcement from escape-the-room experiences company Escape Hunt (ESC) and the shares currently at 9p, 20% higher on the back of it. Big news then?…
Published 1592 days ago
Escape-the-room experiences company Escape Hunt (ESC) “is pleased to confirm that the sites in England, other than those in areas designated ‘tier 3’ under the UK Government’s Coronavirus tiered classification system, will re-open on 2 December” and “digital and remote play games… strong progress” – and the shares have currently responded more than 6% higher to 17.5p. But…
Published 1728 days ago
A “Management incentive scheme” announcement from Escape Hunt (ESC), with Chairman Richard Rose “pleased that we have put an appropriate incentive in place for our senior team which is aligned with the interests of our shareholders. In order to receive 100 per cent of the award, the team will have had to generate a compound shareholder return of 35 per cent per annum over four years. With this in mind, we are excited about the prospects for Escape Hunt and have a strong management team in place to deliver our strategy”. Hmmm!...
Published 1624 days ago
A “Further progress in UK owner-operated estate” announcement from escape-the-room experiences company Escape Hunt (ESC) though the shares, at 9.25p, are more than 5% lower…
Published 1347 days ago
Tom Winnifrith has this morning described why Non-Executive Director of Escape Hunt (ESC) John Story is not fit to be a plc director and you have to ask what will Story sell to pay his next margin call? He has 10,447,599 Escape Hunt shares and this ‘escape-the-room experiences’ company has today made a trading update, with its shares currently up 10% to 38.5p in response. But for how long?…
Published 615 days ago
Previously writing on Escape Hunt escape rooms and Boom ‘battle bars’ company XP Factory (XPF), in January with the shares at 17.75p I questioned what’s the cash flow detail and continued to avoid. The shares most recently closed at 17p and what of now a latest trading update?
Published 1504 days ago
’Escape-the-room experiences’ company Escape Hunt (ESC) “is pleased to announce… it has exchanged contracts to acquire its French master franchise partner” and overall “is confident that both consumer and corporate demand will return strongly when the restrictions currently in place are lifted”. What’s the detail?…
Published 1578 days ago
A “Further progress in UK owner-operated estate” announcement today from ‘escape-the-room experiences’ company Escape Hunt (ESC). So, what is this progress and its financial implications?…
Published 1654 days ago
Self-styled “a global leader in the growing escape rooms sector”, Escape Hunt (ESC) “is pleased to announce its interim results for the six months ended 30 June 2020”. The shares are currently at 8.5p, down from above 50p as recently as July last year…
Published 1744 days ago
A “Result of the Open Offer” announcement which Escape Hunt (ESC), self-styled “a leading operator of escape rooms in the fast-growing experiential leisure sector, is pleased to announce”. The shares have though currently responded lower, further below 9p...
Published 448 days ago
Previously writing on Escape Hunt, escape rooms, and Boom, ’battle bars’, company XP Factory (XPF), in August with the shares around 17p I wrote half-year trading update, how’s that balance sheet now? – concluding to avoid. What then of a further trading update today with the shares at 16p?
Published 2453 days ago
A trading update from ‘escape the room’ experiences company Escape Hunt (ESC) includes “exceptional customer reviews for the three sites opened earlier this year are translating into good financial performance thus far with revenue and EBITDA contribution, relative to the number of games rooms opened, having met our expectations”. A current 114.5p share price though compares to a 135p placing price when joining AIM in May 2017…
Published 1382 days ago
Shares in “escape-the-room experiences” company Escape Hunt (ESC) remain ahead after my previous scepticism but are down today, further below 40p, despite a trading update including “revenue during the five-week period (to 20th June 2021) was 47 per cent. higher than in the same five-week period in 2019” and “estimated earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation at site level for the five weeks to 20 June 2021 was 310 per cent. of the site level EBITDA in the same five weeks in 2019”. So why the share price response?…
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