Eckoh (#ECK) – recommended 54p per share offer from Bridgepoint

Eckoh (#ECK) – being paid £2.25m in patent dispute “settlement agreement”

Eckoh (#ECK) – “indicative offer” of 54p per share and “discussions with other parties remain ongoing”

Eckoh – trading update, further risk to forecasts from elongated sales cycles with new enterprise clients?…

Technology for customer engagement data security company Eckoh (ECK) has issued a trading update including, for its year ended 31st March 2024, that it “expects to report adjusted operating profit of approximately £8.3m… marginally ahead of market expectations, which represents a 17% increase on FY23 pre-forex… with an improved net cash position of £8.3m at the end of the year (FY23 £5.7m), also marginally ahead of market expectations”. So what of a current share price response to 40p, approaching 6% lower?

Eckoh – I having previously questioned how “confident” to really be in its outlook, how are its interims?…

At the beginning of this month I wrote on Eckoh (ECK), describing itself as a “global provider of customer engagement data security solutions”, that its half-year trading update suggested it would be interesting to see the further financials detail of the half-year results and that the valuation at a 40p share price looked to suggest, considering the current harsh stock market environment, still little room for any trading disappointment. So what of its now “pleased to announce” results for the six months to 30th September 2023?

Eckoh – “half year trading update”, how “confident” to really be in its outlook?…

Previously writing on company describing itself as a “global provider of customer engagement data security solutions” Eckoh (ECK), I concluded with the shares at 65p, a £165 million market capitalisation, that the valuation demanded further rapid business growth and that it most prudent to avoid/sell. What now of a latest trading update, with the shares having most recently closed at 42.5p?

Eckoh (#ECK) – expects FY “in line with consensus market expectations”, notes product enhancements

Eckoh – trading update… what was already in the price?

Previously writing on secure payment and customer contact technology company Eckoh (ECK), last month with the shares at 68.5p I was cautious – concluding that the valuation looked to demand further rapid business growth amidst “the current macro-economic and COVID-19 uncertainty”. Now a “Half Year Trading Update”...

Eckoh (#ECK) – H1 “in line with board expectations, generating comparable levels of profit to the prior year”

Eckoh – dividend reinstated… but what’s already in the price?

Secure payment and customer contact technology company Eckoh (ECK) has updated including having previously “did not intend to propose a year-end dividend… Given the continued resilience of the business combined with its high levels of repeat and recurring revenues… is pleased to announce that the board has approved the payment of a special dividend of 0.61p per ordinary share” – and the shares are currently a further few percent higher...

Eckoh (#ECK) – announces dividend of 0.61p per share following “the continued resilience of the business”

Eckoh – emphasises “a very strong first half”… but what does the valuation already demand?

Previously writing on secure payment and customer contact technology company Eckoh (ECK) I cautioned just over a year ago. The shares are though currently higher on the back of a half-year trading update including “it has been a very strong first half to the year with excellent levels of contracted business and double-digit revenue growth in both the UK and US”…

Eckoh (#ECK) – argues “very strong first half to the year”, “remain confident of further progress”

Eckoh – “significant US contract win worth $7.4m”, but enough to suggest the shares are a buy?

Secure payment and customer contact technology company Eckoh (ECK) is “delighted to have won our largest ever secure payments contract and with such a prestigious client” - and the shares have currently responded 8% higher to 41p…

Eckoh (#ECK) – trading “in line with expectations”, financial position “remains strong”

Eckoh (#ECK) – FY “in line with market expectations”, “strong pipeline”

Eckoh – “US Contract Win and Partnership”, but set for a step-change in earnings growth?

Eckoh (ECK) has announced it “has secured a four-year contract to provide its Secure Payments solution, CallGuard, to a US Fortune 250 retailer, and a partnership with a global payments solutions company in the US”. Sounds good, what’s the detail?...

Eckoh – “secures six sizeable UK contracts”. Significant growth ahoy then?

Secure payment and customer contact technology company Eckoh (ECK) is “very pleased with the recent progress we have made in the UK”, this including that it “has since interim results on November 22nd 2017 secured six sizeable UK contract wins across the payments, insurance, healthcare and mobile telecoms sectors - the latter being a contract with one of the UK's largest mobile network providers”. Significant growth ahoy then? Er…

Eckoh – some positive updates, but already in the price?

I previously wrote on Eckoh (ECK) in June, concluding with the shares approaching 50p that the valuation would suggest much greater underlying growth than what has just been delivered and that, while awaiting to see what the stated “excellent” future prospects actually deliver, I continued to avoid. The company has recently updated…

Eckoh – full-year results argue “excellent” future prospects, but what’s already in the valuation?

“Eckoh plc (ECK), the global provider of secure payment products and customer contact solutions, is pleased to announce its final results for the year ended 31 March 2017”. Hmmm, this though follows a profit warning in September…