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Devolver Digital – after more than £154m for sellers little more than seven months ago, ANOTHER AIM IPO Roll-Call of Shame...

By Steve Moore | Monday 13 June 2022

Disclosure: I have no positions in any stocks mentioned, and no plans to initiate any positions within the next 72 hours. I wrote this article myself, and it expresses my own opinions. I am not receiving compensation for it (other than from ShareProphets). I have no business relationship with any company whose stock is mentioned in this article.

On 4th November last year ‘digital publisher and developer of indie video games’ Devolver Digital (DEVO) was “pleased to announce the admission of its shares to trading on the AIM market”, with Executive Chairman Harry Miller “excited about what the future holds”. Now a “Trading Update”...

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 31 March 2023, 08:00
CHLL
Chill Brands (#CHLL) – “Launch of Vapour Products” update, no financials attempted ramptastic
 31 March 2023, 07:59
BEN
Bens Creek (#BEN) – has given notice to acquire further 26% of membership interests of BC Rail Holding
 31 March 2023, 07:59
GKP
Gulf Keystone Petroleum (#GKP) – expects to shut-in production processed at Production Facility 1 today, ‘continues to believe suspension of exports will be temporary’
 31 March 2023, 07:55
JIM
Jarvis Securities (#JIM) – “Skilled Person” review continuing, currently restrictions remain in place
 31 March 2023, 07:52
TGP
Tekmar (#TGP) – proposed refinancing including equity raise at 9p per share and convertible loan notes
 31 March 2023, 07:49
TPX
TPXimpact (#TPX) – current financial covenants waiver, though lender ‘undertaking a review of group’s cash flow forecasts’
 31 March 2023, 07:45
SWG
Shearwater (#SWG) – profit warning, notes “macroeconomic challenges impacted customers”
 31 March 2023, 07:41
NCC
#NCC – profit warning, notes “materially increased” market volatility
 31 March 2023, 07:39
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 31 March 2023, 07:37

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Friday »

RR

The new CEO at Rolls-Royce starts to change his top team

 

Greek Tear

Photo Article from the Greek Hovel - Very Good News and Bad: Tom Winnifrith

 

CHLL

Chill Brands (#CHLL) – “Launch of Vapour Products” update, no financials attempted ramptastic

 

BEN

Bens Creek (#BEN) – has given notice to acquire further 26% of membership interests of BC Rail Holding

 

GKP

Gulf Keystone Petroleum (#GKP) – expects to shut-in production processed at Production Facility 1 today, ‘continues to believe suspension of exports will be temporary’

 

JIM

Jarvis Securities (#JIM) – “Skilled Person” review continuing, currently restrictions remain in place

 

TGP

Tekmar (#TGP) – proposed refinancing including equity raise at 9p per share and convertible loan notes

 

TPX

TPXimpact (#TPX) – current financial covenants waiver, though lender ‘undertaking a review of group’s cash flow forecasts’

 

SWG

Shearwater (#SWG) – profit warning, notes “macroeconomic challenges impacted customers”

 

NCC

#NCC – profit warning, notes “materially increased” market volatility

 

JHD

James Halstead (#JHD) – H1 EPS reduced to 4.3p, DPS maintained at 2.25p, notes some outlook encouragement including recent sales

 

CCC

Computacenter (#CCC) – 2022 adj. EPS & DPS +2%, notes impacted by unravelling of temporary covid-related cost base reduction benefits

Thursday »

TAST

Tasty plc – full-year results, cash flow and balance sheet sickly

 

BWAP

Would you want to invest in a company borrowing money at a 100% rate of interest?

 

Bearcast

Tom Winnifrith Bearcast: there are worse hobbies than raising a quarter of a million quid for a great cause like Woodlarks

 

TWD

Trackwise Designs – “Contract and Trading Update” disastrous, cash crunch AHOY!

 

ONWD

Onward Opportunities IPO – more coke & hookers cash for the crony capitalists but a duff investment

 

MOON

Moonpig still believes in itself (somehow)

 

AMRQ

Amaroq Minerals – prospective debt financing and Iceland Nasdaq main market listing, upgrade to Strong Buy

 

SBTX

SkinBioTherapeutics – interims, Mr Market has it wrong. Strong Buy

 

WCAT

Wildcat Petroleum lies as forced by FCA to restate numbers but it is still making a mistake!

 

MSMN

In the minus 99.99% club, Mosman Oil & Gas Interims – why is it not admitting to insolvency?

 

BLVN

Bowleven – Interim Results Show It Is Placing Ahoy, more egg on face at Somerville Towers

 

Rainbow

South West Trains and its gay train: a far greater priority than offering an affordable and reliable service - Tom Winnifrith

 

WCAT

Wildcat Petroleum (#WCAT) – eventually re-states interims after howlers reported by @tomwinnifrith

 

REVB

Revolution Beauty (#REVB) – reduced banking facility, audit work “ongoing”, now expects results “by the end of April”

 

LTHM

James Latham (#LTHM) – anticipates FY pre-tax profit “in line with market expectations”, notes inflation pressures

 

IPEL

Impellam (#IPEL) – FY adj. EPS up to 18.6p, “to re-commence the payment of annual dividends”

 

GATC

Gattaca (#GATC) – H1 return to profit, no dividend though states ‘to review’ at year-end

 

PFC

Petrofac (#PFC) – offshore wind contract award and its largest framework agreement, no bottom-line specifics

 

MOON

Moonpig (#MOON) – argues “resilient” trading but only notes revenue and adjusted EBITDA

 

TAST

Tasty (#TAST) – FY swing to loss, cash down to £7m, notes trading unpredictability

 

KBT

K3 Business Technology (#KBT) – FY even adj. loss, net cash down to £7.1m, argues current year “encouraging start”

 

ASCL

Ascential (#ASCL) – 2022 adj. EPS 12.9p, net debt up to £216.7m and no dividend

Wednesday »

Bearcast

Tom Winnifrith Bearcast - an amazing apple from Wales

 

THS

Tharisa – debt facility agreement, ‘another key step in its development’

 

KETL

Strix – 2022 results, what’s “will prioritise debt reduction and free cash flow generation” actually likely to deliver?

 

OKYO

Okyo Pharma – after the pump and dump now its a share support operation ahead of next bailout fund raise just weeks away

 

ESNT

Essentra remains a Buy for me (and remember it went ex-div last week!)

 

AVO

Advanced Oncotherapy – New Record Low But How Bad Will It Get?

 

LOOP

LoopUp – argues ‘a strong revenue run-rate heading into FY23’. Er, what about the bottom-line though?!

 

MIRI

Mirriad – update on Formal Sale Process, next update April Fool’s Day?

 

VRS

Versarien AGM statement – car crash, 0p target now in sight

 

GAMA

Gamma could Give a Ray of Sunshine to Shareholders in a Business World that Seeks to Save Cash

 

VRS

Versarien (#VRS) – AGM Statement argues ramptastic “potential” but admits the company faces “a number of challenges”

 

PRD

Predator Oil & Gas (#PRD) – updates on “stock lending agreement” with Paul Griffiths (to avoid currently having to produce an FCA approved prospectus)

 

BSFA

BSF Enterprise (#BSFA) – £2.9m equity raise at 17p per share with warrants

 

MIRI

Mirriad Advertising (#MIRI) – strategic review and formal sale process interested parties “invited” to put forward indicative proposals by early April

 

LOOP

LoopUp (#LOOP) – updates on 2022 adj. EBITDA loss, expects net debt of £5.8m

 

RM

RM (#RM.) – FY swing to loss, dividend axed, “much to be done to rebuild value”

 

NXT

Next (#NXT) – FY EPS +8% to 573.4p, DPS 206p, “prepared (and budgeted) for a difficult year”

 

ESNT

Essentra (#ESNT) – 2022 adj. EPS down to 1.9p, DPS to 3.3p, current new order intake c.8% ahead

 

UPGS

UP Global Sourcing (#UPGS) – H1 adj. EPS -5%, DPS +6%, expects H2 to benefit from online channel growth

 

MBH

Michelmersh Brick (#MBH) – 2022 adj. EPS +14%, DPS +16%, “order intake momentum continuing”

Tuesday »

Bearcast

Tom Winnifrith Bearcast: Catriona and Matthew's Dog will love it: Tortilla Mexican do the maths while FYB with Skinbiotherapeutics

 

JNEO

Journeo – further new business, looks further upside to come on this winning share tip

 

VRS

Versarien: sorry to be a pedant but it is breaking AIM Rules again

 

SBTX

Defamatory Bulletin Board Moron of the week: beinthelead on the LSE Asylum, re Skinbiotherapeutics

 

UKOG

UK Oil & Gas farms out Horse Hill – a sign of the cash crisis David Lenigas pretends does not exist

 

UBG

Unbound Group – possible offer, what happened to ‘accelerating growth strategy’?!

 

Bear

Video: Gold is Winning Against All Fiat

 

ICON

Iconic Labs –- an illustration of the dangers of death spiral finance

 

WG

Wood Group – I agree there is “much more to come” (eventually)

 

DEV

BREAKING: The £250m tech blow-up Dev Clever – what is it hiding now?

 

AVCT

Avacta - CEO pay, losses and shares in issue, an unsurprising correlation

 

UBG

Unbound (#UBG) – possible cash offer of 10.5p and 1 “contingent value right” per share, “minded to recommend”

 

VDTK

Verditek (#VDTK) – “order from Roof Tile Group, Belgium”, attempted ramptastic

 

ICON

Iconic Labs (#ICON) – received convertible notes conversion notice, more confetti issuance

 

AMRQ

Amaroq Minerals (#AMRQ) – $49.5m debt financing heads of terms, to explore main market listing on Iceland's Nasdaq Exchange

 

OCDO

Ocado (#OCDO) – Q1 retail revenue +3.4% YoY, “guidance remains unchanged”

 

DGE

Diageo (#DGE) – CEO Ivan Menezes to “retire” from board, COO Debra Crew to become CEO

 

WG

Wood Group (#WG.) – 2022 slightly increased adj. Op profit but overall increased loss, argues “started 2023 with good momentum”

 

BWY

Bellway (#BWY) – H1 EPS -8%, DPS maintained, notes recent trading improvement but still below prior year

 

BAG

A.G. Barr (#BAG) – Robin Barr to retire from board after 58 years, Julie Barr to relinquish Company Secretarial duties and join the board

 

BAG

A.G. Barr (#BAG) – FY EPS +21%, DPS +9%, anticipates current year further revenue and profit growth

Monday »

MEX

Tortilla Mexican Grill – full-year results swing to loss and net debt… but don’t worry as its “Tik Tok posts are legendary” (well, according to CEO Richard Morris)!

 

CCL

Carnival is still hoping “long duration luxury voyages” will come back. Good luck with that…

 

Bearcast

Tom Winnifrith Bearcast: six little small cap piggies

 

ZAMZ

BREAKING: Zamaz – Misleading trading update from the b*stard cousin of the fraud Supply@ME Capital

 

IQG

IQGeo – 2022 results, is even delivering on forecasts sufficient for the valuation?

 

SGZ

ScotGold misleads on (genuine) leaked email warning of cash crisis…but warns of cash crisis

 

TND

Tandem – 2022 results, how “pleased” should it be to report the numbers?

 

NANO

BREAKING: Sack the board call at Nanoco after accusations of dodgy connected party deals, misleading statements and insider dealing!

 

AIQ

AIQ – New Contract But What Is The Benefit?

 

CNA

For many Reasons, Shares in British Gas Parent Centrica could Fire Up

 

ZAMZ

Zamaz (#ZAMZ) – food business Bella Dispensa “trading update”, no overall bottom-line specifics (natch!)

 

GKP

Gulf Keystone Petroleum (#GKP) – notes pipeline shut-in, to shortly suspend production though also notes public statements confidence

 

GENL

Genel Energy (#GENL) – pipeline shut-in following International Chamber of Commerce ruling, believes “will be temporary”

 

COPL

Canadian Overseas Petroleum (#COPL) – completes $14.8m “convertible bond” financing, why no detail provided?!

 

TM1

Technology Minerals (#TM1) – raises £0.8m at 1p per share and £1.7m via convertible loan notes

 

CML

#CML Microsystems – expects FY “in line with current market expectations”, “remains confident”

 

SFR

Severfield (#SFR) – H2 “strong”, “look to the future with confidence”

 

TND

Tandem (#TND) – 2022 EPS down to 12.5p, DPS maintained at 10p, “2023 sales have begun slowly”

 

MEX

Tortilla Mexican Grill (#MEX) – FY swing to loss and net debt

 

BLV

Belvoir (#BLV) – 2022 EPS -2%, DPS +6%, states business model confidence but “challenging market conditions”

Sunday »

Bearcast

Tom Winnifrith Bearcast: The Rogue Bloggers are now 8 (+2 fantasy women) & the wooden floor that protects female failures like Sharon White & La Willingham

 

NGHT

The Mail on Sunday blows off Sarah Willingham again with fake news - would a man get this treatment?

 

GKP GENL

What does the ruling in favour of Iraq potentially mean for companies operating in Kurdistan? Share suspensions tomorrow?

 

TNT

Tintra – unfortunately timed Director purchases and more red flags in Indonesia

 

GSK

Spring forward (and don’t worry too much about the markets)

 

Quiz

The ShareProphets Sunday Pub Quiz #181

 

Professor

Sunday Long Reads: Stolen Childhood, First Romantics, Gunsapalooza, Bad AI, Poor Refs

 

Wolf-of-Wall-Street

Visual Aid: Where Are the Largest Cities Throughout History?

 

Top-10

Notes from Underground – Most read articles for the week ending 25 Mar 2023

Saturday »

Woodlarks

Photo Article: Third Rogue Bloggers for Woodlarks Training Walk

 

Gold

The View From The Montana Log-Cabin As Gold Writhes As Now Deutsche Bank Comes Under Pressure

 

Bearcast

Tom Winnifrith Bearcast: is Inland totally 100% fecked?

 

SGZ

BREAKING: Is this email genuine? Is Scotgold preparing for administration?

 

JSE

Jadestone continues to grow and barring an oil price crash will do well longer term - buy

 

Bear

Banking Déjà vu

 

NIOX

Niox Group – 2022 results and further scalable growth ahead, more winning to come on this share tip

 

BIRD

Perhaps We Shouldn't Say Bye Bye to Blackbird Just Yet. The Future's the Thing.

Friday »

Bearcast

Tom Winnifrith Bearcast: The next Prime Minister gives a kiss of death to Ceres Power

 

ITS

In The Style – its farce continues as business sale scrapes through General Meeting vote but AIM cancellation is voted down

 

VRS

Christmas 2020 at Versarien with Neill Ricketts and these tweets which sure aged badly

 

SYME

Supply@ME Capital – the Tradeflow rats jump and the implosion of the fraud is underway

 

CEL

Celadon Pharmaceuticals – a correction and a lockin issue, welcome back John Story

 

GDR

Genedrive – I smell a placing underway

 

SYME

The curse of death spiral provider Negma - re the fraud Supply@ME Capital

 

WYN

Wynnstay – AGM trading statement, “well placed to deliver a good outcome for the year”

 

SMIN

Smiths Group continues to correctly love “smarter engineering”

 

KEFI

Kefi Gold & Copper – quarterly operational update, an issues resolved “in the coming weeks” STRONG BUY

 

SYME

Supply@ME Capital (#SYME) – TradeFlow directors resign from board of company and give notice of intention to exercise rights to buy back TradeFlow

 

SYS1

System1 (#SYS1) – board changes requisitioned General Meeting circular

 

CWR

Ceres Power (#CWR) – 2022 loss of £45.1m on revenue down to £22.1m, cash down to £182.3m

 

FSJ

James Fisher & Sons (#FSJ) – Nuclear disposal, debt facilities and audit delays, results delayed to 28th April

 

QTX

Quartix Technologies (#QTX) – continued new subscriptions progress, trading “consistent with meeting market expectations”

 

TRB

Tribal (#TRB) – 2022 impacted by a contract delay and dispute, notes “a mediation process”, DPS halved

 

GAW

Games Workshop (#GAW) – trading “in line with expectations”, declares dividend of 120p per share

 

W7L

Warpaint London (#W7L) – “strong trading… ahead of the board's previous expectations”

 

JDW

JD Wetherspoon (#JDW) – H1 adj. PBT £4.6m, no dividend, “cautiously optimistic” for current year progress

 

SMIN

Smiths Group (#SMIN) – H1 adj. EPS up to 46.6p, DPS +5% to 12.9p, raises FY guidance

Thursday »

SMDS

DS Smith – Q3 update, a continuing to trade well Buy

 

Dead-Donkey

Cenkos merges with finnCap – “a true meeting of minds”… of recent shite IPOs?

 

JNEO

Journeo – contract win for nationwide bus information for Tom and his fellow Welsh people

 

SFE

Safestyle UK – full-year results, how confident on profitability now?

 

Bearcast

Tom Winnifrith Bearcast: And today's big new shorting idea is...Celadon Pharmaceuticals

 

SYME

BREAKING EXPOSÉ: A £20m loss Supply@Me Capital boss Zamboni tries to hide

 

OSI

Osirium Technologies – body of 2022 results statement misleads; omitting “and raise additional capital” included in Going concern notes!

 

FCAP

The fallen mighty: Two drunks propping each other up, Nomad and broker Cenkos merges with Finncap

 

VRS

Versarien AGM & share issuance power, it really is screwed

 

AMGO

Amigo – the bears are on the pitch, they think it’s all over…it is now!

 

Fake_News

Peter Tatchell define unanimous as in 75% - it is not drag that offends anyone, it is overtly sexualised shows in front of kids - Tom Winnifrith

 

Crime-Scene

Britain sending depleted uranium shells to Ukraine should be a war crime – Russia is right: Tom Winnifrith

 

FCAP

finnCap (#FCAP) – recommended merger of 3.19420647 new finnCap shares for each Cenkos (#CNKS) share

 

EDEN

#EDEN Research – updates on US regulatory approvals, attempted ramptastic

 

BEN

Bens Creek (#BEN) – a highwall miner now assembled “following a short delay”, attempted ramptastic

 

PNPL

Pineapple Power (#PNPL) – completes placing for just £0.35m at 3p per share

 

IDOX

#IDOX – trading “in line with the board's expectations”, “well placed to grow by double digits”

 

BOOM

Audioboom (#BOOM) – emphasises 2022 increased adj. EBITDA profit, but there was a statutory loss

 

CCR

C&C (#CCR) – expects increased FY operating profit of €84m, though that impacted by a number of factors including softer than anticipated Christmas trading

 

WIX

Wickes (#WIX) – 2022 adj. EPS down to 23.8p, DPS maintained at 10.9p, currently “core sales are moderately behind the same period last year”

 

INCH

Inchcape (#INCH) – 2022 adj. EPS up to 72p, DPS to 28.8p, expects further progress though mindful of economic environment

 

CRST

Crest Nicholson (#CRST) – sales rate improvement since start of calendar year, though still market “clearly softer” than previous years

Wednesday »

Bearcast

Tom Winnifrith Bearcast: I just don't understand what Malcolm sees in Blackbird?

 

MPAC

Mpac – 2022 results, how “encouraging” really are they and the outlook?

 

FEVR

Fevertree – its all about cash for me

 

CAPD

Capital – 2022 full-year results, a growth and value Buy

 

JLP

Jubilee Metals – some interims disappointment, but improvement from here?

 

SDRY

Superdry – argues agreement “a fantastic opportunity to expand its global reach”, but just how “challenging” is the consumer landscape for it?!

 

VSA

BREAKING: The £216.8m Lush scandal: Silverwood Brands – advised by Andrew Monk’s VSA Capital: has it twice breached the Companies Act

 

ANP

Anpario – “pleased to announce” results for 2022. Er, it sure about that?!

 

WCAT

Wildcat Petroleum and Ross Andrews of Guild Financial Advisory – Letter to the FCA

 

BREE

Quarry King with its Finger in Loads of Construction Pies Looks Set to Build its Share Price

 

Highwayman

Buy 3 get 1 free said Beechwood Nurseries so I did and didn't - Tom Winnifrith

 

WAND

WANdisco (#WAND) – appointment of Ken Lever as Interim Chair and Chair of Committee supporting current “irregularities” investigation

 

SDRY

Superdry (#SDRY) – agreement for sale of Superdry brand in Asia Pacific markets for $50m

 

BYIT

Bytes Technology (#BYIT) – notes profit growth and “remain confident in… continuing ability to deliver double-digit growth”

 

TON

Titon (#TON) – notes sales progression, “continue to anticipate a return to profitability in H2”

 

BMS

Braemar (#BMS) – FY “record revenue and record profitability”, current year “has started well”

 

XPS

#XPS Pensions – expects FY revenue ahead of expectations and states managed costs well

 

FEVR

Fevertree Drinks (#FEVR) – 2022 EPS -44%, DPS +2%, notes “inflationary pressures”

 

TEG

Ten Entertainment (#TEG) – FY adj. EPS up to 29.3p, DPS 10p, 2023 first 10 weeks LFL sales +2.7%

 

PDG

Pendragon (#PDG) – 2022 adj. EPS down to 3.2p, emphasises “operational initiatives and growth opportunities”

 

VTY

Vistry (#VTY) – 2022 adj. EPS +10%, DPS -8%, recent consumer improvement from Q4

Tuesday »

Bearcast

Tom Winnifrith Bearcast: Time for Eurasia to come clean on cash crisis, lack of bid and placing situation

 

WG

Wood Group – Takeover Panel extension, including “following engagement with shareholders”

 

ACT

Actual Experience – “Significant UK Central Government Contract” announcement, attempted ramptastic?

 

Boom

Video: The World is Functionally Bankrupt

 

KGF

Kingfisher keeps believing in a “resilience of home improvement”

 

VSA

Another Question for Andrew Monk about the £216.8 million Silverwood deal now under FCA scrutiny

 

BHC

Meli and Ouzo on my cornflakes – British Honey goes bust

 

TRX

Tissue Regenix – 2022 results, is it “achieving strong commercial traction”?

 

PRES

Pressure Technologies – prior accounting treatment “not permitted”, audit delay and shares suspension ahoy!

 

ONT

Oxford Nanopore – is this low growth cash guzzler really worth £1.45 billion? Dismal results posted!

 

PHE

Powerhouse Energy (#PHE) – Heads of Terms for joint venture with Hydrogen Utopia (#HUI), ramptastic!

 

PRES

Pressure Technologies (#PRES) – required results adjustments and audit delay, argues still ‘foresees’ return to profit this year

 

ABDP

AB Dynamics (#ABDP) – H1 “continued good momentum”, FY expectations for progress unchanged

 

SAL

SpaceandPeople (#SAL) – argues H2 2022 trading “strong”, “trading momentum has continued in early 2023”

 

WYN

Wynnstay (#WYN) – trading “broadly in line with management expectations”, argues “remains well placed to deliver a good outcome for the year”

 

STEM

SThree (#STEM) – Q1 net fees +4% YoY, “macro-economic environment remains uncertain”

 

STAF

Staffline (#STAF) – 2022 adj. EPS down to 5.7p and cash burn, notes “challenging macroeconomic conditions”

 

ZTF

Zotefoams (#ZTF) – 2022 EPS up to 20.61p, DPS 6.8p, “2023 has started well”

 

SCS

#SCS – H1 continued loss, DPS maintained as notes H2 weighting

 

KGF

Kingfisher (#KGF) – FY adj. EPS -16%, DPS maintained, February LFL sales +0.5%

Monday »

Bearcast

Tom Winnifrith Bearcast: PILOW talk

 

TENG

Ten Lifestyle – emphasises trading growth… but how impressive really is it?

 

ZEN

My Frog ain't great but these documents from the Congo look very bad news for Zenith Energy - time for an RNS?

 

VRS

Morally bankrupt old man Alan Green & Justin the Clown blow off Neill Ricketts, taken down only by “character assassination”

 

TRB

Tribal – having previously stated cash flow improvement “dependent on the timing of project milestones”, major “Contract Update”…

 

COPL

Canadian Overseas secures new financing – almost certainly a death spiral but it deceives

 

Woodlarks

The second training walk for Woodlarks – a boring nine miles

 

Under_Repair

I think bank shares are now theoretically cheap, but…

 

Bear

Video: Bank Crises, Fed Pivots, and The Hard Landing Reality

 

Gold

The View From The Montana Log-Cabin As The Blue Touch Paper Is Lit and Now Credit Suisse Keels Over

 

RST

Office Helpmate Restore should Restore its Share Price Given Latest Upbeat Numbers

 

LFT

Lift Global Ventures (#LFT) – H1 revenue of £0.15m, loss (natch), cash down to £1.2m

 

DCI

Dolphin Capital Investors (#DCI) – terminates investment management agreement with Dolphin Capital Partners arguing “repudiatory breach of contract”. Seeking legal options

 

PBEE

PensionBee (#PBEE) – appointment of Liberum Capital as joint corporate broker

 

SOLG

SolGold (#SOLG) – Interim CEO Scott Caldwell appointed CEO, appointment of Chris Stackhouse as CFO

 

ITRK

Intertek (#ITRK) – promotion of Colm Deasy to CFO, Jonathan Timmis “stepped down… with immediate effect”

 

MER

Mears (#MER) – results delayed due to absence of Ernst & Young senior statutory auditor

 

TENG

Ten Lifestyle (#TENG) – H1 “record” adjusted EBITDA, though still net cash burn

 

TRB

Tribal (#TRB) – Nanyang Technological University notifies contract termination, company “rejects” its right to terminate and results delayed

 

JLP

Jubilee Metals (#JLP) – H1 attributable profit down to £3.9m, emphasises making water and power actions progress

 

FGP

FirstGroup (#FGP) – West Coast Partnership rail contract arrangements extended to 15th October, longer-term discussions with DfT “ongoing”

Sunday »

TSP

EXPOSE: TruSpine - In Whose Interests......?

 

Bearcast

Tom Winnifrith Bearcast: could the US regional banks implode & why hasn't Sharon White been sacked by John Lewis?

 

WBI

In spite of the bad taste left by the blatant insider trading around the Woodbois placing: BUY

 

Beggar

Credit Swiss should have copied UBS more than a decade ago

 

Professor

Sunday Long Reads: McCann’s troll, Metaverse stragglers, Silicon Valley Bank, Tar Sands, Office Tetris

 

Wolf-of-Wall-Street

Visual Aid: The Richest People in the World in 2023

 

Quiz

The ShareProphets Sunday Pub Quiz #180

 

Top-10

Notes from Underground – Most read articles for the week ending 18 Mar 2023

 

Tom

The liberal left goes Lineker + and weaponises Auschwitz against Suella Braverman: Tom Winnifrith

 

Trump

Tom Winnifrith Postcard: If President Donald Trump is arrested on Tuesday put your bets on a Republican clean sweep in November 2024

Saturday »

CEY

Centamin – 2022 results, growth and dividend upside potential: BUY

 

Bearcast

Tom Winnifrith Bearcast: The Rozzers want to interview me

 

WCAT

Wildcat Petroleum interims, it gets even worse – Omission of material uncertainty over going concern

 

SFR

Severfield – agreement to acquire Voortman Steel, Buy

 

WCAT

EXCLUSIVE: Wildcat Petroleum – 6 schoolboy howlers leave interim P&L, balance sheet and cashflow statement all wrong

 

FRES

Fresnillo – full-year results, a growth and recovery from 2022 challenges Buy

 

LLOY

What About Our Bank Shares after some Outfits Struggle? Here's Why I'm Not Selling My Bank Stock.

Friday »

MACF

Macfarlane – “earnings enhancing” acquisition, remains a value Buy

 

Bearcast

Tom Winnifrith Bearcast: the dash to trash

 

Father Christmas

Update on my share tips of the year 2023 – a pleasing start!

 

WCAT

Wildcat Petroleum bonkers interims with 2 sets of numbers – can anybody out there read a balance sheet?

 

PRD

Predator Oil & Gas discounted placing as Novum finds a loophole to circumvent prospectus rules: swivel FCA!!!!

 

WG

Changes coming for Wood Group and/or British American Tobacco?

 

CCS

Crossword Cybersecurity – “Launch of Ransomware Readiness Assessment Service”, attempted ramptastic?

 

VDTK

Verditek Swedish SPOOF – Next up bailout placing

 

GCAT

BREAKING: Caracal Gold – its management accused of dishonesty on another deal

 

CHLL

Chill Brands placing to an institution – my arse it is.

 

Madness

Oxfam's 92 page suicide note - Tom Winnifrith

 

EU_flag

Pray for Caroline Kenyon for her #BrexitDerangementSyndrome is one of the most severe cases ever seen - Tom Winnifrith

 

VDTK

Verditek (#VDTK) – “Supply Agreement with Lindab Profil AB”, RNS Reach attempted ramptastic

 

WCAT

Wildcat Petroleum (#WCAT) – H1 loss (natch), cash just £0.24m

 

EMIS

#EMIS – CMA minded to refer proposed takeover for a Phase 2 investigation unless acceptable mitigations agreed

 

FRAS

Frasers (#FRAS) – FRC closes Sports Direct International Accountancy Scheme investigation, “test for bringing enforcement action is not met”

 

NSF

Non-Standard Finance (#NSF) – scheme of arrangement and proposed recapitalisation including new equity and debt for equity swap

 

PRD

Predator Oil & Gas (#PRD) – conditionally raised £2m at 5.5p per share, including shares loaned by Chairman Paul Griffiths

 

DPLM

Diploma (#DPLM) – £235m placing at 2525p per share

 

WG

Wood Group (#WG.) – Takeover Panel extension for Apollo to make offer or not to 5pm 19th April ‘to allow results release and following engagement with shareholders’

 

RQIH

R&Q Insurance (#RQIH) – completes sale of its 40% minority holding in New York-based Managing General Agent TPM

 

BOY

Bodycote (#BOY) – 2022 adj. EPS +19%, DPS +7%, remains confident in prospects for continued profitable growth

Thursday »

Bearcast

Tom Winnifrith Bearcast: Forgive the rant, at least it is data based & does not involve money trees

 

CLCO

CloudCoCo – full-year results, a need to improve “financial strength and liquidity”?

 

SYME

And another thing about Supply’s new NED….

 

RRR

BREAKING: One rule for Gavin Burnell of the Globo fraud infamy, another for the plebs in the Elephant oil IPO like Andrew Bell

 

AFN

Supply@ME capital morons obsess about Shareprophets tax avoiding ( er we don't!)

 

GYM

Gym Group – 2022 results, how “compelling and attractive” is the offering proving?

 

VSA

Letter to Aquis Regulation re Andrew Monk and VSA Capital – misleading trading statement?

 

SYME

Supply@ME Capital NED jumps after 9 months, replacement is a joke

 

ROO

The comedy continues at Deliveroo

 

AAU

Ariana – Gold News From Kiziltepe And Elsewhere

 

Greek Tear

Photo article: Just one week in July, 3 in May, 1 in April and 4 in October left un-booked at the Greek Hovel in 2023 - Tom Winnifrith

 

HUR

Hurricane Energy (#HUR) – recommended offer of initial 4.15p per share, possibly up to 12.5p per share

 

WCAT

Wildcat Petroleum (#WCAT) – letter of Intent to purchase drilling equipment for a nominal fee, RNS Reach attempted ramptastic

 

SYME

Supply@ME Capital (#SYME) – to appoint Alexandra Galligan as a NED, replacing “stepping down” Andrew Thomas who only joined in June last year!

 

HOME

#HOME REIT – discussions with Bluestar Group “ongoing”, Takeover Panel extension

 

ROO

Deliveroo (#ROO) – 2022 adj. cash burn slightly increased!, notes “uncertain” macroeconomic outlook

 

HLMA

Halma (#HLMA) – expects FY adj. PBT “in line with consensus market expectations”, notes “good progress”

 

DFS

#DFS Furniture – H1 adj. EPS down to 2.2p, DPS to 1.5p, notes “challenging market”

 

GYM

#GYM Group – 2022 still even adj. loss, “now clear that it will take a longer time to return to pre Covid-19 levels”

 

ECEL

Eurocell (#ECEL) – 2022 adj. EPS +10%, DPS +11%, “currently challenging market conditions”

 

SVS

Savills (#SVS) – 2022 adj. EPS -19%, ordinary DPS edged up to 29p, notes “challenging markets”

Wednesday »

Bearcast

Tom Winnifrith Bearcast: forward selling at Versarien & Verditek, lying by Reabold and the countdown to insolvency at Supply@ME Capital

 

MSLH

Marshalls – 2022 results, how confident to be of ‘in line with expectations’ ahead?

 

Professor

A few thoughts on retirement

 

VRS

The Versarien placing at 3p – another black hole needing plugging? The Brian Berney law suit?

 

CRDL

Cordel – how “major” is new USA contract award?

 

PRU

Prudential is (still) not dull or boring

 

DIA

Dialight – to “now rigorously pursue its claims to trial”, good news?

 

RBD

Breaking EXCLUSIVE - Reabold lies to investors on an industrial scale as it sort of acknowledges my takeover scoop

 

VRS

Versarien raises a paltry £318,000 at 3p – why the rush?

 

COA

World Class Supplier to the Rag Trade Could Sew Up a Higher Share Price

 

VRS

Versarien (#VRS) – raises just £0.318 million at 3p per share as scrambles to keep the lights on

 

TRN

Trainline (#TRN) – argues “record net ticket sales” but just talks of that and adjusted EBITDA, how’s that bottom line?!

 

RBD

Reabold Resources (#RBD) – confirms offer approach as per @tomwinnifrith, @shareprophets. Argues 0.2035p per share approach “significantly undervalues” it

 

HYVE

#HYVE – recommended 108p per share offer from Providence Equity Partners

 

BRBY

Burberry (#BRBY) – Kate Ferry, current CFO of McLaren Group, to join as CFO, with Julie Brown leaving

 

MSLH

Marshalls (#MSLH) – 2022 adj. EPS +7%, DPS +9%, notes currently “challenging” markets

 

FOUR

4imprint (#FOUR) – 2022 EPS up to $2.8557, DPS 132.24p and a special dividend

 

BMY

Bloomsbury Publishing (#BMY) – strong year-end trading, expects FY well ahead of expectations

 

CHG

Chemring (#CHG) – after order intake delays in 2022, currently trading “in line with the board's expectations”

 

IGG

IG Group (#IGG) – Q3 revenue -7% YoY, anticipates FY trading performance “in line with current market expectations”

Tuesday »

RBD

Breaking EXCLUSIVE - Reabold has received, but not disclosed, a bid approach

 

VRS

BREAKING: Versarien: Ricketts smoked out by the Sheriff of AIM – loathsome Neill is still a director and on full pay

 

Bearcast

Tom Winnifrith Bearcast: Virgin Wines will surely wither and die - another IPO disgrace from 2021

 

ENSI

EnSilica – “pleased to announce… ongoing support from our shareholders”. Who’s it trying to fool?

 

VRS

BOMBSHELL: Versarien – did Costain really approve the RNS reach and why is Neill Ricketts still a director?

 

VSA

Silverwood Brands muddies the water on the £216m Lush scandal – will Andrew Monk’s VSA still book its fees?

 

COPL

When you owe the bank $1 you are in trouble – when you owe it $42m the bank’s in trouble: Canadian Overseas covenant waiver, more death spiral vicar?

 

VINO

The comedy continues at Virgin Wines

 

ETP

Eneraqua Technologies – argues strong growth, but how confident to be in the order book for the near-term ahead really?

 

Labour

Spotting "winners" with the next Chancellor, Labour's Rachel Reeves

 

MCI

Medcaw - is it ashamed about Charlie Wood and if not why not?

 

Price-Vs-Value

ShareProphets readers tips for 2023 prize competition – monthly update

 

POLX

Polarean Imaging (#POLX) – can now access its Silicon Valley Bank accounts, shares to resume trading on AIM

 

RS1

RS Group (#RS1) – appointment of Simon Pryce as CEO

 

SLWD

Silverwood Brands (#SLWD) – instructed solicitors to take up share transfers issues with Lush

 

ENSI

EnSilica (#ENSI) – from 70p per share Retail Offer, raises just £18,344!

 

CCC

Computacenter (#CCC) – KPMG has requested additional time to complete audit of a US subsidiary, results slightly delayed

 

VINO

Virgin Wines UK (#VINO) – H1 profit down to near-breakeven, “business review underway to identify new initiatives”

 

TCAP

TP ICAP (#TCAP) – 2022 adj. EPS up to 24.9p, DPS to 12.4p, notes “beginning of the war in Ukraine” initial volatility

 

MIDW

Midwich (#MIDW) – 2022 adj. EPS up to 36.1p, DPS to 15p, “confident outlook for 2023”

 

TUNE

Focusrite (#TUNE) – stronger gross margins help H1 profit “in line with board expectations”

 

Beggar

Go Woke Go Broke - #SVB and its obsession with diversity and indifference to risk: The Daily Mail

Monday »

Bearcast

Tom Winnifrith Bearcast: Another disaster from Andrew Monk and an excruciating video from the disgraced broker

 

AFRN

Aferian – “financial position remains robust”. Really?!, as shares slump again

 

Crime-Scene

BREAKING: Who have the City of London Police arrested in raids on the frauds Eden Pharma and Aries Robotics, its ouzo time again at Sheriff Towers!

 

CHF

Chesterfield Resources – another joke asset sale does not nudge the cash crisis dial more than a fraction

 

PHNX

I am not dividend-focused enough (yet) to become a Phoenix Group shareholder

 

NGHT

Nightcap – schoolboy accounting error: interims should be restated

 

HERC

Hercules Site Services – AGM update emphasises “success”, why the fundraise detail that dare not speak its name then?

 

NGHT

NightCap Interims – more smoke and mirrors in your £12 cocktail vicar?

 

VRS

Letter to AIM Regulation & SP Angel – did Versarien lie about its CEO resigning?

 

BKG

Nightingales Are Still Singing for the Future of Berkeley Squares and Avenues

 

Crime-Scene

The last Endeavour was awful – I’m so thankful it is all over: Tom Winnifrith

 

HSBA

HSBC (#HSBA) – UK subsidiary “acquiring Silicon Valley Bank UK Limited for £1”

 

KNB

Kanabo (#KNB) – online medicinal cannabis clinic launch, attempted ramptastic!

 

WBI

Woodbois (#WBI) – £3m placing at 1.2p per share

 

EGY

Vaalco Energy (#EGY) – results delayed, acquisition detail “requires additional time”

 

NGHT

Nightcap (#NGHT) – H1 increased loss, net debt £4.1m

 

RDW

Redrow (#RDW) – fire safety remediation agreement, does not expect increase in Building Safety provision to be substantial

 

DLG

Direct Line (#DLG) – 2022 swing to loss, DPS down to 7.6p, states focused on recovery

 

FNX

Fonix Mobile (#FNX) – H1 adj. EPS +11%, DPS +18%, “comfortably in line with expectations”

 

HERC

Hercules Site Services (#HERC) – AGM update, again recent fundraise discount that dare not speak its name

 

RCDO

Ricardo (#RCDO) – acquisition of water and natural resources advisory consultancy Aither for initial £9.6m

Sunday »

Bearcast

Tom Winnifrith Bearcast: Neill Ricketts and the £200,000 scandal & will SVB's demise whack Yourgene and Aferian? Which other listed companies are vulnerable?

 

ENT

Entain and the (changing) world of gambling

 

Timebomb

Revisiting My Slam-Dunk Sells For 2022 - What A Bunch Of Dogs!

 

SIVB

Is Silicon Valley Bank a one-off event or an indication of wider reaching risks in the banking sector?

 

VRS

Dishonest journalism or bad journalism or both: Ian Cowie of the Sunday Times on Versarien

 

Professor

Sunday Long Reads: Mystery Millionaire, Germany’s Leaky Intelligence, Bad AI, World’s Best Dogsledder, Disaster Predictor

 

Gold

The View From The Montana Log-Cabin As Gold Gently Regains Ground and as SVB goes bust

 

Wolf-of-Wall-Street

Visual Aid: The Periodic Table of Commodities Returns

 

VRS

Versarien may have sacked loathsome shyster Neill Ricketts but he is still lying!

 

Quiz

The ShareProphets Sunday Pub Quiz #179

 

Top-10

Notes from Underground – Most read articles for the week ending 11 Mar 2023

Saturday »

TNT

Tintra – more and more questions vicar? This stinks to high heaven!

 

GetAFix

The Legend of the Five Golden Rules for Making Mauzuma in the Share Game.

Friday »

INSG

Insig AI – “Generative AI Product Capability”, the initial announcement not sufficiently ramptastic?

 

WAND

The fraud WANdisco – it was always a dog

 

MORE

Hostmore – argues “matter is unrelated to recent trading”, so why are results delayed?

 

VRS

BREAKING: So how many patents does Versarien actually have? 130? What do you think?

 

Bear

Video: Recession and Higher Rates – The Mega-Risks in 2023

 

Bearcast

Tom Winnifrith Bearcast: TW is a total bastard

 

SHI

I still like SIG plc shares (just don’t mention the need for a dividend)

 

POW

And another AIM sewer CEO walks the plank – Paul Johnson ramper in chief at Power Metal Resources is gone

 

VRS

So farewell then Neill Ricketts, EJ Thribb has a Poem in your honour

 

VRS

BREAKING: Ding Dong Ricketts has Gone – Versarien surely toast

 

VRS

Versarien (#VRS) – BOOM! CEO Neill Ricketts “has resigned”, another vindication for @tomwinnifrith @shareprophets

 

HAYD

Haydale Graphene (#HAYD) – CFO Mark Chapman “to step down… to pursue a new appointment”

 

RWA

Robert Walters (#RWA) – founder CEO Robert Walters to retire, Toby Fowlston to succeed as CEO

 

RWA

Robert Walters (#RWA) – 2022 EPS +21%, DPS +15%, notes current market uncertainty

 

BONH

Bonhill (#BONH) – previously-announced $6.5m possible sale of InvestmentNews off, conditional agreement for lower-price deal

 

MORE

Hostmore (#MORE) – discussions with banks to amend facilities continuing, results delayed

 

AFRN

Aferian (#AFRN) – “substantially below” profit warning, banks discussions “to ensure future covenant compliance” delay results

 

CNKS

Cenkos (#CNKS) – 2022 swing to loss, cash down to £14.2m, current conditions “eased slightly”

 

FGP

FirstGroup (#FGP) – improved trading performance ahead of expectations, completes acquisition of Ensignbus

 

BKG

Berkeley (#BKG) – “sales since the end of September 2022 were around 25% lower than the strong first five months”

Thursday »

Bearcast

Tom Winnifrith Bearcast: The $1 billion AIM fraud, IQE & Atlantic Lithium merit lots of ouzo tonight as the teachers disgrace themselves

 

Crime-Scene

Put your workers on a 4 day week on full pay and watch revenues rocket: pseudo capitalism it is so easy when your sales are pure fiction!

 

XSG

Xeros Technology – further XFilter licensing agreement, attempted ramptastic?

 

Clown

What an awful day at the office for Invesco, specialist investors in tech

 

IQE

IQE – another shocking warning, more ouzo justified in North Wales, but its cabbage water time in South Wales

 

SMDS

A volatile Thursday…and a chat again about DS Smith shares

 

ENSI

EnSilica – equity raise due to “additional sector and contract momentum”?

 

WAND

Wandisco – a $1 billion fraud blows up on AIM

 

ICON

Iconic Labs –- the over hyped artificial intelligence RTO

 

ALL

Atlantic Lithium “refutes” THIS bear dossier from Blue Orca – jury still out

 

Madness

Odd One out contest for #InternationalWomensDay thanks to LGBT+ Labour - Tom Winnifrith

 

Boom

The Britain Bashing Guardian celebrates what we are good at: Loving abortion, supporting Prostitution, Divorce and casual sex - Tom Winnifrith

 

Cat_Fixing_Lightbulb

And folks wonder why State schools lag… trivial snowfall stops play: Tom Winnifrith

 

WAND

WANdisco (#WAND) – SHOCKER! significant irregularities discovered, going concern uncertainty, shares suspended

 

PNER

Pioneer Media (#PNER) – to delist from AQSE, remain listed in Canada

 

ENSI

EnSilica (#ENSI) – raises £2m at 70p per share and up to £0.5m retail offer

 

IQE

#IQE – trading warning, reckons expects a return to year-on-year growth in H2

 

NWF

#NWF – now anticipates full-year “significantly ahead of market expectations”

 

FORT

Forterra (#FORT) – 2022 adj. EPS up to 26.4p, DPS to 14.7p, expects 2023 fall in demand

 

PAGE

PageGroup (#PAGE) – 2022 EPS +18%, DPS up to 42.38p, believes well-positioned to weather macro uncertainty

 

HMSO

Hammerson (#HMSO) – 2022 NTA per share down to 53p, notes reduced net debt but still £1.7bn

 

BILN

Billington (#BILN) – 2022 “ahead of market expectations”, expects that to continue this year

 

SMDS

DS Smith (#SMDS) – Q3 update, notes profit growth and positioned well

Wednesday »

Bearcast

Tom Winnifrith Bearcast: Atlantic Lithium collapsing on Blue Orca bear dossier

 

RTN

Restaurant Group – full-year results, how “robust” was the trading performance and how “encouraging” is it now?

 

BAB

PWC and two partners fined by the FRC over Babcock howlers but Boatman Capital says its just not enough

 

ITS

In The Style Group – another duff IPO from 2021 but an £11.7 million plus net gain for its founder

 

VRS

Versarien and its 130 claimed patents and trademarks part 2

 

ITS

Despite the share price collapse, In The Style still trades at a 60% premium to real value - sell/avoid

 

HOTC

I like chocolate, but as for Hotel Chocolat shares…

 

VRS

Bulletin Board Moron of the week squire0077 now jokes about Tom Winnifrith being shot

 

NET

Netcall – interims, how much to pay for ‘superior growth’?

 

PANR

Pete Brailey warns mug punters about Pantheon again

 

AAU

Ariana – Following Friday’s Intra-Day Tavsan Bad News, An Update On Venus

 

SPA

Map Firm could be a Treasure for Investors as Share Price Doesn't Yet Reflect a Possible Gold Future

 

Fake_News

Howling at Radio 4 as it serves up fake news on Gary Lineker - Tom Winnifrith

 

BAB

Babcock (#BAB) – FRC sanctions against PwC and two former audit partners, Nicholas Campbell and Heather Ancient

 

MMAG

musicMagpie (#MMAG) – FY still £1.5m LBT, swing to £7.9m net debt

 

HOTC

Hotel Chocolat (#HOTC) – H1 EPS down to 4.5p, “remain cautious about consumer sentiment”

 

RTN

Restaurant Group (#RTN) – FY notes adj. PBT but statutory loss, current year “encouraging start”

 

BAKK

Bakkavor (#BAKK) – 2022 adj. EPS -9%, DPS +5%, argues “early FY23 trading encouraging”

 

HEAD

Headlam (#HEAD) – 2022 adj. EPS +13%, DPS +6%, currently revenue “slightly ahead of last year”

 

SHI

SIG (#SHI) – 2022 adj. EPS up to 3.2p, currently volume declines versus input price inflation tailwind

 

IBST

Ibstock (#IBST) – 2022 adj. EPS up to 22.7p, DPS 8.8p, currently continuing “more cautious demand environment”

 

BREE

Breedon (#BREE) – 2022 adj. EPS +18%, DPS +31%, intends to move from AIM to full listing

 

VOD

Vodafone (#VOD) – completes sale of 50% of its German Fibre-to-the-Home company to Altice, creating joint venture

Tuesday »

SUPR

Buy Supermarket Income REIT

 

Bearcast

Tom Winnifrith Bearcast: Victoria Oil & Gas, the Foo-man, and Administration

 

COPL

Canadian Overseas Petroleum – more death spiral shares vicar?

 

BMV

Bluebird Merchant Ventures – equity raise at 2p, but a clearer path ahead: STRONG BUY

 

VRS

BREAKING: Versarien and the 130 claimed patents Part 1

 

ARB

What’s Argo Blockchain hiding in its latest monthly update?

 

CIZ

Cizzle Biotechnology – what looks like repellent corporate greed is really just bad timing

 

ITS

In The Style – agrees to sell operating business for £1.2m, failed to fool us but was it fooling itself or trying to fool everyone else to right near this ending?

 

VRS

There will be another treat later today for this Versarien shareholder on the ADVFN Asylum: meet impoverished moron squire0076.

 

GRG

A few thoughts on Wood Group and then onto Greggs (and its vegan offerings)

 

WG

Wood Group (#WG.) – Apollo submits another possible offer proposal, but board “minded to reject” the 237p per share

 

ARB

Argo Blockchain (#ARB) – “February Operational Update”, emphasises “mining revenue” rather than any bottom-line financials. Wonder why?!

 

ITS

In The Style (#ITS) – “strategic review” concludes to sell operating business for just £1.2m and to delist

 

SBTX

SkinBioTherapeutics (#SBTX) – Spain health authority authorisation for psoriasis product AxisBiotix-Ps to enable start of geographic expansion

 

RBG

Revolution Bars (#RBG) – H1 swing to small pre-tax loss, reckons “increased guest confidence in the coming months”

 

FOXT

Foxtons (#FOXT) – 2022 adj. EPS up to 3.1p, DPS to 0.9p, though notes “macroeconomic backdrop remains uncertain”

 

HAT

H&T (#HAT) – 2022 EPS up to 37.2p, DPS to 15p, notes current “positive” trading environment

 

PFD

Premier Foods (#PFD) – “continued to trade strongly”, now expects FY growth ahead of expectations

 

GRG

Greggs (#GRG) – 2022 EPS up to 117.5p, DPS 59p, “confident in prospects”

 

AHT

Ashtead (#AHT) – Q3 adj. EPS +27% YoY, now expects FY ahead of expectations

Monday »

CINE

Cineworld and the last rites, no need to close shorts yet

 

Bearcast

Tom Winnifrith Bearcast: what to think about 3 gold miners? Has the curse of Chris Cleverly struck again?

 

STG

Strip Tinning – having recently admitted trading “result will not be what the board had originally set out to achieve”… nominal cost options grants (natch!)

 

Gold

Video: The Everything Bubble Collapse – 25x More Capital Into Gold

 

GENF

A question for Genflow Biosciences – who owns your shares?

 

FAB

Fusion Antibodies – ‘significantly behind expectations’… countdown to insolvency accelerates

 

VRS

UPDATED: Versarien: another spoof RNS Reach, can you smell the desperation yet?

 

PANR

Ouzo for Pete Brailey and the bears, another Pantheon disaster as its cash rapidly runs out!

 

Gold

The View From The Montana Log-Cabin As Gold Bounces

 

PPH

No Heartbreak at this Hotel Group with a Share Price that Seems Undervalued

 

Gagged

Suicide, white privilege and the patriarchal hegemony – ONS data out, DO NOT discuss the facts: Tom Winnifrith

 

HOME

#HOME REIT – tenants making up 18.2% of annual rent roll have moved into creditors' voluntary liquidation

 

VRS

Versarien (#VRS) – notes a civil engineering project completion, no financials RNS Reach attempted ramptastic

 

RAI

RA International (#RAI) – CFO Andrew Bolter to resign, recruitment process to commence

 

CKN

Clarkson (#CKN) – 2022 adj. EPS up to 250.3p, DPS 93p, confidence in outlook

 

AFN

ADVFN (#AFN) – H1 swing to loss on lower revenue, emphasises investment plans following equity raise

 

WAND

WANdisco (#WAND) – “in the early stages of proactively exploring” dual-listing in US

 

KWG

Kingswood (#KWG) – confirms ‘strategic options discussions’, including a potential sale or third party investment

 

FOXT

Foxtons (#FOXT) – acquisition of Central East London estate agent Atkinson McLeod for £7.4m

 

FSJ

James Fisher & Sons (#FSJ) – sold nuclear decommissioning services business for nominal consideration, with still loan facility and guarantees

 

CPI

Capita (#CPI) – agreement to sell resourcing businesses, expects to receive cash proceeds of £17m

Sunday »

Bearcast

Tom Winnifrith Bearcast: Ariana Resources sins on Friday, buy sell or hold?

 

AAU

Ariana Resources – Bad News From Tavsan, But Still A Buy

 

LBE

Longboat Energy - highly speculative buy

 

NEX

Despite deals with schools, cleaner buses Morocco growth angles and the return of dividends, I am happy to continue ignoring shares in National Express Group

 

Wolf-of-Wall-Street

Visual Aid: The Global Share of US Stock Markets vs The Other

 

Woodlarks

Photo Article - The reason no articles yesterday, my first training walk for Rogue Bloggers for Woodlarks, schoolboy errors

 

Professor

Sunday Long Reads: Siege of the Amarula, Shipwreck Tale, Shortselling, German Fraud, MAGA Twitter

 

Quiz

The ShareProphets Sunday Pub Quiz #178

 

SYME

Supply@Me Capital – 65% of Alessandro Zamboni’s holding secured against loan

 

Top-10

Notes from Underground – Most read articles for the week ending 4 Mar 2023

 

Fake_News

Peter Tatchell proclaims the end of "heterosexual dictatorship" but , as has happened before, his maths dubious: Tom Winnifrith

Saturday »

BP

As the Market Adjusts, Make Sure your Trading Strategy is Up to Date.

Friday »

Beggar

One last time, Rogue Bloggers for Woodlarks Annual 34 mile walk – we are on!

 

SHG

Shanta Gold – resource updates suggest exploration and production catalysts, Buy

 

FNX

Fonix Mobile – “thrilled” with extended ITV agreement, why’s the share price response not likewise?

 

UKOG

How do you know that UK Oil & Gas is about to do yet another bailout placing?

 

AMTE

AMTE Power – “pleased” with delivery of first ‘Ultra Prime’ cells, how ‘pleasing’ is the balance sheet to be though?!

 

Bearcast

Tom Winnifrith Bearcast - 1 new Warwick abuse victim comes forward already

 

BEN

Ben’s Creek moves the goalposts in yet another stinking related party deal

 

Bear

Video: Being Ready for the Chaos in the Markets

 

AEO

Aeorema Communications – “strong first half”, and set for a positive second half

 

RMV

I am sure you look at the Rightmove website…but I think you also know why the company’s shares are falling

 

EUA

BREAKING: Eurasia Mining faces dodgy Russians in Court – why no RNS?

 

VAST

#VAST Resources – Technical Director Craig Harvey ‘steps down’ with immediate effect

 

BEN

Bens Creek (#BEN) – loan facility conversion including at a halved conversion price!

 

IES

Invinity Energy Systems (#IES) – convertible loan facility repayment agreement, further warrants to be issued

 

ENW

Enwell Energy (#ENW) – Supreme Court of Ukraine determines Order for VAS field production licence suspension should be cancelled

 

KWG

Kingswood (#KWG) – completes acquisition of Dublin-based Moloney Investments following regulatory approval

 

DUKE

#DUKE Royalty – Q3 update, notes increased recurring cash revenue

 

NG

National Grid (#NG.) – accepts Ofgem RIIO-ED2 price controls for electricity distribution businesses, to provide more detail on delivery in summer

 

RMV

Rightmove (#RMV) – 2022 adj. EPS +9%, DPS +9%, argues confidence in outlook

 

PSON

Pearson (#PSON) – 2022 adj. EPS up to 51.8p, DPS to 21.5p, emphasises strategic progress

 

IMI

#IMI – 2022 adj. EPS +15%, DPS +8%, expects 2023 continued progress

Thursday »

PHC

Plant Health Care – peptide fungicide US approval, a “significant milestone”?

 

Bearcast

Tom Winnifrith Bearcast - distracted by Warwick School matters

 

BMV

Bluebird Merchant Ventures – “delighted” with scoping study, we can understand why! Shares to double well before Christmas?...

 

VRCI

Verici Dx – emphasises “Certificate of Compliance”, but what’s the financial outlook?

 

Madness

#BoycottHershey – go woke go broke on #InternationalWomensDay

 

HLN

How is Haleon - the spin-off from GSK plc - getting on?

 

VIC

Victorian Plumbing – AGM trading update, how “strong” really is the trading performance?

 

VRS

Letter to AIM Regulation – Versarien’s self confessed breach of AIM Rule 11