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Jersey milking North Sea opportunity
Thursday 08 Dec 2016Play momentum in £12.4m small cap oil explorer Jersey Oil & Gas ( JOG:AIM ) at 147.2p ahead of drilling at the Verbier well on its P2170 licence in the North Sea. The drilling effort is backed by Norway’s Statoil (STLO:STO) after a farm-out (Jersey retains an 18% working interest). The licence...
Proof that EasyHotel has fixed its problems
Thursday 08 Dec 2016Guy Parsons’ first full year as chief executive of EasyHotel ( EZH:AIM ) has seen the low-cost operator outperform the broader UK hotel market, raise money at a premium to its market value and accelerate growth opportunities. A 38.4% rise in pre-tax profit to £1.09m in the 12 months to 30 September...
Sanderson eyes retail plan
Thursday 08 Dec 2016Enterprise IT solutions supplier Sanderson ( SND:AIM ) is hoping an investment push on its digital retail side will pay-off in the same way as earlier investment in its enterprise division. Enterprise profit jumped nearly 40% year-on-year to £2.8m in the 12 months to 30 September after expansion...
Mothercare in a muddle
Thursday 01 Dec 2016Continued downwards share price pressure means maternity products retailer Mothercare ( MTC ) , no favourite of Shares , trades firmly in small cap territory with a £189.7m market tag at just 111p. Poor first half figures (24 Nov) confirmed the UK turnaround remains uncertain, sales and margins hit...
Cambria’s got gas in the tank
Thursday 01 Dec 2016A sell-off at franchised motor retailer Cambria Automobiles ( CAMB:AIM ) looks overdone. A prospective price to earnings ratio (PE) of 6.7 discounts sector risks yet ignores the small cap’s cash generation and exciting future prospects. Motor retailers have de-rated since before the Brexit vote...
Fair wind for Lamprell
Thursday 01 Dec 2016Oil rig refurbishment and construction outfit Lamprell ( LAM ) retains its recent share price momentum off the back of a $225m contract on a new wind farm in the North Sea from ScottishPower Renewables. Deliveries are to be made between March and October 2018. The contract looks material in the...
Central Asia Metals fired up by growth plan
Thursday 01 Dec 2016The future is starting to look very interesting for copper producer Central Asia Metals ( CAML:AIM ) . Having essentially been a single asset business since joining the stock market in 2010, the £251m cap group now has two additional projects that could significantly enhance the amount of metal it...
Growth spice for SciSys
Thursday 01 Dec 2016The £9.7m acquisition of German newsroom software supplier Annova could help UK IT solutions minnow SciSys ( SSY:AIM ) discover its growth spark. Annova will enhance its media and broadcasting solutions business. Analysts have hiked 2017 earnings forecasts by 25% to 4p per share. SciSys shares have...
ThinkSmart plugs into AIM
Thursday 24 Nov 2016A provider of lease finance for TVs and computers to Dixons Carphone ( DC. ) customers is to switch its stock market listing from Australia to the UK. ThinkSmart is hoping to float on AIM on 2 December. It has an exclusive contract with Dixons for certain products where its technology system can...
Seismic upgrade for Thalassa
Thursday 24 Nov 2016Marine seismic specialist Thalassa ( THAL:AIM ) has increased guidance for full year revenue and pre-tax profit from $10.5m to $13.9m and from $1.1m to $1.6m respectively. This is thanks to $2m of late data sales (10 Oct) and strong cost control. The company says profit could be boosted by a...