Progress towards profit target becoming visible
​Despite continuing adverse market conditions in the first few months of 2015, with the number of companies on AIM falling, money raised on AIM 18% lower and the value of trades 31% lower than in H1 2013/4, WH Ireland has made good progress in the first half of its current financial year (6 months to 31 May). It achieved growth in revenue, Pre Tax Profit, Assets under Management, and its Corporate Client list. Profits were well over double the comparable half-year, on either a Headline Earnings or IFRS basis, and EPS more than trebled to 1.86p. The Private Wealth Management increased Assets under Management and Advise from £2.69bn to £2.76bn on a statutory basis, and the mix has improved with continued growth, to £834m, in the more valuable discretionary Assets under Management. Within Corporate Broking WHI grew its client list to 98, (11.3% of all companies on AIM), took part in 15 transactions (v 9 in H1 2013/4), grew retainers by 7% to £1.68m and grew transaction fees by 30% to £2.73m. We continue to believe that WHI is undervalued: A standard sum of parts valuation (using 4% of Discretionary, 2% of Advisory and 0.5% of Execution Only AUM plus surplus cash and equity in the Head Office building) comes to £61m, equivalent to 249p/share, over double the current price. Using a more conservative basis and applying a 10% conglomerate discount could reduce that to 177p, still 50% above the current share price.
W.H. Ireland Group is a holding company. Co. provides wealth management and corporate finance advice, research, products and services to the private clients and small and medium sized companies. Co. has two principal operating subsidiaries, WH Ireland Limited and WH Ireland (IOM) Limited. WH Ireland Limited consists of two business divisions: Private Wealth Management, which provides bespoke wealth management solutions and independent financial advisory services to retail clients; and Corporate Broking which provides corporate finance, advisory and broking services to small and mid-cap corporate clients, and stockbroking and research services to its institutional client base.
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