Esker - Targeting margin recovery in FY24

Esker reported FY23 results in line with our expectations. Revenue grew 12% (14% constant currency) while inflationary effects and sales commissions on bookings outperformance in H223 resulted in operating profit declining 16% y-o-y. The high level of contracts signed towards the end of FY23 provide good support for revenue growth in FY24 and FY25 and measures taken by management to improve productivity should drive margin expansion over our forecast period back into the company’s target range o...

Q1-24 Chargeurs kicks off the year in high gear

Q1-24 Chargeurs kicks off the year in high gear EARNINGS/SALES RELEASES Chargeurs got off to a good start in 2024 with 10% yoy organic revenue growth, boosted by all of its divisions. As in the previous quarters, the Luxury segment continued to be the Group’s main driving force, bolstered by the museum activity. The positive surprise of this release, however, was Advanced Materials, which returned to growth territory after 6 consecutive quarters of decline, lifted by a volume effect, even in a...

ODDO BHF Small & MIDCAP MORNING NEWS - 30/04/2024 Date Performance dep...

L’offre de BHP sur Anglo American a confirmé l’intérêt des minières pour le cuivre dans un contexte de tensions croissantes sur la production et de difficultés à faire aboutir les projets. Les perspectives d’Anglo (Neutre) dans le cuivre sont désormais mieux valorisées, c’est aussi le cas de BHP (Neutre vs Sous-performance) mais pas encore assez, selon nous, sur Rio Tinto (Surperformance vs Neutre). En aval, Nexans et Montana Aerospace sont nos valeurs préférées (Surperformance) vs Au...

ODDO BHF Small & MIDCAP MORNING NEWS - 04/30/2024

BHP's bid for Anglo American has confirmed interest from miners in copper in the context of increasingly challenged production and difficulties in fully completing projects. Anglo’s (Neutral) prospects in copper are now better valued and this is also the case for BHP (Neutral vs Underperform) although not so for Rio Tinto (Outperform vs Neutral). Downstream, Nexans and Montana Aerospace are our Top Picks (Outperform) vs Aurubis, Rexel and Prysmian (Neutral). - ...

Chargeurs : Q1 sales higher than expected but still cautious for 2024

>Q1 sales up 6.7% (+10% l-f-l) to € 177.8m (vs € 165m est.) - Chargeurs this morning reported Q1 sales that were higher than expected at € 177.8m (vs € 165m est.), up 6.7% (+10% l-f-l).Return of growth in all divisions at the start of the year - Q1 in the end showed growth for the group with a contribution from all divisions. Besides a favourable base effect (Q1 2023 -18% l-f-l), the group benefited from a recovery in all divisions. Advanced mate...

Bigben Interactive : Unsurprising Q4

>As usual, Nacon lifted growth, even though Audio/Telco did slightly better - Bigben Interactive published yesterday evening Q4 (January-March) revenues up 7% YoY to € 69.7m, in line with our expectations (€ 68.9m est.). FY revenues were up 3% YoY to € 291.9m. In detail: Audio/Telco (41% of Q4 revenues) came in slightly up by 2% at € 28.8m (€ 26.2m est.), driven by a resilient Mobile Accessories business (81% of the division's revenues), up 8% to € 23.3m, desp...

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Chargeurs : CA T1 supérieur aux attentes mais toujours de la prudence ...

>CA T1 en hausse de 6.7% (+10% lfl) à 177.8 M€ (vs 165 M€e) - Chargeurs a publié ce matin un CA T1 supérieur aux attentes à 177.8 M€ (vs 165 M€e) en croissance de 6.7% (+10% lfl).Retour de la croissance sur l’ensemble des pôles en ce début d’année - Le T1 est finalement ressorti en hausse pour le groupe avec une contribution de l’ensemble des pôles. Au-delà d’un effet de base favorable (T1 2023 -18% lfl), le groupe a bénéficié d’une reprise sur l’ense...

Bigben Interactive : T4 2023/2024 sans surprise

>Nacon tire comme d’habitude la croissance même si la division audio/telco est légèrement mieux orientée - Bigben Interactive a publié hier soir un CA T4 (janvier-mars) en progression de 7% y-o-y à 69.7 M€, en ligne avec nos attentes (68.9 M€e). Sur l’ensemble de l’exercice, le CA ressort en hausse de 3% y-o-y à 291.9 M€. Dans le détail : La branche Audio/Telco (41% du CA T4) ressort à 28.8 M€ (26.2 M€e) en légère hausse de 2% tirée par la résilience des Accesso...

Stef: 1 director

A director at Stef bought 600 shares at 135.377EUR and the significance rating of the trade was 58/100. Is that information sufficient for you to make an investment decision? This report gives details of those trades and adds context and analysis to them such that you can judge whether these trading decisions are ones worth following. Included in the report is a detailed share price chart which plots discretionary trades by all the company's directors over the last two years clearly showing Cl...