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(Alliance News) - The following stocks are the leading risers and fallers among London Main Market small-caps on Wednesday.
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SMALL-CAP - WINNERS
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S4 Capital PLC, up 5.7% at 560.00 pence, 12-month range 405.00p-878.00p. The ad agency says trading performance for 2021 was in line with market expectations, with gross profit and new revenue growth considerably ahead of prior company guidance. S4 also announces the acquisition of data consultancy 4 Mile Analytics for an undisclosed sum, which will be merged with S4's MediaMonks.
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DFS Furniture PLC, up 5.4% at 255.00p, 12-month range 203.00p-318.50p. The sofa retailer says it saw a strong order intake performance for the 26 weeks to December 26, with the post-Christmas trading period starting well. DFS Furniture says pretax profit expectations for financial 2022 remain unchanged, but recent trading momentum is expected to generate incremental profit in financial 2023. Notes its brand strength and retail strategy will facilitate market share gains "ahead of the competition".
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Alfa Financial Software Holdings PLC, up 5.0% at 189.00p, 12-month range 112.50p-221.00p. The financial software developer says it continued to perform strongly in the fourth quarter with good revenue generation across all business streams. Looking ahead, it expects 2021 results to be towards the upper end of company-compiled market expectations, which are for revenue of GBP80 million to GBP82 million and operating profit of GBP19 million to GBP22 million. For 2020, operating profit was GBP23.9 million on revenue of GBP78.9 million.
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Helical PLC, up 4.7% at 452.43p, 12-month range 345.00p-513.00p. The office-focused investment and development company intends to convert into a real estate investment trust with effect from April 1. Following conversion, Helical will be exempt from UK corporation tax on the profit of its property activities that fall within the REIT regime in the year ending March 31, 2023 and beyond, it says.
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By Arvind Bhunjun; arvindbhunjun@alliancenews.com
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