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Small caps round-up: NetDimensions, Ocean Power, Qonnectis...

Tue, 14th Jul 2009 12:59

Training software provider NetDimensions traded in lien with expectations in the first half of 2009. Cash balances at the end of June stood at $6.8m, up from $5.3m at the end of 2008. The company said its cash balance is equivalent to 16.5p in cash per share, a few pence above the current share price.Wave power specialist Ocean Power Technologies' order backlog rose to $7.5m in the year to 30 April 2009 from $5.5m a year earlier, with most of the revenue from the order book set to feed through in the next 12 months.The news offset continuing post-tax losses of $14.7m, though these were down from a net loss of $18.3m the year before. Revenue rose to $4.8m from $4m a year earlier.Cash, cash equivalents and investments fell to $81.7m at the end of April from $101.1m a year earlier.AIM-listed tiddler Qonnectis has signed a letter of intent with Primary Water to commence trials of Qonnectis's data monitoring products.Qonnectis expects successful trials will lead to a three year deal that will give Primary Water exclusive distribution rights for Qonnectis products in Australia and Russia, and non-exclusive distribution rights for all other countries in the world except the UK, Ireland and China.The distribution agreement will be subject to minimum sales volumes and will include joint funding of specific product development.Rail maintenance group Jarvis slipped into the red last year and cautioned that short-term prospects look uncertain.Group revenue in the year to March rose to £345.8m (2008: £321.9m). Underlying profit fell to 5.1m (2008: profit £7.5m), but after exceptional costs £11.4m, losses were £6.3m. Net debt fell to £21.5m from £38.8m in 2008."The current economic conditions and Network Rail's decision to delay works created a difficult trading environment in the second half of the year under review and this is expected to continue through 2009-10. The prospects beyond that appear much more promising," chairman Stephen Norris said. Sports gaming group Leisure & Gaming saw a sharp fall in its net win percentage in three months to June with no large football tournaments taking place. Amounts wagered rose to €38.5m (2008: €28.4m), boosted by poker tournament fees, earning net win of €5.2m (2008: €5.2m) at a net win margin of 13.5% (2008: 18.3%). Amounts wagered on sports betting were €16.8m (2008: €18.0m) generating a net win of €3.0m (2008: €4.8m) at a net win percentage of 17.9% (2008: 26.7%).Melrose Resources is to raise £11.2m through a placing at 250p per share. The placing shares represent approximately 4.1% of the existing ordinary shares The proceeds will be used to fund key work programme activities, including accelerating the drilling of the Kaliakra appraisal well and its Egyptian field development programme. The placing will also provide additional capital headroom while the company completes discussions with its banking syndicate regarding a potential expansion of its existing long term debt facilities. Cyprotex, the drug discovery technology and information company, said it has continued to perform well in the current year."Overall, performance remains ahead of the same period last year. Taking into account the historic seasonality of the business, which sees around 55% of revenues and a much larger proportion of profits generated in the second half, we remain confident in the outlook for the full year," said chairman Steve Harris.Asset management software specialist Statpro said it remains confident of a successful outcome for the year as market conditions in the fund management sector appear likely to remain stable for the second half.Shares in Centamin Egypt rose after it announced an increase in the Measured and Indicated resource of approximately 520,000oz or 6%
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28 Aug 2009 09:45

Midcap round-up: JKX Oil, Melrose, SVG Capital, ...

Oil explorer JKX Oil saw the lower oil prices crimp profits for the half-year but said its second half performance is expected to be in line with expectations. Pre-tax profit slumped to £44.6m from £83.5m before revenues fell to $78.5m versus $116.8m in the same period last year. Revenues were wei

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26 Aug 2009 16:27

London close: Footsie runs out of steam

Wall Street's inability to hold onto new home sale-inspired gains was the final nail in the coffin for London, bringing to an end a six-day winning streak. Much of the blame lay with the UK-listed miners who hogged the list of largest losers on weaker metal prices. Antofagasta was among the worst

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26 Aug 2009 14:32

London afternoon: RBS buoyed by pension moves

Equity prices are mixed with a lower bias. The Footsie continues to drift lower, weighed down by underperforming resource stocks. Pre-tax profits plunged at Tullow in the first half of the year as the firm felt the pinch of the slide in oil prices. The oil company posted a pre-tax profit of £34.

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26 Aug 2009 12:09

London midday: Resource stocks a drag

Given that resource stocks are in the dog-house the Footsie is doing well to be only moderately in the red on a day of mixed results for blue chips. Pre-tax profits plunged at Tullow in the first half of the year as the firm felt the pinch of the slide in oil prices. The oil company posted a pre-t

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26 Aug 2009 08:12

Melrose ups production guidance

Oil and gas firm Melrose Resources saw first half revenue and profit tumble as a result of lower oil prices and the planned cessation of production from its Galata field. Revenue in the six months to 30 June 2009 fell to $97.6m from $234m the year before. The company achieved an average price per

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11 Aug 2009 07:35

London pre-open: Small gains ahead

London's top stocks look set to open marginally higher with traders expecting Footsie to add 5 points in early trading. Clive Cowdery's insurance investment vehicle Resolution will be catapulted into the FTSE 100 index after life insurer Friends Provident accepted a new £1.86bn bid on Tuesday. Fr

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11 Aug 2009 07:23

Melrose cheers successful Kaliakra well

Melrose Resources said gas samples obtained from its Kaliakra No.2 well in Bulgaria confirmed that the reservoir has very good properties, with an average porosity in excess of 30% high gas productivity. Given the quality of the reservoir, it was not necessary to run flow tests in the well and it h

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15 Jul 2009 06:37

Wednesday tips round-up: Britvic, Mothercare, BG

The sun shines, ergo, the drinks companies do rather nicely. When the group in question, Britvic, owns the Robinson squash brand and Wimbledon turns out to be more entertaining than usual, you would expect it to release good news to the market. Britvic is likely to have a good time of it over the

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8 Jul 2009 17:04

London close: Footsie dives as miners reverse course

The decline of the Footsie gathered pace in the final hour as miners, which had provided some measure of support for the blue-chip index for most of the day, turned lower. As global equity markets continue to retreat life assurance stocks were the main losers. Aviva, Legal & General and Prudential

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8 Jul 2009 15:36

London afternoon: Downward drift continues

The majority of blue-chip stocks remain lower on the day, though heavily weighted miners are limiting the extent of the fall on Footsie after positive broker comment this morning. Investec has upgraded Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton, advising its clients to take advantage of recent share price weakne

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8 Jul 2009 12:02

London midday: Footsie still flat

On another directionless day with little in the way of company news to guide sentiment, Footsie sits just in the blue. Heavily weighted miners are limiting the extent of the fall on Footsie after positive broker comment this morning. Investec has upgraded Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton, advising its c

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8 Jul 2009 09:00

London open: Down as banks await fate

Footsie has slipped in early dealings after a three-digit fall on Wall Street last night. Miners are going well despite the fall on Wall St overnight led by Rio Tinto, BHP Billiton and Antofagasta. Banks will be in focus later on when Chancellor Alistair Darling unveils the government's White Pape

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8 Jul 2009 07:19

Melrose on target at half-way point

Oil and gas firm Melrose Resources is proceeding as expected at its oil and gas fields in Egypt, although recent government elections have held things up in Bulgaria. Production averaged approximately 16,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day (boepd) on a net entitlement basis versus current full ye

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19 May 2009 08:15

Melrose Resources ramping up production

Oil and gas firm Melrose Resources has raised its production forecast for 2009 by around 5%, reflecting continued strong performance of its Egyptian assets and the earlier than expected start of production at its South Zarqa and North East Abu Zahra projects. The net entitlement production forecast

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