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(Alliance News) - The following stocks are the leading risers and fallers among London Main Market small-caps on Monday.
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SMALL-CAP - WINNERS
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John Wood Group PLC, up 1.6% at 39.00 pence, 12-month range 21.18p-213.20p. Extends the deadline for a potential takeover offer by Sidara to April 17, by which date Sidara must announce its intention. Sidara, also known as Dar Al-Handasah Consultants Shair & Partners Holdings, made a preliminary bid approach to the engineering and consulting business in late February. Talks between the two firms had broken down last year after Sidara made a series of attempts to buy John Wood, pricing the firm at around 230p per share.
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SMALL-CAP - LOSERS
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Treatt PLC, down 2.5% at 346.23p, 12-month range 335.50p-570.00p. Current Chief Financial Officer Ryan Govender is named as the new CFO at Johnson Service Group, starting on October 1. Treatt says Govender will leave on September 30, having served three years in the post. The extracts and ingredients manufacturer has started the search for his successor. At Johnson Service Group, Govender replaces Yvonne Monaghan, who will retire after 40 years with the company and 17 as CFO.
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Social Housing REIT PLC, down 1.8% at 58.60p, 12-month range 55.00p-67.00p. Swings to pretax loss of GBP36.4 million during 2024 from a profit of GBP35.0 million the year before, despite revenue climbing 1.7% to GBP35.8 million from GBP35.2 million. Total annual expenses increase 43% to GBP11.7 million from GBP8.2 million. The investor in newly developed social housing assets in the UK records a GBP53.0 million loss from fair value adjustment on its investment properties, compared to a GBP15.5 million gain in 2023. Its EPRA net tangible assets at December 31 was 99.05 pence per share, down 13% on-year from 113.76p. "We are confident about the future of the company," says Chair Chris Phillips. "We expect our improving rent collection and resident occupancy will contribute to narrowing the discount to NAV. We also believe a proactive, transparent approach will be key to restoring investor confidence in the company and the sector." Its adjusted dividend cover for the year was 0.99x, against 0.85x in 2023.
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By Emily Parsons, Alliance News reporter
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