(Alliance News) - The following is a round-up of updates by London-listed companies, issued on Wednesday and not separately reported by Alliance News:
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Woodbois Ltd - forestry and timber trading company focussed on Africa - Reports revenue of USD8.2 million for the six months to June 30, up from USD8.6 million posted a year earlier. The company explained that the decline was due to Covid-19 related disruption in global freight shipping sector. Pretax loss narrowed in the half-year to USD980,000 from USD4.3 million year-on-year, as operating costs reduced to USD1.5 million from USD2.3 million. In addition, finance costs reduced to USD654,000 from USD2.4 million a year ago.
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Goodwin PLC - Stoke-on-Trent, England-based engineering company - Says pretax profit for the twelve month ended April 30, was GBP16.5 million, an increase of 36% year-on-year, on revenue of GBP131 million, down from GBP145 million in financial 2020. Pretax profit rose on the back of lower cost of sales, which fell to GBP92.2 million from GBP109.7 million year-on-year. The company proposes an increased dividend of 102.24p versus 81.71p per share the year before.
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Hostelworld Group PLC - Dublin-based online booking platform - Reports net revenue of EUR2.9 million in the first half of 2021, a decline of 76% on a prior year. Net bookings decline of 73% was recorded in half year. Net booking volume was down to 300,000 from 1.1 million year-on-year, with cancellations at EUR800,000 versus EUR5.4 million in the first half of 2020. Net average booking value totalled EUR11.72 in the half-year, up from EUR9.45 a year ago, reflecting favourable geographic mix, and higher number of bed nights per booking. Pretax loss widens slightly, to EUR20.7 million from EUR18.8 million in the first half of 2020.
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Yourgene Health PLC - Manchester, England-based diagnostics products firm - Says revenue for the financial year to March 31 increased 10% to GBP18.3 million, with Covid-related revenue and strong European NIPT growth offsetting international pandemic headwinds. Total comprehensive loss widened to GBP12.2 million from GBP2.3 million, reflecting a goodwill impairment charge arising from pandemic-related challenges in Asian markets. Says, in the three months to June 30, revenue was over GBP6 million, up 80% on a prior year, driven by Covid-related services and product sales as the UK reopens.
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Condor Gold PLC - exploration and development company - Reports widened pretax loss for the six months to June 30 of GBP1.0 million versus GBP335,419 a year ago. The company records higher share-based payments, to GBP199,591 from GBP98,534 and administrative expenses were up to GBP814,269 from GBP735,676. In addition, there was a non-repeat of GBP477,616 gain recorded in the first half of 2020 on disposal of project. "Condor made significant advances during the 6-month period at the fully permitted La India project," notes Chair & Chief Executive Mark Child.
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Atalaya Mining PLC - Cyprus-based miner - Says it increased earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation to EUR99.4 million in the six months to June 30 from EUR22.1 million a year before. Cash flows from operating activities rose to EUR71.0 million from EUR23.0 million year-on-year as a result of robust operational performance at Proyecto Riotinto, combined with strong copper prices. Revenue in the half-year grew to EUR197.1 million from EUR117.7 million a year earlier, with pretax profit jumping to EUR43.9 million from EUR4.5 million.
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88 Energy Ltd - Alaska-focused oil exploration and appraisal company - Swings to profit of AUD445,446, about GBP236,967, in the six months to June 30 compared to AUD4.0 million loss posted a year ago. The profit was largely attributable to the sale of tax credits above their fair value. Income jumps to AUD4.3 million from AUD75,860 a year prior. Net assets totalled AUD94.5 million, up from AUD58.9 million at the end of 2020, with the significant increase in net assets being largely due to the repayment of debt and shares to be issued in relation to the APDC transaction which were classified as liability.
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By Evelina Grecenko; evelinagrecenko@alliancenews.com
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