TRADING UPDATES: Avation loss narrows; Franchise Brands profit rises

(Alliance News) - The following is a round-up of updates by London-listed companies, issued on Thursday and not separately reported by Alliance News:

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Avation PLC - Singapore-based commercial passenger aircraft leasing company - For the six months ended December 31, pretax loss narrows to USD15.9 million from USD60.5 million, due to a much lower impairment loss on aircraft and credit losses. Revenue drops 6% year-on-year to USD57.9 million from USD61.3 million. Avation's aircraft fleet stands at 42, however fleet assets declines 7.0% year-on-year to USD1.00 billion as at December 31 from USD1.08 billion at the end of June.

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Franchise Brands PLC - Manchester-based owner of ChipsAway, Willow Pumps and Metro Rod brands - For 2021, pretax profit rises 57% year-on-year to GBP5.8 million from GBP3.7 million the year before, on revenue which grows 17% year-on-year to GBP57.7 million from GBP49.3 million, with double digit sales from Metro Rod and Metro Plumb, as well as a strong recovery from the B2C division. Declares final dividend of 0.9 pence per share, bringing total payout to 1.5p, up 36% from 1.1p. Looking ahead, reports strong start to 2022, with continued sales growth in B2B.

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Poolbeg Pharma PLC - London-based pharmaceutical company - For the period from incorporation on March 19 to December 31, posts pretax loss of GBP2.3 million and no revenue as the company continues to develop its severe influenza treatment POLB 001.

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Crystal Amber Fund Ltd - Guernsey-based investment company - As at December 31, net asset value per share increases 11% year-on-year to 143.19 pence from 128.99p. For the six month period, delivered NAV negative return of 0.8%, compared to a 4.7% positive return from the Numis Small Cap Index.

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JPMorgan Global Growth & Income PLC - invests in companies around the world - As at December 31, net asset value per share increases 6.1% year-on-year to 459.1 pence from 432.3p, while for the six month period, NAV total return is 8.2%, compared to a 7.7% return from the MSCI AC World Index.

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t42 IoT Tracking Solutions PLC - Jersey-based provider of tracking, security and monitoring solutions for containers and freight - For 2021, operating loss widens to USD2.7 million from USD1.8 million, on revenue which declines 16% year-on-year to USD4.2 million from USD5.0 million due to supply chain issues and a performance turnaround only taking place near the end of 2021.

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Allergy Therapeutics PLC - Sussex-based biotechnology firm focused on allergy vaccines - For the six months ended December 31, pretax profit drops 54% to GBP7.3 million from GBP15.8 million a year before, due to a rise in costs and a 10% year-on-year decline in revenue to GBP48.7 million from GBP54.0 million, due to the strategic streamlining of older products. Looking ahead, company has a strong outlook for the full financial year with operating profit on track to meet consensus expectations.

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Power Metal Resources PLC - London-based metals exploration company focused in North America, Africa and Australia - For the year ended September 30, pretax loss narrows to GBP623,000 from GBP1.4 million the year before, due to smaller impairment charges, and a slight rise in revenue to GBP37,000 from GBP9,000

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By Dayo Laniyan; dayolaniyan@alliancenews.com

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