E Sports flying: Revenues up 70% up year on year31 Mar 2023 08:41
Looking good for a bounce in the GFIN share price now on the back of these numbers:
* H1 Revenue of £4.1m (H1 FY22: £3.3m), 26% up year on year and most encouraging is 106% up on the previous six-months.
* The most impressive messaging however is that GFIN's esports solutions, particularly in the football and motorsports space, has seen revenue shoot up by 70% year on year to £2.5m (H1 FY22: £1.5m).
* Looks like the Saudi Professional League, Formula 1 Esports Series and V10 R League series featuring teams such as Mercedes, Red Bull, McLaren, Ford and Aston Martin are pulling in big numbers. You can't argue with a 70% increase. That's impressive.
* Plus there's an interesting line in the results about "delivering an esports operating plan for a leading UK football club". If this is a Man Utd, Liverpool, Newcastle Utd, Man city kind of brand this could be huge moving forward.
Robert Keith's decision to take a 12.02% holding looks a smart move. Dont forget that Keith is the hi-tech investor, known for his past involvement with Eidos (Lara Croft) and Fast Search & Transferwhich he sold to Microsoft for $1.2bn.
Other noteworthy points today in the RNS include the post-period Playgendary deal with Athlos plus Todd Sitrin, former Head of Competitive Gaming at EA, added to Athlos leadership group as a Strategic Advisor.
This sounds encouraging....
Good luck, Brighty