Looking forward to months ahead...14 Oct 2018 15:35
Yes, plenty to look forward to Cityal, plenty of catalysts coming short term, to name a few, Paraytec raise update/completion, which could prove to value our share in Paraytec more than the current £2.2m book value of all 15 investments. I also find interesting the last RNS regarding the conversion of loan notes by BRH and another share holder into Paraytec shares, which now means we have 56.5% interest in Paraytec, that will put BRH in the driving seat on any negotiations for the £4m placing, also in that RNS it stated Paraytec was now profitable and cash positive.
On top of Paraytec news, we have fund management expansion news to look forward to, dividend confirmation, potential Gyrometric contract wins with large players in that field and the interims. I do hope the interims include a detailed overview on how Kirkstall are trading since the Lonza marketing and distribution agreement, before Kirkstall done this deal with Lonza they were relying on their technical staff to drum up sales and still managed to grow them by 35% in the prior year. Lonza have 600 sales staff, so sales could have a dramatic increase and I’m really hoping they give some idea how it’s going.
Ultimately, I’m very confident in the management here and in particular Trevor Brown, he has proven time and again how he can cut costs back, as has also been seen at another of his companies RMS (remote monitored solutions) and he also holds a large chunk at just shy of 30% in both of those companies.
I have recently added to my holding and I’m very happy to have a fairly sizeable amount now going into a news rich period, but am considering this a longer term hold anyway after extensive research on all 3 strategic investment companies and in particularly Paraytec and Kirkstall, I believe BRH holding in these 2 companies, in time, will dwarf the current market cap of BRH of £4.5m, and potentially as soon as next year.
Lastly, the shares here are very illiquid, and buying any sort of size can prove very tough, so I am happy to have a decent chunk of these now, as trying to build a holding when the catalysts start to land will prove nigh on impossible, I look forward to the months ahead.
Good luck