RE: Cash Facts22 Feb 2021 07:36
So I went and did some research. I'm not trying to spread FUD. I have a decent holding, I'm not selling. I just want to understand risks.
We are chewing cash, it is down nearly 50% on the previous year. Our investments are down by nearly 50% too, I suspect we've cashed those in and spent that money. Headcount is way up to 205, from 19! Obviously we are growing and that growth comes at a price and money must come from somewhere.
Our current ratios are down by half as well as you would expect with cash being down.
Debtors and Creditor days are have actually improved slightly, which shows that even as Rev and £balances go up, they are keeping pace.
Good news? Intangible Assets - eg phantom assets, only form 5% of total assets when years ago they were 70%!
I will do more in depth analysis when the next interim's comes out as we are so close and a lot has changed since June 2020.
My major concern is with the company growing and the share price going one way its going to be so tempting for the board to issues shares to raise cash. I think dilution risk is one of our biggest risks at this point as they won't get to £1b+ without more share issues as the growth cash will have to come from somewhere.
Its hard not to look at Revenue and see that we 5 years ago we turned £1.5m, look at us now!