Results ahead of expectations, and strong outlook2 Jun 2020 08:22
Very good results today - ahead of expectations - and a strong outlook despite the pandemic.
INSE achieved 1.74p EPS, ahead of the 1.7p EPS forecast.
The Corporate Order Book is actually well up from the 31st December year end - at 30th April it's £60.1m compared to £57.5m at December. And INSE already has visibility of almost £40m of Corporate Division revenues for this year, plus Ignite Energy and the SME division's revenues - comparing well to last year's total Group revenues of £49.3m.
The Corporate Division was completely unaffected by COVID for Q1, and the Group has "delivered profits significantly ahead of the downside scenario during April", whilst the small SME division has mitigated its decline significantly with furloughing and cost-cutting.
INSE looks in good shape, and this in particular looks very promising:
"The growth in Optimisation Services revenues remains a focus of the Group in 2020 and beyond as this represents a significantly greater market than traditional Assurance Services.
The validity of this strategy is underpinned by our strong start to Q1 where we successfully completed our first cross sell to Ignite notwithstanding the challenges faced due to COVID-19. Furthermore, the Board has noted a significant upturn in the number of inbound queries from clients in relation to Optimisation Services arising out of a focus from the client base on Net Zero Carbon objectives and the significance of ESG reporting."