this is one overlooked share!1 Dec 2014 09:54
£2m market cap ($3m usd)
Just sold hotel for $2.5m
$10m compo claim against Lonhro
Had cash of $1.4m per last interims
overheads approx $1m per 6 months
and last trading update positive of Payserv and Millichem after spending a lot of cash to get them to where they are:-
Payserv Africa
Payserv's Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) switching service, 'Paynet' provided services to all 21 banks and building societies in Zimbabwe over the period, as well as to over 1,990 corporates. It also serviced one bank and 169 corporates in Zambia. Paynet processed a combined 16.5 million transactions (2013: 15.2 million) during the period, a 9% increase.
Payserv's payslip processing product, 'Autopay' provided payroll services to 195 customers and processed over 314,000 payslips (2013: 303,000) during the period; a 4% increase. This was achieved through a significant increase in the number of customers against a backdrop of many companies downsizing and shutting down.
Payserv's payroll based microfinance loan processing product, 'Tradanet' processed approximately 121,000 (2013: 66,000) loans during the period, representing a value of US$ 154 million (2013: US$ 131 million), an 83% increase and an 18% increase respectively. At the end of the period the loan book under management stood at US$ 134 million (2013: US$ 110 million), an increase of 22%.
Payserv significantly increased its EBITDA over the period.
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2014
2013
Growth
Revenues
4,595
4,164
10%
Gross profit
4,219
3,811
11%
Gross margin
91%
91%
0%
Millchem Holdings
Milchem, the value-added chemicals distribution subsidiary of Cambria, regained high growth during the second half of the period. The fourth quarter in particular saw high year on year revenue growth of 54%, among others resulting from signing on of high-profile new suppliers during the period, including Ashland, Clariant, Sealed Air, Donau Carbon, Celatom, EP Minerals and Centlube / AGIP.
It also completed the acquisition of C&M, a leading distributor in Malawi, for 5,500,000 new ordinary shares. Integration of C&M into MiIlchem is progressing according to strategy.
Post period end Millchem also made its first sales in Namibia.
Milchem's investment in geographic expansion has impacted the bottom line, and saw strongly reduced EBITDA for the period. EBITDA performance, alongside the achieved rapid sales growth, started improving again strongly during the fourth quarter of the financial year.
Millchem also became a full member of both the NACD and the FECC, the only African chemical distributor to do so.
US$ '000
2014
2013
Growth
Revenues
4,806
4,323
11%
Gross profit
848
770
10%
Gross margin
18%
18%
0%