RE: News?11 Aug 2023 20:20
2023.
H1 update ✔️
IM JV outcome ✔️
News of further conversion of bids into contracts ✔️
Targets are being hit and I remind folks of JW’s comments last year which are now hitting projected forecasts with a high degree of accuracy 🥳
‘With significant levels of revenue contracted, the relative stability of the cruise & ferry and ship repair markets and confidence around potential orders within the defence and renewables markets, management has an aspiration of generating revenues of between £100 million - £115 million for FY23. ✔️
While it is clearly more difficult to project FY24 revenues given the lumpiness and scale of certain contracts, the aspiration is to generate revenues of between £200 million - £230 million for FY24. Whilst this is a significant step-change from the FY23 aspiration, it reflects the trajectory of major defence and renewable programmes commencing from 2024 onwards and beyond.
At turnover levels of £200 million and above, the Company would expect to be in a position to generate sufficient cashflow to initiate returns to shareholders’
The award of the LOI of 60-70 million for 2024 and then the already allotted contracted revenues exceeding £70 million (ref. RNS 30 June). Direct quote from JW :
‘Our contracted revenues for FY24 have already exceeded £70 million at the date of this report. We are seeing significant traction in contract fruition going into Q3'23 and beyond, giving us confidence of achieving further growth as I have outlined in March of this year.’
This already hits revenue’s of in excess of £140 million for FY24. Think we can see the target for 2024 easily being achieved as per JW’s aspirations stated in 2022 and again recently in his LSE chat to shareholders
Therefore, we know that H&W are already at >70% of revenue aspirational target set by BoD's for FY 2024, this sets very strong foundations for generating new business in all areas and does not take into account the FSS contract award.
The SP will take care of itself.