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R4E THIS THIS MORNING: BANK LOAN COSTS SLASHED. MARKET CAP £2.5M. TURNOVER £70m IN LINE FOR £1M PROFIT THIS YEAR.!!! HANG ON TIGHT
R4E THIS THIS MORNING: BANK LOAN COSTS SLASHED. MARKET CAP £2.5M. TURNOVER £70m IN LINE FOR £1M PROFIT THIS YEAR.!!! HANG ON TIGHT
Publishing Technology swung to a first-half pretax profit of £0.416 million, from a loss of £0.169 million a year earlier. Revenue was £8.5 million, from £7.9 million. "As a result, we remain on track to meet market expectation," ... [Published Stock Market Revenue goes up £600,000 and profit goes up just about the same amount.!! WHAT A SHARE, WHAT A COMPANY.!
www.publishingtechnology.com Estimates (Dec) 2012 (A) 2013 (E) 2014 (E) Revenues (£m) 16.1 17.6 19.3 PBT (£m) 0.6 1.4 1.9 EPS (p) 7.1 16.1 22.6 P/E (x) 39.4 17.4 12.4 EV/EBITDA 22.6 12.6 9.3 Net cash (Debt) (£m) (2.2) (0.9) 0.9 Source: WH Ireland estimates. Analyst: Matthew Davis Publishing Technology (PTO)
Publishing Technology Plc (LON:PTO)‘s stock had its “buy” rating reiterated by investment analysts at Westhouse Securities in a note issued to investors on Thursday, Analyst Ratings Network reports. They currently have a GBX 360 ($5.49) price target on the stock. Westhouse Securities’ price target points to a potential upside of 48.15% from the stock’s previous close. Separately, analysts at WH Ireland initiated coverage on shares of Publishing Technology Plc in a research note to investors on Tuesday, May 21st. They set a “buy” rating and a GBX 320 ($4.88) price target on the stock.
TRADING STATEMENT TODAY This is in line.!!! Digital Look Forecasts: Year Ending Revenue (£m) Pre-tax (£m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. 30-Nov-13 74.50 0.90 1.16p 2.9 0.0 +100% 30-Nov-14 79.50 1.25 1.53p 2.2 0.1 +32% Trading on a 2013 P/E of under 3.[STUPID] Look for that P/E to hit 10 over the next few weeks and a share price of around 12p.
Fair enough, good luck.
Be so kind and take a look at page 34 of the PTO accounts. Vista makes £3.2M profit a year, [Advance lost £1.5M in start up costs the Harper deal should put that at B/E this year and large profits next. Good luck .
Broker has £1.3m profit down for this year ,[ made up from the 4 divisions within PTO.] PCG [the sales side of the company] had a turnover of £2M last year, with EBITDA of £137.000. This year sales from the 4 new contracts Churchill Archive online, Drama online and two others will see that turnover and thus profits, leap. If one looks at Bloomsbury accounts for 2011 it tells investors a breakdown of the profit margins for digital sales with commission to the seller of 20% -50%. If worldwide sales of Drama and Churchill online have come in at a tiny £5M each then at a low 20% PTO would have picked up £2M. The margins from those products alone could be enough to hit the brokers forecast. Then add on Huge Rand D saving of not far off £1M in a full year. The R and D tax refund from 2012 say £300,000 The growth of the Advance Software sales The growth of the Pub2web sales The debt reduction to Zero by Jan 2014 My view is brokers forecast will be smashed.
RE MAR : High risk if mortgage rates go up, plus huge labour prob in the building game right now. Building materials also a nightmare. I can also tell you for a fact expanding in the building game at the very same time as all the big boys is very bad news .
Bloomsbury RNS this morning.!! [PTO are the sales agent ], looks like Churchill and Drama online sales have gone through the roof.! NICE. Subscriptions to Drama Online, the digital resource for academics, students and performers, are significantly ahead of expectations.
FROM SEP 2014.!!
RNS BLOOMSBURY 21/05/13; The Churchill Centre has acquired access to the Churchill Archive from Bloomsbury for every secondary school in the USA, UK and Canada in a ground breaking initiative. PTO; 2013 ANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS; Page 28; PTO pick up the commission one month in arrears. PTO end of half year 30/06/13
PTO; on the move up today, I should think so, after Bloomsbury told the market last week every school in the UK, Canada and the USA is to get free access to the Churchill archive. The full price is £3,800 per school,[one off payment,] or £600 a year. PTO have the rights to sell it on behalf of Bloomsbury. Even if you allow for a massive discount it looks good.
Take a read of last weeks accounts RE ACTICA.!!! Actica Direct Many organisations contract directly with Actica for consultancy services and we are happy to provide fully costed proposals for work and CVs of suitable consultants. A preferable approach may be for one of our senior consultants to visit you without obligation to discuss your precise requirements prior to submitting a proposal for the work. Please use the contact details to register your enquiry. FATS/4 MOD's procurement organisation, Defence Equipment & Support (DE&S), is responsible for the delivery of major acquisition projects. Actica provides consultancy to defence organisations in these areas and services may be procured through the Framework Agreement for Technical Support (FATS). Alternatively, please contact us direct and we will facilitate this for you. Government Procurement Service The Government Procurement Service (GPS) is a framework agreement that provides a quick and easy way for Public Sector customers to procure and contract for a wide range of consultancy and specialist services from approved suppliers via a catalogue-based procurement scheme. The GPS framework contracts provide our Public Sector customers with: •Cost savings achieved through competitive fee rates •The ability to call off services to meet requirements quickly •Compliance with EU procurement regulations •Easy ordering based on standardised procedures •Robust contractual protection All of Actica's services are available through the GPS framework. We are prime contractors in the following categories: •RM591 Lot 1: ICT Strategy Consultancy & Development •RM591 Lot 2: Application Consultancy & Delivery Services •RM591 Lot 3: Architecture & Infrastructure Consultancy and Delivery Services •RM591 Lot 4.1: ICT Security - Planning and Design •RM591 Lot 4.2: ICT Security - Testing •RM591 Lot 4.3: ICT Investigative Services •RM591 Lot 4.4: ICT Security - Day to day Analysis & Consultancy •RM1557/ii Lot 4: Specialist Cloud Services (G-Cloud) To ensure that we are able to meet requirements raised under the GPS framework, we team with a number of partner organisations who share our commitment to quality and customer service. A quick and simple process exists to enable our customers to place orders through the GPS framework. All we require initially is some information on your likely support requirements: we can then contact you and advise on how best to complete the process. To discuss your requirements with us, or to obtain further details on our services, please contact us. GPS Gateway Reviewers Actica's pool of experienced Government Procurement Service (GPS) Gateway Reviewers are available to support government departments and agencies in support of the successful delivery of high risk business change programmes.
Take a read of last weeks accounts RE ACTICA.!!! Actica Direct Many organisations contract directly with Actica for consultancy services and we are happy to provide fully costed proposals for work and CVs of suitable consultants. A preferable approach may be for one of our senior consultants to visit you without obligation to discuss your precise requirements prior to submitting a proposal for the work. Please use the contact details to register your enquiry. FATS/4 MOD's procurement organisation, Defence Equipment & Support (DE&S), is responsible for the delivery of major acquisition projects. Actica provides consultancy to defence organisations in these areas and services may be procured through the Framework Agreement for Technical Support (FATS). Alternatively, please contact us direct and we will facilitate this for you. Government Procurement Service The Government Procurement Service (GPS) is a framework agreement that provides a quick and easy way for Public Sector customers to procure and contract for a wide range of consultancy and specialist services from approved suppliers via a catalogue-based procurement scheme. The GPS framework contracts provide our Public Sector customers with: •Cost savings achieved through competitive fee rates •The ability to call off services to meet requirements quickly •Compliance with EU procurement regulations •Easy ordering based on standardised procedures •Robust contractual protection All of Actica's services are available through the GPS framework. We are prime contractors in the following categories: •RM591 Lot 1: ICT Strategy Consultancy & Development •RM591 Lot 2: Application Consultancy & Delivery Services •RM591 Lot 3: Architecture & Infrastructure Consultancy and Delivery Services •RM591 Lot 4.1: ICT Security - Planning and Design •RM591 Lot 4.2: ICT Security - Testing •RM591 Lot 4.3: ICT Investigative Services •RM591 Lot 4.4: ICT Security - Day to day Analysis & Consultancy •RM1557/ii Lot 4: Specialist Cloud Services (G-Cloud) To ensure that we are able to meet requirements raised under the GPS framework, we team with a number of partner organisations who share our commitment to quality and customer service. A quick and simple process exists to enable our customers to place orders through the GPS framework. All we require initially is some information on your likely support requirements: we can then contact you and advise on how best to complete the process. To discuss your requirements with us, or to obtain further details on our services, please contact us. GPS Gateway Reviewers Actica's pool of experienced Government Procurement Service (GPS) Gateway Reviewers are available to support government departments and agencies in support of the successful delivery of high risk business change programmes.
For immediate release February 27, 2012 Bloomsbury Publishing selects Publishers Communication Group to represent Churchill Archive and Drama Online PCG to provide global sales, marketing and customer service for new digital collections Cambridge, MA, February 27, 2012 � Leading independent publisher Bloomsbury and industry consultancy Publishers Communication Group (PCG) today announce an exclusive sales, marketing and customer service partnership for Bloomsbury�s two newest ventures, the Churchill Archive and Drama Online. The two digital collections will launch during 2012 under the Bloomsbury Academic imprint of the London-based literary and reference publisher. Specializing in the humanities and social sciences, Bloomsbury Academic publishes more than 1,000 books each year, maintains a backlist of about 20,000 titles, and is aggressively expanding its online portfolio of digital resources with collections such as Berg Fashion Library, Churchill Archive and Drama Online. With this agreement, PCG continues to grow its program of full-service global representation for scholarly publishers. By leveraging local networks in Europe, North America, Latin America, India and China, PCG will execute sales and multi-channel marketing programs, as well as manage all library-facing customer service and fulfillment duties for these two collections. The Churchill Archive makes accessible nearly one million documents amassed by Winston S. Churchill throughout his life. Published electronically in collaboration with the Sir Winston Churchill Archive Trust and Churchill Heritage Ltd, and previously only available on microfilm, the collection is designed as a research and teaching resource documenting Churchill�s engagement in national and international affairs over six decades of public life as soldier, journalist, wartime leader and historian. Drama Online aggregates the most studied, performed and critically acclaimed plays from the last two and half thousand years from the Methuen Drama, Arden Shakespeare and Faber lists. The collection meets the full range of drama teaching needs, incorporating critical analysis, contextual information, performance and practitioner texts from theory to backstage and acting guides coupled with video and audio material. Then this from Bloomsbury results last month.!!!! [May 13] The Churchill Centre has acquired access to the Churchill Archive from Bloomsbury for every secondary school in the USA, UK and Canada in a ground breaking initiative. Just how much has PTO made on this deal.?? I HAVE HAD A GOOD LOOK /RESEARCH THE JISC SCHOOLS WEB PAGE. THE TOP DISCOUNT IS 80% FOR ANY PRODUCT Churchill online The rates per school can be found on the web. They are: £600 a year per school, or a one off fee of £3,600 50,000 schools in the USA Canada and UK. If the deal was just �100.00
Have sold 20,000 shares to our FD. They have been bought off market, [not through a Market Maker with a spread] L and G have seen their PTO shares rise 400% in just 18 months and must be over the moon. Looks like they are about to make another 400% on the 580,000 shares they have left.
JUST TO LET YOU KNOW THE FD WENT SHOPPING FOR MORE YESTERDAY. HALF A YEARS WAGES WORTH. WHAT FUN.!
10K when you are the FD, and its just about your last chance to buy stock prior to results.!!!