RE: AIM stocks nearly always fail20 Aug 2025 10:14
And this back in 2016.
AIM success stories
ENO is a great example of the benefits of joining the All-Share-Market, but it's not completely unique. The AIM market has helped other companies move to the Main Market and prosper.
Northland give other great examples:
Domino's Pizza (LSE: DOM) is a well-known success, paying out much more than its flotation price in dividends
Booker (LSE: BOK), the wholesaler, nearly reached the FTSE 100 index
Unite Group (LSE: UTG), who joined AIM in June 1999 at a market cap of £21m, before moving to the Main Market in a year later at £90m market cap (now worth a whopping £1.37bn)
Big Yellow Group (BYG) joined AIM in May 2000 valued at £97m. Two years later the company joined the Main Market and is now worth £1.14bn
Animal genetics firm Genus (LSE: GNS) joined in 2000 at £58m, now it's worth £1.18bn
NCC (LSE: NCC) joined AIM in July 2004, valued at £55.4m. Three years later NCC moved to the Main Market and in the past year it has joined the FTSE 250 index. The company is now nearly 12 times the level it was back in July 2004
Probably the most famous example of an exceptional growth stock that started on the AIM market is ASOS PLC (LSE: ASOS). The ecommerce giant joined in 2001 at a valuation of £14m, and is now worth more than £4bn, a 28,614% increase. A £1,000 investment in 2001 would now be worth just under £300,000.