Berenberg view13 Nov 2023 09:04
Angle shares ‘attractive’ given growth prospects, says Berenberg
The market has already priced in downward top-line revisions at liquid biopsy company Angle (AGL) and there continues to be potential that makes the share ‘attractive’, says Berenberg.
Analyst Odysseas Manesiotis retained his ‘buy’ recommendation and target price of 120p on the stock, which tumbled 16.5% to £10.07.
There have been several guidance downgrades in the early-stage pharmaceutical development tools sector and Angle was no exception. It revised down top-line expectations for 2023 from £3m to £2.2m after two contracts were ‘pushed out due to cost-control measures as customers aligned with other sector’s cautious spending behaviour’, Manesiotis said.
However, management is predicting a trebling of sales in 2024 which Manesiotis explained ‘falls 29% short of our £9m 2024 sales estimate’.
‘While all this is not great news, we think the shares have largely priced in some downgrades on the back of peers’ reports and, at 5.5x 2024 implied sales for continued significant sales growth, the shares continue to be valued attractively,’ he said.
‘We also think management’s further cost-cutting measures, which allow for a further extended cash runway to mid-2025, are sound, enabling the company to scale back spending until biotech funding recovers.’