There is speculation in the markets today that the UK Chancellor would remove the exemption from the NIC contribution to partnerships and LLPs. This would predominantly affect law and accountancy firms. As a result I have decided to exit my positions in FRP and scale down substantially my Begbies position. On balance the changes should […]
Very strong update from Mitie for H126. Upgrading profit guidance by 11% vs 2025 as well as similar upgrade to market consensus. Integration with Marlow is going as planned, so all is looking positive. The only small concern is that the TCV(Total Contract value) is below H1 25 at £3bn. But still much higher than […]
Was there a saying that not much happens during the summer months in the markets? You certainly can’t say that for my portfolio which had a very turbulent Q3. Seven of the stocks in my portfolio returned more than -10% over the quarter, while 7 returned move than +15%. Broadly speaking netting off and returning […]
Transense had its final results on the 23rd Sept. Unfortunately after these results I decided to call it a day for now(after being in the stock for 2.5yrs). I still like the management team and what they are trying to achieve, I just don’t think the numbers add up anymore. The company made £1.4m in […]
Very positive ruling by the Federal Court in the US. Obviously the share price rise(+9%) reflects the positive sentiment by investors. This would refocus the management time on AI and clear up a lot of the uncertainty hanging over the stock. I think this should be positive for the stock beyond the recent market move […]
Somewhat disappointing results from Hilton. The Foppen business(maybe Floppen is more apt) is struggling again. Issues at the high margin fish division(Foppen). Contaminated fish at the Greek production facility so now they need to airlift fish from the Netherlands to the US. Cost so far of £2m with additional £5m until the issue is resolved. […]
Over the past month few months I have acquired shares in Meta(META) and FRP Advisory Group(FRP.L) as well as small positions in Hermes(RMSP) and one of my all time favourite companies(held it for 10yrs prior to COVID), TK Maxx(TJX). Meta, Hermes and TJX would likely be long term holdings while buying on weakness in the […]
Just a short post to comment on the results for Google and Amazon(and Meta, a position which I started building into since the start of the year). I thought all 3 had excellent results(especially google for which I had some reservations(see H1 performance commentary). Overall I think these stocks will have the least amount of […]
Distribution Finance: +7% Distribution Finance is a recent addition to my portfolio(less than 1yr). While I generally tend to avoid investing in Financial companies of any sort(don’t like the business model, cyclicality etc..) this one is quite a specialist and doesn’t have a lot of the legacy baggage. In addition it is trading at discount […]
Ok, here is the inaugural performance review. The intention is to do these once the quarter is over, but given that I did not publish one last time (as there was too much going on with the website) this would be a one off H1 publication. On this occasion I will comment on all […]