SMALL-CAP WINNERS & LOSERS: Photo-Me snapped up on raised guidance

(Alliance News) - The following stocks are the leading risers and fallers among London Main ...

Alliance News 23 April, 2021 | 10:21AM
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(Alliance News) - The following stocks are the leading risers and fallers among London Main Market small-caps on Friday.

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SMALL-CAP - WINNERS

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Photo-Me International PLC, up 7.0% at 70.09 pence, 12-month range 39.05p-79.05p. The photo-booth operator says it has raised its expectations for 2021, after a strong performance in the first five months of its financial year. Revenue expectations for the financial year ending October 31 were revised to between GBP190 million and GBP200 million, up from the GBP175 million previously expected, Photo-Me said. This would be up from GBP186.3 million for financial 2020. Expected pretax profit was revised up to between GBP15 million and GBP19 million before exceptional items, up from GBP9 million expected previously.

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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, up 6.1% at 297p, 12-month range 182.75p-327p. The publishing house has agreed to buy Red Globe Press for GBP3.7 million. Red Globe Press is an academic imprint from Macmillan Education Ltd, which is part of Springer Nature Group. Bloomsbury says the price consists of GBP2.1 million cash at completion and up to GBP1.6 million to be paid on or post-completion, subject to assignment of some contracts.

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Record PLC, up 3.2% at 81.00p, 12-month range 36.5p-82p. The currency manager says assets under management climbed to their highest ever level at the end of its recent financial year. Assets under management equivalents were 37% higher annually in the year to March 31 at USD80.1 billion. Quarter-on-quarter AUMEs rose 7%. Client numbers rose by 17, or 24%, over the year to 89, Record adds.

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SMALL-CAP - LOSERS

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Senior PLC, down 2.2% at 113.80p, 12-month range 41p-125p. The engineer says trading in the three months to March 31 has been in line with expectations. Looking ahead, Senior says its 2021 market assumptions remain unchanged, and defence markets are anticipated to remain stable. However, civil aircraft production volumes look set to recover to pre-Covid level only by 2024 to 2025.

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By Arvind Bhunjun; arvindbhunjun@alliancenews.com

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Securities Mentioned in Article

Security Name Price Change (%) Morningstar
Rating
Record PLC 63.40 GBX 3.26 -
Photo-Me International PLC 167.00 GBX -0.24 -
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC 546.00 GBX 1.87 -
Senior PLC 164.21 GBX 0.25 -

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