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CSSG Croma Security Solutions Group Plc

68.50
0.00 (0.00%)
28 Mar 2024 - Closed
Delayed by 15 minutes
Share Name Share Symbol Market Type Share ISIN Share Description
Croma Security Solutions Group Plc LSE:CSSG London Ordinary Share GB00B5MJV178 ORD 5P
  Price Change % Change Share Price Bid Price Offer Price High Price Low Price Open Price Shares Traded Last Trade
  0.00 0.00% 68.50 65.00 72.00 68.50 68.50 68.50 18,845 00:00:00
Industry Sector Turnover Profit EPS - Basic PE Ratio Market Cap
Srch,det,nav,guid,aero Sys 42.83M 3.7M 0.2695 2.54 9.4M
Croma Security Solutions Group Plc is listed in the Srch,det,nav,guid,aero Sys sector of the London Stock Exchange with ticker CSSG. The last closing price for Croma Security Solutions was 68.50p. Over the last year, Croma Security Solutions shares have traded in a share price range of 43.00p to 74.50p.

Croma Security Solutions currently has 13,729,720 shares in issue. The market capitalisation of Croma Security Solutions is £9.40 million. Croma Security Solutions has a price to earnings ratio (PE ratio) of 2.54.

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DateSubjectAuthorDiscuss
05/11/2015
08:08
Comment on today's results.
michaelmouse
30/10/2015
22:48
Technology beyond 007....
battlebus2
30/10/2015
13:44
All quiet here, results should be in the next few days if last year is anything to go by.
battlebus2
17/10/2015
21:14
Prezzie, It may feel like a long journey if you have been a holder for three years and we are only back to where we started, but higher highs and a rising trend since 2013 tells me that this is still heading in the right direction and has potential to fulfil.

In 2014 they increased sales by £1.60m, but improved EBITDA by £281k, so perhaps £5.0m of extra sales would give us 3x that figure. I would suggest that if they are winning contracts based on service then they can increase prices.

Gearing – borrowing has fallen from 2.28m in 2011 to 0.17m in 2014 so not much to worry about in my opinion and there is now debt capacity to acquire. Note the reduction in finance cost. I take your point on the funding gap between debtors and creditors but the invoice discounting will take care of that. So growth is still an option.

The high intangibles is part of the high risk factor, but this benefits the cash generation (and lower the tax paid) via the depreciation/amortisation figure and cash generated from operations of £666k is not bad (I like that number too!).

I had not picked up on the R&D capitalisation. Is this a one off or an annual event?

I guess we will learn a little more all in good time.

GLA

lanzarote666
17/10/2015
09:27
Fair enough, battlebus. I'm up by about a third (happy) but it has taken quite a time(less happy). At the moment I'm sitting on the fence and interested to hear other people's views on what is, thankfully, a constructive board.
123prezzie
16/10/2015
21:54
You don't sound like a happy holder to me...... Lots of positives to come, why your complaining about them announcing contract I don't know, better to provide shareholders with as much news as possible even if it is for lesser amounts. They have also RNS's some decent contracts of late, if I remember right they even won by not reducing their margins. Quality! Also lots to come with Fastvein. I'd also query your funding synopsis never mind some of your other comments. Anyway it's your view, I'm very happy with the progress being made.
battlebus2
16/10/2015
17:11
Lanzarote. I am a shareholder, showing a reasonable profit but I can't quite share your enthusiasm.
Specifically

-The share price is only back to where it was 3 years ago.
-Margins. For a business with margins of 22% gross and 5% net, £5m of extra sales would, I estimate, only generate about £0.5m profit. Really worthwhile increases in profits can only come from cutting costs or increasing prices. They can't cut wages and I doubt whether there is much scope on pricing. Developing products or services with higher margins will take a long time. It's taken Sebastian Morley about 10 years to get to where we are now.
-Note that half year profits were flattered by capitalised R & D.
-The gearing is relatively low in relation to total assets but not if you strip out the intangibles. The relationship between debtors a creditors suggests that every £1m of extra sales will need £0.3m of funding. With the low margins, each extra £1m of sales is unlikely to generate much more than £0.1m of cash flow. This is not a scalable business in its present form, except by issuing shares.
-The eps growth has only just arrived after many years of waiting.
-Cash generation. See my comment above.
-Prospects are just that. Issuing an RNS for an order of £0.1m when annual sales are £15m seems a bit daft to me.

I'm not a seller at the moment but will look carefully at the annual accounts. Incidentally, why on earth does it take 4 months or more for such a simple company to add up the numbers and tell us the results?

123prezzie
14/10/2015
07:31
Good to see the offer price move up this morning, you couldn't buy in size at 49p for a while.
battlebus2
13/10/2015
14:08
Couldn't agree more lanzarote666...
battlebus2
07/10/2015
18:57
This microcap has been on my watch list for a while, and I am hoping it will bring high reward for high risk noting the £7.0m market cap. I have learnt that it is difficult to buy in any quantity when there is good news about, so you have to buy at the quiet times. I picked up a few ahead of the results which are due in early November.

There are some positive comments around the management team who are very focussed on service, both from customers (Odeon) and their own staff (via recruitment sites).

News that they have won more contracts recently based upon service rather than price is encouraging. I am surprised that there has not been a bigger reaction to the recent contract news in the share price so perhaps this share is still off most peoples’ radar.

As I understand it
- A rising share price over three years
- An interim dividend and expected first final dividend to come
- Lowly geared
- Improving margins
- Retained customer base
- Success at 2014 Commonwealth Games has led to proactive sales growth
- A broker with a 60p target
- Strong EPS growth
- Further growth to come through acquisition or franchise
- Cash generative
- Prospects of Fastvein biometric scanners

I am unclear just how profitable the Fastvein element is. Do they receive a one off nominal fee or are there repeat revenues as part of servicing contracts?

Let us hope it has an interesting run up to the end of the year, but it could be one to tuck away for a couple of years if they get the formula right. DYOR.

8-)

lanzarote666
18/9/2015
16:37
If its not traded on sets then its got half a chance, at least you can see what the mm's are up to. Trouble is only these tiny cos are left.
2breakout
18/9/2015
15:17
Reassuring to see some smallcaps holding up very well considering the wider markets.
phowdo
18/9/2015
12:40
New highs and then breakout territory.... :))
battlebus2
18/9/2015
11:39
Nice buy over the quote at 51p so another tick up is likely imv...
battlebus2
17/9/2015
09:16
SP could rise quite strongly if progress continues. Less than £15m shares in issue so a relatively small demand will have an effect.
geoff80
14/9/2015
10:47
Thanks michaelmouse, my thoughts exactly...
battlebus2
14/9/2015
10:41
Interesting little company:-



Michael.

michaelmouse
14/9/2015
08:10
Very hard to buy even online which is a good sign of further rises imv so that June high as you say may be beaten..

Edit 15k sale so some stock now, left a cheeky order with broker for them.

battlebus2
14/9/2015
08:02
Excellent news bb2. I had considered selling as the chart began to sag, wondering if bad news was in the wind. But so glad I held on.

Looking now for a break above the June high in due course.

shrout
14/9/2015
07:16
Share price reacting well, pity they didn't issue a full trading update at the same time.
battlebus2
14/9/2015
06:37
The contracts keep on coming....


CSSG is pleased to announce that its Manned Guarding division, Croma Vigilant Security Services ("Croma Vigilant"), has recently won significant contracts with a Healthcare Institution and a major London based property group, worth £1.5m and £1m per annum respectively. The directors are increasingly confident about the prospect for Croma Vigilant in both the short and medium term.

Sebastian Morley, Executive Chairman commented: "These contracts have been awarded to Croma in the face of sharp competition. Although our offering was not the cheapest, we won because of our luminous difference as the ex-military security professionals. This is becoming a welcome theme for our business and we will aggressively spread this message to companies who demand the highest standards for their security services."

battlebus2
07/8/2015
15:09
I've been buying a few again but not today, could be a tip or even an offer , no but seriously they just look undervalued which we should see if they issue a trading update anytime soon.:))
battlebus2
07/8/2015
14:57
Yes , caught me totally by surprise :-)
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