Velocity Composites Share Discussion Threads

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[husbod] 02/5/2024 10:43

Maybe the company believes that an announcement of the FAI could be a trigger for taking the company into the big league and they therefore need a larger player Ito persuade more institutional shareholders to join the register.That with the recent director share purchase makes me suspect/hope we could be at a turning point.

[gopher] 02/5/2024 10:19

Recent director purchase make imminent fund raise less plausible unless big order on the horizon. Personally pleased to see mainstream broker appointed.

[techno20] 02/5/2024 08:51

Note today’s announcement. Not sure why a £16m cap stock needs joint brokers. Imminent fund raise or exciting / disappointing news imminent or both?

[husbod] 01/5/2024 08:12

Supposed to have received FAI approval by end of last month but no confirmatory RNS as yet.Problems or just a few days slippage?

[husbod] 10/4/2024 11:45

Small top up only as already have a shedful

[husbod] 09/4/2024 22:39

Ah yes - thanks I missed that.Seems to me he wouldn't be buying if he isn't confident that the FAI won't be confirmed towards the end of the month.Might follow his example

[geraldus] 09/4/2024 19:34

He did also make a larger purchase at the end of yesterdays trading.

[husbod] 09/4/2024 17:18

Nominal indeed but his overall holding isn't too modest.We should get confirmation of the FAI process at the end of this month which is quite a big step - see contract update RNS of 11 March. Fingers crossed and all that.

[geraldus] 08/4/2024 08:08

A token purchase by the chairman today.Share price at a year low and well off the 40p price for the fundraise.One thing for sure,no big news expected in the near future.

[lauders] 12/3/2024 01:39

Let's hope the new CFO is someone who will deliver for VEL. Good end to the day re: the share price.

[husbod] 11/3/2024 14:53

Yep, excellent news. I was beginning to get a little concerned at the lack of an update on this vital contract.

[herbert0] 11/3/2024 07:22

Good update today

[geraldus] 29/1/2024 21:05

Yes,looks like they had to parachute Kevin Hickey back in to get things on track.I am hoping this forthcoming contract does not come with a requirement for another fund raise.

[husbod] 29/1/2024 16:53

I do wonder sometimes whether, as a relatively small company, they are having problems digesting this large contract and that taking on another biggie might bring on a severe case of indigestion.Perhaps they are having to put all their resources into getting the current contract up and running and have put the second one on the back burner for the moment.

[yump] 29/1/2024 14:12

They’ve certainly got a big “moat”. Doesn’t seem to be a flock of other equivalent small businesses out there.

[hydrus] 29/1/2024 08:13

Yes Madmix -after watching the presentation and digesting the situation I'm sticking with this as I do think they've got a good chance of creating a quite large business but patience is absolutely key. I'm looking at a 3 year plus timeline now.

[madmix] 23/1/2024 21:07

Indeed, Hydrus. I'd say there's still a decent possibility of them reaching £70m annual revenue... One day.

But any investor here needs to be VERY patient. It's increasingly clear that things move slowly in this industry. Credit to them for the progress they've made, but so far they've slightly disappointed by over-promising and under-delivering on timescales.

[hydrus] 23/1/2024 17:53

The long term opportunity to grow revenues looks promising but not going to brush over the disappointing broker note comments (presumably fed from the company) about the ambiguous delay to the second large opportunity. My impression from previous comms was that it was likely to be signed and sealed imminently. Moving it back to 2025 at least is not ideal.

[gopher] 23/1/2024 17:04

As others have said solid results and no surprises which is a good achievement. I think you have to look through the FY24 or FY25 comments and say that market cap looks too low overall.

[sidam] 23/1/2024 10:45

After the presentation, I am seriously considering increasing my holding. Looking at the numbers, the share price looks very good value over the next year to 18 months with decent upside on new contact wins. But over the long term, this could be a 10 bagger or more. Hope I am right.

[carlo sartori] 23/1/2024 09:52

Having read the report I think good progress is being made and the numbers are very solid. Very happy to maintain my investment in Velocity. IF the price were to slip back from current levels I would be very tempted to add to my holding.

[madmix] 23/1/2024 09:20

Some commentary from Cavendish :

"USA customer #2 still being pursued We understand that signing customer #2 in the USA remains a strategic priority for Velocity Composites, and the earnings release refers to two specific discussion which are ongoing in this regard. However, we are no longer expecting Velocity to implement a sign-up and onboarding under the accelerated timeframe that was previously envisaged. We understand that the slower timing is partly a reflection of other operational priorities for the pool of target customers. We believe it is realistic to expect customer #2 to be signed-up and generating revenue during FY25E, but we are excluding this from our forecasts until more detail is available."

[mdchand] 23/1/2024 09:11

Velocity Composites has released results for FY Oct 2023 in-line with the guidance range released on 26 July 2023, showing good progress in the rollout of new production including the transformational new facility in Alabama. The company has issued new guidance for FY24 which is now based on the contracted order book including the initial launch customer in the USA. On this more conservative basis, the company still expects to double its revenue from FY23 to FY25E. We maintain a 101p price target, which represents 177% upside from current levels.

[pireric] 23/1/2024 08:06

The main new news today is a revenue warning on 2024 (push-out to FY25), but a holding of FY24 profitability.

Probably small to medium net negative

Eric