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C21 21st Century Technology Plc

4.25
0.00 (0.00%)
26 Apr 2024 - Closed
Delayed by 15 minutes
21st Century Technology Investors - C21

21st Century Technology Investors - C21

Share Name Share Symbol Market Stock Type
21st Century Technology Plc C21 London Ordinary Share
  Price Change Price Change % Share Price Last Trade
0.00 0.00% 4.25 01:00:00
Open Price Low Price High Price Close Price Previous Close
4.25 4.25
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Posted at 24/10/2019 12:28 by makem6
The longer the silence the more suspicious investors will be about the outcome
Posted at 11/10/2019 10:58 by vfast
A lot of legs here and expecting to hear more contract wins before the end of the year.

21st Century's new technologies that they have been developing over the last 2 years seem to be going down well with companies that are testing/out on trail.

More good news coming soon!

Still under investors radar but that will change soon and the market cap could double quite quickly.

IMO DYOR
Posted at 27/9/2019 09:04 by vfast
Interesting trading this week, it looks like some investors are taking positions ahead of the: -

“large and growing pipeline of sales opportunities; with a number of significant value negotiations in late or final stages”.

I have no doubt the second half of 2019 will be very profitable for the company and at 3p/4p does not reflect anywhere near a true valuation of the company.

Still way under investors radar and can see a substantial increase in the Market Cap over the next 3 months when investors recognise the potential.

IMO DYOR
Posted at 22/7/2019 11:33 by vfast
Yes, good news. It takes time to transform a business but I'm very confident C21 are making good progress.

IMO this stock is flying under the radar of investors and it's potential however that will change at some stage.
Posted at 21/1/2019 21:44 by nod
As an investor and trader since the 1990s. If you read historic boards you will see I was a fairly active poster from the 1990s until around 7 or 8 years ago, by which time I was no longer a shareholder. I keep C21 on my watch list and read the posts. As an IT veteran I'm interested in the technology developments. I'm watching for a breakout in revenues. I've explained why I don't see a breakout as being imminent.
Posted at 21/1/2019 20:57 by nod
We have always been a technology company, since Toad was created by Sir Christopher Evans of biotech fame. After he had his very flash new car stolen, he believed he could develop higher tech security solutions for vehicles, including dashboard cameras. Evans remained a major shareholder for a long time. We grew through some acquisitions. I had high hopes when active Swedish investor Peter Gyllenhammer became a major shareholder around 2006. TGP revenues were over 17 million then but Gyllenhammer thought they should be much higher. We won some Scandinavian bus contracts after that. PG held over 14% for a long time. The idea behind merging privately held C21 bus with listed Toad Group was to better compete in a competitive transport market through technology investment and scale. It hasn't panned out unfortunately..
Posted at 14/1/2019 00:33 by nod
In 1998, Stagecoach acquired a public operator in one of the Auckland regions and later one operator in Wellington. Stagecoach NZ had a fleet of 900 buses and seven ferries operating around Auckland. It invested heavily during its 7 year ownership but never returned a dividend to its Stagecoach parent. It sold the business to a NZ company, Infratil, in 2005. This Stagecoach NZ operation under Infratil became NZ Bus, which is a C21 customer (see RNS 5 December 2016).During all those years I was a daily user of the Stagecoach bus service and occasional user of the ferries. They greatly improved the vehicles and service. My home was about 25 metres from the bus stop into the City. It was the third stop on the route, meaning the bus was empty at my stop. Being so close, I was frequently a minute or two late and the bus driver would always stop as he saw me leaving the house, often picking me up at the gate. Can't beat that for service.Do they do this in Manchester?Over a few decades, I was an occasional investor in Stagecoach but like many operators they seem to find it hard to make a decent profit these days.
Posted at 12/1/2019 23:45 by nod
I held TGP when they acquired C21 from the TGP CFO's brother in law. TGP then changed its name to C21 - you know this but I'm just recapping.

In 2011, C21 revenues were 14 million; last year 11.8 million. So, if you step back from the technology, the company just ticks over, some years better than others in terms of operating profit/loss.
As I've said on here, I don't see big growth. There is never going to be a dividend so an investor would need to trade - buy low and sell higher during a bull run. TGP used to be a good trading share hitting high teens now and then. We have just completed a global bull market and C21 has gone nowhere.

The big picture problems as I see them:
a) Councils are tight and not service-focused in any area
b) Operators (the customer) tender for routes in a highly competitive market and often win on cost. Operators are very cost-focused rather than service focused. They don't win business because users like them (users being the public). They win business if they submit the best tender next time.
c) C21's customers are indirectly councils and local authorities. They subsidise the private or public operators to provide public services where the operators otherwise would not. In return they want a big say in the operations, down to the level of timetables and routes. These are often a disaster because non-users on councils are making decisions.
d) Its hard for private operators to make a decent profit and invest in the future, when their contracts are relatively short-term and precarious.

On the last point, I'll give a summary later on Stagecoach New Zealand. It has a connection to C21
Posted at 15/2/2018 20:38 by vfast
I believe he is a high net worth private investor who focuses on technology companies.

However may be a few other investors using the BB will know more about him and give us more information.

Yes dealit some new customs and orders would give the share price a push.

Hopefully in 2018 we will see progress, I'm optimistic.
Posted at 20/6/2017 13:29 by norbert colon
I was pleased to attend the C21 AGM this morning along with just 2 other private investors.After the formalities, the Board kindly gave a presentation of the last years results / events including a detailed Q&A lasting over an hour. The Board should be commended for sparing their time to engage with retail investors like this. The last 12 months can be summarised as challenging on numerous fronts including resolving the remaining issues arising from the RSL acquisition back in 2015, a major reorganisation of the business including their HQ moving from Croydon to the Midlands and a review of their technology by Dr Andy Houghton.The RSL acquisition, whilst having been far more problematic than anticipated is ,however, clearly bearing fruit and the Board have high aspirations for their passenger business going into 2017 and beyond. Margins are also higher in the passenger business and the market is larger than the fleet market.The move to the Midlands has worked out "better than expected" and was instigated in part by the location of some of their Clients. The new HQ has helped instigate a new culture and a move away from the "old way of doing things". There have been various staff changes due to the relocation although this appears more of a positive than a negative.Andy Houghton undertook a root-and-branch review of their technology on joining the business last year and appears well respected and key to the business staying ahead of the curve in the rapidly evolving works of technology / IoT etc.C21 in their new role as a system integrator rather than a seller of bits of kit (as it was in the past) has ensured they distinguish themselves from the likes of Pettards, Indigovision , Synetics etc and they have started to meet with an increasingly open door as clients want a trusted system integrator to design, install and maintain complex security / passenger information / fleet management systems and hence effectively take away the potential headache if trying to integrate systems themselves.Annualised savings of £1.4m can be expected from Q1 2017 onwards.International sales are around 10% of Group revenue and reflect fleet client's needs where they have international businesses. The Group's core business remains within the U.K.Cash is a clear issue and Group finances are "delicate", however, this is being carefully managed and shareholders / Directors are very supportive. Clients are also being increasingly accommodating with respect to the small mcap and relative financial constraints of the company where they want C21 as their supplier of choice.Whilst some larger projects (if won) would have some challenging working capital issues for the Group, management are keen to capitalise on their recent successes and ensure upward momentum is maintained so one can assume further Director loans or other short term funding may be likely. An equity raise won't be done at the current valuation.No current plans to re-brand the business although RSL already rebranded under 21st Century. Some potentially exciting new business coming through in the form of car park guidance systems where the group is already working with Idox. The Board seem very pleased to have Nick Lowe as the new FD and he came across well although had limited input. Glenn still involved part time (business development etc).Whilst I was quite sceptical going into the meeting having been a long term shareholder (albeit I have not met with mgt for the last 3 years), there was a clear air of tempered positivity and I expect to see further contract wins materialise over the course of this year and beyond.This is very much a case of investors needing to look beyond the 2016 numbers which are, by the Boards own admission, very disappointing but not reflective of the potential of the underling business. There is still a lot for management to prove here and caution is needed but the risk/reward looks attractive to me. http://www.21stplc.com/en/investors/reports-and-presentations/I can disclose I hold shares in C21.

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