Alpha Share Discussion Threads

[datait2] 17/5/2023 05:11

20, 30, 40 rule for potential 100 bagger stocks, it must grow revenues at 20% min, return on capital 30% min, and net margin, 40% min, alpha is close to or has been hitting those targets over last 5 years.

[cambridge130] 16/5/2023 20:41

Alpha is the best company on AIM. Within about 12 months it will be moving to the FTSE 250, where it will multi-bag many times over the coming years.

[datait2] 14/5/2023 10:38

Liontrust Uk smaller companies fund, a 68 stock holdings fund,75% in AIM market, has ALPHA as number 1 holding--

Current positioning
Top 10 Holdings (%)
ALPHA GROUP INTERNATIONAL LTD 2.90
YOUGOV 2.59
SMART METERING SYSTEMS PLC 2.26
TATTON ASSET MGMT PLC 2.24
GLOBALDATA PLC 2.22
IMPAX ASSET MANAGEMENT GROUP PLC 2.14
ROBERT WALTERS 2.10
JUDGES SCIENTIFIC PLC 2.04
GRESHAM HOUSE PLC ORD 25P 2.03
F.W. THORPE PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY 2.03

[martywidget] 14/5/2023 08:18

Institutional investors control 67% of Alpha Group International plc (LON:ALPH) and were rewarded last week after stock increased 4.6%
Thu, May 11, 2023 at 6:54 AM


Top Shareholders

Top 25 shareholders own 81.59% of the company
Ownership Name Shares Current Value Change % Portfolio %

15.75% Morgan Tillbrook 6,823,644 £154.9m 0% no data

11.7% Liontrust Asset Management PLC 5,067,806 £115.0m -0.29% 0.48%

5.28% Jonathan Currie 2,289,538 £52.0m 0% no data

5.03% J.P. Morgan Asset Management, Inc. 2,180,014 £49.5m 0.82% 0.01%

4.88% Jupiter Fund Management Plc 2,115,784 £48.0m -5.55% 0.17%

4.88% Canaccord Genuity Asset Management Limited 2,114,500 £48.0m -16.42% 1.51%

3.89% Canaccord Genuity Wealth (International) Limited 1,683,385 £38.2m -0.76% 0.65%

3.63% Soros Fund Management LLC 1,571,279 £35.7m 2.79% 1.27%

3.61% Equiniti Group Limited, Asset Management Arm 1,562,367 £35.5m -0.02% 1.49%

2.25% Kabouter Management, LLC 974,741 £22.1m -6.97% 2.26%

2.22% Baillie Gifford & Co. 960,447 £21.8m -1.43% 0.01%

2.03% Martin Currie Limited 880,000 £20.0m -2.22% 0.13%

1.93% Fidelity International Ltd 835,028 £19.0m -0.54% 0.01%

1.73% Chelverton Asset Management Limited 750,000 £17.0m 0% 1.16%

1.64% River and Mercantile Asset Management LLP 710,000 £16.1m 0% 0.97%

1.63% Aegon Asset Management UK Plc 707,417 £16.1m -11.58% 0.08%

1.56% Premier Fund Managers Limited 676,550 £15.4m 17.28% 0.2%

1.53% abrdn plc 663,130 £15.1m -2.53% 0.01%

1.46% M&G Investment Management Limited 632,950 £14.4m 0% 0.04%

1.17% BlackRock, Inc. 506,060 £11.5m -2.65% no data

0.91% Joh. Berenberg, Gossler & Co. KG, Asset Management Arm 393,532 £8.9m 0% 0.27%

0.82% Clive Kahn 355,000 £8.1m 0% no data

0.82% Schroder Investment Management Limited 355,000 £8.1m 0% 0.01%

0.68% Phoenix Unit Trust Managers Limited 293,065 £6.7m 0% 0.13%

0.57% Pictet Asset Management Limited 245,107 £5.6m




Major Shareholders

Figures show shareholders (by holding) greater than 1%. Last updated 31/03/2023.
Shareholder (by holding) Percent
Morgan Tillbrook 16.17%
Liontrust Asset Management 11.59%
JP Morgan Asset Management 5.91%
EQi, stockbrokers (EO) 5.49%
Jonathan Currie 5.28%
Jupiter Asset Management 5.37%
Canaccord Genuity Wealth Management (Inst) 4.85%
Canaccord Genuity Wealth Mgt (Retail) 3.66%
Soros Fund Management 3.66%
Martin Currie Investment Management 2.47%
Baillie Gifford 2.41%
Kabouter Management 2.25%
Fidelity International 2.20%
Premier Miton Investments 2.07%
Chelverton Asset Management 1.82%
River & Mercantile Asset Management 1.72%
Dowgate Capital 1.55%
Aegon Asset Management UK 1.54%
M&G Investments 1.40%
abrdn 1.37%
Blackrock 1.26%
Hargreaves Lansdown 1.07%
Interactive Investor (EO) 1.00%

[datait2] 14/5/2023 06:48

HERE is a very recent list of fav held small cap stocks in UK small cap fund managers portfolios--
source----- morning star and investors' chronicle

As you can see ALPHA GROUP INTERNATIONAL is almost at the top, only beaten by gamma communications and 4imprint group

Top Fund Managers' Favourite Small Caps

FUND BEST IDEAS: UK SMALL CAP
08/05/2023 No. Funds

Gamma Communications PLC 7
4imprint Group PLC 6
Alpha Group International PLC 6
OSB Group PLC 5
CVS Group PLC 4
Oxford Instruments PLC 4
GlobalData PLC 3
Next Fifteen Communications Group PLC 3
RWS Holdings PLC 3
Serco Group PLC 3

[datait2] 12/5/2023 09:31

alpha currently has relationships with 800 fund managers and according to recent estimates, the global fund finance market is around $500 billion, whilst the UK market is in the region of £150 billion.

[datait2] 12/5/2023 06:33

I was reading about the fund finance market and came across a recent website, it had many interviews with fund managers-- heres one summary--

“liquidityR21; is likely to continue to be at the forefront of conversations, whether it be for Managers as beneficiaries requiring cash for struggling portfolios and/or for their LP’s with cash tied up for longer in a benign divestment environment, or for the benefactors, with lenders, many of whom are scaling back balance sheets and becoming more selective with capital deployment as provisions start to ramp up and sector limits are hit. One thing is for certain, the Fund Finance industry has seen and will continue to see more growth and innovation than any other asset class.

Interesting that alpha have got into this new lucrative market now.

[datait2] 11/5/2023 14:43

A secret I learned why many novice investors lose in AIM markets, it isnt so much the dilution from lose making jam morro companies, which destroys shareholder value ( which alpha doesnt have to worry about as it has £millions in cash)Its the fact if a stock is mostly owned by retail, they see aim stocks as income, not as compounding machines, eg they put £1000 into a stock, it jumps on some hyped news, newbies excited buy in, goes up 20% for one day only, they sell up, take their £200 profit less tax and commissions and a 10% spread) and spent it down the pub or in Tesco.
However, when a stock like alpha where 77% owned by institutes, 20% insiders and only 3% retail, it means the institutes and insiders are compounding their holdings, if institutes ever sell, its cos they have gone over their funds threshold rules, eg 5% or 10% of their portfolios holdings, not cos their spending their £5 million profit at the pub.

[datait2] 11/5/2023 14:21

one thing i find funny on chatrooms, especially LSE, when someone posts a micro miner " 500,000 got bought" shame they fail to say its a penny a share lol. When alpha gets 500,000 a trade its in £££££'s !!!
Ps any thoughts on the recent RNS and the new part of their business they developed, connecting funds to capital providers for private capital , a full suite from start to finish for them.
Plus BOE raised interest again today, thats even more interest income for alpha on the money they hold overnight from clients.

[datait2] 11/5/2023 14:12

amazing that the aim market, which alpha will be leaving within say 8 months, is full of chat about useless micro miners etc, with no earnings negative free cash flow. and here alpha with a 76% gross margin, 38% net margin, growth rates of 30%, £100 million in cash, no debt, ROE around 30% ROA around 18%, P/E ratio only around 27 and it never gets any chat, directors holding 20% of the stock and aligned with their shareholders.
I read the full AGM report 77 pages worth, worth a read!!!! It sure beats micro loss making miners with "its going to the moon"

BUT, look at the trades, alpha is now getting single trades of £2 million plus , thats institutes.
maybe the less chat the better, we dont want the pump n dump penny stock pushers to invade here.

[mysteronz] 08/5/2023 16:02

Not a question, but it would be great if they did a capital markets day. A 5 year strategy to show the future direction of the company - there are so many avenues for growth, Alpha pay regulatory license in US and Singapore would be great

Very bullish holder.

[sdmbot] 05/5/2023 11:53

Thinking about going to the AGM on the 17th, does anyone want any questions asked if I get the opportunity?

[datait2] 05/4/2023 16:36

look at the trades going thro in last week or so, some are around £1 million buys , this stock is now getting awareness after its last great earnings report, amongst institutes, who I prefer to aim trading retail investors !

[datait2] 30/3/2023 15:00

broker has just narrowed the spread, either a big buyer is coming or a big seller.

[datait2] 30/3/2023 14:45

i use market screener, it has been stuck around 2535 for around a year now !! target. But on a side note, ignore the spread brokers offer as it is wrong, did a dummy trade today , spread was 5.7%, but it showed 1820 to sell, 1920 to buy, i did a dummy sell and they offered me 1910, thats a spread of around 0.6%!

[ihatemms] 27/3/2023 10:45

These have broken out. I’m expecting an all time high very soon. Has anyone seen a latest broker forecast?

[datait2] 22/3/2023 09:22

Im doing dummy sales on my stocks and shares account and see taht the price rising that market makers are offering, remember, institutes will be analysing the data today and make their move later. maybe this afternoon, maybe Thursday

[datait2] 22/3/2023 09:11

remember market makers can manipulate aim stocks, if they know a big buy or sell order is coming, they can raise the price fast, but you dont know their intentions, never trust market makers and never use a stop lose on a good aim stock, especially one with a large spread as the market makers can see any stop losses and take you out on purpose. Once we get on ftse, i believe they dont use market makers.

[datait2] 22/3/2023 09:08

aim stocks run on their on news, the general market doesnt affect them much, especially alpha, as we trade very few trades, it cant create a big down or a big up until we get on ftse or become more public awareness amongst both retail and institutions and we get volume, look at this chatroom, very few psots, it can be a good thing or a bad thing. IMO a good thing as it means retail that love to trade dont know us. they say aim stocks are mostly junior miners where retail sell on every 5% rise, and buy on every 5% drop. we need more institutes that buy and hold.

[datait2] 22/3/2023 09:04

still an unknown stock, we need public awareness and it will rise faster.

[ihatemms] 22/3/2023 08:48

It’s moving to the main list within 12 months - ftse 250- read the prelims results..

[toffeeman] 22/3/2023 08:44

I don't know of an AIM tracker?

[ihatemms] 22/3/2023 08:30

You’d have thought with those results - ahead of market expectations - and the company moving to the main list - with trackers having to buy - the share price would move sharply upwards?

[sailorsam1] 22/3/2023 08:03

Cracking results