Arcontech Share Discussion Threads

[steelwatch] 20/9/2010 07:48

Directors Dealing

Arcontech Group PLC (AIM: ARC), providers of products and services for real-time
financial market data processing and trading, announces that on 17 September
2010 Richard Last (Chairman); Andrew Miller (Chief Executive); Mike Levy
(Finance Director); and Louise Barton (Non-Executive Director) have purchased
68,702,635; 5,000,000; 1,000,000; and 5,000,000 shares respectively at 0.1 pence
per share....

[sjcsystems] 17/9/2010 21:12

Trading statement due Monday apparently...

[steelwatch] 17/9/2010 16:41

It's also on the new improved website which I haven't looked at for a long while. Quite jazzy.

[sjcsystems] 17/9/2010 16:28

This article answers my question on what is Self Expression:


Only issue is that I recall this being announced a long time ago...

[sjcsystems] 17/9/2010 16:15

Odd, note also the quote available on plus:arc.gb

I suspect that if the share price were to recover to anything like a decent level, i.e. a whole penny, there would be a huge number of sellers looking to get out of this mess.

[comedy] 17/9/2010 15:26

anyone explain the 70mill plus sale today and the 5 mill sale??cant buy with tdw online..???)

[sjcsystems] 16/9/2010 11:17

Can I ask what a "self expression module" does and is it going to actually going to bring any revenue to Arcontech ?

It strikes me that they've completely lost their way: a big fanfare recently about launching their software on Solaris...why is the question I'd ask, why bother, why now?

And no sales for the trading platform have been reported, yet there are new entrants constantly appearing in the spread betting and CFD marketplace. (And I don't mean white labels either).

[steelwatch] 15/9/2010 11:33

About a year old, but Andrew Miller making a pitch (about 2/3rds the way through):

[steelwatch] 15/9/2010 10:45

lower...

Arcontech Adds Self-Expression Module to CityVision
Author: JP Carbonnier

Inside Market Data | 27 Aug 2010 | 11:50

Category: Data Delivery Technologies | Market Data Management

Tags: Analytics | Delivery technologies | Arcontech

(subscription only)

[sjcsystems] 09/9/2010 10:53

No sign of improvements here, in fact much the opposite !!

How low can you go ARC...

[dubois] 05/5/2010 11:47

Looks a good base now. Hopefully see these steadily climb back up as good news filters through

[53tom] 18/4/2010 18:45

Hopefully this was what some customers were waiting for and will now place firm orders.
I think they are building a secure base for the company and the next year will be the transition to profits.

[53tom] 28/3/2010 17:37

Well the results were not as positive as we would have liked BUT the trading position is much improved with 58% of operating costs for the next few years already covered by the new contracts (see extract below from statement). All they have to do is win one more like that and they are profitable and with visible revenues for the foreseeable future. With the increase in sales force and particularly David Anderson with his links, coupled with the recovery in the financial sector any contract wins could see a sudden and quite massive improvement in fortunes in this company even with quite modest contract wins.
As soon as the dust has settled on the results, the nervous holders depart and the share price stabilises I shall be buying a lot more.
Also the directors have considerable share holdings and increased them massively last autumn and that is the best indicator I know for a company turnaround. I am feeling a lot more confident, or perhaps its just the medication kicking in.
I shall say more when the anticipated new contracts are announced - so possibly not too long!

1. The increase in turnover for the period to 31 December 2009 appears quite modest
when compared to the turnover for the same period last year. This is primarily due to
the nature of the new contracts signed for our contributions and distribution software,
which included a number of positions for our Excelerator real-time desktop product.
Over three years these contracts are expected to amount to over £1.7 million and are
being taken to revenue evenly over the period. Had the contracts been of a more
traditional licencing nature, with a large up front payment taken to revenue on
delivery of the software, then turnover for the six month period to 31 December 2009
would have been substantially higher and the group would have shown an operating
profit. The positive consequence of this is that annual contracted recurring revenues
now amount to approximately £1.10 million compared to £0.68 million as at 30 June
2009, an increase of 62%.
We have continued to keep a tight rein on costs and have sought improvements in the
efficiency of our operations which has led to a reduction in costs for the period.
Recognising that the market opportunities for our product are starting to improve as
confidence in the financial services markets returns, we have invested in additional
sales and marketing personnel and expect to increase our marketing spend going
forward, this will lead to an increase in the overall cost base of the business, but we
believe this is essential if we are to achieve future growth. Despite this increase in
costs going forward our annual contracted revenues cover 58% of our increased cost
base compared to only 51% at 31 December 2008.


2. Anderson will maintain his involvement in the Software & Information Industry Association's FISD Certification program which has attracted so much interest and support in the market data industry. Miller said "Arcontech is a keen supporter of this FISD initiative and we feel it is helpful to the industry for David to remain involved in the next few critical months". Tom Davin Managing Director of the Washington DC based FISD (a division of the SIIA) added "FISD wishes David all the best in his new role at Arcontech and we are very glad that both he and his new employer Arcontech want to continue their very tangible support of the FISD Certification initiative".

[steelwatch] 26/3/2010 16:22

Intag - jam tomorrow!

steel.

[steelwatch] 26/3/2010 13:54

Intagliate - as far as I am aware, they should still be valid.

[intagliate] 26/3/2010 11:45

anyone know if KTS shares are still valid as a holding in ARC or have I lost my money?

[energyi] 25/3/2010 09:11

Take a look at CREG volume today on Nasdaq (remember we bought at $1/share in September 2009)...
Wed, 24 March, 2010 9:18:17
From:
Adam Roseman

This is the model to follow on them, after working to better perfect this over the past 2 years and tighten our controls. When the restructuring and uplistings are complete, the institutions can pile into these very good companies. Thank you!

Best,

[steelwatch] 20/3/2010 16:42

53t - still here, snoozing in the back row. Could do with another dotcom boom.

[53tom] 20/3/2010 13:38

The interims could be this coming week!
It would be nice to see some positive news here - could they be breaking even or even making a profit in 2010?
The announcement of a few contracts would not go amiss.
Indeed anything that might resurect the share price would be welcomed.
With the big share holdings by directors I hope that means they have some positive news up their sleeves and soon.
Good luck to any still holding.