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ARC Arcontech Group Plc

86.50
0.00 (0.00%)
Share Name Share Symbol Market Type Share ISIN Share Description
Arcontech Group Plc LSE:ARC London Ordinary Share GB00BDBBJZ03 ORD GBP0.125
  Price Change % Change Share Price Shares Traded Last Trade
  0.00 0.00% 86.50 11,490 08:00:00
Bid Price Offer Price High Price Low Price Open Price
85.00 88.00 86.50 86.50 86.50
Industry Sector Turnover Profit EPS - Basic PE Ratio Market Cap
Computer Programming Service 2.91M 1.07M 0.0799 10.83 11.57M
Last Trade Time Trade Type Trade Size Trade Price Currency
13:55:10 O 109 86.32 GBX

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Posted at 22/5/2025 09:20 by Arcontech Daily Update
Arcontech Group Plc is listed in the Computer Programming Service sector of the London Stock Exchange with ticker ARC. The last closing price for Arcontech was 86.50p.
Arcontech currently has 13,372,811 shares in issue. The market capitalisation of Arcontech is £11,567,482.
Arcontech has a price to earnings ratio (PE ratio) of 10.83.
This morning ARC shares opened at 86.50p
Posted at 20/5/2025 14:55 by rossco
Nice to see the share price moving up.
Posted at 25/4/2025 12:48 by gleach23
It's effectively up 0.5p today on the back of the 5k buy earlier this morning. Could do with a few more of them.

Yesterday's closing spread was 75-79 but a UT of 100 shares @ 73p caused the closing price to show as down 4p to 73p. share price is currently showing as up 4.5p to 76-79, reflecting a reversal of the 4p anomaly and the 0.5p uptick.
Posted at 14/3/2025 09:14 by gleach23
Thanks for the Cavendish info bones.

In terms of ZYT, at least we have seen director buying in ARC which you would hope would be a differentiating factor. In recent years at ZYT all I can see is directors cashing in options at multiples of today's price.
Posted at 14/3/2025 08:10 by bones
Cavendish broker note today reiterates their 180p target citing in-line interims and unmodelled pipeline of prospects, plus mentioning cash balance of £7.2M and attractive dividend yield of 5.1% at today’s 80p price.
Posted at 13/3/2025 17:00 by bones
gleach23, I didn’t really expect the drop in ebitda that was reported. For that reason along with the cautious comments, I sold on the day of the results, as posted at the time. I got an average of 94p over several sales. Loss of 15% overall.

This was simply a cautious move on my part. Then, it dropped a fair old bit further to 78p at which point I reviewed the interims and realised that the cash balance, which should not drop lower until the final dividend is paid in late 2025, was now around 70% of the market cap. With perhaps close to a £1M annual profit expected, that suggested an ex-cash PE ratio of barely 4, maybe less. So I bought the lot back as posted on 7th March. So, by a mix of judgement and maybe some luck, I “made” around 13p a share on the sale and repurchase. That recovered my previous loss so I will now hold for the finals later in 2025 and see what they say then.

I don’t claim any credit here. I sold on a conservative basis and re-bought on an opportunistic one. It doesn’t always work out but I hope ARC does!
Posted at 26/2/2025 02:04 by ohisay
Cash of 54p per share ..looks like a takeover target at the current price .

And I'd be surprised if the CEO didnt top up his holding on any further price weakness too...
Posted at 24/2/2025 09:11 by spig69
A bit of a disappointment regarding the interims this morning. Cash hardly grew from the end of June with increased staffing costs. Saying that, my largest holding will remain as such as longer term this should deliver something. EPS for the year at about 8p gives a rough P/E ratio of about 7 or 8 taking into consideration the cash balance at about 35p per share. We need to see growth though. I followed the director in buying shares around the £1.20 mark so there is a long way to go to recover my losses. Hopefully they won't disappoint in September. Plus the dividend should be 4p giving a return of 4% at current prices. Couldn't get my head around the Lease liability jump in costs especially the interest aspect which seems to have caused the profits to be below last years. Saying that, they are cash rich and still forecast to earn £1M profit for the year. Comments welcome....
Posted at 01/2/2025 13:49 by bones
There are still funds selling down small caps for nothing but their own economics affected by poor liquidity. I have another share that consistently if infrequently puts out decent news only to be sold into any rise by someone selling in blocks. It’s highly frustrating but I have to focus on the company’s business prospects and not its share price. Two of my main investments now have cash balances of half its market cap, no debts of note and growing profit centres. A game of patience. With FTSE100 in new highs and FTSE250 improving, my hope is that some liquidity begins to trickle down to the small caps.
Posted at 31/1/2025 22:53 by gleach23
I could buy 25k shares today and not sell 2k at times. That's quite unusual for ARC. I'm thinking/hoping perhaps a small cap fund facing investor redemption requests is having to liquidate here? In which case it would be nothing to do with fundamentals and would represent a great buying opportunity.

The cost saving benefit of delayed hires enjoyed last year won't exist this year but with revenue numbers being underpinned by being almost entirely recurring, and with the hope that revenue growth can be obtained from ARC's cost-saving benefits to clients (supported by a strengthened sales team), I'm not expecting any hits to profit expectations.

I resisted the temptation to buy @ 109.5p going into the close but since the share price seems to be falling on very light selling volume, decided to wait until Mon when I'll be monitoring the limits to identify a further top up opportunity.
Posted at 10/9/2024 17:40 by bones
A little comparison exercise.

The final results in the 2019 year were the last reasonably upbeat ones before the twin hammer of Brexit and Covid hit in early 2020. Since then, the business has struggled to gain traction and chugged along fitfully.

2024’s final results seemed to snap the spell with both an increase in numbers and a much improved outlook.

To compare:

Final results 2019 (last ones before Covid downturn):

Financial Highlights:

Revenue: £ 2,966,788
Profit before tax: £ 900,357 (excluding accruals adjustment)
Cash: £ 4,063,484
Diluted EPS: 7.18p
Final dividend per share: 2.00p

Final results 2024 (first ones indicating a rosier outlook since Covid downturn):

Financial Highlights:
 
Revenue: £ 2,910,232
Profit before tax: £ 1,098,959 (no accruals adjustment in year)
Cash: £ 7,160,177
Diluted EPS: 7.98p
Final dividend per share: 3.75p

Similar revenues and EPS numbers (shares in issue static at around 13.3M). Core profit slightly higher in 2024 (excluding adjustment for accruals in 2019) but also includes higher interest receipts.

Cash balance is 76% higher than 2019 and the final dividend is 87% higher than 2019.

Overall then, the broad picture looks better now than in 2019 with much stronger cash and a far higher dividend yield. In addition, the directors’ trading outlook is now more positive than it was in 2019.

Yet, at that time, the share price reached the 230p area some four months after the 2019 results came out having continued to rise after the results. Then came Covid.

It’s taken four years for ARC to resume a growth pattern in its numbers.

Based on the above comparisons, the current share price would seem to have a long way to go.

ARC’s enterprise value is around £10M now (market cap £17M less cash £7M held).
In early 2020 when the share price hit 230p EV was around £26M (market cap £30M less cash £4M held).

Share price now is 128p compared to 230p in early 2020.

With sales and earnings in 2019 and 2024 both very similar and the business model virtually unchanged, it is clear that EV in 2024 is only around 40% of what it was 5 years ago.

Yet, the business prospects are now higher and the dividend yield is also much higher than then. That alone should justify a higher share price than 2019. In fact it is nearly half of it.

So, was it overvalued in 2019? Or have we got a long way to go for the share price to catch up?

Two questions to ponder but it suggests the share price may have a way to go to meet the business prospects recently laid out by the directors. I’m hoping so.
Arcontech share price data is direct from the London Stock Exchange

Arcontech Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

What is the current Arcontech share price?
The current share price of Arcontech is 86.50p
How many Arcontech shares are in issue?
Arcontech has 13,372,811 shares in issue
What is the market cap of Arcontech?
The market capitalisation of Arcontech is GBP 11.57M
What is the 1 year trading range for Arcontech share price?
Arcontech has traded in the range of 73.00p to 134.50p during the past year
What is the PE ratio of Arcontech?
The price to earnings ratio of Arcontech is 10.83
What is the cash to sales ratio of Arcontech?
The cash to sales ratio of Arcontech is 3.98
What is the reporting currency for Arcontech?
Arcontech reports financial results in GBP
What is the latest annual turnover for Arcontech?
The latest annual turnover of Arcontech is GBP 2.91M
What is the latest annual profit for Arcontech?
The latest annual profit of Arcontech is GBP 1.07M
What is the registered address of Arcontech?
The registered address for Arcontech is 1 ST FLOOR, 11-12 PAUL STREET, LONDON, EC2A 4JU
What is the Arcontech website address?
The website address for Arcontech is www.arcontech.com
Which industry sector does Arcontech operate in?
Arcontech operates in the SERVICE INDUSTRY OTHER DIV'E sector

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