Escape Hunt Share Discussion Threads

[markstevenkirby80] 17/12/2020 09:25

What a mess

[grim] 14/12/2020 19:25

Would you Adam & Eve it? Watford going into tier 3 within days!

[shammytime] 14/12/2020 08:04

Another piece in the jigsaw. I am surprised this isn't trading at around 25p by now

[lignum] 02/12/2020 09:18

Someuwin - don't know if it's being planned but I think LBVR (thinking Sandbox VR using Vicon provided by OMG)would be a great fit for ESC.

[someuwin] 02/12/2020 09:01

...Could even be cost free to ESC. Just license out and do a profit share agreement with a VR co. Potentially huge profits straight down to the bottom line.

[someuwin] 02/12/2020 08:51

Anyone know if these guys are planning to roll out these games as VR experiences? I think there's massive potential there.

[devonlad] 30/11/2020 15:41

Lovely chart developing as well. About a gazzilion gaps to fill on the way up and a nice bowl forming.

[someuwin] 30/11/2020 08:56

Yup good news. All looking very positive here.

[shammytime] 30/11/2020 07:39

Good news this morning. Good to hear the digital platform is making strong progress

[someuwin] 26/11/2020 15:01

Yes - I think there's a lot to like here.

[devonlad] 26/11/2020 13:25

Interesting someuwin, looks like they are taking advantage of the very cheap rents on offer. I have bought in quite a few this week, ESC is ticking a lot of boxes for more and looks like an interesting story going forward. It looks like the team are persuing a very aggressive growth strategy and taking advantage of the macroeconomic situation.

[someuwin] 26/11/2020 13:11

Escape Hunt to Launch intu Watford Venue

26/11/2020

[shammytime] 24/11/2020 15:52

Go on my son. We are in breakout territory. 50p by Christmas

[someuwin] 24/11/2020 13:22

Good volume. Well over a million traded already today.

[playful] 24/11/2020 07:19

Kudos to Andrew Jacobs for showing his support.

[someuwin] 23/11/2020 16:15

An interesting stock which should act as a leveraged play on the success on the vaccines as they reduce the effects of lockdown.

The more we return to 'normal' the higher these should go.

[kaka47] 22/11/2020 22:25

Super share

[ramas] 20/11/2020 16:11

Wide opening but still a bit like a lobster pot ... i really really want to be wrong but vaccines some time away and until every single politician takes the vaccine first ....... listen to them squeal ... oh no there are far more deserving cases before us .... testing is the near term fix but i still dont see peeps returning until latter 2021 earliest

[owlbaby] 13/11/2020 14:41

Has anyone else found this is a poor trader?

If you think you can sell x, you may find they only offer x/2 & after that x/4 depending on direction of market movement.

[playful] 12/11/2020 10:00

A fireside chat with our Bob..

Escape Hunt plc (LON:ESC) is the topic of conversation when Zeus Capital’s Technology Analyst Bob Liao caught up with DirectorsTalk for an exclusive interview.

Q1: Escape Hunt, the company traded strongly in the first couple of months after the UK’s first lockdown, can you give us an update on trading since then?

A1: Trading’s been very strong in the last seven weeks, the half-term week and in particular, during half term, total sales for the company were up 25% year on year and EBITDA margins in the UK owner operating sites have been substantially better than in prior periods

In the six weeks prior to half term, EBITDA before central costs was positive and ahead of management expectations.

So, things are going in terms of trading and it indicates to us that the company is well positioned to deliver high returns to investors post the expected second lockdown.

Q2: The company raised funds in July to expand its sites, how will the second lockdown delay its built out plans?

A2: They have been steadily rolling out sites and their expectation is that the build out will not be impacted by the lockdown, the company completed its 12th site in October and expect to complete its 13th site in November, without any impact from the lockdown. The 14th site, which is expected in December, the company plans to start fit out this month.

So, all seems to be going on track without any expectations of delays due to the second lockdown.

Q3: Now, the UK has a second lockdown, how will the company’s trading be impacted?

A3: The second lockdown does require the company to close its UK owner operated sites, however, the impact of remote games and some good cost management should moderate the impact of the second lockdown.

The company now has a range of digital and remote play games, that it did not have six months ago, they’ve all been growing very, very rapidly and also the margins coming from them are substantially above average. So, the company’s trading should also be helped by the government’s furlough scheme and the company’s cost controls, which have been quite effective to date.

I think the overall impact during the second lockdown down in terms of cash outflows should be marginal.

Looking longer term, and we believe the company is very well positioned to take market share in the fast-growing experiential entertainment sector, the company’s got a very diverse product suite, some aggressive marketing plans, and a premium branding. All these things we think will position it well against a lot of their competitors, which are lot of independent, not well resourced players in the market.

We also see that Escape Hunt probably will benefit from some of the dynamics and the commercial property market where I think it should be able to get, now, premium locations at relatively attractive rates.

So, we think it’s very well positioned on both these sort of costs and market share side of things as well.

[ramas] 10/11/2020 13:43

Plenty shares now if just is derisking half his grubstake

[x54v] 09/11/2020 18:28

Escape Hunt’s Road Map to £1

[shammytime] 09/11/2020 08:04

Cannot buy shares this morning

[playful] 07/11/2020 00:35

I am actually warming to this chap...



Roll onto circa 16 mins to hear his enthusiasm about us.