Indigovision Share Discussion Threads

[dangersimpson2] 02/12/2016 11:08

Return to profitability with $0.3m. Of course no one believed the original $2m forecast. Still trading at a discount to NWC of probably around £1.80/share.

[iain123] 18/11/2016 10:43

Indy kit on new local bridge.

hxxp://www.scottishcommunications.com/queensferry-crossing-50-meters-completion/

[varies] 17/10/2016 16:43

Iain123 and Dozey3
I hoped that IND would be selling its FrontLine body cameras to the police but today's London Evening Standard leads with a story of the Met issuing its officers with 22,000 body cameras at a cost of £10 million supplied by Axon, a division of the American company, Taser International.
Having learnt recently that HikVision, a Chinese company, seems to be the main supplier of CCTV systems to London Underground, I am beginning to wonder whether our products are good enough to attract important customers in this country, let alone abroad.

[dozey3] 09/10/2016 18:01

So many wearable cameras on the market, why think IND has the edge? They have been off the pace for several years, and clearly their much vaunted software has not proved a big hit with customers. I wondered if the collapsing £ would be of benefit, but think not since their kit is probably made overseas.

[cliffpeat] 08/10/2016 12:16

I've just had another look at IND's Twitter account. @IndigoVision

Oh dear - they evidently have not yet embraced the idea of having some professional help with their marketing.

Thinking of cutting my losses on this one - my feeling is that the techie side might be smart but the management is distinctly "dusty" and in need of revitalising.

Just an impression over a long period.

DYOR

[paulypilot] 24/9/2016 01:55

IND already outsources the production of its hardware to efficient, low cost producers. Made to IND's specifications.

Its advantage is software.

PP.

[gre] 23/9/2016 17:56

Nice little tick up today on negligible volume.

[cjohn] 21/9/2016 09:57

Ah yes, I know NAR, HDT and ARDN. None seem attractive. ARDN is very tempting, but I'm put off by the generous salary and bonus arrangements for staff, particularly the directors. HDT has two mediocre businesse in my view and may go private. NAR: there is possible value in a wind-up scenario: they have a lot of un-revalued freehold property. But the management aren't thinking along those lines.

No, the market is certainly not efficient in pricing lightly-followed small caps - fortunately, or there would be no financial motive for investing. In the last couple of years, for example, IND has seemed grossly OVER-valued to me. Currently, valuation is low, but realistic.

The economics are pretty poor: apart from dramatic commoditisation, the company still can't make an operating profit on 50% + gross margins. Those juicy margins are attracting in other players and are vulnerable.

Why can't they make a profit with 50%* gross margins: they are a small multi-national with all the very high costs that that implies. Offices in numerous jurisdictions, local competitors in each and now the threat from Chinese competitiors across, the quality of whose product is perfectly adequate for nearly all clients.


That having been said, I do accept that they are cheapish.

[dangersimpson2] 19/9/2016 11:26

These are the two that I have looked at in the past:

Northamber (NAR)

£9.0m market cap
£3.8m cash
£8.1m Net Working Capital

Holders Technology (HDT)

£1.2m market cap
£0.7m cash
£2.7m Net Working Capital

A quick screen on Stockopedia reveals a few more. If we exclude ones that are not trading businesses (e.g. resource stocks, Investment Companies) and foreign-domiciled AIM stocks (for obvious reasons) then P/NNWC < 1 also has:

ADGO, RUR, CROS, SCHO, ARDN

My general point remains though that these are all generally companies that are loss-making and/or have serious questions about their business models.

If IND can return to some level of profitability they would appear to be under-priced even with the threat of reduced margins from commoditisation.

For example compare IND to another company that is suffering from Chinese commoditisation and has had to outsource manufacturing to be competitive like IND has - Dialight (DIA).

By championing their turnaround and convincing investors to focus on their 'adjusted' figures with all their large turnaround costs below the line DIA have persuaded them that they are worth £240m+ and a forward P/E of 38! OK they are a bigger company by sales but the idea that the market is 'efficient' in pricing these sort of stocks is highly doubtful in my opinion.

[cjohn] 19/9/2016 10:23

Yes, you're right, Gengulphus, I'm obviously taking a conservative attitude to the possiblity of future profitability. Therefore the deferred "asset" seems over-stated to me.

A profit forecast of 2m sterling for the full year? They're going to have to kick the lights out in the second half to fulfil that, given the loss in the first half!

Hi Dangersimpson, which are these other companies trading at a discount to current assets?

[dangersimpson2] 17/9/2016 00:15

I would also ignore the differed tax asset. Net Current Assets are $16.47m = £12.67m. Market Cap is £11.2m. Of course you can question what those assets would be worth in a liquidation but the fact remains that very few businesses in the world are valued at less than net current assets. I can only think of 2 others in the UK. It is a sign of a business in extreme distress not just one that may be suffering from commoditisation. Given the cash balance IND are not in financial distress. But they are priced as if the business will fail imminently so they only need to earn modest future returns to be under-priced. Again one may take the view that they will never generate any profits again but that is at odds with the steer that a historically very conservative management are giving to their brokers & the press.

[gengulphus] 16/9/2016 15:04

A note about the quality of the assets: there is a large deferred tax asset of $4.85m in non-current assets. This "asset" is unjusifitable in view of trading over the last years and, at last, it is going to be reveiwd by management and should then be written off or reduced.

How justifiable it is depends on what profits are like going forward, as it has value to shareholders if the company makes profits (by eliminating the need to pay tax on the profits) but not if it makes losses. So the results of the review should give us a bit more insight into how the directors feel about that profitability - i.e. basically into the extent to which the statement "Mr Kneen said he expected a return to profitability in the second half of year, and highlighted that broker N+1 Singer has held its full year profit forecast at £2m." just before your post is expressing a genuine expectation rather than just trying to keep morale up!

Gengulphus

[varies] 16/9/2016 11:18

Today's long article in the Times about Hikvision and its British operations is discouraging for IND shareholders.
I had no idea that the Chinese held such an enormous share of our CCTV market acquired by undercutting the competition.
Having recently acquired a delightful Chinese daughter-in-law and spent 3 happy weeks with her relations, I am very well-disposed towards the Chinese but fear that we can do little to prevent them putting many of our companies out of business.
They have a great advantage over us in scale and access to capital.

[cjohn] 16/9/2016 10:35

Hi Michaelmouse,


Good post.

A note about the quality of the assets: there is a large deferred tax asset of $4.85m in non-current assets. This "asset" is unjusifitable in view of trading over the last years and, at last, it is going to be reviewed by management and should then be written off or reduced.

Once, you get rid of this "asset", the discount to net tangibles is negligible. So I personally wouldn't buy in on asset grounds.

Trading to me looks difficult. They are having to run fast to stay in the same place. A more than 20% decline in sales prices! This is a classic story of commoditisation. I don't believe that introducing ever more wonderful products is the way forward at all. The vast majority of businesses do not need the extra fucntionality of a the very top end of their offer.

[iain123] 16/9/2016 09:45

"Mr Kneen said he expected a return to profitability in the second half of year, and highlighted that broker N+1 Singer has held its full year profit forecast at £2m."

[evil_doctor_facilier] 16/9/2016 08:01

Thank you saint, but if you are going to use your alias names to try and escape the wrangle, at least make it one that has posted here before recently, it's more believable.

[puffintickler] 16/9/2016 07:50

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[evil_doctor_facilier] 16/9/2016 00:25

I think by the the way the self claimed saint (really?) is not challenging my point, this is the nearest we will get to him admitting he was wrong about his 30% rule.
He seems not to want to talk about it all?

Regarding you spaghetti of words you ventilate on the subject of trolls. Is the record stuck, or do you just like repeating yourself over and over again on advfn?
How many time do you post that same bile post?
Is that your party piece post or something?
Moreover, if you actually believed your own words, your post above is a direct contradiction to its content surely? Or are we not supposed to notice that?

Wise words for you Mr self proclaimed saint, there is no such thing as trolls on the internet, only people who you do not agree with, whom if history tells us anything in your case will probably down the road be proved correct!

Horrid day for the saint with this and the 44% drop at Craw as well. What to be a wonderfully talented know all hey, it pays very well i see!

So glad i could educate you on the takeover rules.. do feel free to PM me with any further assistance you may require on this subject, rather than using google. Sometimes as you have just discovered tonight, google does not go into the finer details.

Toodle pip! xxxx

[gengulphus] 16/9/2016 00:08

The doc is bringing over here a disagreement he's had with gengulphus over on CRAW.

Some people are gluttons for punishment and have forgotten the sage advice, 'when in a hole, stop digging'.

Correct on all counts.

There's also another sage bit of advice to bear in mind, about not providing nourishment to those who live under bridges... I would recommend others do the same - but regardless of whether they do or not, this is the one and only comment I'll make on the matter on this board.

Gengulphus

[evil_doctor_facilier] 15/9/2016 23:00

extrader - oh poor Evil doc is shaking in his boots lol

You try and help out the inexperienced poster and this is the thanks you get!
Glad we cleared up that error by the self claimed saint anyway.
in simple terms, going over 29.999% does not mean you automatically have to make a takeover approach!
LIV is one example where the independent board members allow a shareholder to hold more than this 29.999% figure. There are many many more.

[evil_doctor_facilier] 15/9/2016 22:57

No! I think you will find if you read his post what he said was very clear .. he said "if they do buy up to the 30% level, they'll have to launch a bid" Clearly incorrect , as they may not have to "launch a bid " at all.
His information is incorrect and potentially misleading!

So what you're really saying is that Gengulphus is completely wrong,because for example with independent board member/ T.O panel consent, you would not do not have to make a bid at over 29.9999%

Hope this helps Gengulphus out in future, i an here to help...

regards evil doc.

[extrader] 15/9/2016 22:57

Hi danger,

The doc is bringing over here a disagreement he's had with gengulphus over on CRAW.

Some people are gluttons for punishment and have forgotten the sage advice, 'when in a hole, stop digging'.

ATB to you and gengulphus.