Iomart Share Discussion Threads

[roydyor] 27/4/2017 11:46

I gave it a once over Sonic and gave a rating of 7 out of 10. I would be prepared to hold any share that was 6 or over. Not sure why you called me though.

[supersonico] 27/4/2017 10:36

It's roll out Roydyor time.

[farhorizons] 09/4/2017 17:32

Great to see a Robow who understands the company and what it is doing and indeed has been doing steadily since 2008. Having sold a lot @ c 300p to reduce my overweight investment position, I am happy to sit out the next couple of years which will surely see something pretty solid and even spectacular.

[2bluelynn] 09/4/2017 16:30

Lovely post

[robow] 09/4/2017 08:10

from Shares magazine

More organic growth at an accelerating pace is the key takeaway for Shares from what is another reliably fine pre-close trading update for Iomart (IOM:AIM) (31 Mar). The company pulled off 17% headline revenue growth, which translates into rough high-single digits on an underlying basis.



Shared hosting arm Easyspace is also back on the growth path, putting up 9% organic expansion, a solid bounce after a period of decline.

The resulting free cash flow (FCF) growth provides justification for its capital deployment strategy of bolting on small, value-adding acquisitions while maintaining infrastructure investment so kit remains at the cutting edge.

It also gives confidence that Iomart’s decision to lift the dividend payout ratio upper cap from 25% to 40% of adjusted diluted earnings is more than merely playing to the cheap seats. We see the move as a real attempt to satisfy shareholder demands regardless of income or capital growth objectives. A ‘pick-and-shovel cloud play’ is how one analyst describes the company. We completely agree and it remains one of the best ways to invest in the wider cloud story on the UK market.





Even at 360p the implied forward earnings multiple of 18.9 would still not be too demanding. Firmly a buy. (SF)

[greedy rooster] 06/4/2017 10:29

Moving to a 40% payout ration seems to have been ignored by the market.

[soundbuy] 31/3/2017 16:41

reasonable finish............

[nurdin] 31/3/2017 11:46

Cant understand this fall...nothing wrong with the statement today

Edit : I see the reason.Pretax marginally below expectations of £23.5m

[soundbuy] 31/3/2017 06:51

Steady as she goes....

[nurdin] 31/3/2017 06:48

Yes out today.An excellent update with substantial uplift in planned dividend payouts.

40% of adjusted diluted eps compared to 25% previously.

[bclissold] 28/3/2017 14:29

Is there a pre close trading statement due

[soundbuy] 17/3/2017 14:09

A seller around of late which hasn't helped.......

[andrewbaker] 17/3/2017 11:15

General economic conditions are putting a break on here. We have a problem getting and staying above 310p., but when that level forms a support, and given business flows nicely, as it should in the area Iomart are in, then we should be able to look forward to a longer term growth trend. The dividend is low but well covered, suggesting the company is holding cash for growth, so barring unforeseens, I'm happy to keep holding and on a drop to 275p (which I do not actually see, but it may happen if a larger holder sells a chunk), I'd top-up.

[soundbuy] 28/2/2017 17:02

That rec helped then ............doh

[jecs] 28/2/2017 16:55

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[greedy rooster] 11/1/2017 16:45

a tentative break on the cards?

[2bluelynn] 28/12/2016 21:16

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[2bluelynn] 28/12/2016 19:01

If 3.10 cracks we are off

[soundbuy] 07/12/2016 11:51

GoDaddy buying Host Europe for €1.6bn. Host Europe had a couple of cracks at acquiring Iomart in the past.......pretty acquisitive......

[aishah] 06/12/2016 10:08

TechMarketView:

Solid H1 from iomart

H1 results from iomart are solid with the company turning in organic growth in the 8-9% range. Overall growth (i.e. including acquisitions) was 16% to £42m. Indeed, the purchases continued in the period with the acquisition of Cristie Data Ltd, a Stroud based data storage, backup and virtualisation solutions provider.

Adjusted EBITDA margin was squeezed slightly from 42.6% to 41.8%, partly due to the charges being levied by the cloud providers with which it partners.

The top line growth in the cloud business is holding very steady at around the 10% mark (to £35m). Interestingly, we observe that the company is shifting from its ‘natural habitat’ in hosting towards the types of services that ready organisations for a shift to the cloud - and then migrate the applications. The SystemsUp acquisition is of course additional evidence of this. It’s an important move as it opens up potential for larger hosting contracts. Of course, many other providers are also chasing the services opportunities associated with cloud migration so creating differentiation is challenging. Often it comes down to skills, experience and reference cases, and how those can be applied to strong customer relationships.

We don’t expect to see any surprises in H2 in terms of performance, but could well see more cloud consulting revenue as that part of the business builds.

[soundbuy] 06/12/2016 07:53

Aye, well on track.....hopefully onwards and upwards......

[robow] 06/12/2016 07:47

sp should get a boost this morning

[nurdin] 06/12/2016 07:44

Very good results as expected.Look well on track to meet full year eps forecast of 18p.

Its a shame their current trading statement is so woolly!