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KWS Keywords Studios Plc

1,295.00
37.00 (2.94%)
Last Updated: 15:39:03
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Share Name Share Symbol Market Type Share ISIN Share Description
Keywords Studios Plc LSE:KWS London Ordinary Share GB00BBQ38507 ORD 1P
  Price Change % Change Share Price Bid Price Offer Price High Price Low Price Open Price Shares Traded Last Trade
  37.00 2.94% 1,295.00 1,295.00 1,299.00 1,327.00 1,248.00 1,268.00 436,122 15:39:03
Industry Sector Turnover Profit EPS - Basic PE Ratio Market Cap
Business Services, Nec 780.45M 19.95M 0.2531 51.72 1.03B
Keywords Studios Plc is listed in the Business Services sector of the London Stock Exchange with ticker KWS. The last closing price for Keywords Studios was 1,258p. Over the last year, Keywords Studios shares have traded in a share price range of 1,238.00p to 2,888.00p.

Keywords Studios currently has 78,816,970 shares in issue. The market capitalisation of Keywords Studios is £1.03 billion. Keywords Studios has a price to earnings ratio (PE ratio) of 51.72.

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DateSubjectAuthorDiscuss
31/1/2019
09:32
I will look again after my dog walk. BUR and AAZ keeping me going atm
mad foetus
31/1/2019
09:29
mf, kind of you to say so. I have added a few more this morning.

A close above 1200 is what I am hoping for, for a longer term hold.
The real key is an eod close above approx 1284, as this confirms the a very attractive INVH&S with a tp around 1600. Hist r at approx 1340 and 1440.

bamboo2
31/1/2019
09:14
good call bamboo, I thought about it but backed away: not sure why as I think I have a 100% record of profitable trades with KWS
mad foetus
31/1/2019
07:14
Excellent trading statement - revenues, PBT and EPS are all above Edison's latst expectations.

EPS in particular at 47.0c is well ahead of Edison's forecast 44.6c, helped by a reducing tax charge.

Good to see KWS heavily involved in cloud-based gaming too.

Hopefully we could see quite a sharp rise today.

rivaldo
30/1/2019
13:13
website still showing end January so yes unless they post it later today
wynmck
30/1/2019
10:49
Trading update tomorrow?
geoff21
30/1/2019
09:36
Good new article on KWS:

https ://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/213433/keywords-studios-on-course-to-meet-full-year-expectations-as-it-continues-expansion-213433.html

Extract:

" Inflection points:

Keywords expects to post full-year adjusted profit before tax of around €37mln on revenues of about €250mln, representing increases of 61% and 65% on the prior year, respectively.
Keywords selectively reviewing a strong acquisition pipeline
Strengthened management team with newly created positions of chief commercial officer, chief marketing officer, global operations director, engineering service line director
In the first half, the group spent €3.8mln in new or expanded facilities in Montreal, Dublin, London, Liverpool, Madrid, Katowice, New Delhi, Chengdu, Manila and Tokyo, adding 660 workstations
Credit facility for up to €105mln secured in the first half to help fund acquisitions


What analysts think

Investment bank Citi has a ‘buy’ recommendation and target price of £21.50 on Keywords. Citi thinks the recent addition of 660 new workstations is a “lead indicator of growth momentum” and sees “higher acquisition assumption”.

“We increase our annual revenue contribution from acquisitions to €35mln, which results in an increase to our acquisition upside valuation to £5.65,” it said.

“This compares to an average of c.€40m since listing in FY14 and is in line with the mid-point guidance range for bolt on acquisitions, excluding any larger transactions.”

Numis also has a ‘buy’ rating on Keywords and a target price of £24.20.

The broker said it continues to view Keywords as a “top technology sector pick”. The broker noted that management is confident of meeting market expectations for the full year, meaning organic growth of 13%, and thinks this demonstrates “ongoing market share gain within an already attractive market”."

rivaldo
29/1/2019
16:28
Bought a few this afternoon.
bamboo2
29/1/2019
14:40
Dive Dive Dive at 14.00 today WHY ???

Note this trade

Time/date of execution__Price_Currency_Volume_Trade value*_Trade type_Trade flags

14:23:31 29-Jan-2019_1,103.80_GBX____12,500_£137,975.00_Off-book___NonPriceFormTrade

togglebrush
10/1/2019
15:07
Any price target from them, rivaldo?
aimingupward2
08/1/2019
14:14
Nice upgrade today from Davy Stockbrokers in Ireland:

"Keywords Studios is poised to benefit from the industry's move to cloud-based gaming, Davy says, upgrading the stock to outperform from neutral. The Dublin-based provider of services to videogame developers continues to grow its sales above the industry average and should benefit further in 2019 and 2020 from the shift to cloud gaming, Davy says. As key players invest substantially in cloud gaming, Keywords stands to gain in areas such as the re-engineering of existing gaming content and its porting to cloud platforms, as well as in testing and language-and-support services, the brokerage says."

rivaldo
08/1/2019
12:11
Not much is. Maybe on a currency hedging level, tariffs? Negligible imo unless you're a Guardian reader then children will have to eat their consoles because we'll run out of actual food.
rathean
08/1/2019
09:14
is kws affected by brexit outcomes anyone
ali47fish
07/1/2019
22:42
RNS tonight - a new American shareholder. TIAA-CREF Investment Management (managing various funds) now have 1.93m shares, or 3.03%:
rivaldo
04/1/2019
16:11
Think we are turning a major corner here, I've been buying back over the last few days.
bigbigdave
03/1/2019
16:04
From BBC News:

“The video games sector now accounts for more than half of the UK's entire entertainment market, according to a new report.
The industry is worth £3.86bn ($4.85bn) - more than double its value in 2007 - said the Entertainment Retailers Association (ERA).
That makes it more lucrative than video and music combined.
The success is largely down to three games: Fifa 19, Red Dead Redemption 2 and Call of Duty: Black Ops 4.
The games market has grown, despite the fact that the physical console and PC games market shrank slightly in 2018, and digital also had a modest 12.5% growth.
Chief executive of ERA, Kim Bayley said: "The games industry has been incredibly effective in taking advantage of the potential of digital technology to offer new and compelling forms of entertainment. Despite being the youngest of our three sectors, it is now by far the biggest."

aimingupward2
02/1/2019
13:56
Here's "30 sci-tech leaders we’ll be following in 2019" from Silicon Republic:



"Andrew Day. Image: Keywords Studios.

A major games services firm located in Dublin, Keywords Studios has been at the centre of several success stories of late. Recently, the studios made its eighth acquisition of 2018, snapping up Studio Gobo and Electric Square.

CEO Andrew Day is keen to position Keywords Studios as “a go-to game development partner, and give us ever greater visibility of games in the pipeline, at the outset of their development”. Keywords also reported stellar earnings in August 2018, with revenues for H1 rising by a massive 72pc. Describing company performance as “very encouraging”, Day looks set to help it stay the course."

rivaldo
02/1/2019
12:36
Perhaps, we shall see..
bulltradept
02/1/2019
11:32
Or perhaps printing a shooting star to the top of the channel before the next leg down to 800p? ;)
phowdo
02/1/2019
11:14
Oversold, due a bounce? Vol very low, bargain hunters stepping in?
bulltradept
02/1/2019
10:37
Interesting no news bounce this morning, technical or someone somewhere knows stuff?
rathean
24/12/2018
08:49
a director buying 5000 shares andthe share price tumbles 5pc
ali47fish
23/12/2018
09:47
FWIW Maximum Daily Trading Volume for 2018 by my Stats was FRIDAY
'
Maximum 1,206,765 on 21 Dec 2018
One100 ___965,481 a one in hundred trading day... WEDNESDAY 19 Dec 2018
Q3____ ___335,038
Median ___218,837
'
some fancy volumes noted last week !!!

togglebrush
21/12/2018
08:24
Today's acquisition of Sunny Side Up is from my count the 12th acquisition of 2018, and possibly not even the last with a few days left!

KWS still has lots of firepower for further, and larger, acquisitions.

Even if organic growth slows, cross-selling and synergies should provide decent tailwinds as well as the obvious full year contribution from the many acquisitions.

And KWS' core sectors of gaming and entertainment/production/animation will only continue to grow given the entrance to the content marketplace of the likes of Amazon, Netflix etc.

Today's update actually states that around €37m of adjusted profits are "within" the range of forecasts, so evidently it's above some and below others. It's certainly below Edison's, so their follow-up note should shed some light.

Edison's forecast for the coming year is around 50p EPS - without any uplift for today's or future acquisitions. A P/E of 20 or so for a company in a growing sector with such a good track record and substantial acquisition action to come isn't particularly challenging if that P/E soon reduces to say 14 or 15 post-acquisitions.

rivaldo
21/12/2018
08:11
Not beating analysts expectations.
No big acquisition in time for end of year like promised. Just a small company bought for a P/E of 5. They can continue doing that but you have to wonder why punters are ascribing KWS a P/E of 20 when they are acquiring single digit P/Es.

Where is next years growth coming from?

phowdo
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