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KWS Keywords Studios Plc

1,302.00
44.00 (3.50%)
28 Mar 2024 - Closed
Delayed by 15 minutes
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
  44.00 3.50% 1,302.00 1,297.00 1,306.00 1,327.00 1,248.00 1,268.00 674,638 16:35:01
Industry Sector Turnover Profit EPS - Basic PE Ratio Market Cap
Business Services, Nec 780.45M 19.95M 0.2531 51.64 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 51.64.

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DateSubjectAuthorDiscuss
10/9/2019
08:45
1280 is a support level then you're looking at something around £11.RSI is oversold and the results, a week tomorrow, might upset the shorting applecart.This is typical AIM,I can't say I have any fundamentals concerns about the company.
steeplejack
10/9/2019
08:13
£13 support has now been broken.How far down are we going to go??
1squintyflinty
09/9/2019
16:56
@mad foetus.. yes that could be a scenario although most of thier employees are in Canada.. so TSX or NASDAQ? ...
1670127
09/9/2019
16:54
I hope you are right on Labour but politics is not following norms at the moment so who knows. Perhaps the next PM will be Farage!!! Crazy times
1670127
09/9/2019
14:50
Then there's no need to mention a potential (and unlikely!) Labour government. Or the AIM market in general, given that KWS is a highly successful company - one of the best performers in fact. Otherwise such posts could be seen as scaremongering.....
rivaldo
09/9/2019
14:11
The AIM index has been appalling compared with other indices.When I referred to Labour administrations I didn't mean the effect on KWS,I meant the effect on highly successful punters like you.The FT today carries a review undertaken by a left wing think tank which recommends that gains are treated like income and the annual capital tax exemption is done away with.
steeplejack
09/9/2019
13:46
I no longer hold here but as KWS is predominantly an Irish company I struggle to see how any Labour policy could attach to it: if they tried I assume KWS would delist and find a non-UK exchange. Along with every other company listed in London, could be quite a boon for Dublin I would think!
mad foetus
09/9/2019
13:31
In terms of business I agree with you Rivaldo. The only aspect is the labour parties plan to take 10% shares of all uk listed companies over a certain size. Not sure of the details, don't think labour are!, but shouldn't impact KWS any more or less than any other company so doesn't explain the share price move.
1670127
09/9/2019
11:56
Peel Hunt have been embarrassed recently on some of their ratings and price targets in the last year or two. They now seem to have gone too far the other way. And as regards a "left wing administration", KWS would likely be almost completely unaffected as a global and gaming sector company - KWS would certainly be a relative safe haven compared to many stocks!

Plus AIM has been extremely successful for me over the years - if people want to invest in volatile miners, oil stocks, or blue sky shares then that's their look-out.

rivaldo
09/9/2019
11:34
The original sell recommendation was early August.Thus,this is a reaffirmation.Peel Hunt were buyers 12 months ago so I wonder what has triggered this rethink when the stock is well off the highs of a year ago.My view is that this is an opportunistic move by Peel Hunt to drum up a bit of business.However,the timing is good.Burford as the most recently humbled AIM high flyer,lights the way for the shorters.Then,of course,there’s NMC which has also been under immense pressure and NMCC is a FTSE100 company!Frankly,it all goes to show that an AIM listing in particular comes with a health warning for investor and company alike.Listings will continue to fall.All we need now is a left wing U.K administration to radically revise capital gains.
steeplejack
09/9/2019
11:14
or could be this:

hxxps://technewsobserver.com/news/2019/09/09/peel-hunt-reaffirms-sell-rating-for-keywords-studios-lonkws.html

1670127
09/9/2019
08:50
Cheers, both.

Today's price action could be a raid on stops placed (rather obviously) just below £14.

I shall be very interested to see what kind of candle is printed by the end of the day. A hammer on high volume would be bullish, or at least less bearish. A full bodied large black candle will be more worrying.

saucepan
09/9/2019
08:50
Maybe you'll be right.Yet the very fact that you can predicate such volatility (for no apparent reason) lends credence to the suggestion that the AIM market is NOT the environment in which a growth company like KWS should plan to grow its business.It would be better listed on NASDAQ.
steeplejack
09/9/2019
08:47
Next year's forecast is currently around 55p EPS, so even the existing rating isn't unreasonable/sky high, especially for the sector.

But of course KWS have substantial unused facilities for acquisitions. If these were to be utilised, the P/E would probably drop to only around 16-17 at this level.

We've seen much daily volatility here before, and almost always KWS recovers nice and quickly. Let's see if the same happens again.

rivaldo
09/9/2019
08:45
Hi Saucepan, I have historical at 1270, 1100, 1030

Price action today currently confirms [eod close below 1380] a H&S tp 1159

bamboo2
09/9/2019
08:23
KWS (an old favourite for me) is on my watch list with a view to buying back in.

£14 looks a key support level. Today may confirm whether that holds or fails.

saucepan
09/9/2019
08:22
But enough,over 4% shorted albeit it's been higher in the past.Of course this is an AIM stock with an exemplary past share price performance on a relatively high rating.That's a good enough starting point for the professional shorter.Throw in a concern about accounting (if they can find it)and the shorters will be as happy as pigs in pooh.They've clearly had fun here before and I'd guess they're back.This company's modus operandi uses equity aggressively to fund growth and thus uses a listing to good effect.However,like so many companies,it might wish to consider going private or at the very least stepping up to the pedigree provided by a full U.K. listing.
steeplejack
09/9/2019
08:13
Not a lot though historically speaking.
bulltradept
09/9/2019
08:08
https://shorttracker.co.uk/company/GB00BBQ38507/You've got shorters monkeying about here.
steeplejack
08/9/2019
18:01
Good to see the legendary Harry Nimmo buying in to KWS via the Aberdeen Standard Investments UK Smaller Companies fund:



"In step with the online theme, the fund has taken positions in two UK gaming stocks: videogame developer Team17 (TM17) and Keywords Studios (KWS), which has capitalised on the outsourcing of videogame development.

Citywire AA-rated Abby Glennie, manager of the Standard Life Investments UK Opportunities fund, said the video game industry had ‘opened up’ in recent years.

This is due to the ‘introduction of digital distribution that put many players out of the value chain so there is more margin to play for’ and also increased visibility of earnings thanks to the evolution of games, additional purchases, and mobile gaming that have enabled companies to ‘spread the income from gaming’.

Glennie said both Team17 and Keywords were ‘lower risk because of the quality dynamic’, with the latter having a number of ‘service lines’ around the globe and the former working with a number of companies so it was not ‘dependent on a hit-or-miss game launch’."

rivaldo
06/9/2019
06:23
KWS set to "skyrocket" according to this given the explosion in 5G:



"Brilliant software

Keywords Studios (LSE: KWS) is a technical service provider to the video game industry and could be a very wise investment when it comes to 5G. The developments 5G will bring include improved network speeds that will increase the appeal of already popular mobile gaming still further. Gaming will be more accessible than ever and Keywords Studios should reap the rewards of this popularity.

Gaming has exploded in recent years with huge technological advances and the rise of gaming ‘influencers’ encouraging more young people to play. This has benefitted Keywords Studios with its value soaring a huge 600% since 2016. Furthermore, the insane popularity of Fortnite helped boost the company’s pre-tax profit last year by 65% — a strong example of the direct correlation the popularity of gaming has on the company.

Keywords Studios’ annual earnings per share have risen a huge 49% for the past three years and I think that this figure could be even more impressive after the launch of 5G."

rivaldo
02/9/2019
11:27
...and Canada is thriving too:



Extracts:

"Ottawa’s Snowed In Studios doubles headcount one year after acquisition

A year after his company was acquired, Jean-Sylvain Sormany’s studio has doubled its headcount – and his biggest problem is that it’s not growing fast enough.

Snowed In Studios, an Ottawa-based game development studio founded by Sormany and his partners more than a decade ago, was acquired last year by Irish gaming giant Keywords Studios in a $4-million deal. At the time, the local firm had just under 30 employees to its name; today it’s nearing a headcount of 60.

Having access to Keywords’ network – the billion-dollar company has worked with nearly every major gaming studio around the world – has meant a flood of business opportunities for Snowed In, which became the larger firm’s engineering division in Canada. Sormany says Snowed In is fielding multimillion-dollar contract offers every month – but he hasn’t been able to take on as many as he would like...

....He says he expects his studio will hit 85 employees by the end of the year, with another 40 to come in 2020. Sormany says Snowed In should hit “maturity” with a couple hundred employees in a few years’ time."

rivaldo
30/8/2019
07:39
News of further global expansion:



"Keywords Studios to expand operations in Poland and Mexico

Irish-headquartered video gaming firm already has operations in Montreal and Manila

AIM-listed Keywords Studios is to expand its operations in Poland and Mexico, growing its ability to provide player support and testing services.

The Irish-headquartered video gaming company has a Polish support studio, located in Katowice, which it opened last year. Its expansion is aimed at serving Keywords’ European clients’ needs, with room to cater for 290 seats and the capacity to add a further 160.

Keywords’ Mexico City facility has also seen new investment that provides an additional 150 seats at its audio and localisation services operation, and allows the facility to provide player support and functionality services aimed primarily at North America.

“It’s incredibly valuable to be able to leverage established presences from the group to deploy our solutions in new territories,” says Frédéric Arens, service line director for player support, Keywords Studios.

“Mexico is a perfect nearshore solution for our US customers, complementing very well our existing presences in Montreal and Redmond to provide English and Spanish player support services in a very accessible way, yet still consistent with what we offer in Manila and in Poland.”

rivaldo
22/8/2019
12:52
Interesting interview with the head of KWS' subsidiary in India - "the country’s number one provider of game art and animation services to the global industry", particularly regarding how outsourcing is now a must-have:
rivaldo
20/8/2019
19:52
Signed petition.
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