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PCIP Pci-pal Plc

62.00
-0.50 (-0.80%)
20 Dec 2024 - Closed
Delayed by 15 minutes
Share Name Share Symbol Market Type Share ISIN Share Description
Pci-pal Plc LSE:PCIP London Ordinary Share GB0009737155 ORD 1P
  Price Change % Change Share Price Shares Traded Last Trade
  -0.50 -0.80% 62.00 20,000 15:34:22
Bid Price Offer Price High Price Low Price Open Price
61.00 63.00 62.50 62.00 62.50
Industry Sector Turnover Profit EPS - Basic PE Ratio Market Cap
Business Services, Nec 17.96M -1.18M -0.0163 -38.04 45.26M
Last Trade Time Trade Type Trade Size Trade Price Currency
15:40:32 O 10,000 62.00 GBX

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2024-12-20 15:40:3262.0010,0006,200.00O

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Posted at 21/12/2024 08:20 by Pci-pal Daily Update
Pci-pal Plc is listed in the Business Services, Nec sector of the London Stock Exchange with ticker PCIP. The last closing price for Pci-pal was 62.50p.
Pci-pal currently has 72,420,000 shares in issue. The market capitalisation of Pci-pal is £44,900,400.
Pci-pal has a price to earnings ratio (PE ratio) of -38.04.
This morning PCIP shares opened at 62.50p
Posted at 04/11/2024 13:32 by powlert
I agree, seems likely this was known a little early. But nonetheless good to see management releasing news like this. Keep the positive share price momentum going. Stock still exceptionally cheap - lock it away and reassess at 120p.
Posted at 21/10/2024 09:09 by powlert
Cerillion is exactly what PCIP should be aiming to be. Setting expectations such that they can be beaten gives such momentum to the share price and enables a premium valuation. In UK small cap, these constant small disappointments are such a killer for the stock. Hopefully James and co learn that lesson soon. No reason why they can't be the next Cerillion.
Posted at 22/8/2024 08:17 by simon gordon
Tech Market View - 22/8/24

Zoom ups forecast on growth in large accounts

Zoom Video communications reported revenue was up 2.1% (2.4% in constant currency) in its second quarter results out yesterday to $1,162.5m, of which Enterprise revenue was $682.8m, up 3.5% YoY, and Online revenue was $479.7m, flat on Q2 a year ago.

Zoom founder, and CEO Eric Yuan attributed growth to “strength in large accounts, with customers contributing more than $100,000 in trailing 12 months revenue increasing by 7.1% YoY, and resilience in the Online business, with Online average monthly churn reaching its lowest ever rate”. In particular, Zoom Contact Center, the company's ‘omnichannel platform’ which includes its AI Companion as well as customer experience capabilities such as AI Expert Assist, workforce management, quality management, virtual agent, and support, secured several high-profile clients, including its largest single-order deal to date in the second quarter.

The company’s share price has ticked up (up 3% in the extended trading yesterday) with Zoom raising its annual revenue forecast driven by the demand for its collaboration tools deployed in hybrid work models, and also said Kelly Steckelberg the company CFO is to step down. The company now expects fiscal 2025 revenue to be between $4.63bn and $4.64bn, compared with the $4.61bn and $4.62bn forecast previously.

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ECK - 22/8/24

Discussions with Private Equity Investor

Eckoh notes the recent share price movement over the last four trading days. Late last year and based on the Board's belief that the share price did not reflect the fundamental value of the business, the Company began to consider alternative options to realise value for shareholders. Subsequently, the Board appointed Stifel and Singer Capital Markets in March 2024 as financial advisers in order to determine the value that could be achieved in the event of a sale process and to initiate discussions on behalf of Eckoh.

Today the Board can confirm that, following a period of discussions and negotiations with multiple parties regarding a potential sale of the Company since May 2024, the Company received on 12th July 2024 a highly conditional, non-binding revised indicative offer from a private equity investor (the "Potential Offeror") of 54p per Eckoh share. Discussions with other parties remain ongoing.

It is important to note that while due diligence is progressing, there can be no certainty at this time whether any offer will be made, nor as to the terms of any such offer.

The Takeover Panel Executive has granted a dispensation from the requirement of Rules 2.4(a) and (b) of the Takeover Code such that Eckoh is not required to identify in this announcement any potential offeror with which the Company is in talks, or from which an approach has been received, unless that potential offeror has been specifically identified in any rumour or speculation.

As a consequence of this announcement, an "Offer Period" has now commenced in respect of Eckoh in accordance with the rules of the Code. The attention of Eckoh shareholders is drawn to the requirements of Rule 8 of the Code, which are summarised below.

This announcement has been made without the consent of the Potential Offeror or any other party that the Company is in talks with.

A further announcement will be made if and when appropriate.
Posted at 02/7/2024 08:53 by simon gordon
Livingbridge buying Sycurio (Semafone) for 6x could be a reason why the PCIP share price rocketed in 2021 and got away a placing at 95p for £5.5m.
Posted at 28/6/2024 08:22 by adamb1978
Andre

Yes, PCIP have often said that Sycurio launched this action to derail them, and the fact that they've been laughed out of court and had their patents invalidated suggests similar. They launched the action knowing the price would get hammered and then came in with a low ball offer to try to acquire PCIP and thereby be able to replace Sycurio's old technology with PCIP's more modern tech. In some regard, their plan partly worked as PCIP delayed launching in continental europe due to legal costs eating up their cash.

The business is still performing very well and James still sounds very confident about the outlook. Trading update will be in mid/late July and interesting to read.

Adam
Posted at 28/6/2024 06:49 by andre
Hi Simon.They may have been confident of winning the appeal but it was thrown out. This showed that they had no basis for an appeal and that the ruling was all in PCIP's favour. All of this time, PCIP were distracted from more expansion into the US any Sycurio gained market share. Or, I think, this was the plan. Surely you cannot lose this badly and actually believe you had a genuine case? Whilst embroiled in trial they also made an offer for PCIP when the share price was depressed. Seems like tactics rather than belief in their IP.
Posted at 28/6/2024 06:30 by simon gordon
Andre,

Maybe up to the UK trial, you could say that but in May 23, before the trial, PCIP offered to licence the patent and Sycurio said no.

-2022 Q1: tentative enquiry from Sycurio to purchase PCIP.
-2023 Q2: institutional shareholders turn down a 90p offer from Sycurio.
-2023 Q2: Sycurio turned down a licence offer from PCIP.
-2023 Q2: UK trial.
-2024 Q1: Sycurio very confident that they will win the appeal court trial.

The main point of damage to PCIP was the two years before the trial. After that, the bigger risk was with Sycurio. They could lose their patent, have costs awarded against them and damage their reputation in the PCI DSS market.

I think they truly believed that their patent was rock solid.

As Kenny Rogers sang:

You've got to know when to hold 'em
Know when to fold 'em
Know when to walk away
And know when to run
You never count your money
When you're sittin' at the table
There'll be time enough for countin'
When the dealin's done

Every gambler knows
That the secret to survivin'
Is knowin' what to throw away
And knowin' what to keep
'Cause every hand's a winner
And every hand's a loser
And the best that you can hope for
Is to die in your sleep"

It looks like the whole exercise has cost PCIP c.£2.5m. Though in the 2024 accounts, it could be clearer if they have received any more costs back in the confidential agreement.
Posted at 12/3/2024 18:48 by adamb1978
HI Andre

Agreed, and raising capital to capitalise on strong growth is a great thing to see.

One side benefit is that its possible that this could make the patent nonsense go away. We know that Sycurio appear to have done this in order to drive down PCIP share price and then make an offer when the share price was rock bottom...and in doing so acquire a cloud-first solution to replace their old-school legacy rubbish. Well, we all now know that PCIP is profitable, growing fast and now has plenty of cash.

So now that PCIP arent going to be ruined by the legal costs, the question for Sycurio is whether they throw more good money after bad. It wouldnt surprise me if they tried to save face with some sort of negotiated settlement in the US and save themselves another pile of legal costs over the next year. US lawyers are far from cheap!

Adam
Posted at 30/1/2024 12:21 by adamb1978
Annoying that the share price has come off. We had a year or two of the shares just drifting - effectively being suspended - whilst the court process moved though. Lots of investors not looking at it because of the case, and volumes being very low.

Now we get them appealing and feels like we are heading back there too.

Upside is that it didnt seem to have the slightest impact on the business before, with PCIP constantly knocking it out of the park and strong growth continuing.

So that and the initial court win saying both that Sycurio's patents should be invalidated and that even if they didnt, PCIP didnt infringe, should both mean that the share price doesnt drift as much as before the court hearing.

However it feels like getting to cashflow positive (H1 to Dec-23) and profitability (this half, to Jun-23) might not be properly reflected in the price til we get through the appeal.

Bit frustrating...
Posted at 27/1/2024 14:49 by adamb1978
Yes, a few rationales for their action:

- upside vs downside: maybe they think that incremental costs are say £500k given lots of the work will already have been done, but if they win they'll get off paying PCIP's £1m costs, get their costs refunded (£2m?), damages awarded (few million?)...so even if was a 5%-10% chance of winning, you can probably justify it on a probability weight basis

- impact on PCIP business as usual: maybe trying to trash PCIP and stop them competing as effectively? Drain PCIP's cash resources and further delay their move into Cont EUrope?

- share price: we know that they launched the initial stuff which hammered PCIP's share price...and then Sycurio approached PCIP with an offer. You dont have to be massively cynical to believe that the legal action could have been with the intention of then trying to acquire PCIP. Perhaps they're trying to same trick again? Hard for it to work this time given people will be less believing that PCIP will lose...

I'm not massively concerned about this appeal given that for it to hit PCIP they have to:
1) convince the court that their patents should not be invalidated
2) prove that PCIP infringed.

So its a double hurdle to overcome...and each hurdle a previous judge founded against them. Is each a 10%-20% chance? Perhaps...so to get over both, its a 1%-4% chance.

And even if the 1%-4% chance occurs, PCIP have a workaround.

Really is noise IMO
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The current share price of Pci-pal is 62.00p
How many Pci-pal shares are in issue?
Pci-pal has 72,420,000 shares in issue
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The market capitalisation of Pci-pal is GBP 45.26M
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Pci-pal has traded in the range of 46.50p to 70.00p during the past year
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The price to earnings ratio of Pci-pal is -38.04
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The cash to sales ratio of Pci-pal is 2.5
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Pci-pal reports financial results in GBP
What is the latest annual turnover for Pci-pal?
The latest annual turnover of Pci-pal is GBP 17.96M
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The latest annual profit of Pci-pal is GBP -1.18M
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The registered address for Pci-pal is 7 GAMMA TERRACE WEST ROAD, RANSOMES EUROPARK, IPSWICH, SUFFOLK, IP3 9FF
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The website address for Pci-pal is www.pci-pal.com
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Pci-pal operates in the BUSINESS SERVICES, NEC sector

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