11 April 2018 – final results
The company has reported a strong set of results for 2017. Despite a 4% fall in revenue from £38.4m to £36.8m, net profit for the year after non-underlying items, finance costs and taxation more than doubled to £1.74m from £777k. Diluted earnings per share also more than doubled to 34.8p (2016: 15.7p). Cash and cash equivalents increased from £1.10m as at 31 December 2016 to £3.86m as at 31 December 2017. Net assets were up 35% to just over £11m, the equivalent of over 221p per share adjusted for shares under option. A final dividend of 2.75p per share (2016: 2.60p) takes the total for the year to 4.10p per share (2016: 3.90p). The shares look clearly undervalued and we keep our BUY rating.