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Shares in Flowtech Fluidpower (FLO) remain below levels of earlier this year despite recent results showing encouraging recovery and noting an encouraging start to this year, with there looking to be scope for further recovery in profitability and for the share price.
With the ShareProphets 24 tips of the year for 2022, including two from myself, currently being published, how did my 2021 tips fare?…
My tips of the year were published in late December 2020. How are they doing, now into the fourth quarter of this year?…
My tips of the year were published in late December. How are they doing, now well into the third quarter of the year?…
Previously writing on hydraulic and pneumatic consumables and components and systems business Flowtech Fluidpower (FLO), I concluded in an update on my share tips of the year 2021 last month that the shares are now 123.5p and for those still in, ahead of an update on half-year trading, I currently say hold. Today it has announced that trading update…
My tips of the year were published in late December. How are they doing just over halfway through the year?…
Previously writing on supplier of technical fluid power components and services Flowtech Fluidpower (FLO), last month we concluded, at worst, hold tight and probably still a recovery buy as trading recovery continued. There has also since been a notable director shares purchase, BUT…
Supplier of technical fluid power components and services Flowtech Fluidpower (FLO) has announced results for the 2020 calendar year and since an “encouraging performance in Q1 with revenue and margin slightly above expectations”. Still recovery value?
My tips of the year were published in late December. How have they started 2021?…
Shares in Flowtech Fluidpower (FLO) have been somewhat left behind in the recent markets rise but the company looks set to strongly benefit with the anticipated economic recovery the recent markets rise is based on, already having been expecting an improvement in performance in the second half of this year and into 2021…
Previously writing on technical fluid power products company Flowtech Fluidpower (FLO), I noted indeed it wasn’t set for “another year of solid progress”! on a trading update for the year to 31st December 2019 as the shares fell towards 100p. They have fallen further since but are currently recovering above 100p on a “2019 Trading update & restructuring activities”. Hmmm – haven’t we already had this?...
Previously writing on technical fluid power products company Flowtech Fluidpower (FLO), despite house broker finnCap looking for a full-year underlying pre-tax profit rising above £12 million, generating earnings per share of 16.5p – up from 2018’s 14.7p, I noted concern regarding the ability to deliver “another year of solid progress”. Now “Trading Update - for the year to 31 December 2019” commencing; “Market conditions in the second half of 2019, in particular the final quarter, have been challenging”. Uh oh…
Early this year we showed the Shorted AIM shares at the start of 2019. How's the performance at the end of September? (those in bold remain from 2018)...
Previously writing on technical fluid power products supplier Flowtech Fluidpower (FLO), in October I concluded with the shares just below 120p that earnings forecasts suggest value but I’d want further evidence of delivery amidst the now prevailing “steadier” market conditions - particularly ability in terms of net cash generation. Today a half-year trading update…
Technical fluid power products supplier Flowtech Fluidpower (FLO) has updated on trading including “revenue during the first nine months of the current financial year increased by 54%, of which 6.7% was organic… Since reporting our HY1 2018 results and market update in September the business has experienced a solid trading period which remains in line with market expectations”. The shares have currently responded slightly higher, but a still sub 120p share price compares to approaching 180p last month. Hmmm…
“Specialist full service supplier of technical fluid power products and services”, Flowtech Fluidpower (FLO) updated on trading in July – but the half-year results announcement today is currently accompanied by an approaching 30% share price fall, towards 120p. Hmmm…
Writing in January on fluid power products supplier Flowtech (FLO) with the shares just below 130p, I noted that there looked potentially interesting value, but also “c.£13 million” of net debt and a downward forecast trend which deterred. The company has now announced a “successful fundraise of £10 million at 120p per share”…
Updating on its 2016 performance, fluid power products supplier Flowtech (FLO) notes that it intends to propose a 5% increased dividend “in line with current market expectations” and “expects underlying profit before tax will be in the range £7.0m to £7.2m”. How does the latter compare with expectations then?...
Flowtech Fluidpower (FLO) opens an announcement today with that it “is pleased to announce the further strengthening of its product offering in the hydraulics sector through the acquisition of Triple Six Limited, and provide an update ahead of the release of the company's half-year results”. The shares are currently 5% lower, at 105p, in response. Hmmm…
While Flowtech Fluidpower sounds like a company with a flash name, it can be seen on the daily chart that so far it has not been a great autumn in terms of the price action.
