ICreate Limited, $ICREATE.ja, has released its Q3 report. Here's a #SOTRSummary:
-Revenue ⬆️231% 🔥🔥
-Net Profits of 6.9M made versus a loss in the same quarter last year.
More details in the next tweet 👇🏾
The Board has provided a report with a lot more details. Please read it.
The CEO of ICreate had previously stated that a rights issue would be used to fund the acquisition of Visual Vibe. The report above and a recent notice seem to indicate that has changed and that the funds have been secured for the acquisition. jamaicaobserver.com/business/icrea…
This updated notice was shared via the JSE on Nov 11th. Highlights are:
-exchange of shares as part payment
-loans being converted to shares at a price of $1
-pre-emptive rights of current shareholders dis-applied
PLEASE READ FOR DETAILS.
The company had also previously communicated a Rights Issue record date of September 26, 2022.
However, there has been no confirmation whether the rights issue is still a go from either the notice or this report.
Investors have questioned whether a rights issue would be necessary given that the funds for the Visual Vibe purchase have now been secured.
-Q3 revenue almost more than full year 2021 revenue
-profit situation has continued to improve
-balance sheet continues to grow
-debt to equity at 3.7x but will change as loans are converted
-assets are largely dominated by receivables and other current assets (?)
-though profits have grown massively, operating cash has grown increasingly negative (this seems to be driven by other current assets and receivables (?))
-this was further compounded by investments
-these balances were funded by loans totaling 89.6M
See below the top 10 shareholder listings between July 2022 and September 2022.
There have been a few changes in the top 10 as well as changes in shareholdings thus far.
ICreate has had an up and down year re its share price. The stock started the year at 0.84 and peaked at about 4.60+ (⬆️448%). The stock has since come down to trade as low as 1.50 this week, a 67% drop from its peak.
The company is still trading at a negative trailing earnings.
Please see our most recent session with the CEO of ICreate here:
How do you feel about the soon to be complete ICreate acquisition?
Regency Petroleum Limited (RGL) has released its IPO prospectus. Here's a #SOTRSummary:
-looking to raise up to 287M
-Opens November 24, Closes December 8
-Each share will cost 1.00
-Brokered by GK Capital
-Selling Agents (JMMB & VMWM)
Overview of Regency
-100% Jamaican owned
-incorporated (May 30 2019)[**2018 seen in report]
-sells cooking gas (bulk and retail) and automotive gas (1 service station and 1 on the way for Q1 2023)
See details below.
This message from the CEO gives a better synopsis of the business, changes made prior to IPO, and the strategic initiatives in play.
Management attributed this performance to higher sales and a shift in the sales mix to higher margin items.
Please read the Director's report for more details.
The net margin did in fact increase to 5.36% from about 4.7% for the same quarter last year. We note that this quarter would include back to school shopping.
Caribbean Cement Company Limited, $CCC.ja, recently released its Q2 earnings. Here's a #SOTRSummary:
-Revenues ⬆️5.7%
- Operating Earnings 🔻8.6%
-Net Income 🔻7.2%
The reduction in income was due to an increase in overall expenses.
The report included the following director's statements and more details. Please read it.
Lower net profits were driven largely by an increase in the cost of raw materials, fuel, and electricity. This increase is due to gas prices being much higher for this quarter than they were for the same quarter last year. Same for the hard inputs for cement.
We've been having an ongoing discussion in the group about how to spend less on groceries. Someone mentioned that there is a website that allows you to compare food prices at different supermarkets across Jamaica: