EARNINGS AND TRADING: Physiomics celebrates new contract wins
The following is a round-up of earnings and trading updates by London-listed companies, issued on Thursday and not separately reported by Alliance News:
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Jardine Matheson Holdings Ltd - Hong Kong-based holding company with interests in retail, property, hotels and motor dealerships - Independent Non-executive Director Tim Wise buys 2,250 shares at USD59 on Tuesday in Singapore, for USD132,750.
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Newbury Racecourse PLC - Newbury, England-based racing, entertainment and events business - Turnover for the first half of 2026 grows 6% to £10.3 million from £9.7 million the year before. Pretax loss narrows to £51,000 from £146,000. Raceday attendees increase 5% to 56,154 from 53,569, representing 14 fixtures, up from 12. On a like for like basis, attendance decreases 2% "due to the impact of the prolonged hot weather, the football World Cup and challenging underlying economic conditions." "Trading for the first half of 2026 is in line with company expectations," comments Chair Dominic Burke. "Compared with the first six months of last year, our revenues have grown across the majority of our income streams, but due to our continued commitment to prize money, the impact of high inflationary costs, the increase in the national living wage and business rates, the company has only been able to reduce losses compared to the same period last year. We remain confident in the delivery of a positive financial outturn for 2026."
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Inspecs Group PLC - Bath, England-based producer of eyewear solutions - Revenue for the first half of 2026 increases 1.6% on-year to £99.1 million from £97.6 million, or increases 2.0% to £99.6 million at constant currency. Pretax profit decreases to £1.8 million from £2.4 million. Non-underlying costs multiply to £2.5 million from £247,000. Underlying pretax profit increases to £5.9 million from £4.9 million. Underlying earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation increase 13% to £10.2 million from £9.0 million. Ebitda increases to £10.4 million from £8.8 million, with the underlying figure excluding share-based payment credits or expenses. Notes Qualcomm's £7.4 million strategic investment during the period. "While market conditions remain challenging, particularly within the US optical frames market and the German low vision market, the Group continues to benefit from growth within Eschenbach eyewear and the cost savings delivered through the integration of its UK operations," Inspecs says. Stands by medium-term targets, including CAGR organic revenue growth 40% above the market rate, which it says is currently forecast to grow at 3% CAGR.
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Physiomics PLC - Oxford, England-based mathematical modelling company focused on medical drug development - Secures new contracts worth more than £205,000 in aggregate. Says these comprise work across its complementary service lines and provide further evidence of strengthening demand for its specialist capabilities. They bring the total value of awards secured since May to over £750,000. Also says it is seeing increasing interest in its specialist modelling capabilities, including from international research and clinical collaborations exploring new approaches to cancer treatment. Says it believes that this provides further evidence of its strengthening profile and the relevance of its expertise in emerging areas of data-driven and personalised medicine. Adds that it is progressing multiple further commercial and collaborative opportunities, and finds the quality and breadth of interest encouraging. Also says that recently-promoted Chief Operating Officer Jesse Thissen has helped to strengthen project delivery, internal processes and commercial execution. Believes that "the pace of contract awards achieved during the past four months demonstrates the early impact of this transition and the increasingly commercial focus of the wider Physiomics team."
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Speedy Hire PLC - Merseyside, England equipment hire firm - Says it has delivered a resilient performance in the year to date, its latest year having ended on March 31. Revenue to the end of July is up 4.6% on-year, "notwithstanding continuing challenging market conditions, especially in regional and local markets." Says it has secured several new large multi-year contracts and continues to gain market share. The contracts "have now mobilised and are growing, albeit the rate of growth in some instances is being impacted by market conditions." Reiterates that initial trading from its agreement with ProService Building Services Marketplace PLC "has been encouraging with integration and mobilisation continuing." Also says that adjusted Ebitda and operating profit margins are improving. Expects full-year revenue "to be in line," and Ebitda "to be broadly in line," with market guidance, but "is taking a more prudent view of the revenue mix of core hire and services and the level of operating profit margin improvement in FY2027". Anticipates increased depreciation "as we invest to support the major contract wins." It also continues to expect interest costs to exceed market expectations. Consequently, it also expects full-year adjusted pretax profit to be towards the lower end of current market consensus. Cites analyst consensus which currently forecasts revenue of £459.0 million, adjusted Ebitda of £111.6 million, adjusted operating profit of £33.2 million, and adjusted pretax profit of £14.3 million, within a £4.6 million to £20.0 million range.
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IntelliAM AI PLC - South Yorkshire, England-based provider of AI-driven software solutions for the manufacturing and engineering sectors - Signs memorandum of understanding with South Carolina-based industrial automation and integration company SkyIO Inc. The agreement proposes that SkyIO will act as IntelliAM's agent and integrator "in identifying, introducing and supporting customers for IntelliAM 53, Decipher and related IntelliAM offerings." IntelliAM says the deal "is already showing traction with SkyIO also proposing to provide local customer engagement, implementation and support services for an identified commercial opportunity." Chief Executive Officer Tom Clayton says the MoU is "another important step in our strategy to build our presence and customer base in the North American market," adding: "SkyIO is very well placed for the company's integration needs and already licenses and partners with many of the systems providers IntelliAM uses as enablers...It is expected that following the MoU and initial collaborations arising from SkyIO's customer base, the parties will work together to develop a broader partnership agreement."
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