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New strategic focus on telco cybersecurity
Cyan | 15/10/2021
Cyan’s H121 results reflected ongoing challenges, with revenues dropping 80% y-o-y and EBITDA turning negative as large prior year contracts did…
Continued focus on its existing portfolio
FinLab | 14/10/2021
FinLab reported an NAV total return of 18% in H121, backed by the strong share price performance of its only listed holding Heliad Equity Partners (HEP)…
Business as usual during pandemic
Daldrup & Söhne | 14/10/2021
Daldrup & Söhne (Daldrup) reported business as usual in H121 despite the COVID-19 pandemic. Management maintained its FY21 guidance of a total output…
New investments under new management
Heliad Equity Partners | 14/10/2021
Heliad Equity Partners (HEP) has recently become more active, with a mid-double digit million-euro amount invested across several private companies under…
H121 update: Future markets take shape
Formycon | 14/10/2021
Formycon progressed all key projects in H121. FYB201 (partnered with Bioeq) is a Lucentis biosimilar to treat neovascular age-related macular degeneration…
EKF interview
Evolva - EKF interview | 13/10/2021
Evolva is a Swiss biotech company focused on the research, development and commercialisation of ingredients based on nature. It has leading businesses…
Resumed sales activity drives H121 results
Noratis | 13/10/2021
Noratis’s earnings increased materially in H121 on resumed sales activity, with c €50m revenue from asset disposals in H121 versus c €6m…
Uncertain outlook persists for H221
artec technologies | 11/10/2021
artec’s H121 results showed a 12% y-o-y fall in net revenues to €1.14m, as the group continues to suffer from the economic impact of the pandemic.…
Rapid growth in scale
Oekoworld | 01/10/2021
ÖKOWORLD (ÖWAG) is rapidly expanding its assets under management (AUM), predominantly by attracting new capital. Socially responsible investing…
Storms in Germany affect company guidance
Nurnberger Beteiligungs | 29/09/2021
Nürnberger Beteiligungs (NBG) posted a decline in H121 earnings (albeit versus a particularly strong H120) as stable gross premiums written, driven…
Executive interview
CLIQ Digital - executive interview | 23/09/2021
In this interview, Ben Bos, member of CLIQ Digital’s management board, talks through the reasons for the recent upgrade to management's financial…
Thinking bigger
Mutares | 21/09/2021
Mutares (MUX) closed seven acquisitions in H121 and another five were closed or announced after the reporting date. Management highlights that in the current…
Guidance raised with growth momentum
CLIQ Digital | 20/09/2021
CLIQ Digital (CLIQ) raised its FY21 gross revenue and EBITDA guidance on Friday (17 September), following its strong H121 results and management’s…
Catching the tailwinds
Ernst Russ | 17/09/2021
In H121, Ernst Russ (ERAG) continued its fleet expansion with the acquisition of two multipurpose vessels, bringing the number of majority owned ships…
Supporting the global energy transition
2G Energy | 17/09/2021
2G Energy has reported record first half revenues in H121. Customers in Germany and elsewhere are continuing to invest in combined heat and power (CHP)…
Increasing trade volume on favourable pricing
Deutsche Grundstücksauktionen | 16/09/2021
Group transaction volumes rose c 44% y o y in H121 to €86.3m, with almost all Deutsche Grundstücksauktionen (DGA) group companies contributing…
H121 NAV return above market average
Scherzer & Co | 15/09/2021
Scherzer’s (PZS’s) NAV increased 28.2% to end-August 2021 in total return terms, vastly outperforming the German equity markets, where the…
Strong margin improvement in H121
Blue Cap | 10/09/2021
Blue Cap reported a strong set of results in H121. Revenues rose 6% y-o-y to €121m and the adjusted EBITDA margin improved 330bp y-o-y to 8.4%. After…
Business model optimisation
MPC Capital | 08/09/2021
MPC Capital recorded an 86% y-o-y increase in pre-tax profit to €2.3m and a €1.6m net profit ex minorities in H121 against a €0.5m loss…
Growth accelerates in H121
Nynomic | 07/09/2021
Demand for Nynomic’s smart, miniaturised measurement technology is benefiting from the new automated production methodologies often referred to as…
Benefiting from returning demand
Datron | 03/09/2021
A strong year-on-year rebound in Datron’s H121 figures reflects the continuous recovery of economic conditions and customer confidence. After posting…
Healthy organic AUM expansion
Lloyd Fonds | 03/09/2021
In H121, Lloyd Fonds (LF) expanded its assets under management (AUM) within the new core business to €1.97bn (from €1.66bn at end-2020) and…
Automotive drives strong recovery in H121
Delignit | 03/09/2021
Delignit’s H121 results showed a strong recovery compared to last year’s results, which were affected by the pandemic. The company maintained…
Progressing towards break-even
Evolva | 03/09/2021
Evolva’s H121 results demonstrate that the company is progressing towards its goal of being cash break-even by FY23. H1 revenue was up 60% y-o-y…
Return to profitability in H121
Vectron Systems | 02/09/2021
Vectron’s H121 results benefited from an uptick in revenue in Q221 as COVID-19 pressures abated and customers sought to comply with German regulations…