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October 2022

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  • Epic Code:
  • AFX
  • Price:
  • 1700p
Since March 2021, FY22 forecasts have been upgraded five times and by 36% prior to H1 results so there were no real surprises in the results when I spoke to chief executive Morgan Tillbrook. Revenue grew 35% to £46.1m including £1.4m of recharged interest. Pretax profit (after absorbing the cost of adding 74 new employees and further build out of its tech stack) was up 16% to £17.8m, for eps up 21% to 33.3p.  Underlying pretax margin came in at 39% reflecting investment in staff and technology. But a keynote is that deferred revenue from account fees are recognised over the next 12 months  - add those back and the margin would have been closer to 45%.FXRM grew sales 31% to £32.1m driven by a 22% jump in client numbers to 975 ...

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