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GB Group

January 2018

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  • Epic Code:
  • GBG
  • Price:
  • 434p
I met new CEO Chris Clark and finance director Dave Wilson during the month, the day GB reported its excellent H1. Including a full six months from IDScan (two months last year) and a first six months from PCA, sales jumped by 40% to £52.6m (12% organic excluding one large once off software contract), operating profits increased 101% to £10.4m and eps went up from 3.6p to 6.1p. Operating margin lifted by 6% to 20% helped by a maiden contribution from PCA.Clark’s remit is to grow GB internationally. It’s early days and international was 30% of total sales with the growth mostly driven by its ID verification service, ID3global. DecTech, which is mainly used by large banks and manages the process of opening ban ...

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