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October 2023

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  • Epic Code:
  • CREO
  • Price:
  • 31.5p
Creo’s H1 delivered 15% growth in sales to £15.7m. H1 numbers are small as commercialisation of Creo’s core Speedboat technology is just starting to accelerate, generating £0.9m (H122: £0.5m), whilst  Kamaptive-related income was £0.5m (H122: £0.9m) and Endotherapy consumables delivered £14.3m (H1/22: £12.8m). Underlying administrative expenses continued to fall (£17.9m from £19.6m) resulting in a lower underlying EBITDA loss of £9.2m. Net cash was £26.5m. There were 115 trained Speedboat users at the end of H1, up 44% from 80 at the end of FY22, driving an increase in procedures. Training capacity had been a key bottleneck for growing the pool of users but Creo says the number of clinician trainers is up 65% since December. A Cap ...

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