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Full year results were top of the range. Sales were up 68% to £203m (7% organic) and adjusted pretax profit was £38.5m, up from £24.1m, for adjusted eps of 6.2p. Net debt stands at £48m. The original business, Health & Care, grew sales 17% (13% organic) to £31.4m and recorded an operating profit of £8.9m. Margins increased from 27.5% to a re... ...
ASW's full year results are overshadowed by the issuance of shares due on the performance ratchet put in place at the time of the float. This will result in the issue of 16.8m shares (c.4%) to chief executive Vin Murria. Nobody can grumble about these given the transformation, which has taken place at ASW although forecasts will need to be shade... ...
In a somewhat quirky move, healthcare software supremo ASW has acquired Computer Software Holdings (CSH) for £110m. CSH is a business well known to chief executive Vin Murria as she previously built up CSH in the quoted arena before taking it private in May’07 for £91m, merging it with IRIS Software in July 07 and then selling... ...
ASW’s confident trading update said that for the year to end February it expects revenue from continuing operations of £98m, 10% ahead of the year before and 8% organic growth. EBITDA is expected to be £24m, 9% ahead. Net debt has also fallen to just £1m compared to £25.3m six months ago, before the £15m proceeds from the sale... ...
Shares in Advanced Computer Software (ASW), a supplier of software to the primary care market -software systems for those at the frontline including doctors, pharmacists and nurses - were almost breaking into a new high before the recent market turmoil. Just listen to some of the comments from chief executive Mrs Vin Murria in the areas of mobil... ...
ASW has said it continued to perform strongly for the year to end February. Sales are expected to be not less than £95m, up 4% excluding acquisitions. EBITDA is expected to be £24m, well ahead of the £21.7m run rate of acquisitions before ASW bought them. Approximately £50m or 55% of group proforma revenues are now said to be recurring... ...
Mrs Vin Murria is one of the shrewder deal makers on the London software scene. She cut her teeth at Kewill Systems (KWL; 97.5p), where for 16 years she headed a programme of European acquisitions. But her first fortune was made subsequently through her connections arising from her position as a partner at private equity firm, Elderstreet. In... ...
Performance Table Change on one month Since start Growth Portfolio +2.59% +379.60% FTSE-1005704.91+4.06% -0.28% FTSE-All Share2923.09 +4.37%+9.32% The Growth Portfolio is up by 2.6% on the month, driven largely by a sharp rise in shares in West China Cement, which is up £1 to 625p, following confirmation of its... ...
Vin Murria is one of the shrewder deal makers on the London software scene. She cut her teeth at Kewill Systems where for 16 years she headed its European operations, spending 13 of those years making acquisitions and her final three making disposals as Kewill downsized. But her first fortune was made subsequently through her connections arising... ...
CSW has reported a strong set of H1 results. Sales increased 77% to £19.4m, including £5.2m from acquisitions in the period. Underlying organic growth was stated to be 7%. Profit before tax grew 80% to £1.7m and eps were up 50% to 4.6p. That remains a pretty flawless execution of CSW’s business plan but it is still a bi... ...