The week ahead
In the UK, we expect to see June period end trading updates begin to emerge. We anticipate interim results from Ocado Group PLC (LON: OCDO) and final results from Ilika PLC (LON: IKA) and Adept Technology Group PLC (LON: ADT). Also, this morning Panoply Holdings PLC (LON: TPX) has reported finals while Dev Clever Holdings PLC (LON: DEV) has reported interims.
Ocado, the online grocery platform and solutions provider, announces interim results tomorrow. From a technology standpoint, the focus will be on how the solutions revenue and pipeline are evolving and how the Ocado Smart Platform is developing. In April, the group announced it had invested £10mln in and commercially partnered with Oxford-based Oxbotica to develop a range of autonomous vehicles that will be integrated into the Ocado Smart Platform. The use cases range from vehicles that operate inside of Ocado's customer fulfilment centre buildings and the yard areas that surround them, all the way to last-mile deliveries and kerb-to-kitchen robots. In addition, the company completed the acquisition of two robotics businesses – Kindred Systems and Haddington Dynamics – early in the period.
Ilika, which develops solid-state battery technology, reports final results tomorrow. In its trading update last month, it said that trading for the year ended in April was in line with management expectations. The company expects to announce revenues of approximately £2.3mln (2020: £2.8mln), with an adjusted EBITDA loss of £2.3mln (2020: £2.1mln) while cash and cash equivalents at the period end were £9.8mln (30 April 2019: £14.8mln).
AdEPT, the managed service provider, reports final results on Wednesday. In its trading update in April, the company said it expects to report revenue and underlying earnings (EBITDA) for the year ending March 2021 in line with market forecasts. The group closed the period with senior net debt also in line with market expectations at £26.1mln. This includes the repayment of the deferred first-quarter (Q1) VAT liability in early Q4 and the cash costs of the new bank facility arrangement fees. In April, the company announced the acquisition of Datrix, a London-based supplier of advanced cloud-based networking, communications and cybersecurity solutions, for an initial cash consideration of £9.0mln, which was funded through the group's new bank facility. The group is acting as a consolidator in the highly fragmented market, focusing on sub-scale operators that would benefit from being part of a larger organisation, benefiting from the group’s scale, breadth of capability and infrastructure for growth.
Meanwhile, in the US, corporate earnings remain subdued until the new earnings season takes hold in two weeks’ time. Among the few tech-related companies reporting include Smart Global Holdings and Duck Creek Technologies.
Date · Company · Event · Period ending
05-Jul · Panoply · Final results · 31-Mar
05-Jul · Dev Clever · Interim results · 30-Apr
06-Jul · Ocado · Interim results · 31-May
06-Jul · Ilika · Final results · 30-Apr
07-Jul · AdEPT Technology · Final results · 31-Mar
Early July · Quartix · Trading update · 30-Jun
13-Jul · ZOO Digital · Final results · 31-Mar
13-Jul · Solid State · Final results · 31-Mar
14-Jul · Kromek · Final results · 30-Apr
15-Jul · Redcentric · Final results · 31-Mar
Approx 22/7 · Ideagen · Final results · 30-Apr
28-Jul · FDM · Interim results · 30-Jun
29-Jul · SRT Marine · Final results · 31-Mar
July · Access Intelligence · Interim results · 31-May
July · Shearwater · Final results · 31-Mar
July H2 · OTAQ · Final results · 31-Mar
July 3rd week · PCI-PAL · Trading update
Late summer · GRC · Final results · 31-Mar
03-Aug · Amino Technologies · Interim results · 31-May
03-Aug · Filtronic · Final results · 31-May
03-Aug · Seeing Machines · Trading update · 30-Jun
05-Aug · Spirent · Interim results · 30-Jun
11-Aug · Avast · Interim results · 30-Jun
Aug · Keywords · Trading update
09-Sep · Computacenter · Interim results · 30-Jun
Sept · Keywords · Interim results · 30-Jun
Sept · Kainos · Trading update
Sept · Blancco · Final results · 30-Jun
Sept · Craneware · Final results · 30-Jun
Late Sept · Transense · Final results · 30-Jun
Source: Data from regulatory news and company websites