Duke Royalty Ltd (AIM:DUKE) said it generated the most cash for a three-month period in its history in the period to March 2022, the final quarter of its latest financial year.
Normalised cash revenue rose by 21% quarter-on-quarter to £4.7mln and by 88% over a year ago, said the royalty income specialist.
Total cash inflows were £6.7mln, including the proceeds of a restructuring at one of its investees, Mirriad Products.
Based on current trading, normalised cash revenue in the current three months should rise to £5mln, said the investment company.
Duke added it had committed a further £13.3mln during the quarter to four businesses: InTec Business Solutions, LynxEquity, Tristone Healthcare and Creo-Tech Industrial.
The dividend for the quarter rises by 17% to 0.7p.
Neil Johnson, chief executive, said it was the sixth quarter running that cash generation had improved since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.
“Given Duke's largely fixed cost base, the recent acceleration in deployments has led to a material increase in cashflow per share.
"We are delighted to be able to share this operational leverage with our shareholders through increasing the quarterly dividend which has risen 27% in the last year.
"We continue to see a strong pipeline of royalty opportunities to service both existing and new companies,” Johnson concluded.