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Pebble Beach Systems Group PLC (PEB)

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Pebble Beach Systems Group PLC (PEB)

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Postby WickedLester » April 2nd, 2021, 3:02 pm

I've been finding it harder and harder to find value in stocks lately as so many of them have risen a long way from early last year but here is one I think could have substantial upside in a recovery albeit it comes with more risk than I usually take.

https://www.pebble.tv/
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This was once Vislink but after some fairly disastrous mismanagement ended up as a standalone software company servicing the broadcast sector.

The market cap at 9p is about £11m and debt of over £7m takes the enterprise value to over £18m. The balance sheet is a bit weak with net tangible liabilities and net current liabilities but does show an improving trend. Net debt is also falling as the company seems to generate a fair bit of cash for its size due to the excellent margins.

In the last full year the company managed revenue of £11.2m and EBITDA of £3.8m. Reported net profit came in at £1.45m.

https://www.investegate.co.uk/pebble-be ... 00073994L/

This year has been tough for them, they claim due to coronavirus, and the most recent trading update suggests revenue of £8.4m and EBITDA of £2.6m so it has remained profitable on reduced turnover. They also expect the trend in debt reduction to continue.

https://www.investegate.co.uk/pebble-be ... 00102892P/

Kestrel Partners, who specialise in investing in software companies have built up a 29% stake and I believe they will wait for trading to improve and then force a trade sale of the business. I am hopeful that in a couple of years it will go for 20p+

https://kestrelpartners.com/

Therefore I have bought on the basis that there may be over 100% upside in a couple of years time as long as trading recovers once the pandemic is under control. Even if they just tick along at the reduced turnover I believe they are worth 9P a share.

Anyone have a view?

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Re: Pebble Beach Systems Group PLC (PEB)

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Postby GrahamPlatt » April 2nd, 2021, 4:19 pm

Just that it seems unlikely that covid would have been a drag given the nature of the business. Need to look for another explanation.

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Re: Pebble Beach Systems Group PLC (PEB)

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Postby WickedLester » April 3rd, 2021, 9:11 am

GrahamPlatt wrote:Just that it seems unlikely that covid would have been a drag given the nature of the business. Need to look for another explanation.


I must admit I was a bit sceptical at first but then commercial broadcasters have seen quite a large fall in their income in the last year so I guess this could easily affect their spending plans. It's probably not such a bad excuse for last year's poor performance.

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Re: Pebble Beach Systems Group PLC (PEB)

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Postby WickedLester » April 28th, 2021, 9:10 am

These published their final results today and they are pretty good all things considered.

https://www.investegate.co.uk/pebble-be ... 00047983W/

EPS of 1.0p

Net debt down to £7.7m after strong cash generation

More importantly to me the order intake in the first quarter is up 86% on the same period last year.

I still think these are good value and remain convinced they will go in a trade sale for significantly more than the current price in a couple of years time. As a result I bought some more this morning.

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Re: Pebble Beach Systems Group PLC (PEB)

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Postby WickedLester » May 4th, 2021, 8:01 am

It seems Kestrel have had a man appointed to the board (they usually do)

https://www.investegate.co.uk/pebble-be ... 00133144X/

Chris, a qualified chartered accountant, is a partner at Kestrel Partners LLP ("Kestrel") and is their Head of Research, with a primary focus on the Kestrel Opportunities Fund, which puts an emphasis on smaller quoted companies and pro-actively working with management to improve their value.

I certainly hope he can improve the value of PEB.

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Re: Pebble Beach Systems Group PLC (PEB)

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Postby Walkeia » May 9th, 2021, 7:32 pm

Interesting; the only thing is I don’t quite understand what the company does exactly. Can someone translate this?

Company Overview. Pebble is a world leader in designing and delivering automation, integrated channel and virtualised playout solutions, with scalable products designed for applications of all sizes.

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Re: Pebble Beach Systems Group PLC (PEB)

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Postby WickedLester » May 10th, 2021, 7:43 am

I'm not sure exactly what that means either. All I know is that they provide software to the broadcast sector and seem to do it profitably and generate quite a bit of cash doing it.

I'm hoping for a better year this time and a further reduction in net debt. The only reason the balance sheet is so bad is because they don't seem to have been paid all of the money they were owed for Vislink.

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Re: Pebble Beach Systems Group PLC (PEB)

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Postby WickedLester » July 28th, 2021, 11:59 am

There's been a trading update from these this morning and fortunately it's not bad news.

https://www.investegate.co.uk/pebble-be ... 00056573G/

The Group has traded well in the first half with good progress being made across all key metrics and we expect to report results for the period in line with the Board's expectations.

Our forward order book and pipeline are strong and we remain well positioned to sustain our performance into the second half and beyond, whilst continuing to invest in our innovative technology solutions.


I look forward to the results in six weeks time.

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Re: Pebble Beach Systems Group PLC (PEB)

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Postby WickedLester » September 8th, 2021, 9:24 am

The interims are out today and fortunately they are very good.

https://www.investegate.co.uk/pebble-be ... 00060382L/

· Orders received up 64% to £6.4m (H1 20: £3.9m).

· Revenue up 9% to £4.9m (H1 20: £4.5m), recurring revenue up 10% to £2.05m (H1 20: £1.86m).

· Adjusted EBITDA1 up 14% to £1.7m (H1 20: £1.5m), representing 35% of revenue (H1 20: 34%).

· Profit before tax up 36% to £1.0m (H1 20: £0.7m).

· Adjusted earnings per share up 33% to 0.8p (H1 20: 0.6p).

· Net cash from operating activities up 32% to £1.8m (H1 20: £1.4m).

· Net debt2 down £1.1m in last six months to £6.6m at 30 June 2021.


The price has responded positively to these results but they still don't look expensive to me. If they can repeat the first half performance over the full year then net debt should fall to about £5.5m. This company seems to be a strong cash generator. They are achieving this whilst still investing in the business.

All in all i'm happy to hold.

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Re: Pebble Beach Systems Group PLC (PEB)

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Postby WickedLester » February 8th, 2022, 8:24 pm

There was a trading update from these a couple of weeks ago and fortunately it's pretty good news.

https://www.investegate.co.uk/pebble-be ... 00044391Z/

The Group expects to report results ahead of market expectations for the full year 2021, with revenue of approximately 10.6m (FY20: 8.4m), up 26%, and adjusted* EBITDA of approximately £3.2m (FY20: 2.7m), up 19%. Orders received in the full year were up 75% at £13.7m (FY20: 7.8m). This total includes two large orders worth, in aggregate, £1.5m which were delayed from 2020 as a result of the impact of Covid and some delayed service contract renewals from 2020. Excluding these, underlying order growth was circa 17%, with H2 14% higher than H1. The improvement in orders received in H2 ensures that the Group continues to have good revenue momentum into 2022.

Once again cashflow has been excellent and in the last year they have reduced net debt by £1.8m. It is now a less than 2*EBITDA so is much more manageable. On the debt they say:

With a strong end to the year, the business delivered excellent operating cash generation during FY2021, helping to reduce net debt further to 5.9m at 31 December 2021 (FY20: 7.7m). Management expects the net debt reduction trend to continue into 2022.

At the end of the update the Chairman says:

"The Board will now continue to seek ways to accelerate the required investment in new technology solutions. These are needed to allow us to access untapped geographic territories with innovative products that suit customer needs in those markets."

I don't know what this means in practice, it could be a fundraising or it could mean a trade sale to a better financed suitor. They could also look at possibly using some of that excellent cash generation to invest in new products and pay down debt at a slower rate for a couple of years.

Personally I hope it's a trade sale when I would expect these to fetch 20p+.

I sold half my holding for about 12p because I was just overweight in them and now have an average price of about 7 or 8p. I'm happy to continue holding these though to see how it pans out.


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