The Financial Grimes: Cheapest quoted fund manager
This top City analyst reviews the financial sector stocks making headlines today.
12th July 2019 09:29
by Jeremy Grime from ii contributor
This top City analyst reviews the financial sector stocks making headlines today.
When QE was brought in I imagine the government didn't expect it to have this effect. It's a bit of a tricky one to get out of that. Last time was a credit crunch. Maybe it's a liquidity crunch in inflated assets this time. Now about these synthetic ETF's……………..
- Randall & Quilter (LSE:RQIH) chairman sells 400k more shares at £1.80.
Ashmore  – Trading Statement
Share Price 518p
Mkt Cap £3.49 billion
Conflict Disclosure: No Holding
Ashmore Group (LSE:ASHM) is an emerging markets investment manager.
- Statement AUM up 7.6% over the quarter to $91.8 billion. Net inflows were 3.9% with market tailwinds of 3.7%. Net inflows across the board, except for equities that experienced a small net outflow.
- Estimates.  Revenue in H1 was £152.1 million. FY to June 19 anticipates £311 million revenue which is a 4% increase on H1. They should beat that. For the year going forward, a 17% revenue increase is anticipated which compares to AUM 24% ahead of a year ago.
- Valuation  PER 18.1X, Yield 3.5%. EV/AUM 3.9%
- Conclusion The high valuation is perhaps correctly anticipating upgrades after a strong year. This one doesn't go in straight lines. Time to take some off the table.
Miton Group  – AUM Update
Share price 47p
Mkt Cap £81 million
Conflict Disclosure: I Hold
Miton Group (LSE:MGR) is a fund manager.
- Statement Net outflows of £87 million in Q2 is 1.9%, but market tailwinds increased AUM over the quarter to £4.7 billion. Half-year cash was £23 million.
- Estimates Forecasts are predicated on a 6.5% increase in net revenue to Dec 19 which, with AUM 4% ahead of June last year, looks reasonable.
- Valuation PER 10X Yield 4.9%. EV/AUM 1.3%
- Conclusion Cheapest quoted fund manager. But there are some modest outflows. The only thing for certain is the price is wrong. Either the outflows accelerate or the price corrects. Personally, I would go for the latter.
| Glossary | |
|---|---|
| PBT | profit before tax |
| EPS | earnings per share |
| DPS | dividend per share |
| ROE | return on equity |
| EBITDA | earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation |
| PER | price earnings, or PE ratio |
| Yield | dividend yield |
| FCF | free cash flow |
| NAV | net asset value |
| Price/Book (PB) | a company's share price versus what it owns |
| Book Value | a company's worth after subtracting debts and liabilities from assets |
| AUM | assets under management |
| FUM | funds under management |
| OTC | over-the-counter |
| FCA | Financial Conduct Authority |
| ESMA | European Securities and Markets Authority |
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Jeremy Grime is an independent equity markets analyst and freelance contributor, not a direct employee of interactive investor.
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