Tracking Performance Of Three FTSE Stocks – 4imprint Group Plc, Filta Group Holdings Plc and IWG Plc

4imprint Group Plc

4imprint Group Plc (FOUR) is a London, the United Kingdom based company that is involved in the selling and direct marketing of a wide range of promotional products across the United States of America, Canada, the United Kingdom and Northern Ireland. The company’s significant portion of the business comes from the North American region with the revenue from the region being 97 per cent of the total revenue for the year 2018. The company operates its UK and Ireland operations from its office in the city of Manchester. The company sells a large variety of promotional products to a broad set of customers. The company processes hundreds of thousands of orders every year, each one customised with the client’s logo, message or design. The company’s product range includes Apparel, Bags, Drinkware, Writing and Stationery products, Trade Show and Signage, Outdoor and Leisure, Auto, Home and Tools, wellness and safety as well as Technology products. The company operates through two of its brands which are Crossland®, which is an apparel brand and reFresh®, which is a drinkware brand.

FOUR Trading Update

On 4^th November 2019, the company announced a trading update. The company had previously announced its H1 2019 results on 31^st July 2019 in which an organic revenue 16 per cent year on year increase was reported. The company highlighted in the update that the demand activity in the beginning of the second half of the year has remained very strong. The company also highlighted that the demand has seen growth in both the new and existing customer orders, which has been similar to that in the first half of the year. The company reported that during the period, group’s marketing activities had been consistently performing well. In line with this performance, the company has expectations of a robust trading performance through the year, and the board anticipates growth in revenue at around 16 per cent year on year as compared to the revenue reported in 2018. The company also updated regarding the expansion of the Oshkosh Distribution centre, mentioning that it became operational in the month of September 2019.

FOUR Share Price Performance

On 6^th November 2019, at 08:55 A.M. GMT, by the time of writing, 4imprint Group Plc’s share price was trading at GBX 3000.00 per share, a decrease of 1.64 per cent or GBX 50.00 per share as compared to the previous day’s closing price, which was reported to be at GBX 3050.00 per share. At the time of writing, the 4imprint Group Plc share price was trading 5.96 per cent below the 52- week high share price, which was at GBX 3190.00 per share, set on September 23, 2019. This was also 69.97 per cent above the 52-week low price at GBX 1765.00 per share, which the company’s share set on January 14, 2019. The market capitalisation (m-cap) of the 4imprint Group Plc has been reported at GBP 856.61 million.

By the time of writing, 478 of the company’s stocks had been traded in the market. The average volume of trading per day, for the last one year in the market, was 11,620 million stocks. The share has reportedly shown a negative change of 57.48 per cent in value in the last one year from the price of GBX 1,905.00.

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Filta Group Holdings Plc

Filta Group Holdings Plc (FLTA) is a Rugby, the United Kingdom based company and a supplier of different services to national and autonomous commercial kitchen operators and proprietors. The company's main product is FiltaFry, which is the miniaturised scale filtration of cooking oil, the vacuum-based cleaning of profound fryers as well as full Fryer Management. The company is also involved in the business of Fryer Management & Cooking Oil Services, Fats, Oils and Grease Management, Drain Jetting & Maintenance Service, Wastewater Pumping & Treatment as well as Commercial Refrigeration Seal Replacement Service.

FLTA Trading Update

On 5^th November 2019, the company announced a trading update for the remainder of the year ending on 31^st December 2019. The company reported that trading in both North America and Europe remains in line with the management’s anticipations. It was also announced that there was a strong interest from potential new franchisees, which has led the board to believe that the revenue and profit growth that was previously expected will be achieved in the last quarter of the year. The company also reported that the purchase of Watbio toward the end of 2018 has enormously fortified Filta's market position, supporting the company in obtaining some important national accounts.

FLTA Share Price Performance

On 6^th November 2019, at 08:45 A.M. GMT, by the time of writing, Filta Group Holdings Plc’s share price was trading at GBX 153.00 per share, an increase of 2.00 per cent or GBX 3.00 per share as compared to the previous day’s closing price, which was at GBX 150.00 per share. At the time of writing, the Filta Group Holdings Plc share price was trading 37.65 per cent below the 52-week high share price, which was at GBX 245.4 per share, set on October 08, 2019. Filta Group Holdings Plc set a new 52-week low during 5^th November 2019 trading session when it reached 138.00. The market capitalisation (m-cap) of the Filta Group Holdings Plc has been reported at GBP 43.63 million.

By the time of writing, 2,450 of the company’s stocks had been traded in the market. The average volume of trading per day, for the last one year in the market, was 20,680 stocks. The share has reportedly shown a negative change of 28.83 per cent in value in the last one year, from the price of GBX 215.00 per share. There also has been a negative change in the last six months in the value of Filta Group Holdings Labs Plc’s share of about 34.05 per cent from the price of GBX 232.00. Filta Group Holdings Plc’s share has also reportedly lost 34.89 per cent in value in the last one month from the price of GBX 235.00.

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IWG Plc

IWG Plc (IWG) is a Jersey-based workspace organisation. The group comprise of companies-Regus, Regus Express, Spaces, Signature, Kora and Open Office which marks and gives a worldwide system of work environments for a wide range of organisations from locally established labourers to enterprises. The group focuses around on both single location and integrated national systems and additionally provides sales as well as management consulting services. The company has operations all across the globe.

IWG Trading Statement

On 5^th November 2019, the company announced a trading statement for the third quarter of the year ended 30^th September 2019. The company reported that the third quarter Open centre revenue was up by 15.5 per cent (19.5 per cent on actual rates), with all regions contributing strongly to this growth. Q3 Pre-2018 revenue was reported to have increased by 3.3 per cent. The company also reported that Q3 Pre-2018 occupancy had increased by 2.2 percentage points to 76.4 per cent as compared to 74.2 per cent in Q3 2018. The company reported that the momentum had improved in the United Kingdom region, with positive Q3 Pre-2018 revenue surge and robust occupancy gains.

Note - Pre-2018 refers to the performance in the reported period for all operations opened on or before 31 December 2017 and were open throughout the period. Previously referred to as the mature performance

IWG Share Price Performance

On 6^th November 2019, at 08:35 A.M. GMT, by the time of writing, IWG Plc’s share price was trading at GBX 393.6 per share, a decrease of 0.40 per cent or GBX 1.60 per share as compared to the previous day’s closing price, which was reported to be at GBX 395.20 per share. At the time of writing, the IWG Plc share price was trading 8.19 per cent below the 52-week high share price, which was at GBX 428.70 per share, set on August 27, 2019. This was also 97.78 per cent above the 52- week low price at GBX 199.00 per share, which the company’s share set on December 12, 2018. The market capitalisation (m-cap) of the IWG Plc has been reported at GBP 3.511 billion.

By the time of writing, 44,400 of the company’s stocks had been traded in the market. The average volume of trading per day, for the last one year in the market, was 1.61 million stocks. The share has reportedly shown a positive change of 54.47 per cent in value in the last one year, from the price of GBX 254.8 per share. There also has been a positive change in the last six months in the value of IWG Plc’s share of about 17.31 per cent from the price of GBX 335.3 per share. IWG Plc’s share has also reportedly lost 1.45 per cent in value in the last one month from the price of GBX 399.4 per share.

The beta of the IWG Plc’s share has been reported to be at 1.5258. This implies that the movement in the company’s share price is more volatile in nature, as compared to the movement of the benchmark market index.