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  • 52 Week High: 282.50
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  • Currency: UK Pounds
  • Shares Issued: 99.88m
  • Volume: 86,121
  • Market Cap: £252.19m

Fonix Mobile ends year 'comfortably in line' with forecasts

By Josh White

Date: Wednesday 21 Jul 2021

LONDON (ShareCast) - (Sharecast News) - Mobile payments and messaging company Fonix Mobile said in a trading update on Wednesday that revenue and profit had continued to grow over the year just ended, and remained "comfortably in line" with its expectations since its admission to trading on AIM in October.
The AIM-traded firm said the total payment volume of mobile payments in the year ended 30 June grew by 10% to £233.4m, while gross profit advanced 13% to £11.3m.

Adjusted EBITDA was up 14% year-on-year, at £8.8m.

Fonix said it was continuing to generate "strong" underlying cash flows, and intended to pay a final dividend for the year in November, in line with its policy.

On the operational front, the company said it has continued to attract new customers in all sectors, with more than 100 active customers by year-end, making for an increase of 13% over the previous year.

It maintained 100% client retention, with more than 99% of its income of a repeating nature.

During the year, Fonix established its first overseas operator connections, with customer services now integrated and pending launch in Austria.

The business was also in "advanced discussions" to launch services in one additional European territory in the coming months.

In the UK, Fonix said it was still supporting key charities with fundraising from public donations, adding that the number of active charity clients had grown "significantly" in the year.

Its three business segments of payments, messaging and managed services had each grown in the period, in line with expectations, with the business retaining a "robust" pipeline of prospects going into the next financial year.

Looking ahead, Fonix said that with high levels of repeating revenue, a strong exit run-rate for the 2021 financial year, new supplier connections in international markets, and a growing pipeline of client prospects across all sectors, it was confident in the company's growth potential going into the 2022 period and beyond.

"We're hugely proud of our progress over the last year, managing the business through a global pandemic, all whilst making the transition to becoming a public company and continuing to achieve record levels of profitability," said chief executive officer Rob Weisz.

"All our business segments have grown strongly throughout the year and comfortably in line with expectations.

"The business has seen significant growth across the media, charity and gaming sectors, with those services not being materially impacted by the pandemic."

Weisz said the company was continuing to develop products and features which would deliver growth and expansion in those areas.

"In addition, we've laid some solid foundations for international expansion this year and we expect international markets to start making a significant contribution to growth in the coming years."

Fonix said it would report its audited final results for the year ended 30 June on 23 September.

At 1501 BST, shares in Fonix Mobile were down 4.12% at 123.2p.

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Fonix Mobile Market Data

Currency UK Pounds
Share Price 252.50p
Change Today 0.000p
% Change 0.00 %
52 Week High 282.50
52 Week Low 182.50
Volume 86,121
Shares Issued 99.88m
Market Cap £252.19m

Fonix Mobile Star Ratings

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Value
91.27% below the market average91.27% below the market average91.27% below the market average91.27% below the market average91.27% below the market average
88.89% below the sector average88.89% below the sector average88.89% below the sector average88.89% below the sector average88.89% below the sector average
Price Trend
90.06% above the market average90.06% above the market average90.06% above the market average90.06% above the market average90.06% above the market average
74.26% above the sector average74.26% above the sector average74.26% above the sector average74.26% above the sector average74.26% above the sector average
Income
23.58% below the market average23.58% below the market average23.58% below the market average23.58% below the market average23.58% below the market average
56.92% below the sector average56.92% below the sector average56.92% below the sector average56.92% below the sector average56.92% below the sector average
Growth
10.42% above the market average10.42% above the market average10.42% above the market average10.42% above the market average10.42% above the market average
2% below the sector average2% below the sector average2% below the sector average2% below the sector average2% below the sector average

Fonix Mobile Dividends

  Latest Previous
  Interim Final
Ex-Div 21-Mar-24 16-Nov-23
Paid 02-Apr-24 30-Nov-23
Amount 2.60p 4.89p

Trades for 28-Mar-2024

Time Volume / Share Price
15:52 8,750 @ 245.00p
15:42 275 @ 247.25p
15:40 7,600 @ 245.50p
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15:40 110 @ 260.00p

Fonix Mobile Key Personnel

CEO Robert Weisz
CFO Michael Foulkes

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