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AlphaFX - Alternative banking side adds fast growing new leg

April 2021

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AFX has reported its FY20 results: sales +31% to £46.2m, pretax profit +20% to £17.5m (actually £18.4m before a provision relating to the Norwegian client, which is settling its unpaid margin) and eps +15% to 31.7p. Client numbers went up 106 to 754. The FX Risk Management side focuses on supporting corporates and institutions that trade currency for commercial purposes or hedging the underlying value of an asset or liability. Overall divisional sales were +18% for FY20 despite CEO Morgan Tillbrook saying it had to contend with a drop off in FX hedging by clients in H1 whilst they grappled with uncertainty caused by the pandemic; some senior people were distracted with geographical expansion (Can ...

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Growth Portfolio 3 - May '21

AlphaFX - High interest rates add £6m to profits (November 2022)

AlphaFX (October 2022)

AlphaFX - Going like a train (August 2022)

Alpha FX - Not yet peak Alpha (April 2022)

AlphaFX (February 2021)

AlphaFX (October 2020)

AlphaFX - Placing to raise new money (May 2020)

Alpha FX (February 2020)

Alpha FX - Forecasts upgraded - again! (November 2019)

Alpha FX - Eps upgraded by 9% again (August 2019)

AlphaFX - Ready to knock the ball out of the park (May 2019)

Alpha FX - Forecasts 40% higher than at IPO (February 2019)

AlphaFX (November 2018)

AlphaFX - Set to beat even upgraded expectations (October 2018)

Alpha FX (August 2018)

Alpha FX (April 2018)

Alpha FX - Second eps upgrade since August (February 2018)

Alpha FX - Attracting world class clients (October 2017)

Alpha FX - 17% upgrade to forecast (August 2017)

Alpha FX - Plans assault on Europe (July 2017)

Alpha FX - Fast growing corporate FX business (June 2017)

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