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First Derivatives

December 2016

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  • Epic Code:
  • FDP
  • Price:
  • 2108p
Latest H1 shows strong progress continuing with adjusted pretax profit up 33% to £10.1m and eps up by 21% to 29p.The software side grew sales by 60% to £29.4m. And once again it gets better because £13.6m (+45%) of sales now relates to SaaS and maintenance income. As subscribers will recall, ownership of the lightning fast Kdb+ time series database has propelled FDP into a different league as it has raised awareness of the company in its core capital markets space but it said it has also made further progress into new verticals including digital marketing and utilities (see June SCSW). EBITDA margin was down slightly at 18.8% as FDP is investing for future growth.The other element, managed services & con ...

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