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Optimal Payments - Profits in-line with increased forecasts

February 2015

Investing in shares may lose you all or some of your money. Past performance is no indication of future performance. Some of the shares recommended here may be small company shares, which can be relatively illiquid and hard to trade and this makes such shares more risky than other investments.

Optimal has confirmed it will beat profit forecasts for 2014. Sales for the year will be up at least 44% to US$365m with ebitda up 65% to at least US$86m when reported in March. A lower than expected tax rate (due to more business in lower tax jurisdictions) will see pretax profit and earnings “materially ahead.” The integration of Meritus and GMA, acquired in July, is progressing well.Barclays forecasts eps of 37 cents for the year just ended, with 49 cents this year and 59 cents next – a compound growth rate of almost 30% for the next two years. Keep on buy list. ...

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Lavendon - 2014 at top end of expectations

Optimal Payments - Skrill trading ahead of expectations (September 2015)

Optimal Payments - Buying rival Skrill (April 2015)

Optimal Payments - Meeting notes (March 2015)

Optimal Payments - Strong H1 trading continues into H2 (December 2014)

Optimal Payments - Third forecast upgrade since June - new high - gain now 557% (October 2014)

Optimal Payments - 29% upgrade to 2015 forecast (July 2014)

Optimal Payments - Profits "materially ahead" (June 2014)

Optimal Payments (April 2014)

Optimal Payments - Trading ahead of expectations (February 2014)

Optimal Payments (December 2013)

Optimal Payments (October 2013)

Optimal Payments - Will achieve 2015 forecast this year (June 2013)

Optimal Payments - Neteller e-wallet 2,000 new users a day (April 2013)

Optimal Payments - Three states legalise online gaming (March 2013)

Optimal Payments - Shares go into orbit (February 2013)

Optimal Payments (January 2013)

Optimal Payments - July and August trading set records (October 2012)

Optimal Payments - US to legalise online gaming on a state-by-state basis (September 2012)

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