ALPHA FX GROUP PLC ORD 0.2P chart

Last update: 2022-12-16
Key statistics and financials
Revenue per share 2.17
Dividend & Yield0.11£ (0.56%)
Beta 1.76
Market capitalization 816.5M
Operating cash flow 50.14M
ESG Scores unknown

Company description

Alpha FX Group plc provides foreign exchange risk management and alternative banking solutions in the United Kingdom and internationally. The company offers forward currency contracts, option contracts, foreign exchange spot transactions, and payments collections and currency accounts services. It serves corporates and institutions. The company was formerly known as Alpha Capital Limited. Alpha FX Group PLC was founded in 2009 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

Sector: Financial Services - Industry: Capital Markets

Financial data

Financial Statements

Cashflow Statement 2018-12-31 2019-12-31 2020-12-31 2021-12-31
Change To Liabilities 8.67M 32.15M 10.97M -14.23M
Total Cashflows From Investing Activities -526.15k -3.52M -2.09M -2.65M
Net Borrowings -356k -356k -775k -465k
Total Cash From Financing Activities 17.31M -4.28M 17.4M -6.66M
Change To Operating Activities -8.61M -1.55M -34.5M 17.25M
Issuance Of Stock 19.96M 19.28M 19.28M 26k
Net Income 7.82M 10.26M 12.47M 23.53M
Change In Cash 25.32M 35.56M 9.01M 25.07M
Effect Of Exchange Rate 10.09k -3k 17k -148k
Total Cash From Operating Activities 8.53M 43.36M -6.32M 34.54M
Depreciation 65.81k 689k 1.25M 1.4M
Change To Account Receivables -210.61k 236k -1.12M 127k
Other Cashflows From Financing Activities -878.94k -1.4M -1.11M -1.72M
Change To Netincome 688.29k 1.34M 4.11M 5.51M
Capital Expenditures -104.89k -2.37M -425k -661k

Income Statement 2018-12-31 2019-12-31 2020-12-31 2021-12-31
Research Development
Income Before Tax 9.73M 13.54M 17.14M 33.18M
Net Income 7.82M 10.26M 12.47M 23.53M
Selling General Administrative 9.59M 13.04M 16.25M 21.89M
Gross Profit 19.71M 28.3M 37.39M 60.31M
Ebit 9.74M 14.32M 19.02M 33.2M
Operating Income 9.74M 14.32M 19.02M 33.2M
Interest Expense -216k -216k -370k -681k
Income Tax Expense 1.91M 2.52M 3.33M 7.14M
Total Revenue 23.47M 35.38M 46.22M 77.47M
Cost Of Revenue 3.76M 7.08M 8.83M 17.16M
Total Other Income ExpenseNet -12.68k -778k -1.88M -20k
Net Income From Continuing Ops 7.82M 11.02M 13.8M 26.04M
Net Income Applicable To Common Shares 7.82M 10.26M 12.47M 23.53M

Balance Sheet Statement 2018-12-31 2019-12-31 2020-12-31 2021-12-31
Total Liabilities 27.33M 76.92M 83.93M 98.9M
Total Stockholder Equity 47.14M 55.07M 86.99M 105.6M
Other Current Liabilities 25.2M 65.09M 71.02M 74.91M
Total Assets 76.03M 134.49M 174.57M 208.7M
Common Stock 73.09k 74k 80k 82k
Other Current Assets 2.56M 3.87M 4.03M 3.51M
Retained Earnings 15M 22.93M 35.63M 54.19M
Treasury Stock 680.32k 678k 695k 547k
Cash 38.4M 73.96M 82.97M 108.04M
Total Current Liabilities 27.12M 68.99M 76.12M 83.19M
Other Stockholder Equity 680.32k 678k 695k 547k
Property, Plant, and Equipment 172.85k 10.03M 9.2M 8.46M
Total Current Assets 75.42M 123.28M 157.47M 179.91M
Net Tangible Assets 46.71M 53.89M 84.91M 102.61M
Net Receivables 34.15M 44.97M 57.33M 61.09M
Accounts Payable


Insider Transactions

Here are the insider transactions of stock shares related to ALPHA FX GROUP PLC ORD 0.2P:

Filer Name Transaction Text Ownership Date Filer Relation Shares
JPMorgan Asset Management U.K. LimitedD2022-10-18
JPMorgan Asset Management U.K. LimitedD2022-10-17141.09k
Gordon (Lisa Jane)Bought at price 20.68 per share.D2022-09-135.67k
Howorth (Alexander)Decrease at price 20.49 per share.D2022-09-0520k
Howorth (Alexander)D2022-06-22111
Liontrust Investment Partners LLPD2022-06-015.48k
JPMorgan Asset Management U.K. LimitedD2022-05-265.67k
JPMorgan Asset Management U.K. LimitedD2022-05-19836.95k
Butters (Timothy Nigel)Sold at price 24.67 per share.D2022-05-06950
Butters (Timothy Nigel)Bought at price 24.72 per share.D2022-05-06946
Kidd (Timothy Charles)Sold at price 30.05 per share.D2022-04-20871
Kidd (Timothy Charles)Bought at price 30.13 per share.D2022-04-20866
Kidd (Timothy Charles)Sold at price 30.05 per share.D2022-04-20871
Kidd (Timothy Charles)Bought at price 30.13 per share.D2022-04-20866
Butters (Timothy Nigel)Sold at price 29.89 per share.D2022-04-19871
Butters (Timothy Nigel)Bought at price 29.97 per share.D2022-04-19867
Liontrust Investment Partners LLPD2022-04-04155.84k
Butters (Timothy Nigel)Sold at price 24.67 per share.D2022-03-221.08k
Butters (Timothy Nigel)Bought at price 24.73 per share.D2022-03-221.07k
Kabouter Management, L.L.C.D2022-03-2123.69k
Butters (Timothy Nigel)D2022-03-1623.01k
Gordon (Lisa Jane)Bought at price 22.74 per share.D2022-03-164.71k
Howorth (Alexander)D2022-03-1685.02k
Kahn (Clive Ian)Bought at price 23.00 per share.D2022-03-167.93k
Kidd (Timothy Charles)D2022-03-1685.02k
Thakrar (Vijaykumar Champaklal)Bought at price 22.78 per share.D2022-03-161.15k
Tillbrook (Morgan James)D2022-03-09
Baillie Gifford & CoD2022-03-09
Berenberg BankD2022-03-09
BlackRock, Inc.D2022-03-09
Chelverton Asset Management LtdD2022-03-09
Currie (Jonathan Colin)D2022-03-09
Dowgate Capital LimitedD2022-03-09
FIL Holdings LimitedD2022-03-09
Hargreave Hale LtdD2022-03-09
Hargreaves Lansdown Asset Management Ltd.D2022-03-09
JPMorgan Asset Management U.K. LimitedD2022-03-09
Jupiter Asset Management LtdD2022-03-09
Kabouter Management, L.L.C.D2022-03-09
Liontrust Investment Partners LLPD2022-03-09
M&G Alternatives Investment Management, Ltd.D2022-03-09
Premier Fund Managers LimitedD2022-03-09
River and Mercantile Asset Management LLPD2022-03-09
Soros Fund Management, LLCD2022-03-09
Jupiter Asset Management LtdD2022-02-11399.39k
Hargreave Hale LtdD2021-12-10378.85k
Liontrust Investment Partners LLPD2021-09-2791.58k
Hargreave Hale LtdD2021-08-111.19M
Jupiter Asset Management LtdD2021-07-14228.3k
Thakrar (Vijaykumar Champaklal)Bought at price 22.66 per share.D2021-05-271.25k
Howorth (Alexander)Sold at price 17.34 per share.D2021-04-0911.86k

Insider transaction explanations

Insider buying is the legal purchase of shares by a senior executive or director of a company. "Filer Name" corresponds to the name of the stock buyer or seller. "Transaction Text" describes the transaction. "Ownership" gives information about the transaction type. "Date" is the reported transaction date. "Filer Relation" gives the role of the insider in the company. "Shares" is the value of the transaction. You will find the complete description of the General Transaction Codes on the SEC dedicated page


Investment strategy backtesting

These are the result of three automatic investment systems applied to ALPHA FX GROUP PLC ORD 0.2P. You will find the performance of an systematic investment system, a momentum strategy, and a buy the dip trading strategy.


Systematic investment results on ALPHA FX GROUP PLC ORD 0.2P

Here is the result of two systematic investment strategies applied to ALPHA FX GROUP PLC ORD 0.2P. The first strategy automatically buys the first day of the month, and the second strategy buys the fifteenth day of the month.

Systematic investment equity curve on ALPHA FX GROUP PLC ORD 0.2P

The following chart shows the equity curve of the two systematic investment strategies applied to ALPHA FX GROUP PLC ORD 0.2P:

ALPHA FX GROUP PLC ORD 0.2P automated entries

The systematic investment strategy that buys the first day of the month would give a performance of 80.15% on the backtest period.

Performance at glance

Performance

80.15 %

Latent gain

7367.75 £

Invested capital

9192.25 £

Annualized return

19.45 %
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Momentum strategy results on ALPHA FX GROUP PLC ORD 0.2P

This is the result of two momentum investment strategies applied to ALPHA FX GROUP PLC ORD 0.2P. The first strategy uses a momentum signal calculated on one quarter, and the second uses a momentum signal calculated on two quarters.

Momentum entry openings on ALPHA FX GROUP PLC ORD 0.2P

The following chart shows all the entries opened by the momentum investment system on ALPHA FX GROUP PLC ORD 0.2P:

ALPHA FX GROUP PLC ORD 0.2P momentum entries
  • The first momentum investment strategy would give 172.01% of return on ALPHA FX GROUP PLC ORD 0.2P. That represents 17017.0£ of latent gain with 9893.0£ of employed capital.
  • The second momentum investment strategy would give 136.52% of return on ALPHA FX GROUP PLC ORD 0.2P. That represents 13142.75£ of latent gain with 9627.25£ of employed capital.
Performance at glance (1Q Momentum)

Performance

172.01 %

Latent gain

17017.0 £

Invested capital

9893.0 £

Annualized return

24.76 %
Performance at glance (2Q Momentum)

Performance

136.52 %

Latent gain

13142.75 £

Invested capital

9627.25 £

Annualized return

37.51 %

Momentum equity curve on ALPHA FX GROUP PLC ORD 0.2P

The following chart shows the equity curve of the two momentum strategies applied to ALPHA FX GROUP PLC ORD 0.2P:

ALPHA FX GROUP PLC ORD 0.2P momentum equity

Note: the dividends potentially given by ALPHA FX GROUP PLC ORD 0.2P are not integrated into the calculation of the equity curve neither the performance of the strategy. The integration of the dividends will be available soon.


Employed capital on ALPHA FX GROUP PLC ORD 0.2P

The following chart shows the employed capital evolution of the two momentum strategies on ALPHA FX GROUP PLC ORD 0.2P since the beginning:

ALPHA FX GROUP PLC ORD 0.2P

Note: the algorithm buys for a maximum of 250$ per entry. If the stock price is greater than 250£, the system buys only one stock per entry. The investment system stops automatically when the financial exposure reaches 10000£.


Buy the dip strategy result on ALPHA FX GROUP PLC ORD 0.2P

Buy the dip entry openings on ALPHA FX GROUP PLC ORD 0.2P

ALPHA FX GROUP PLC ORD 0.2P

The performance achieved by the robo-advisor on ALPHA FX GROUP PLC ORD 0.2P is 52.49%. That represents 1425.0$ of latent gain with 2715.0£ of employed capital. The following chart shows ALPHA FX GROUP PLC ORD 0.2P stock price with all the entries opened by the automated investment system.

Note: The blue line represents the weekly stock price of ALPHA FX GROUP PLC ORD 0.2P, and the green triangles represent the entry openings. The artificall robo-advisor needs at least 100 weeks of trading history to work.

Performance at glance

Performance

52.49 %

Latent gain

1425.0 £

Invested capital

2715.0 £

Annualized return

24.76 %

Equity curve of the strategy applied to ALPHA FX GROUP PLC ORD 0.2P

The following chart shows the result of the investment strategy applied to ALPHA FX GROUP PLC ORD 0.2P:

ALPHA FX GROUP PLC ORD 0.2P

Note: the dividends potentially given by ALPHA FX GROUP PLC ORD 0.2P are not integrated into the calculation of the equity curve neither the performance of the strategy. The integration of the dividends will be available soon.


Employed capital on ALPHA FX GROUP PLC ORD 0.2P

The following chart shows the employed capital evolution since the beginning of the investment strategy on ALPHA FX GROUP PLC ORD 0.2P:

ALPHA FX GROUP PLC ORD 0.2P

Note: the algorithm buys for a maximum of 250$ per entry. If the stock price is greater than 250$, the system buys only one stock per entry. The investment system stops automatically when the financial exposure reaches 10000$.


Investment strategies comparison on ALPHA FX GROUP PLC ORD 0.2P

In this section, I will compare the three previous investment strategies applied to ALPHA FX GROUP PLC ORD 0.2P.

Equity curve comparison on ALPHA FX GROUP PLC ORD 0.2P

The following chart shows the equity curve of the artificall advisor, the trend folowing and the automatic investment strategies:

ALPHA FX GROUP PLC ORD 0.2P investment strategy comparison

Employed capital comparison on ALPHA FX GROUP PLC ORD 0.2P

ALPHA FX GROUP PLC ORD 0.2P investment comparison

Performance comparison on ALPHA FX GROUP PLC ORD 0.2P

Strategy Latent Profit Growth Employed capital CAGR
Automatic investment 80.15% 7367.75£ 9192.25£ 19.45%
Momentum 1 quarter 172.01% 17017.0£ 9893.0£ 44.33%
Momentum 2 quarters 136.52% 13142.75£ 9627.25£ 37.51%
Non-directional 52.49% 1425.0£ 2715.0£ 24.76%
Annualized return comparison

Automatic investment

19.45 %

Momentum 1Q

37.51 %

Momentum 2Q

37.51 %

Non-directional

24.76 %

Correlated stocks

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Positive correlations

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Negative correlation

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Note: The algorithm computes the probability of correlation between ALPHA FX GROUP PLC ORD 0.2P and the other stocks. There may be false positives or some missing correlated stocks. If the price of ALPHA FX GROUP PLC ORD 0.2P does not vary for 36 weeks, the correlation calculation result will be wrong.


Company information

Company name ALPHA FX GROUP PLC ORD 0.2P
Country United Kingdom
City London
Address Brunel Building
Phone 44 20 3800 0120
Website www.alphafx.co.uk
FullTime employees 288
Industry Capital Markets
Sector Financial Services
Exchange XLON
Ticker AFX.XLON
Market www.londonstockexchange.com

ALPHA FX GROUP PLC ORD 0.2P ESG Scores

Environment scores

Environment ESG Factors Scores
Environment Score 0
Peer Environment Performance unknown
Environment Percentile unknown
Palm Oil unknown
Nuclear unknown
Fur Leather unknown
GMO unknown
Coal unknown
Pesticides unknown
Animal Testing unknown

Social scores

Social ESG Factors Scores
Social Score 0
Peer Social Performance unknown
Social Percentile unknown
Highest Controversy unknown
Peer Highest Controversy Performance unknown
Adult unknown
Gambling unknown
Alcoholic unknown
Tobacco unknown
Catholic unknown
Controversial Weapons unknown
Small Arms unknown
Military Contract unknown
Peer Count unknown

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Governance scores

Governance ESG Factors Scores
Governance Score 0
Peer Governance Performance unknown
Governance Percentile unknown

ESG at glance
Total ESG Scores: unknown
Environment Score: 0
Social Score: 0
Governance Score: 0

ESG Performance: unknown

Peer Group: unknown

Peer Esg Score Performance: unknown

Rating Year: unknown

Rating Month: unknown

Max Age: unknown

Percentile: unknown