CEPS PLC ORD 10P chart

Last update: 2022-12-30
Key statistics and financials
Revenue per share 1.21
Dividend & YieldN/A£ (N/A)
Beta 0.28
Market capitalization 8.29M
Operating cash flow 1.5M
ESG Scores unknown

Company description

CEPS PLC operates as an industrial trading holding company in the United Kingdom, rest of Europe, and internationally. It operates through Aford Awards, Friedman's, and Hickton Group segments. The Aford Awards segment offers sports trophies and engraving services. The Friedman's segment converts and distributes specialist lycra. The Hickton Group segment provides services to the construction industry. It also provides building control, gas and electrical safety, and gas safety consultancy services, as well as designs and manufactures leotards. CEPS PLC was founded in 2004 and is based in Bath, the United Kingdom.

Sector: Industrials - Industry: Specialty Business Services

Financial Ratios
Quick Ratio0.53
Working Capital0.26
Return On Equity0.72
Debt To Equity-7.45
Fixed Asset Ratio0.01
Fixed Interest Cover-0.6

Financial data

Financial Statements

Cashflow Statement 2018-12-31 2019-12-31 2020-12-31 2021-12-31
Change To Liabilities 939k -118k 377k -469k
Total Cashflows From Investing Activities -1.01M -2M -2.35M -1.55M
Net Borrowings -501k 2.54M 1.95M -114k
Total Cash From Financing Activities 469k 2.23M 1.46M 117k
Change To Operating Activities -50k
Issuance Of Stock 1.33M 1.02M 1.02M 1.02M
Net Income -1.37M -2.7M -624k 296k
Change In Cash 854k 253k 374k -251k
Effect Of Exchange Rate
Total Cash From Operating Activities 1.39M 24k 1.27M 1.19M
Depreciation 324k 393k 504k 564k
Change To Account Receivables -731k 928k 325k -261k
Other Cashflows From Financing Activities -360k -310k -492k -787k
Change To Netincome 2.37M 1.34M 310k 1.23M
Capital Expenditures -769k -241k -95k -309k

Income Statement 2018-12-31 2019-12-31 2020-12-31 2021-12-31
Research Development
Income Before Tax 137k 1.42M -960k 996k
Net Income -1.37M -2.7M -624k 296k
Selling General Administrative 5.01M 3.53M 4.69M 6.99M
Gross Profit 6M 5.29M 4.35M 8.39M
Ebit 993k 1.76M -338k 1.41M
Operating Income 993k 1.76M -338k 1.41M
Interest Expense -269k -340k -732k -714k
Income Tax Expense 568k 342k 20k 204k
Total Revenue 18.47M 12.5M 11.86M 20.33M
Cost Of Revenue 12.47M 7.21M 7.51M 11.95M
Total Other Income ExpenseNet -856k -340k -622k -418.5k
Net Income From Continuing Ops -431k 1.08M -980k 792k
Net Income Applicable To Common Shares -1.37M -2.7M -624k 296k

Balance Sheet Statement 2018-12-31 2019-12-31 2020-12-31 2021-12-31
Total Liabilities 7.12M 13.36M 15.38M 15.97M
Total Stockholder Equity 3.53M 733k -861k 1.08M
Other Current Liabilities 1.39M 1.61M 2.03M 2.44M
Total Assets 12.58M 16.11M 16.47M 19.51M
Common Stock 1.7M 1.7M 1.7M 2.1M
Other Current Assets
Retained Earnings -4.01M -6.81M -8.4M -8.04M
Treasury Stock
Cash 1.71M 1.96M 2.33M 2.08M
Total Current Liabilities 5.91M 7.12M 8.03M 6.14M
Other Stockholder Equity
Property, Plant, and Equipment 991k 2.17M 1.61M 1.99M
Total Current Assets 6.85M 7.58M 5.66M 6.73M
Net Tangible Assets -1.21M -5.63M -10.07M -9.65M
Net Receivables 2.82M 3.13M 1.5M 2.72M
Accounts Payable 1.13M 2.42M 1.09M 1.16M


Insider Transactions

Here are the insider transactions of stock shares related to CEPS PLC ORD 10P:

Filer Name Transaction Text Ownership Date Filer Relation Shares
Chelverton Asset Management LtdD2021-09-24309.8k
Horner (David Alistair)Bought at price 0.55 per share.D2021-09-241.4M
Johnson (David E)Bought at price 0.55 per share.D2021-09-24153k
Langford (Vivien E.)Bought at price 0.55 per share.D2021-09-24108.33k
Thistlethwayte (Mark Edward)D2021-09-17
Thistlethwayte (Mark Edward)D2021-05-18
Pollard (Mark David)D2021-05-18
Chelverton Asset Management LtdD2021-05-18
Chelverton Asset Management LtdD2021-01-25
Horner (David Alistair)D2021-01-25
Pollard (Mark David)D2021-01-25
Thistlethwayte (Mark Edward)D2021-01-25
Horner (David Alistair)Bought at price 0.36 per share.D2021-01-2212.5k
Horner (David Alistair)Bought at price 0.40 per share.D2021-01-2210k
Horner (David Alistair)D2020-12-31
Johnson (David E)D2020-12-31
Langford (Vivien E.)D2020-12-31
Martin (Geoffrey Charles)D2020-12-31
Horner (David Alistair)Bought at price 0.41 per share.D2020-12-2330k
Horner (David Alistair)Bought at price 0.31 per share.D2020-12-2220k

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 CEPS PLC ORD 10P. You will find the performance of an systematic investment system, a momentum strategy, and a buy the dip trading strategy.


Systematic investment results on CEPS PLC ORD 10P

Here is the result of two systematic investment strategies applied to CEPS PLC ORD 10P. 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 CEPS PLC ORD 10P

The following chart shows the equity curve of the two systematic investment strategies applied to CEPS PLC ORD 10P:

CEPS PLC ORD 10P automated entries

The systematic investment strategy that buys the first day of the month would give a performance of 68.71% on the backtest period.

Performance at glance

Performance

68.71 %

Latent gain

1371.2 £

Invested capital

1995.55 £

Annualized return

16.68 %
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Momentum strategy results on CEPS PLC ORD 10P

This is the result of two momentum investment strategies applied to CEPS PLC ORD 10P. 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 CEPS PLC ORD 10P

The following chart shows all the entries opened by the momentum investment system on CEPS PLC ORD 10P:

CEPS PLC ORD 10P momentum entries
  • The first momentum investment strategy would give 79.9% of return on CEPS PLC ORD 10P. That represents 4307.25£ of latent gain with 5391.0£ of employed capital.
  • The second momentum investment strategy would give 80.05% of return on CEPS PLC ORD 10P. That represents 2792.7£ of latent gain with 3488.55£ of employed capital.
Performance at glance (1Q Momentum)

Performance

79.9 %

Latent gain

4307.25 £

Invested capital

5391.0 £

Annualized return

34.24 %
Performance at glance (2Q Momentum)

Performance

80.05 %

Latent gain

2792.7 £

Invested capital

3488.55 £

Annualized return

21.99 %

Momentum equity curve on CEPS PLC ORD 10P

The following chart shows the equity curve of the two momentum strategies applied to CEPS PLC ORD 10P:

CEPS PLC ORD 10P momentum equity

Note: the dividends potentially given by CEPS PLC ORD 10P 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 CEPS PLC ORD 10P

The following chart shows the employed capital evolution of the two momentum strategies on CEPS PLC ORD 10P since the beginning:

CEPS PLC ORD 10P

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 CEPS PLC ORD 10P

Buy the dip entry openings on CEPS PLC ORD 10P

CEPS PLC ORD 10P

The performance achieved by the robo-advisor on CEPS PLC ORD 10P is 72.59%. That represents 549.5$ of latent gain with 757.0£ of employed capital. The following chart shows CEPS PLC ORD 10P stock price with all the entries opened by the automated investment system.

Note: The blue line represents the weekly stock price of CEPS PLC ORD 10P, 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

72.59 %

Latent gain

549.5 £

Invested capital

757.0 £

Annualized return

34.24 %

Equity curve of the strategy applied to CEPS PLC ORD 10P

The following chart shows the result of the investment strategy applied to CEPS PLC ORD 10P:

CEPS PLC ORD 10P

Note: the dividends potentially given by CEPS PLC ORD 10P 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 CEPS PLC ORD 10P

The following chart shows the employed capital evolution since the beginning of the investment strategy on CEPS PLC ORD 10P:

CEPS PLC ORD 10P

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 CEPS PLC ORD 10P

In this section, I will compare the three previous investment strategies applied to CEPS PLC ORD 10P.

Equity curve comparison on CEPS PLC ORD 10P

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

CEPS PLC ORD 10P investment strategy comparison

Employed capital comparison on CEPS PLC ORD 10P

CEPS PLC ORD 10P investment comparison

Performance comparison on CEPS PLC ORD 10P

Strategy Latent Profit Growth Employed capital CAGR
Automatic investment 68.71% 1371.2£ 1995.55£ 16.68%
Momentum 1 quarter 79.9% 4307.25£ 5391.0£ 20.59%
Momentum 2 quarters 80.05% 2792.7£ 3488.55£ 21.99%
Non-directional 72.59% 549.5£ 757.0£ 34.24%
Annualized return comparison

Automatic investment

16.68 %

Momentum 1Q

21.99 %

Momentum 2Q

21.99 %

Non-directional

34.24 %

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 CEPS PLC ORD 10P and the other stocks. There may be false positives or some missing correlated stocks. If the price of CEPS PLC ORD 10P does not vary for 36 weeks, the correlation calculation result will be wrong.


Company information

Company name CEPS PLC ORD 10P
Country United Kingdom
City Bath
Address 11 Laura Place
Phone 44 12 2548 3030
Website www.cepsplc.com
FullTime employees 219
Industry Specialty Business Services
Sector Industrials
Exchange XLON
Ticker CEPS.XLON
Market www.londonstockexchange.com

CEPS PLC ORD 10P 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