DRAPER ESPRIT PLC ORD GBP0.01 chart

Last update: 2022-12-30
Key statistics and financials
Revenue per share 2.34
Dividend & YieldN/A£ (N/A)
Beta 1.35
Market capitalization 492.97M
Operating cash flow -212.2M
ESG Scores unknown

Company description

Molten Ventures Plc, formerly known as Draper Esprit plc, is a private equity and venture capital firm specializing in any stage in the lifecycle of a business from seed and series A stage, growth capital to pre-IPO investments, late stage, cross-stage investments, buyouts, PIPES, and also makes direct and secondary investments in portfolio companies. It also seeks to buy entire funds from other tech investors. The firm primarily invests in companies from pre-revenue stage upwards. It primarily invests in technology oriented business. The firm typically invests in digital technology, consumer, commerce, enterprise and data, systems and semiconductors, financial technology, internet, mobile, media, telecom, consumer technology, enterprise technology, SaaS, fintech, deeptech, digital health & wellness and healthcare sectors, software, hardware, medical technology, and life sciences sectors. It invests in companies based in Europe, Ireland, and United Kingdom. The firm seeks to invest between $0.02 million and €10 million ($10.88 million) in rounds up to €1 million ($1.09 million) and €30 million ($32.63 million). It invests 30 percent of its corpus in very early stage companies with less than $5 million in revenues. The firm seeks to make minority and majority investments. Molten Ventures Plc was founded in 1984 and is based in London, United Kingdom with an additional offices in Dublin, Ireland.

Sector: Financial Services - Industry: Asset Management

Financial Ratios
Quick Ratio16.45
Working Capital1.73
Return On Equity0.26
Debt To Equity-0
Fixed Asset Ratio0
Fixed Interest Cover130.2

Financial data

Financial Statements

Cashflow Statement 2019-03-31 2020-03-31 2021-03-31 2022-03-31
Change To Liabilities 2.01M 79k 4.1M 5.5M
Total Cashflows From Investing Activities 62k -368k -800k -100k
Net Borrowings 44.83M 44.83M -45.4M 29.6M
Total Cash From Financing Activities 206.92M 43.48M 60.1M 128.1M
Change To Operating Activities
Issuance Of Stock 215.03M 993k 113.5M 111.2M
Net Income 110.58M 39.71M 267.4M 300.7M
Change In Cash -6.28M -16.22M 126.6M -82.6M
Effect Of Exchange Rate 1.48M 1.23M -3.3M 1.6M
Total Cash From Operating Activities -214.74M -60.56M 70.6M -212.2M
Depreciation 163k 520k 700k 800k
Change To Account Receivables 189k -2.89M 400k -600k
Other Cashflows From Financing Activities -8.12M -2.35M -5.7M -4.7M
Change To Netincome -327.68M -97.98M -202M -518.6M
Capital Expenditures -58k -368k -100k -100k

Income Statement 2019-03-31 2020-03-31 2021-03-31 2022-03-31
Research Development
Income Before Tax 111.15M 40.38M 267.4M 325M
Net Income 110.58M 39.71M 267.4M 300.7M
Selling General Administrative 7.98M 10.05M 14.1M 19.7M
Gross Profit 120.82M 52.01M 288.8M 351.2M
Ebit 109.58M 40.45M 272.6M 327M
Operating Income 109.58M 40.45M 272.6M 327M
Interest Expense -1.59M -1.59M -2.1M -1.4M
Income Tax Expense -11k 17k 24.3M
Total Revenue 120.82M 52.01M 288.8M 351.2M
Cost Of Revenue
Total Other Income ExpenseNet 1.57M -68k -5.2M -2M
Net Income From Continuing Ops 111.16M 40.37M 267.4M 300.7M
Net Income Applicable To Common Shares 110.58M 39.71M 267.4M 300.7M

Balance Sheet Statement 2019-03-31 2020-03-31 2021-03-31 2022-03-31
Total Liabilities 5.59M 51.62M 10.7M 71.1M
Total Stockholder Equity 618.33M 659.62M 1.03B 1.43B
Other Current Liabilities 771k 444k 600k 2.4M
Total Assets 624.16M 711.24M 1.04B 1.5B
Common Stock 1.18M 1.19M 1.4M 1.5M
Other Current Assets 1.88M 2.3M 2.3M
Retained Earnings 195.74M 231.44M 497.5M 795.7M
Treasury Stock 25.63M 26.26M 25.9M 20.7M
Cash 50.36M 32.26M 158.4M 75.8M
Total Current Liabilities 4.96M 5.4M 10M 14.7M
Other Stockholder Equity 25.63M 26.26M 26.2M 28.9M
Property, Plant, and Equipment 209k 1.76M 1.4M 900k
Total Current Assets 51.5M 41.86M 164.4M 80.9M
Net Tangible Assets 608.2M 649.59M 1.02B 1.42B
Net Receivables 1.14M 7.72M 3.7M 2.8M
Accounts Payable 239k 739k 600k 500k


Insider Transactions

Here are the insider transactions of stock shares related to DRAPER ESPRIT PLC ORD GBP0.01:

Filer Name Transaction Text Ownership Date Filer Relation Shares
Davis (Martin)Bought at price 3.25 per share.D2022-09-306.83k
Davis (Martin)Bought at price 2.94 per share.D2022-09-297.56k
Cook (Grahame)Bought at price 3.18 per share.D2022-09-2934.26k
Wilkinson (Ben)Bought at price 3.98 per share.D2022-09-155.73k
Davis (Martin)Bought at price 4.89 per share.D2022-07-154.81k
Schroders PlcD2022-06-302.27M
Pelly (Ricahrd)D2022-06-08
Schroders PlcD2022-06-08
T. Rowe Price International (UK) Ltd.D2022-06-08
Davis (Martin)D2022-06-08
Hargreave Hale LtdD2022-06-08
Baillie GiffordD2022-06-08
BlackRock InvestmentD2022-06-08
Ireland Strategic Investment FundD2022-06-08
Wilkinson (Ben)D2022-06-08
British Business Investments, Ltd.D2022-06-08
Chapman (Stuart M)D2022-06-08
BlackRock InvestmentD2022-05-131.36M
BlackRock InvestmentD2022-05-10551.95k
Schroders PlcD2022-05-091M
Schroders PlcD2022-05-06209.81k
BlackRock InvestmentD2022-04-22507.28k
Baillie GiffordD2022-03-31
BlackRock InvestmentD2022-03-31
British Business Investments, Ltd.D2022-03-31
Pelly (Ricahrd)D2022-03-31
Schroders PlcD2022-03-31
T. Rowe Price International (UK) Ltd.D2022-03-31
Chapman (Stuart M)D2022-03-31
Davis (Martin)D2022-03-31
Hargreave Hale LtdD2022-03-31
Wilkinson (Ben)D2022-03-31
Ireland Strategic Investment FundD2022-03-31
BlackRock InvestmentD2022-03-2181.84k
BlackRock InvestmentD2022-03-04401.32k
Robur ABD2022-02-041.58M
Robur ABD2022-02-011.42M
BlackRock InvestmentD2022-01-25577.79k
Davis (Martin)Bought at price 10.05 per share.D2022-01-251.14k
Davis (Martin)Bought at price 9.99 per share.D2022-01-252.86k
Chapman (Stuart M)D2022-01-198.45k
Davis (Martin)Bought at price 11.66 per share.D2022-01-182.5k
Wilkinson (Ben)Bought at price 11.46 per share.D2022-01-181.18k
Wilkinson (Ben)Bought at price 11.43 per share.D2022-01-181.24k
Wilkinson (Ben)Bought at price 11.91 per share.D2022-01-172.28k
Robur ABD2022-01-11905.13k
BlackRock InvestmentD2021-12-179.39k
BlackRock InvestmentD2021-12-163.91k
BlackRock InvestmentD2021-12-0627.18k
BlackRock InvestmentD2021-11-30728.44k
Aberdeen Standard Investments (Edinburgh)D2021-07-23

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 DRAPER ESPRIT PLC ORD GBP0.01. You will find the performance of an systematic investment system, a momentum strategy, and a buy the dip trading strategy.


Systematic investment results on DRAPER ESPRIT PLC ORD GBP0.01

Here is the result of two systematic investment strategies applied to DRAPER ESPRIT PLC ORD GBP0.01. 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 DRAPER ESPRIT PLC ORD GBP0.01

The following chart shows the equity curve of the two systematic investment strategies applied to DRAPER ESPRIT PLC ORD GBP0.01:

DRAPER ESPRIT PLC ORD GBP0.01 automated entries

The systematic investment strategy that buys the first day of the month would give a performance of 53.02% on the backtest period.

Performance at glance

Performance

53.02 %

Latent gain

2675.0 £

Invested capital

5045.0 £

Annualized return

12.87 %
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Momentum strategy results on DRAPER ESPRIT PLC ORD GBP0.01

This is the result of two momentum investment strategies applied to DRAPER ESPRIT PLC ORD GBP0.01. 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 DRAPER ESPRIT PLC ORD GBP0.01

The following chart shows all the entries opened by the momentum investment system on DRAPER ESPRIT PLC ORD GBP0.01:

DRAPER ESPRIT PLC ORD GBP0.01 momentum entries
  • The first momentum investment strategy would give 88.8% of return on DRAPER ESPRIT PLC ORD GBP0.01. That represents 8170.0£ of latent gain with 9200.0£ of employed capital.
  • The second momentum investment strategy would give 63.7% of return on DRAPER ESPRIT PLC ORD GBP0.01. That represents 3755.0£ of latent gain with 5895.0£ of employed capital.
Performance at glance (1Q Momentum)

Performance

88.8 %

Latent gain

8170.0 £

Invested capital

9200.0 £

Annualized return

30.11 %
Performance at glance (2Q Momentum)

Performance

63.7 %

Latent gain

3755.0 £

Invested capital

5895.0 £

Annualized return

17.5 %

Momentum equity curve on DRAPER ESPRIT PLC ORD GBP0.01

The following chart shows the equity curve of the two momentum strategies applied to DRAPER ESPRIT PLC ORD GBP0.01:

DRAPER ESPRIT PLC ORD GBP0.01 momentum equity

Note: the dividends potentially given by DRAPER ESPRIT PLC ORD GBP0.01 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 DRAPER ESPRIT PLC ORD GBP0.01

The following chart shows the employed capital evolution of the two momentum strategies on DRAPER ESPRIT PLC ORD GBP0.01 since the beginning:

DRAPER ESPRIT PLC ORD GBP0.01

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 DRAPER ESPRIT PLC ORD GBP0.01

Buy the dip entry openings on DRAPER ESPRIT PLC ORD GBP0.01

DRAPER ESPRIT PLC ORD GBP0.01

The performance achieved by the robo-advisor on DRAPER ESPRIT PLC ORD GBP0.01 is 63.84%. That represents 752.0$ of latent gain with 1178.0£ of employed capital. The following chart shows DRAPER ESPRIT PLC ORD GBP0.01 stock price with all the entries opened by the automated investment system.

Note: The blue line represents the weekly stock price of DRAPER ESPRIT PLC ORD GBP0.01, 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

63.84 %

Latent gain

752.0 £

Invested capital

1178.0 £

Annualized return

30.11 %

Equity curve of the strategy applied to DRAPER ESPRIT PLC ORD GBP0.01

The following chart shows the result of the investment strategy applied to DRAPER ESPRIT PLC ORD GBP0.01:

DRAPER ESPRIT PLC ORD GBP0.01

Note: the dividends potentially given by DRAPER ESPRIT PLC ORD GBP0.01 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 DRAPER ESPRIT PLC ORD GBP0.01

The following chart shows the employed capital evolution since the beginning of the investment strategy on DRAPER ESPRIT PLC ORD GBP0.01:

DRAPER ESPRIT PLC ORD GBP0.01

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 DRAPER ESPRIT PLC ORD GBP0.01

In this section, I will compare the three previous investment strategies applied to DRAPER ESPRIT PLC ORD GBP0.01.

Equity curve comparison on DRAPER ESPRIT PLC ORD GBP0.01

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

DRAPER ESPRIT PLC ORD GBP0.01 investment strategy comparison

Employed capital comparison on DRAPER ESPRIT PLC ORD GBP0.01

DRAPER ESPRIT PLC ORD GBP0.01 investment comparison

Performance comparison on DRAPER ESPRIT PLC ORD GBP0.01

Strategy Latent Profit Growth Employed capital CAGR
Automatic investment 53.02% 2675.0£ 5045.0£ 12.87%
Momentum 1 quarter 88.8% 8170.0£ 9200.0£ 22.89%
Momentum 2 quarters 63.7% 3755.0£ 5895.0£ 17.5%
Non-directional 63.84% 752.0£ 1178.0£ 30.11%
Annualized return comparison

Automatic investment

12.87 %

Momentum 1Q

17.5 %

Momentum 2Q

17.5 %

Non-directional

30.11 %

Correlated stocks

Here are the most positively and negatively correlated stocks with DRAPER ESPRIT PLC ORD GBP0.01:

Positive correlations

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Negative correlation

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Most negatively correlated stocks last 3 months

Note: The algorithm computes the probability of correlation between DRAPER ESPRIT PLC ORD GBP0.01 and the other stocks. There may be false positives or some missing correlated stocks. If the price of DRAPER ESPRIT PLC ORD GBP0.01 does not vary for 36 weeks, the correlation calculation result will be wrong.


Company information

Company name DRAPER ESPRIT PLC ORD GBP0.01
Country United Kingdom
City London
Address 20 Garrick Street
Phone 44 20 7931 8800
Website www.moltenventures.com
FullTime employees 48
Industry Asset Management
Sector Financial Services
Exchange XLON
Ticker GROW.XLON
Market www.londonstockexchange.com

DRAPER ESPRIT PLC ORD GBP0.01 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