Arden Partners
Market Cap
UK£3.1m
Last Updated
2021/01/15 20:10 UTC
Data Sources
Company Financials
Executive Summary
Arden Partners plc operates as a multi-service stockbroker that provides a range of financial services to corporate and institutional clients in the United Kingdom. More Details
Risk Analysis
Snowflake Analysis
Flawless balance sheet and overvalued.
Share Price & News
How has Arden Partners's share price performed over time and what events caused price changes?
Latest Share Price and Events
Stable Share Price: ARDN is not significantly more volatile than the rest of UK stocks over the past 3 months, typically moving +/- 7% a week.
Volatility Over Time: ARDN's weekly volatility has decreased from 21% to 7% over the past year.
Market Performance
7 Day Return
-8.7%
ARDN
-1.9%
GB Capital Markets
-1.7%
GB Market
1 Year Return
-38.2%
ARDN
4.8%
GB Capital Markets
-8.6%
GB Market
Return vs Industry: ARDN underperformed the UK Capital Markets industry which returned 6.2% over the past year.
Return vs Market: ARDN underperformed the UK Market which returned -7.7% over the past year.
Shareholder returns
| ARDN | Industry | Market | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7 Day | -8.7% | -1.9% | -1.7% |
| 30 Day | -8.7% | 2.7% | 3.4% |
| 90 Day | -25.0% | 11.9% | 14.5% |
| 1 Year | -38.2%-38.2% | 8.3%4.8% | -4.9%-8.6% |
| 3 Year | -78.4%-79.6% | 29.6%14.2% | 3.7%-9.0% |
| 5 Year | -57.2%-59.6% | 101.5%65.2% | 47.1%13.7% |
Long-Term Price Volatility Vs. Market
How volatile is Arden Partners's share price compared to the market and industry in the last 5 years?
Simply Wall St News
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Does Arden Partners' (LON:ARDN) CEO Salary Compare Well With The Performance Of The Company?7 months ago | Simply Wall St
How Should Investors React To Arden Partners plc's (LON:ARDN) CEO Pay?9 months ago | Simply Wall St
Did Changing Sentiment Drive Arden Partners's (LON:ARDN) Share Price Down A Painful 90%?Valuation
Is Arden Partners undervalued compared to its fair value and its price relative to the market?
0.62x
Price to Book (PB) ratio
Share Price vs. Fair Value
Below Fair Value: Insufficient data to calculate ARDN's fair value to establish if it is undervalued.
Significantly Below Fair Value: Insufficient data to calculate ARDN's fair value to establish if it is undervalued.
Price To Earnings Ratio
PE vs Industry: ARDN is unprofitable, so we can't compare its PE Ratio to the GB Capital Markets industry average.
PE vs Market: ARDN is unprofitable, so we can't compare its PE Ratio to the UK market.
Price to Earnings Growth Ratio
PEG Ratio: Insufficient data to calculate ARDN's PEG Ratio to determine if it is good value.
Price to Book Ratio
PB vs Industry: ARDN is good value based on its PB Ratio (0.6x) compared to the GB Capital Markets industry average (1.6x).
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Future Growth
How is Arden Partners forecast to perform in the next 1 to 3 years based on estimates from 0 analysts?
16.7%
Forecasted Diversified Financials industry annual growth in earnings
In this section we usually present revenue and earnings growth projections based on the consensus estimates of professional analysts to help investors understand the company’s ability to generate profit. But as Arden Partners has not provided enough past data and has no analyst forecast, its future earnings cannot be reliably calculated by extrapolating past data or using analyst predictions.
This is quite a rare situation as 97% of companies covered by SimplyWall St do have past financial data.
Next Steps
- Examine Arden Partners's financial health to determine how well-positioned it is against times of financial stress by looking at its level of debt over time and how much cash it has left.
- Arden Partners competitive advantages and company strategy can generally be found in its financial reports archived here.
- Explore growth companies in the Diversified Financials industry.
Past Performance
How has Arden Partners performed over the past 5 years?
-19.0%
Historical annual earnings growth
Earnings and Revenue History
Quality Earnings: ARDN is currently unprofitable.
Growing Profit Margin: ARDN is currently unprofitable.
Past Earnings Growth Analysis
Earnings Trend: ARDN is unprofitable, and losses have increased over the past 5 years at a rate of 19% per year.
Accelerating Growth: Unable to compare ARDN's earnings growth over the past year to its 5-year average as it is currently unprofitable
Earnings vs Industry: ARDN is unprofitable, making it difficult to compare its past year earnings growth to the Capital Markets industry (-0.2%).
Return on Equity
High ROE: ARDN has a negative Return on Equity (-54.68%), as it is currently unprofitable.
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Financial Health
How is Arden Partners's financial position?
Financial Position Analysis
Short Term Liabilities: ARDN's short term assets (£7.6M) exceed its short term liabilities (£3.5M).
Long Term Liabilities: ARDN has no long term liabilities.
Debt to Equity History and Analysis
Debt Level: ARDN is debt free.
Reducing Debt: ARDN had no debt 5 years ago.
Balance Sheet
Cash Runway Analysis
For companies that have on average been loss making in the past we assess whether they have at least 1 year of cash runway.
Stable Cash Runway: Whilst unprofitable ARDN has sufficient cash runway for more than 3 years if it maintains its current positive free cash flow level.
Forecast Cash Runway: ARDN is unprofitable but has sufficient cash runway for more than 3 years, even with free cash flow being positive and shrinking by 39.9% per year.
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Dividend
What is Arden Partners's current dividend yield, its reliability and sustainability?
Dividend Yield vs Market
Notable Dividend: Unable to evaluate ARDN's dividend yield against the bottom 25% of dividend payers, as the company has not reported any recent payouts.
High Dividend: Unable to evaluate ARDN's dividend yield against the top 25% of dividend payers, as the company has not reported any recent payouts.
Stability and Growth of Payments
Stable Dividend: Insufficient data to determine if ARDN's dividends per share have been stable in the past.
Growing Dividend: Insufficient data to determine if ARDN's dividend payments have been increasing.
Current Payout to Shareholders
Dividend Coverage: ARDN is not paying a notable dividend for the UK market.
Future Payout to Shareholders
Future Dividend Coverage: No need to calculate the sustainability of ARDN's dividend in 3 years as they are not forecast to pay a notable one for the UK market.
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Management
How experienced are the management team and are they aligned to shareholders interests?
3.7yrs
Average management tenure
CEO
Donald Brown (50 yo)
3.67yrs
Tenure
UK£265,000
Compensation
CEO Compensation Analysis
Compensation vs Market: Donald's total compensation ($USD360.21K) is about average for companies of similar size in the UK market ($USD338.20K).
Compensation vs Earnings: Donald's compensation has increased whilst the company is unprofitable.
Leadership Team
| Name | Position | Tenure | Compensation | Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CEO & Director | 3.67yrs | UK£265.00k | 2.43% £ 75.6k | |
| Group Finance Director | 2.08yrs | UK£185.32k | 1.5% £ 46.5k | |
| Executive Director | 8.58yrs | UK£223.00k | 9.76% £ 303.3k | |
| Director of Market Making | no data | no data | no data | |
| Head of Trading | no data | no data | no data | |
| Head of Equity Sales | 9yrs | no data | no data | |
| Head of Distribution | no data | no data | no data | |
| Head of Corporate Broking | no data | no data | no data | |
| Director of Corporate Finance & Head of Professional Services | no data | no data | no data | |
| Joint Head of Corporate Finance | no data | no data | no data | |
| Joint Head of Corporate Finance | no data | no data | no data | |
| Research Director | no data | no data | no data |
3.7yrs
Average Tenure
50yo
Average Age
Experienced Management: ARDN's management team is considered experienced (3.7 years average tenure).
Board Members
| Name | Position | Tenure | Compensation | Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CEO & Director | 3.67yrs | UK£265.00k | 2.43% £ 75.6k | |
| Group Finance Director | 2.08yrs | UK£185.32k | 1.5% £ 46.5k | |
| Executive Director | 8.58yrs | UK£223.00k | 9.76% £ 303.3k | |
| Independent Non-Executive Director | 1.25yrs | UK£32.00k | 0.34% £ 10.5k | |
| Independent Non-Executive Chairman | 2.67yrs | UK£55.00k | 0.52% £ 16.3k |
2.7yrs
Average Tenure
50yo
Average Age
Experienced Board: ARDN's board of directors are not considered experienced ( 2.7 years average tenure), which suggests a new board.
Ownership
Who are the major shareholders and have insiders been buying or selling?
Insider Trading Volume
Insider Buying: Insufficient data to determine if insiders have bought more shares than they have sold in the past 3 months.
Recent Insider Transactions
Ownership Breakdown
Dilution of Shares: Shareholders have been diluted in the past year, with total shares outstanding growing by 7.2%.
Top Shareholders
Company Information
Arden Partners plc's company bio, employee growth, exchange listings and data sources
Key Information
- Name: Arden Partners plc
- Ticker: ARDN
- Exchange: AIM
- Founded: 2002
- Industry: Investment Banking and Brokerage
- Sector: Diversified Financials
- Market Cap: UK£3.107m
- Shares outstanding: 29.59m
- Website: https://www.arden-partners.com
Number of Employees
Location
- Arden Partners plc
- 5 George Road
- Edgbaston
- Birmingham
- West Midlands
- B15 1NP
- United Kingdom
Listings
| Ticker | Exchange | Primary Security | Security Type | Country | Currency | Listed on |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ARDN | AIM (London Stock Exchange AIM Market) | Yes | Ordinary Shares | GB | GBP | Jul 2006 |
Biography
Arden Partners plc operates as a multi-service stockbroker that provides a range of financial services to corporate and institutional clients in the United Kingdom. The company is involved in the equity re...
Company Analysis and Financial Data Status
| Data | Last Updated (UTC time) |
|---|---|
| Company Analysis | 2021/01/15 20:10 |
| End of Day Share Price | 2021/01/15 00:00 |
| Earnings | 2020/04/30 |
| Annual Earnings | 2019/10/31 |
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