Beeks Trading (AIM:BKS) - Share price, News & Analysis

BKS fundamental analysis
Snowflake Score
Valuation	0/6
Future Growth	2/6
Past Performance	2/6
Financial Health	3/6
Dividends	0/6

BKS Stock Overview

Beeks Trading Corporation Ltd. provides virtual private server and infrastructure solutions for traders and broker partners worldwide.

Rewards

Revenue is forecast to grow 27.98% per year

Earnings grew by 33.7% over the past year

Risk Analysis

High level of non-cash earnings

Beeks Trading Competitors

Price History & Performance

Summary of all time highs, changes and price drops for Beeks Trading
Historical stock prices
Current Share Price	UK£1.54
52 Week High	UK£2.10
52 Week Low	UK£1.07
Beta	0.17
1 Month Change	-12.78%
3 Month Change	-4.66%
1 Year Change	29.54%
3 Year Change	52.74%
5 Year Change	n/a
Change since IPO	226.60%

Recent News & Updates

Mar 06

Are Investors Undervaluing Beeks Trading Corporation Ltd. (LON:BKS) By 35%?

Today we'll do a simple run through of a valuation method used to estimate the attractiveness of Beeks Trading...

Dec 29

Should You Be Adding Beeks Trading (LON:BKS) To Your Watchlist Today?

It's only natural that many investors, especially those who are new to the game, prefer to buy shares in 'sexy' stocks...

Shareholder Returns

	BKS	GB IT	GB Market
7D	-5.5%	2.6%	1.0%
1Y	29.5%	-18.7%	-2.8%

Return vs Industry: BKS exceeded the UK IT industry which returned -18% over the past year.

Return vs Market: BKS exceeded the UK Market which returned -3% over the past year.

Price Volatility

Is BKS's price volatile compared to industry and market?
BKS volatility
BKS Average Weekly Movement	8.0%
IT Industry Average Movement	6.8%
Market Average Movement	6.0%
10% most volatile stocks in GB Market	11.4%
10% least volatile stocks in GB Market	3.0%

Stable Share Price: BKS is not significantly more volatile than the rest of UK stocks over the past 3 months, typically moving +/- 8% a week.

Volatility Over Time: BKS's weekly volatility (8%) has been stable over the past year.

About the Company

Founded	Employees	CEO	Website
2010	87	Gordon McArthur	https://www.beeksfinancialcloud.com

Beeks Trading Corporation Ltd. provides virtual private server and infrastructure solutions for traders and broker partners worldwide. The company also offers co-location services; dedicated server packages; and server installation services. In addition, it provides institutional venue connections and retail broker connections through its Equinix platform; and Beeks Marketplace, a cloud-based portal that enables real-time connectivity to various exchanges, data feeds, trading tools, and news services for institutional traders, proprietary trading firms, brokers, wealth managers, and high-end retail traders.

Beeks Trading Fundamentals Summary

How do Beeks Trading's earnings and revenue compare to its market cap?
BKS fundamental statistics
Market Cap	UK£86.44m
Earnings (TTM)	UK£933.00k
Revenue (TTM)	UK£14.05m

92.7x

P/E Ratio

6.2x

P/S Ratio

Is BKS overvalued?

See Fair Value and valuation analysis

Earnings & Revenue

Key profitability statistics from the latest earnings report
BKS income statement (TTM)
Revenue	UK£14.05m
Cost of Revenue	UK£8.52m
Gross Profit	UK£5.53m
Other Expenses	UK£4.60m
Earnings	UK£933.00k

Last Reported Earnings

Dec 31, 2021

Next Earnings Date

n/a

Earnings per share (EPS)	0.017
Gross Margin	39.34%
Net Profit Margin	6.64%
Debt/Equity Ratio	34.6%

How did BKS perform over the long term?

See historical performance and comparison

Valuation

Is Beeks Trading undervalued compared to its fair value and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

0/6

Valuation Score 0/6

Below Fair Value
Significantly Below Fair Value
PE vs Industry
PE vs Market
PEG Ratio
PB vs Industry

92.69x

Price to Earnings (PE) ratio

Share Price vs. Fair Value

Below Fair Value: Insufficient data to calculate BKS's fair value for valuation analysis.

Significantly Below Fair Value: Insufficient data to calculate BKS's fair value for valuation analysis.

Price To Earnings Ratio

PE vs Industry: BKS is poor value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (92.7x) compared to the UK IT industry average (40.8x).

PE vs Market: BKS is poor value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (92.7x) compared to the UK market (15.3x).

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

PEG Ratio: Insufficient data to calculate BKS's PEG Ratio to determine if it is good value.

Price to Book Ratio

PB vs Industry: BKS is overvalued based on its Price-To-Book Ratio (6.2x) compared to the GB IT industry average (3.6x).

Future Growth

How is Beeks Trading forecast to perform in the next 1 to 3 years based on estimates from 2 analysts?

Future Growth Score

2/6

Future Growth Score 2/6

Earnings vs Savings Rate
Earnings vs Market
High Growth Earnings
Revenue vs Market
High Growth Revenue
Future ROE

28.0%

Forecasted annual revenue growth

Earnings and Revenue Growth Forecasts

Analyst Future Growth Forecasts

Earnings vs Savings Rate: Insufficient data to determine if BKS's forecast earnings growth is above the savings rate (0.9%).

Earnings vs Market: Insufficient data to determine if BKS's earnings are forecast to grow faster than the UK market

High Growth Earnings: Insufficient data to determine if earnings are expected to grow significantly over the next 3 years.

Revenue vs Market: BKS's revenue (28% per year) is forecast to grow faster than the UK market (4.1% per year).

High Growth Revenue: BKS's revenue (28% per year) is forecast to grow faster than 20% per year.

Earnings per Share Growth Forecasts

Future Return on Equity

Future ROE: Insufficient data to determine if BKS's Return on Equity is forecast to be high in 3 years time

Past Performance

How has Beeks Trading performed over the past 5 years?

Past Performance Score

2/6

Past Performance Score 2/6

Quality Earnings
Growing Profit Margin
Earnings Trend
Accelerating Growth
Earnings vs Industry
High ROE

38.1%

Historical annual earnings growth

Earnings and Revenue History

Quality Earnings: BKS has a high level of non-cash earnings.

Growing Profit Margin: BKS's current net profit margins (6.6%) are lower than last year (6.7%).

Past Earnings Growth Analysis

Earnings Trend: BKS has become profitable over the past 5 years, growing earnings by 38.1% per year.

Accelerating Growth: BKS's earnings growth over the past year (33.7%) is below its 5-year average (38.1% per year).

Earnings vs Industry: BKS earnings growth over the past year (33.7%) exceeded the IT industry 23.4%.

Return on Equity

High ROE: BKS's Return on Equity (6.7%) is considered low.

Financial Health

How is Beeks Trading's financial position?

Financial Health Score

3/6

Financial Health Score 3/6

Short Term Liabilities
Long Term Liabilities
Debt Level
Reducing Debt
Debt Coverage
Interest Coverage

Financial Position Analysis

Short Term Liabilities: BKS's short term assets (£4.0M) do not cover its short term liabilities (£7.8M).

Long Term Liabilities: BKS's short term assets (£4.0M) do not cover its long term liabilities (£4.6M).

Debt to Equity History and Analysis

Debt Level: BKS's net debt to equity ratio (26.7%) is considered satisfactory.

Reducing Debt: BKS had negative shareholder equity 5 years ago, but is now positive and has therefore improved.

Debt Coverage: BKS's debt is well covered by operating cash flow (108.5%).

Interest Coverage: BKS's interest payments on its debt are not well covered by EBIT (1.1x coverage).

Balance Sheet

Dividend

What is Beeks Trading current dividend yield, its reliability and sustainability?

Dividend Score

0/6

Dividend Score 0/6

Notable Dividend
High Dividend
Stable Dividend
Growing Dividend
Earnings Coverage
Future Dividend Coverage

Dividend Yield vs Market

Notable Dividend: Unable to evaluate BKS's dividend yield against the bottom 25% of dividend payers, as the company has not reported any recent payouts.

High Dividend: Unable to evaluate BKS'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 BKS's dividends per share have been stable in the past.

Growing Dividend: Insufficient data to determine if BKS's dividend payments have been increasing.

Earnings Payout to Shareholders

Earnings Coverage: BKS is not paying a notable dividend for the UK market.

Cash Payout to Shareholders

Cash Flow Coverage: Unable to calculate sustainability of dividends as BKS has not reported any payouts.

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Management

How experienced are the management team and are they aligned to shareholders interests?

UK£31k

CEO Compensation

CEO

Gordon McArthur (45 yo)

no data

Tenure

UK£31,000

Compensation

Mr. Gordon McArthur has been the Chief Executive Officer at Beeks Trading Corporation Ltd. and BeeksFX VPS since January 2011. Mr. McArthur is the owner of BeeksFX VPS.He established BeeksFX in 2011 after...

CEO Compensation Analysis

Compensation vs Market: Gordon's total compensation ($USD38.93K) is below average for companies of similar size in the UK market ($USD320.25K).

Compensation vs Earnings: Gordon's compensation has been consistent with company performance over the past year.

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 not been meaningfully diluted in the past year.

Data	Last Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis	2022/05/25 00:00
End of Day Share Price	2022/05/25 00:00
Earnings	2021/12/31
Annual Earnings	2021/06/30