Northamber
Market Cap
UK£17.7m
Last Updated
2020/07/01 21:05 UTC
Data Sources
Company Financials
Executive Summary
Northamber plc, together with its subsidiaries, distributes computers, peripheral equipment, and related services to resellers in the United Kingdom.
Rewards
Risk Analysis
Snowflake Analysis
Flawless balance sheet and fair value.
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Share Price & News
How has Northamber's share price performed over time and what events caused price changes?
Latest Share Price and Events
Stable Share Price: NAR has not had significant price volatility in the past 3 months.
Market Performance
7 Day Return
0%
NAR
1.6%
GB Electronic
0.2%
GB Market
1 Year Return
39.8%
NAR
0.7%
GB Electronic
-16.2%
GB Market
Return vs Industry: NAR exceeded the UK Electronic industry which returned 1.8% over the past year.
Return vs Market: NAR exceeded the UK Market which returned -15.7% over the past year.
Shareholder returns
| NAR | Industry | Market | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7 Day | 0% | 1.6% | 0.2% |
| 30 Day | 0% | 0.9% | -0.7% |
| 90 Day | 21.5% | 21.3% | 15.8% |
| 1 Year | 41.3%39.8% | 1.6%0.7% | -12.2%-16.2% |
| 3 Year | 105.0%100.0% | 40.1%34.3% | -3.8%-15.6% |
| 5 Year | 83.3%75.7% | 124.4%106.8% | 18.3%-8.0% |
Price Volatility Vs. Market
How volatile is Northamber's share price compared to the market and industry in the last 5 years?
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Does Northamber's (LON:NAR) Share Price Gain of 80% Match Its Business Performance?Valuation
Is Northamber undervalued compared to its fair value and its price relative to the market?
2.2x
Price to Earnings (PE) ratio
Share Price vs. Fair Value
Below Fair Value: NAR (£0.65) is trading above our estimate of fair value (£0.04)
Significantly Below Fair Value: NAR is trading above our estimate of fair value.
Price To Earnings Ratio
PE vs Industry: NAR is good value based on its PE Ratio (2.2x) compared to the Electronic industry average (16x).
PE vs Market: NAR is good value based on its PE Ratio (2.2x) compared to the UK market (14.9x).
Price to Earnings Growth Ratio
PEG Ratio: Insufficient data to calculate NAR's PEG Ratio to determine if it is good value.
Price to Book Ratio
PB vs Industry: NAR is good value based on its PB Ratio (0.7x) compared to the GB Electronic industry average (2.2x).
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Future Growth
How is Northamber forecast to perform in the next 1 to 3 years based on estimates from 0 analysts?
8.0%
Forecasted Tech 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 Northamber 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 whether Northamber is trading at an attractive price based on how much it is expected to earn in the future, and relative to its industry peers and the wider market.
- Northamber competitive advantages and company strategy can generally be found in its financial reports archived here.
- Explore growth companies in the Tech industry.
Past Performance
How has Northamber performed over the past 5 years?
56.5%
Historical annual earnings growth
Earnings and Revenue History
Quality Earnings: NAR has a high level of non-cash earnings.
Growing Profit Margin: NAR became profitable in the past.
Past Earnings Growth Analysis
Earnings Trend: NAR has become profitable over the past 5 years, growing earnings by 56.5% per year.
Accelerating Growth: NAR has become profitable in the last year, making the earnings growth rate difficult to compare to its 5-year average.
Earnings vs Industry: NAR has become profitable in the last year, making it difficult to compare its past year earnings growth to the Electronic industry (6.6%).
Return on Equity
High ROE: NAR's Return on Equity (32.4%) is considered high.
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Financial Health
How is Northamber's financial position?
Financial Position Analysis
Short Term Liabilities: NAR's short term assets (£27.3M) exceed its short term liabilities (£7.5M).
Long Term Liabilities: NAR has no long term liabilities.
Debt to Equity History and Analysis
Debt Level: NAR is debt free.
Reducing Debt: NAR has not had any debt for past 5 years.
Debt Coverage: NAR has no debt, therefore it does not need to be covered by operating cash flow.
Interest Coverage: NAR has no debt, therefore coverage of interest payments is not a concern.
Balance Sheet
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Dividend
What is Northamber current dividend yield, its reliability and sustainability?
0.92%
Current Dividend Yield
Dividend Yield vs Market
Notable Dividend: NAR's dividend (0.92%) isn’t notable compared to the bottom 25% of dividend payers in the UK market (1.97%).
High Dividend: NAR's dividend (0.92%) is low compared to the top 25% of dividend payers in the UK market (5.63%).
Stability and Growth of Payments
Stable Dividend: NAR is not paying a notable dividend for the UK market, therefore no need to check if payments are stable.
Growing Dividend: NAR is not paying a notable dividend for the UK market, therefore no need to check if payments are increasing.
Current Payout to Shareholders
Dividend Coverage: NAR is not paying a notable dividend for the UK market.
Future Payout to Shareholders
Future Dividend Coverage: No need to calculate the sustainability of NAR'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?
1.0yrs
Average board tenure
CEO
Northamber has no CEO, or we have no data on them.
Board Members
| Name | Position | Tenure | Compensation | Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operations Director & Executive Director | 8.42yrs | UK£87.00k | no data | |
| Executive Director & Commercial Director | 0.42yr | no data | 0.12% £21.2k | |
| Acting Independent Chairman | 0.58yr | UK£20.00k | no data | |
| Non-Executive Director | 1.42yrs | UK£7.00k | 0.053% £9.4k |
1.0yrs
Average Tenure
59yo
Average Age
Experienced Board: NAR's board of directors are not considered experienced ( 1 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.
Ownership Breakdown
Dilution of Shares: Shareholders have not been meaningfully diluted in the past year.
Top Shareholders
Company Information
Northamber plc's company bio, employee growth, exchange listings and data sources
Key Information
- Name: Northamber plc
- Ticker: NAR
- Exchange: AIM
- Founded: 1980
- Industry: Technology Distributors
- Sector: Tech
- Market Cap: UK£17.701m
- Shares outstanding: 27.23m
- Website: https://www.northamber.com
Number of Employees
Location
- Northamber plc
- Namber House
- 23 Davis Road
- Chessington
- Surrey
- KT9 1HS
- United Kingdom
Listings
| Ticker | Exchange | Primary Security | Security Type | Country | Currency | Listed on |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NAR | AIM (London Stock Exchange AIM Market) | Yes | Ordinary Shares | GB | GBP | Jan 1992 |
Biography
Northamber plc, together with its subsidiaries, distributes computers, peripheral equipment, and related services to resellers in the United Kingdom. The company sells tablets, computer accessories, mice and keyboards, monitors, PCs, tablets, and VDI terminals; hard disks, SSDs, and memory and optical storage products; and visual accessories, AV accessories, large format visual solutions, digital signage products, and projectors. It also provides camera, color inkjet, color laser, labelling and barcoding, mono laser, scanner, and other print and imaging products, as well as printer consumables, scanning software, and scanner services; and add on cards, cases and PSU’s, cooling and fans, CPU’s, gaming peripherals, graphics cards, mother boards, multimedia and other products, and USB products. In addition, the company offers cables and cable accessories; backup and UPS accessories and services; cabinets, KVMS, servers, and enterprise software, as well as vendor and other services; and networking, physical security, and other security products. Further, it provides cloud, design and publishing, desktop, licensing, security, server, and speech software; EPoS and other services; and audio, conference phone, and home control products. The company also exports its products to the Republic of Ireland, the Channel Islands, Isle of Man, and members of the European Union. Northamber plc was incorporated in 1980 and is headquartered in Chessington, the United Kingdom.
Company Analysis and Financial Data Status
| Data | Last Updated (UTC time) |
|---|---|
| Company Analysis | 2020/07/01 21:05 |
| End of Day Share Price | 2020/07/01 00:00 |
| Earnings | 2019/12/31 |
| Annual Earnings | 2019/06/30 |
Unless specified all financial data is based on a yearly period but updated quarterly. This is known as Trailing Twelve Month (TTM) or Last Twelve Month (LTM) Data. Learn more here.