AIM movers: Blue Star investee company stablecoin platform off to a good start and Tooru completes reverse takeover

Blue Star Capital (LON: BLU) says investee company SatoshiPay has a stake in Vortex, which has achieved transaction volumes of $1m since launch in Europe and Brazil. The Vortex platform enables the swapping of stablecoins for local currencies. The share price jumped 105% to 10.25p.

AI-based services provider to smaller businesses Pri0r1ty Intelligence Group (LON: PR1) has introduced cryptocurrency options to help with online transactions. The company believes that this will increase its customer base. The first Bitcoin payments have been received from customers. The share price doubled from its low to 4.75p

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In 2024, CEPS (LON: CEPS) improved revenues by 6% to £31.6m, while pre-tax profit dipped from £1.79m to £1.73m. There was a flat EBITDA contribution from Aford Awards and the slump in Signature Fabrics contribution was offset by higher EBITDA from construction services provider ICA Group. The outlook remains uncertain. The share price is 9.3% higher at 23.5p.

Cyber security company Smarttech247 (LON: S247) has secured renewals and a new contract worth a total of €3.7m. The three renewals are in a range of sectors and the new customer is a US industrial business. Two of the contracts are for three years. This helps to underpin an improvement in full year revenues from €13.2m to €14.2m, rising to €15.3m in the year to July 2026. The share price rose 6.45% to 8.25p.

FALLERS

RiverFort Global Opportunities has completed the acquisition of the healthy snacks businesses of Aquis-quoted S-Ventures (LON: SVEN) and changed its name to Tooru (LON: TOO). Trading in the shares has recommenced at 0.275p, down 14.1%. Further acquisitions are planned. Trading in the shares has recommenced.

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Student accommodation and residential property developer Watkin Jones (LON: WJG) reported interims in line with expectations. Revenues fell from £175m to £129m and there was a pre-tax profit of £200,000, down from £3.4m in the corresponding period. Net cash improved to £73.4m. Further forward sales will enable a pre-tax profit of £4.2m for the full year, but timing is not assured. The share price slipped 12.7% to 31.225p.

Oil and gas producer Zephyr Energy (LON: ZPHR) says evaluation of the State 36-2 LNW-CC-R well in the Paradox Basin in Utah confirms that the Cane Creek reservoir is highly productive. There could be an increase in base case resources. First quarter production from the Williston project was 756 barrels of oil equivalent/day net to Zephyr Energy, down from 829 barrels of oil equivalent/day in the fourth quarter of 2024. Production levels should improve. The share price dell 10.2% to 4.15p.

Environmental technology supplier Metir (LON: MET), formerly Microsaic Systems, currently has cash of £151,000 and the company is dependent on timely collection of receivables. The Qatar project payment of £228,000 is not expected until after June, which is later than anticipated because of technical changes. If most of this is not paid in the third quarter, then additional finance may be required. Trading is better than expected. Management believes that Metir can be EBITDA positive in the second half of 2025. The share price dipped 6.9% to 0.675p.

Ex-dividends

Avingtrans (LON: AVG) is paying an interim dividend of 1.9p/share and the share price declined 5p to 410p.

Brave Bison Group (LON: BBSN) is paying a final dividend of 0.02p/share and the share price is unchanged at 2.55p.

Cerillion (LON: CER) is paying an interim dividend of 4.8p/share and the share price increased 30p to 1850p.

H &T (LON: HAT) is paying a final dividend of 11p/share and the share price declined 8p to 638p.

Lords Group Trading (LON: LORD) is paying a final dividend of 0.52p/share and the share price is 1p higher at 37p.

Origin Enterprises (LON: OGN) is paying an interim dividend of 3.15 eurocents/share and the share price is unchanged at 352.5 eurocents.

PetroTal Corp (LON: PTAL) is paying a dividend of 1.5 cents/share and the share price rose 0.25p to 32.25p.

RTC Group (LON: RTC) is paying a final dividend of 5p/share and the share price fell 5p to 100p.

Yu Group (LON: YU.) is paying a final dividend of 41p/share and the share price dipped 20p to 1570p.

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