Business recovery, financial advisory and property services consultancy Begbies Traynor (LON:BEG), saw its shares rally during the Tuesday session, as it reported healthy performance during its third quarter,
For the period ended 31 January, the company said it:
“continued to trade well in the quarter with results showing strong growth in revenue and profit compared to the prior year.”
It said this performance, alongside its positive first half, left it feeling confident about achieving full-year results ‘at least in line’ with expectations.
Begbies Traynor said its property advisory, transactional services and new acquisitions had all been trading in line with expectations, and that the integration of the Ernest Wilson business sales agency was ongoing.
It added that its recovery and financial advisory business performed will, benefiting from both organic growth and contributions from its current year acquisitions. The company said the insolvency market remained favourable, with a year-on-year increase of 7%, to 17,196 for 2019.
Begbies Traynor response
Executive Chairman of the company, Ric Traynor, reacted to the results:
“The group has delivered strong organic growth, complemented by good performances from our recent acquisitions. This, combined with continuing favourable UK insolvency market conditions, gives us confidence in delivering results at least in line with current market expectations for the full year. “
“We continue to increase the scale of our business recovery practice and extend our property services offering, and our strong financial position leaves us well placed to further build upon our track record of organic and acquisitive growth.”
Investor notes
Following the update, Begbies Traynor shares bounced 9.96% or 7.77p to 85.77p per share 03/03/20 14:03 GMT. The Group’s p/e ratio is 15.92, their dividend yield stands at 3.04%.
