Keywords Studios' pre-tax profit to be 'significantly ahead' of expectations
7th Nov 2016 09:10
(ShareCast News) - AIM-listed services provider to the gaming industry Keyword Studios anticipates that revenues and pre-tax profit for the year will be "significantly ahead" of current market expectations. The company said it was due to the recent acquisition of Synthesis, an audio company, and hig
Read moreKeywords Studios buys Player Research for £1.3m
26th Oct 2016 08:21
(ShareCast News) - Keywords Studios, a services provider to the global video games industry, has bought peer Player Research for up to £1.3m. The acquisition of Brighton-based Player Research, which provides consulting and user testing from its laboratory to mobile, console and virtual reality game
Read moreKeywords Studios' revenue increases due to acquisitions
13th Sep 2016 12:15
(ShareCast News) - Video game technical service provider Keywords Studios' revenue increased due to several acquisitions during the first half of the year. Revenue increased by 77% to €42.4m for the six months to 30 June, in comparison to the same period last year, which resulted in a 177% rise in p
Read moreKeywords sees interims well ahead of expectations
2nd Aug 2016 12:26
(ShareCast News) - Video game technical services provider Keywords Studios said it expects to report interim revenues and adjusted per-tax profits "comfortably ahead of expectations". Keywords said the period had produced good like for like growth substantially complemented by acquisitions. Results
Read moreKeywords Studios swallows up Synthesis
13th Apr 2016 16:54
(ShareCast News) - Keywords Studios expanded once again through an acquisition on Wednesday, swallowing up Synthesis for a maximum consideration of €18m. The AIM-traded international technical services provider to the videogames industry said Synthesis Group posted pro forma revenues of €16.9m and p
Read moreKeywords Studios agrees to buy remaining stake in Kite Team
6th Apr 2016 15:26
(ShareCast News) - Technology services provider Keywords Studios rallied on Wednesday after saying it has agreed to buy the remaining 50% stake in gaming business Kite Team that it does not already own. The company made the deal with Kite Team's shareholders 20 months sooner than originally planned
Read moreGlencore close to agreeing part-sale of agriculture unit, reports say
5th Apr 2016 14:16
(ShareCast News) - Glencore is nearing an agreement to sell a large chunk of its $6bn Viterra agriculture unit to the Canadian Pension Plan Investment Board, according to reports. On Tuesday, just after the stock market session closed in London, a report emerged about the potential sale from a Wall
Read moreKeywords looking at strong full-year results
1st Feb 2016 16:09
(ShareCast News) - Keywords Studios was looking at some strong numbers in its full-year results, updating the market of its expectations on Monday. The AIM-traded technical services provider to the global video games industry said it expected to report revenues and adjusted profit before tax comfort
Read moreKeywords Studios expects to meet annual targets, as interim profit rises
22nd Sep 2015 11:21
(ShareCast News) - Technical services provider Keywords Studios expects to meet its annual goals, after reporting an increase in interim pre-tax profit. In the six months to 30 June, the group saw its pre-tax profit jump from €35,988 to €1.6m, as revenue surged 74.4% year-on-year to €23.9m on the ba
Read moreKeywords Studios buys Liquid Development for $9m
20th Aug 2015 09:12
(ShareCast News) - Keywords Studios has acquired a US-based provider of outsourced art services for the video games industry, Liquid Development, for $9m. AIM-listed Keywords, which provides language translation and other technical services to the video games industry, said the deal is in line with
Read moreSunday share tips: Associated British Foods, SABMiller, Keywords Studios
19th Apr 2015 13:46
Buy shares in Associated British Foods, the owner of the Primark budget fashion retail chain, wrote Danny Fortson in the Sunday Times. This autumn, Primark will open its first location across the pond in Boston, with seven more planned in the States and no tweaking of its offering to American tastes
Read moreKeywords Studios profits jump on the back of gaming localisation acquisitions
14th Apr 2015 12:13
Keywords Studios, a technical services provider to the global video games industry, more than doubled revenues last year thanks to a strong portfolio of new acquisitions. Revenues jumped 130% to €37.3m, while profits were up 197% to €3.1m, which led earnings per share to more than double from 2.14c
Read moreBT directors build stakes, Trinity Mirror makes show of faith
20th May 2014 15:52
Five BT board members last week each acquired 486 shares under its Equiniti share plan, it was announced Monday. Those purchasing shares included Chairman Sir Michael Rake and Chief Executive Officer Gavin Patterson. All of the shares were bought for 370.25p each. The announcement comes one day
Read moreFriday broker round-up UPDATE
9th May 2014 08:44
Advanced Medical Solutions: Numis ups target price from 105p to 121p and retains its hold recommendation. Arrow Global: Numis upgrades from add to buy with a target price of 285p. Bank of Georgia: Numis downgrades from buy to hold with a target price of 2708p. Barclays: Citi lowers target price f
Read moreKeywords Studios revenues grow, but profits slip
8th Apr 2014 07:17
Keywords Studios, which provides services to the video games industry, saw decent top-line growth in 2013, but reported a decline in profits in its maiden annual results as a listed company. The company, which floated on AIM in July 2013, reported an adjusted profit before tax of €2.5m for last yea
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