Regular readers of my Blog might recall that I did a write up on Snoozebox Holdings (LON:ZZZ) last summer. The concept intrigued me (they convert standard shipping containers into comfortable temporary hotels, or staff accommodation), although the valuation became pretty stretched, and I sold my small personal shareholding later last year.

I'm thinking about buying back in, after a decent trading statement today. Results for calendar 2012 are expected to be announced in early April, with revenues ahead of, and profit in line with expectations.

So what are expectations? The only forecasts I can find suggest a small loss for 2012, but a £2m profit for 2013 (which translates into 3p EPS for 2013). So the share price of 69p looks very warm, on a PER of 23 times 2013 anticipated EPS, but the market looks ahead and prices in growth, so good growth companies are rarely cheap.

There is encouraging contract news in the trading statement today, which makes it clear that the concept is taking off, so it's really just a roll-out now. The temporary nature of most installations is a bit of a worry, so there might yet be bumps in the road in future, if e.g. they have a period of under-utilisation of the units. The longer-term installations are what really matter, as that generates consistent cashflow, without the costs of repeatedly erecting & dismantling a Snoozebox mobile hotel. Thorpe Park is a good example of where it's working, plus numerous other sites, such as Silverstone.

So it's a great concept, that seems to be working. Roll-out potential could be huge (especially if they achieve global growth), but the valuation does concern me, as a fair bit of growth is already factored in.

 

Tracsis (LON:TRCS) is a very interesting little company. I was one of around 85 investors who met the CEO, John McArthur at a recent investor forum arranged by Equity Development - clicking on this link takes you to the page on their website where the presentation slides from the companies at the meeting can be viewed - the other two companies presenting were Regenersis and VP Group.

Tracsis specialise in scheduling software which pretty much the whole UK rail industry uses to plan which trains & crews go where,…

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