24th Nov 2025 10:31
(Alliance News) - The following stocks are the leading risers and fallers among London Main Market small-caps on Monday.
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SMALL-CAP - WINNERS
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Walker Crips Group PLC, up 69% at 12.68 pence, 12-month range 7.00p-19.00p. Walker has agreed to a roughly GBP6.0 million buyout by PhillipCapital, an existing shareholder. Stockbroker Walker Crips deems the 14.0 pence per share cash deal "fair and reasonable". It values its entire issued and to be issued share capital of Walker Crips at just under GBP6.0 million. The price per share is an 87% premium to its 7.50p closing price on Friday. PhillipCapital and connected parties own 12.4 million shares in the company, a roughly 29% chunk of Walker Crips. In total, the bid has the support of around 31% of Walker Crips shareholders. Walker Crips separately says it has "commenced a comprehensive review of the business". This includes its "operating structure, risk management processes, and an assessment of strategic options to strengthen the balance sheet". "The continuing costs of addressing historic legacy issues and the changed regulations relating to interest paid on clients' cash deposits have meaningful negative effects on the outlook for the current year's profits. Whilst management have continued to make changes to the group's structure and cost base, the Walker Crips board does not anticipate a near-term improvement in financial performance," it adds. The firm currently has a GBP5.8 million market cap.
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Ferrexpo PLC, up 20% at 69.39p, 12-month range 41.30p-124.00p. The iron ore pellet producer in Ukraine jumps on peace hope. The White House said Sunday that talks in Switzerland on a proposal to end the Ukraine war marked a "significant step forward," and reaffirmed that any eventual deal would "fully uphold" the war-wracked country's sovereignty, AFP reported.
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Evoke PLC, up 7.1% at 36.25p, 12-month range 33.00p-77.80p. Shares in the 888 and William Hill owner briefly hit this 12-month low shortly after the open on Monday, but recover to trade solidly in the green. However, gambling tax fears ahead of Wednesday's UK government budget have weighed on Evoke shares. The stock is down roughly 15% over the past month.
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SMALL-CAP - LOSERS
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S4 Capital PLC, down 6.0% at 16.65p, 12-month range 15.70p-42.00p. It warns that profit for the year will be below consensus. The advertising agency now sees 2025 like-for-like net revenue falling by just under 10%. It had previously predicted an upper-single-digits fall. "Despite the cost actions we have already taken this year, this decline in net revenue will impact our operational earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation," S4 adds. It now sees operational Ebitda at GBP75 million for 2025, below market expectations of GBP81.6 million. S4 says: "This is mainly as a result of lower project-based revenue, continued client caution and a slower ramp up of our new business wins than expected." Net revenue in 2024 amounted to GBP754.6 million, slumping 14% on a reported basis and down 11% like-for-like. Its operational Ebitda amounted to GBP87.8 million in 2024, so it expects a fall of around 15% this year.
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By Eric Cunha, Alliance News news editor
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