Author: Claude Walker

One of the perks of being a Strawman member is that I get access to the CEO interviews they do regularly. I’m pleased to share some key takeaways from the recent acquisition with Codan CEO, Alf Ianniello (with Strawman’s permission.) These notes should be thought of as an addendum to my longer article on Codan published just three months ago […]

Straker Translations (ASX:STG) is a translation services business based in New Zealand, so this article will refer to NZD unless otherwise specified. In the half to September 2021, Straker made a loss of $5.5m on revenue of $23.3 million. Since then, the company reported its cashflow statement for the quarter to December 202, achieving positive operating cashflow of $34,000 and […]

At the end of last month, AVA Risk Group (ASX:AVA) reported half year revenue down 43% to $20.2 million, but half year profit before tax up a whopping 198%, thanks to its gain on disposal of its services business. That gain put the company in a position to pay over 16 cents per share to shareholders, in the form of […]

Infection control company Nanosonics (ASX: NAN) today released its first half results for the 2020 Financial Year. Nanosonics sells the Trophon EPR device for disinfecting ultrasound probes, as well as the consumable capsules required for each disinfection cycle. This can be thought of as a razor + blade business model. The bad news was that profit before tax was down […]