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Q: Can you give your updated thoughts on Caldwell Partners? In their recent ER the mgmt made comments that growth in this current quarter was getting strong again. If growth is in fact returning, not sure for how long since the revs are lumpy and highly tied to the economy. But if growth returns, does the company look like a decent higher risk microcap buy otherwise? Thx
Asked by Adam on April 16, 2024
5i Research Answer:

IF growth returns then CWL could do OK, but it has seen revenues decline for nearly the last two years. Margins also took a significant dip in 2023 and CWL generated a net loss. Looking back to years when CWL did see significant growth, it's margins remained quite thin so it was still not overly attractive.  Due to the size of the company, it could see some share price appreciation if growth returns, but trends have been negative for a while now. The balance sheet is does have high total debt but CWL does have a good cash balance so net debt is essentially none. We would would stay cautious here generally unless CWL makes significant progress towards growing the top and bottom lines. It is still a very tiny company at $24M and it can be hard to attract investor interest.