One of the world's pioneering registry service providers, CentralNic provides registry services, distribution, and strategic consultancy for new TLDs, ccTLDs and SLDs.

CentralNic uses our in-house developed IT platform to distribute our own portfolio of 24 domain names including .uk.com, .us.com and .cn.com (China) to a global network of "1500 registrars" (retailers such as Network Solutions, LLC), which sell these to end users. We also use this platform to sell domain names owned by third parties including .la for Los Angeles, .pw and .com.de (Germany). Further, CentralNic provides consultancy services to companies seeking to create their own domains.

Our powerful registry engine has an eighteen year track record of uninterrupted and unblemished service, and it is supported by innovative marketing and personal customer service. Additionally, our flexible and scalable platform is above ICANN specification for new TLDs.

CentralNic operates from our global headquarters in London plus offices in New York, Dubai and Los Angeles. We also have on-the-ground account executives in Hong Kong, Abu Dhabi and Melbourne.

CentralNic is currently supporting 60 gTLD applications including .wiki, .bar, .xyz, .rest (for restaurants) and .ink. This major expansion in the number of generic Top-Level Domains is expected to commence from the end of 2013. Our specialised service for global brands, DotBrand Solutions, is behind the applications for household name and multi-billion dollar company applicants spanning three continents.



https://www.centralnic.com/

centralnic-more-than-doubles-first-half-profits

24 Jul
Peel Hunt
62.00
Buy

Not sure about this...it's way too expensive, with a PE of 60/no yield.
Currently 61pence yet only ( Ha!), 40p in Sept2016. Since then punters have piled-in.....
-will there be tears? OR another ASOS / BooHoo in the making?

Interim Results to 30 June 2017
RNS
RNS Number : 0442Q
CentralNic Group PLC
07 September 2017
 
                                                                                                                                                                                                        
7 September 2017                                                                                                                                                                   
 
The information contained within this announcement is deemed by the Company to constitute inside information stipulated under the Market Abuse Regulation (EU) No. 596/2014.  Upon the publication of this announcement via the Regulatory Information Service, this inside information is now considered to be in the public domain. 
CENTRALNIC GROUP PLC 
("CentralNic" or "the Company" or "the Group")
 
HALF YEAR RESULTS 2017 
Organic growth and achieving strategic objectives 
 
CentralNic, the global software platform company supporting subscription web services including domain names, is pleased to announce its half year results for the six months ended 30 June 2017, which show strong underlying organic growth across the business. 
Highlights:
 
·      Adjusted EBITDA*, excluding forex gains and losses, of £1.4m (H1 2016: £0.9m) - up 50% 
·      Gross profit £3.0m (H1 2016: £2.3m) - up 29.5%
·      Revenue of £10.6m (H1 2016: £8.9m) - up 19%. 
·      Net cash of £7.73m (2016: £6.04m).
 
* Adjusted EBITDA:  Earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation, acquisition costs, exceptional items and non-cash charges. 
 
Operational highlights:
 
·     Recurring revenues continue to increase, reflecting the strong focus on growing the proportion of the Group's revenues being of a recurring nature, as exemplified post period-end by the acquisition of SK-NIC in August 2017 and the renegotiated .xyz contract. 
·     Retail division focus on optimising marketing performance having completed integration and consolidation of Instra Group. 
·      Wholesale business maintained its lead in global market share by volume, being the only company which supports six of the Top 20 new Top-Level Domains. 
·      New client wins as a registry service provider included .rugby .observer, .storage, as well as multiple contracts with country code Top-Level Domains. 
 
Post half year end highlights:
 
·      Acquisition of SK-NIC:
-      As announced on the 25th August 2017, the Group has agreed to acquire the business and assets of SK-NIC, the manager of the exclusive country code top-level domain for Slovakia, .sk. 
-      The Board believes that this represents a major, earnings enhancing acquisition, further increasing the proportion of the Group's revenues that are recurring and diversifying the Group's businesses. 
-      A term loan of £18m and overdraft facility of £3m are being provided by the Group's bankers, Silicon Valley Bank ("SVB"), to fund the initial consideration.  
Contract with .XYZ renegotiated: term extended to 2032, with CentralNic receiving a fixed fee based on the volume of .xyz registrations and subscriptions managed. 
 
Commenting on the results, Mike Turner, Chairman of CentralNic, said:
 
"Our underlying first half results have been most encouraging as CentralNic continues to deliver organic growth alongside significant earnings enhancing acquisitions.  
"Both our organic growth and roll-up strategy are underpinned by a drive to increase the size and scale of the business by focussing on activities which will deliver recurring revenues and high visibility of earnings.  This concentrates our efforts on the higher margin and higher growth segments of the market. 
"In keeping with the consistently heavy second-half weighting of results in recent years, the Board is confident that the Company is on track to meet market expectations for the full year to 31 December 2017, as we continue to diversify through the acquisition of businesses with high-levels of recurring revenue, organically grow our existing recurring revenue businesses, and take advantage of opportunities to trade in valuable premium domain names." 
-Ends