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27 March 2019
By Maynard Paton
I recently employed SharePad to identify a strong R&D-based business.
The exact SharePad criteria I used were:
- An R&D-to-turnover ratio of 10% or more;
- An operating margin of at least 10%, and;
- Dividend growth for a minimum of five consecutive years.
SharePad returned only four matches.
I selected Craneware because, among those four shares, the company was the largest and offered the longest dividend record.
I was also vaguely aware of the business being renowned for some quality financials.
Read my full Craneware article for SharePad.
Maynard Paton
Could you provide an update of the company? It seems like they did a rather large acquisition which seems to change the original thesis.
Hi Jonathan
I much prefer to look at new companies for SharePad, and writing reasonably informed updates on past SharePad articles is generally impractical because I have covered 70+ companies and don’t really want to set a precedent. I did revisit WANdisco, though, due its sudden suspension, so if anything as dramatic as that happens to Craneware, I could provide an update then.
Maynard