[Podcast] PHOTO-ME INTERNATIONAL With Mark Atkinson And Maynard Paton

19 June 2022
By Maynard Paton

I recently recorded a pilot episode of The Private Investor’s Podcast with my good friend Mark Atkinson. We talked about Photo-Me International and the investment potential of passport photos and self-service washing machines: 

We cover:

  • 00:00 Introduction and portfolio YTDs.
  • 00:52 Photo-Me and why Mark has been buying.
  • 05:10 Is self-service laundry a winning business model?
  • 09:26 How do the fruit juice and pizza machines work?
  • 12:16 The financials of Photo-Me.
  • 13:51 Serge Crasnianski recently invested £20m. What does he know?
  • 19:01 Other directors and the absence of a board-level CFO.
  • 19:51 The recent trading statement and expected revenue.
  • 20:24 Is Mark still bullish and would he buy more?
  • 22:51 How big a position is Photo-Me for Mark?
  • 23:26 Would Maynard now buy Photo-Me?

We may record more podcasts if sufficient interest is shown!

Happy listening!

Maynard Paton

PS: The recording took place on 14 June 2022.

7 thoughts on “[Podcast] PHOTO-ME INTERNATIONAL With Mark Atkinson And Maynard Paton”

  1. Looking forward to this! There are too many generic investment podcasts, but not enough specific company related podcasts. I will definitely be subscribing to this.

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  2. hi Maynard

    Enjoyed your new blog.

    I held PHTM a few years back but sold about 4/5 years ago when growth prospects on the Launderette side seemed to be stalling. SP hasn’t recovered since.

    Given that most households own a washing machine (and replacement is regarded as necessaey rather than discretional spend) plus the photo booth side may be in structural decline I can’t really see the attraction here.

    Would be great to hear more company specific podcasts.

    kind regards

    Peter

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  3. Interesting take.
    Underplayed the inflation resistant qualities of the business and operational gearing.
    As a result it pays an attractive dividend and guidance gas been raised x2 so far this year.

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