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Laurence Hulse

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Merryn Talks Money
This Hated Corner of the Stock Market Is Yielding Big Returns

But again, when we invested in that, it was on 0.7 sales.

Merryn Talks Money
This Hated Corner of the Stock Market Is Yielding Big Returns

It grew profits of 50%.

Merryn Talks Money
This Hated Corner of the Stock Market Is Yielding Big Returns

Last year, we think it'll grow them by even more this year.

Merryn Talks Money
This Hated Corner of the Stock Market Is Yielding Big Returns

And Netflix, Spotify, Fox have been acquiring podcast businesses on multiples of sales.

Merryn Talks Money
This Hated Corner of the Stock Market Is Yielding Big Returns

So it was really a US business, but listed in London, so therefore traded at a material discount to where its peers trade.

Merryn Talks Money
This Hated Corner of the Stock Market Is Yielding Big Returns

So just another gem amongst the rubble.

Merryn Talks Money
This Hated Corner of the Stock Market Is Yielding Big Returns

Oh, now you've got me.

Merryn Talks Money
This Hated Corner of the Stock Market Is Yielding Big Returns

I don't think MinCon's quite on the top 10 from memory.

Merryn Talks Money
This Hated Corner of the Stock Market Is Yielding Big Returns

It might be number 11.

Merryn Talks Money
This Hated Corner of the Stock Market Is Yielding Big Returns

And it's very recent.

Merryn Talks Money
This Hated Corner of the Stock Market Is Yielding Big Returns

So this, again, is in the camp of... And what's particularly interesting about this one, usually when we think we've found a gem amongst the rubble, people have heard about it but missed something.

Merryn Talks Money
This Hated Corner of the Stock Market Is Yielding Big Returns

This stock I mentioned to people and they look at me like I've got two heads.

Merryn Talks Money
This Hated Corner of the Stock Market Is Yielding Big Returns

Tell me more about this MinCon thing.

Merryn Talks Money
This Hated Corner of the Stock Market Is Yielding Big Returns

It's a hundred million pound capitalized business, dual listed in London and the year next.

Merryn Talks Money
This Hated Corner of the Stock Market Is Yielding Big Returns

And it has some of the best copper and deep bore construction drilling drill bits in the world.

Merryn Talks Money
This Hated Corner of the Stock Market Is Yielding Big Returns

In fact, they're so good that this year they've announced that Epiroc, which is a larger pier, 10 times the size of MINCOM, is having to use MINCOM's green hammer technology to do its deeper drilling, having tried to crack the technology itself.

Merryn Talks Money
This Hated Corner of the Stock Market Is Yielding Big Returns

for 10 years.

Merryn Talks Money
This Hated Corner of the Stock Market Is Yielding Big Returns

They're now on trial with 12 Epiroc customers.

Merryn Talks Money
This Hated Corner of the Stock Market Is Yielding Big Returns

We obviously hope and believe that will go well, hence making the investment.

Merryn Talks Money
This Hated Corner of the Stock Market Is Yielding Big Returns

But when we first identified the shares and put it in what we call the nursery, which is the investments that aren't in the top 10 that we disclose, we bought them about 35 pence per share.