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Creighton PLC (CRL)

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About the company Established in 1954, we are a multi Award Winning British Company who design, create and manufacture a wide-range of skincare, haircare and wellbeing products.  The company offers 100% cruelty-free and where possible some products are vegan friendly. Industry: Personal Products Sector: Household Market Cap:  £ 77M (MICRO CAP) Exchange: LSE Website:  https://www.creightons.com Quick Stats Revenue growth >10%  Operating Margins increasing to 10% EPS - steady growth >20% Outstanding shares - slightly yearly increase ROI - increasing towards 25% ROE - increasing towards 24% Dividend 0.5 p/share All positive except for the increase on outstanding shares, although not too negative as it is a small company.  Annual Report Business Model The principal activity of the Group is the development, marketing and manufacture of toiletries  and fragrances, which includes the development of brands.  It offers  haircare, skincare, bath and body, wellbeing, and male grooming produ

Appen Limited (APX)

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Quick Stats Appen Limited , provides data solutions and services for machine learning and artificial intelligence applications for technology companies, auto manufacturers, and government agencies in Australia, the United States, and internationally.  The company's business is to   collect, classify, translate, review and label large volumes of image, text, speech, audio, video and other data used to build and   train AI systems .  Training data is labeled data used to teach AI models or machine learning algorithms to make proper decisions. For example, if you are trying to build a model for a self-driving car, the training data will include images and videos labeled to identify cars vs street signs vs people. Industry : IT services Expected Market Growth : 25% CAGR (2021-2024) Market Cap : 1,163 (SMALL CAP) Segments :  SEO, autonomous driving, augmented and virtual reality (eye tracking), AI-enabled chat bots, voice interactors, e-commerce. Quick Checklist Revenue growth for the l