Gaming deep dive | Improved outlooks | Low-ball offer
Trading updates are coming thick and fast and there was also news of yet another low-ball takeover offer for a growing and modestly valued AIM company. Our coverage here includes thoughts on recent updates from a developer of video games, two mobile payments facilitators, a palm oil producer, pub group and fast-growing management consultancy, among others. Read on here for our usual forthright opinions.
Volex: improved outlook and ahead of expectations Volex (AIM: VLX), the manufacturer of critical power and data transmission products, issued a promising 9 month trading update lifting the shares. For the nine months to the end of December 2025 revenue climbed 14.8% to $902.7m. The Group benefitted from particularly strong growth in its Complex Industrial Technology segment, supported by continued, elevated demand from Data Centre customers. This reflects continued global investment in AI and digital infrastructure, supported by growth from other industrial customers. Across the Group's other end markets, the Electric Vehicles and Off Highway segments both generated organic revenue…