The result was keep. Drmies (talk) 17:50, 26 January 2018 (UTC)
Everything's a press release, press release. WP:ORGIND yadda yadda fails WP:NCORP. this is the closest to coverage but appears substantially based on press release - certainly reads like one Galobtter (pingó mió) 18:22, 11 January 2018 (UTC)
Almost every article about a business involves an interview of someone at that business.which is why it is so difficult for a company to be notable, which is fine. Galobtter (pingó mió) 05:10, 17 January 2018 (UTC)
Wikipedia:Notability (organizations and companies)#Publicly traded corporations says (my bolding):
There has been considerable discussion over time whether publicly traded corporations, or at least publicly traded corporations listed on major stock exchanges such as the NYSE and other comparable international stock exchanges, are inherently notable. Consensus has been that notability is not automatic in this (or any other) case. However, sufficient independent sources almost always exist for such companies, so that notability can be established using the primary criterion discussed above. Examples of such sources include independent press coverage and analyst reports. Accordingly, article authors should make sure to seek out such coverage and add references to such articles to properly establish notability.
Editors coming across an article on such a company without such references are encouraged to search (or request that others search) prior to nominating for deletion, given the very high (but not certain) likelihood that a publicly traded company is actually notable according to the primary criterion.
The article notes:
After attending Solium Capital’s (TSX:SUM) user conference in San Diego, Canaccord Genuity analyst Robert Young says the company’s growing customer base is happy.
The article quotes from Young's analyst report and includes negative information:
“Customers were generally of the view that Solium has a technology edge and offers a unique global platform,” says Young. “Very similar to last year, the customers we spoke with are generally happy and are looking for ways to use Solium more. Almost all conversations highlighted the advantage of the share works platform and its seamless global coverage. Grumbles were mostly around clunky UI and slow inclusion of special requests. We heard no complaints on subscription pricing and minimal concern around transaction pricing.”
In a research update to clients today, Young maintained his “Buy” rating and one-year price target of $11.00 on Solium Capital, implying a return of 10 per cent at the time of publication.
The article notes:
The article quotes from Tse's analyst report:Solium Capital (TSX:SUM) is a tech that should be on investors’ radar, National Bank Financial analyst Richard Tse says.
In a research report to clients today, Tse initiated coverage of Solium Capital with an “Outperform” rating and one-year price target of $12.50, implying a return of 22 per cent at the time of publication.
“For its humble beginnings, Solium is no longer the new kid on the block -its run rate of revenue for 2017 based on our estimates is tracking to $87 million,” the analyst notes. “The quality of that revenue is also high given that ~95% of it is recurring. At the same time, this seemingly small company on the world stage has been able to sign some of the world’s largest companies to its platform as customers and partners, like Barclays in the UK and more recently Morgan Stanley and UBS in the United States, the latter being an expansion. And with expansion offices in France, Australia and Barcelona over the past two to five years, we see the Company on the path to conquer the world of equity administration. If that weren’t enough, we believe the Company has a “clean” capital structure and balance sheet with no long-term debt, $67 million in cash and cash flow from operations of around $9 million this year.”
The article notes:
The article quotes from Agostino's analyst report:A new acquisition has Laurentian Bank Securities analyst Nick Agostino feeling bullish about Solium Capital (TSX:SUM).
“We view the acquisition as consistent with Solium’s strategy to increase its large share in the private market, and believe it fits the company’s North American strategy of simultaneously tackling the market from both the public and private ends,” the analyst says. “We note that SUM made three acquisitions in the private market in 2012. We view this transaction as complementary given Solium’s aim to acquire, grow, and scale with fastgrowing private customers, subsequently benefiting as these companies increase their product usage and add employees. Ultimately, some of these customers may move through an IPO process at which time the company can further drive increased revenue per user. Solium aims to maintain Capshare as an independent operating entity with its existing management team, but will invest in its development and expects that as they grow, Capshare’s customers will transition to the higher-revenue Shareworks platform.”
In a research update to clients today, Agostino reiterated his “Buy” rating on Solium Capital, but raised his one-year price target from $11.75 to $12.75, implying a return of 16 per cent at the time of publication.
The article notes:
Calgary-based Solium Capital Inc. offers technology to help companies manage their stock-plan administration, reporting and compliance.
Founded in 1999, the company began life as a stock brokerage as well as licensing its Web-based software to publicly traded companies to help them with their administration of their stock-option, share purchase and other similar plans through a proprietary technology platform called Shareworks, which was developed by Solium’s managing director and former chief technology officer, Marcos Lopez.
Solium was struggling until 2003, when it restructured, relinquishing its brokerage part of the business and focusing solely on its technology offering. It then found success with a number of large, locally based energy and resource companies willing to take a chance on a local tech firm’s offerings.
The article notes:
Since then, Solium has become a global, Calgary-based enterprise software firm with one million people using its platform and with offices in the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe and Australia.
It has signed on 46 of the TSX 60, and won mandates from companies the likes of Adidas, Shopify, Uber, Google, Barclays and Morgan Stanley; Heineken is a recent addition to its client roster.
The article notes:
Once marketed primarily to energy companies, Solium's product has long outgrown the oil patch. With about a 75-per-cent market share among TSX 100 companies, the company is increasingly seeking growth outside of Canada.
"Solium, we believe, is at the foothills of a large, global opportunity," Canaccord Genuity analyst Robert Young said in a recent note. "We believe Solium is in a unique competitive position with the only global [software as a service] solution for equity administration on a single platform."
Solium has its competitors, some of which provide services from the cloud, but none have a single global platform, Mr. Young said. Having localized offerings can add time and complexity, particularly for multinationals having to combine data from multiple systems country by country, he said.
Cunard (talk) 09:26, 18 January 2018 (UTC)
Solium is publicly traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange. It has been the subject of numerous analyst reports, which Wikipedia:Notability (organizations and companies)#Publicly traded corporations says are sources that can be used to establish notability. I included coverage about analyst reports from three firms: Canaccord Genuity, National Bank Financial, and Laurentian Bank Securities.
Canaccord Genuity analyst Robert Young included negative coverage of the company, noting about Solium customers, "Grumbles were mostly around clunky UI and slow inclusion of special requests."
Solium has received substantial coverage from the national newspaper The Globe and Mail, which is Canada's newspaper of record. It has also received substantial coverage from the regional newspaper Calgary Herald.
The sources note Solium has signed 40 companies from the S&P/TSX 60, Standard & Poor's's stock market index of 60 large companies listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange.
The sources note that Solium's customers and partners include Adidas, Shopify, Uber, Google, Barclays, Morgan Stanley, and Heineken.
Solium clearly passes Wikipedia:Notability#General notability guideline and Wikipedia:Notability (organizations and companies).
Cunard (talk) 09:26, 18 January 2018 (UTC)