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Why the Citadel (CGL) share price is up 41% this week

The Citadel (ASX: CGL) share price has risen 41% this week. It’s going like a rocket.

What is Citadel Group?

Citadel describes itself as a leading software and services company that specialises in secure information management in complex environments. Formed in 2007, its name comes from the idea of being a medieval fortress to defend against invaders.

Citadel’s software helps client management make real-time decisions in health, national security, defence, education and other industries. Citadel now has more than 200 employees and offices in most of Australia’s capital cities.

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Why is Citadel rocketing?

Citadel shares, like the market as a whole, have been going up strongly this week.

Just over a week ago, Citadel gave an update to say that whilst the full effect of COVID-19 is uncertain, no significant projects or contracts have been delayed or canceled in this period. It said it manages 42% of Australia’s public pathology data and is working to support health providers to adopt new technology to support COVID-19 testing.

However, the company did say that it has taken measures to reduce operating expenses, manage cashflow and defer non-essential capital projects. Citadel said the Wellbeing acquisition is on track and the dividend will be paid. Wellbeing is a global healthcare software business.

A couple of days ago the software company held an extraordinary general meeting to approve the Wellbeing acquisition which has a 59% market share of radiology of NHS acute trusts in England. The retention rate is over 99% with the average relationship among the top 10 customers being over 12 years. Plus, 70% of revenue is recurring with EBITDA margins of around 40%.

Investors seem to really like the acquisition as shareholders approved the buy. It could be a very good acquisition.

These technology shares could also be good long-term investments:

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Disclosure: at the time of publishing, Jaz does not have a financial interest in any of the companies mentioned.

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