Alba Share Discussion Threads

[this_is_me] 03/4/2006 19:10

Never try to catch a falling knife.

[leetholdings] 23/3/2006 10:17

If this goes below £1 the family might take it out!!

[elsworth] 23/3/2006 09:30

The big boys seem to be selling in tranches!!!!!!
Must be heading below £1.......

[6085544] 14/3/2006 10:09

Tescos dont as far as I am aware buy the stuff. They take it on consignment.Whatever does not get sold goes back.

[leetholdings] 13/3/2006 18:19

Magooner

Alba & Bush brands have never been associated with quality as far as I'm aware. they were always cheap budget brands. People used to buy them when the top brands were too expensive. However, Goodmans was a quality brand as far as loudspeakers were concerned. The problem with our Alba Group is all the supermarkets are at it with their own branded cheap electrical items....even Sainsburys offer CD players etc under their own Red name. Asda use the Pacific and Dual brand.....even Argos.. a big customer of ABA is having dvd players and micro systems branded for them by Acoustic Solutions, at knockdown prices, this is bound to have an impact on ABA. Tesco are buying huge blocks of Alba/Bush kit and selling it for next to nothing...it's almost like Alba's dumping ground for bankrupt stock. I dread to think what the profit margins are after the retailer has had it's cut. Alot of the stuff I see out there is the old analogue tv's and other obsolete Alba kit. Not much Alba/Bush stuff seems to be digital as far as tv's are concerned.
I think Alba needs a re-think!

[6085544] 13/3/2006 10:14

Remember the old saying turnover is vanity profit is sanity.
They can turnover a billion but if they are selling at a loss what is the point.
They need an enormous profit simply to service interest at the moment.

[buoycat] 12/3/2006 23:55

Goodmans Micro1104SDAB What Hi-Fi Best Micro System under £200, 2nd year in a row.
Alba turnover in last financial year £760 million. Someone out there is
buying Goodmans!

[madgooner] 12/3/2006 23:22

Brands..

go ask jo public

goodmans,jvc,or sony....er...

[madgooner] 11/3/2006 22:33

Consumer over spent
Brands have no obvious quality or price advantage
Imbalance of power in favour of the retailers

on the positive side...

er...nope...

[buoycat] 11/3/2006 15:36

On the plus side Tesco.com has the Bush 14'' TV combo under the best seller banner at £164.94. Things may not look great at the moment, but Alba has many well known brands, and things can change for the better.

[6085544] 01/3/2006 09:16

Will probably bob along at this level for a while, I find it hard to see where good news will come from to lift it.However can see plenty of bad news coming.

[elsworth] 25/2/2006 09:43

Seems the lows are heading to break the chart lows.......any views???

[pixi] 18/2/2006 00:02

I think this is the bottom until the results. Its lost two thirds of its value in two years and has lost 50% in a month .

[elsworth] 16/2/2006 23:55

It will survive.........BUT its gonna have to pick itself up from some real lows!!!!!!!!
.....will wait till the fall settles, probably closer to 70p/£1

[6085544] 16/2/2006 10:16

90 odd million in debt wow what interest are they paying. Even at 5% base thats over 100,000 grand a week thats in the region of 600,000 items needed to be sold to cover interest payments a week. In a weak consumer market with competion from the majors nipping away at margins how can this company survive.

[superbarnet] 13/2/2006 09:00

Bounce started.

[elsworth] 12/2/2006 11:36

......waiting for 70p/£1.10....................gut feeling

[madgooner] 11/2/2006 20:00

Hardly worth chasing a 2/3% yield for income.

[Abuse team] 11/2/2006 15:37

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[saltedcrab] 11/2/2006 14:44

dividend uncovered . v risky that cash will haemmorage

[superbarnet] 11/2/2006 14:19

People may choose to buy for the dividend as they have said that will be maintained.