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| Share Name | Share Symbol | Market | Stock Type |
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| Alexander Dav. | ADS | London | Ordinary Share |
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| 0.00 | 0.00% | 1.45 | 01:00:00 |
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Posted at 14/11/2018 10:27 by ariane XMAS ADSALREADY SO SOON |
Posted at 01/3/2018 10:39 by waldron By Nick KostovWPP PLC shares tumbled 13% Thursday after the company logged its worst year since the financial crisis and forecast no growth for 2018, a further sign of the heavy toll of advertising's digital revolution. The world's largest ad company said it is setting budgets this year on the assumption that both revenue and net sales will be flat. For 2017, net sales were down 0.9% on a like-for-like basis, against a forecast they would be "broadly flat." The company also said it is simplifying its unwieldy structure, accelerating its development from a group of individual companies to a "cohesive global team." Like other big ad firms, WPP is grappling with the slowest revenue growth since the financial crisis as previously big-spending consumer-goods companies keep a tight lid on marketing budgets. That slowdown in growth has pressured agency holding companies to revamp an organizational structure that is out of step with a digital age that favors relentless consumer targeting over the internet rather than traditional print and television ads. "There are two things going on: technological change, and the second is short term pressures, whether it be zero-based budgeting, activists or private equity," Mr. Sorrell said in an interview with The Wall Street Journal. "We're clear on the destination," Mr. Sorrell said. "The changes that are taking place are pushing us to do it faster." Big ad firms built their businesses over the years by acquiring different specialists with their own ways of working and separate finances. Now there has been a move across the industry to align the different agencies closer together to allow clients to better access resources across their groups and cut costs. WPP executives often refer to its approach as "horizontality." The company, which owns creative and media agencies such as J. Walter Thompson and Ogilvy & Mather, reported a 1.3% decline in fourth-quarter organic net sales, a closely watched metric in the industry that excludes currency effects and acquisitions. That growth rate was below analysts' expectations of a roughly 0.7% rise. In the fourth quarter, organic net sales were down 3.4% in North America, declined 2.6% in Western Continental Europe and dropped 3% in Asia Pacific. The bright spot was the U.K., which rose 9.1%. WPP's closest competitors have been facing similar headwinds. France's Publicis Groupe SA posted organic growth of just 0.8% last year, while Omnicom Group Inc. posted lackluster fourth-quarter revenue, blaming a pullback by marketers on project work, losses at some independent-branded agencies and softness in its programmatic business. Omnicom's longtime CEO, John Wren, said he expects the company to post softer organic growth this year compared with 2017 because of challenges in the marketplace like changes in technology, shareholder activism and new competitors. The overall outlook for Madison Avenue remains cloudy. Ad companies are dealing with major slowdowns in industries that they have long relied upon for growth, such as consumer-goods giants and retailers. Those sectors are putting additional pressure on ad firms to reduce the fees they pay for services. The slowdown in advertising spend has affected agency sector organic growth, which has slowed from 4.5% in 2015 to 1.9% in 2016 and to an expected 1.1% in 2017, UBS analysts wrote in a note this week. In their note, the analysts cited a long list of challenges that the sector is facing, including marketers experiencing slower growth, companies continuing to cut the fees they pay agencies, and growing competition from consulting firms. Another challenge has been brands cracking down on nontransparent practices in the ad-buying sector, which industry observers say has squeezed holding company margins. Write to Nick Kostov at Nick.Kostov@wsj.com (END) Dow Jones Newswires March 01, 2018 04:36 ET (09:36 GMT) |
Posted at 22/5/2013 15:46 by tomboyb Knigel - there is a caveat. The caveat is what level will the dirs. convert their warrants + prefs. If they did it at 0.90p AFTER the capital reorganisation then £380k would = 68.4% and 36% which is clearly over 100% so I reckon it will be done higher - but that then leaves ADS shareholders with virtually nothing. (The caveat will dictate that) |
Posted at 22/5/2013 15:12 by tomboyb £380k worth of pref warrants on the same scale as £200k for 36% equates to 68.4% which is above 100% - this leads me to believe that pref/warrant value conversions will be @ a higher level than 0.90p - However - whatever value is left in ADS in its current state looks fairly minimal. Unless someone else can offer another explanation - The prefs / warrant have taken any value left here once the capital is reorganised hence I will take a small tax loss (which will be useful) for the coming year - |
Posted at 06/2/2013 21:25 by kennyruss ADS and ADI both rising swiftly in the same day... |
Posted at 24/9/2012 10:24 by alunmorris ADS was my first choice in my What Not To Buy series in 2007. Was called Griffin Group then |
Posted at 27/6/2012 09:31 by alby220 Well i for one, will NOT!!! be topping up on ADS shares!! |
Posted at 21/11/2011 15:39 by grlz King lost me now - ADS MK is £1.3m - operating profit £98k hardly dot.com valuationsMy interest is potential ADS "private client" has proved a strong back bone allowing the shop time to restructure the "corporate client" business. Turnover in corporates is now rapidly increasing - the last 6 months performance beat the whole of the previous year etc - if that rate continues ADS could show a £250 / £300k operating profit for the finals £1.3m MK very cheap - reason why I hold - share price could double easily once a broker starts following the stock No wonder there is possible interest from PMR |
Posted at 21/11/2011 14:58 by grlz King - it looks like you have previous form with more, but that aside as a long term ADS holder I noticed as others did that the spread tightened significantly last week and PMR also started moving on nothing all so.Usually both these stocks are backwaters - its well know sector consolidation in this space is needed and long overdue. PMR have made no secret of their desires and ADS looks like a strategic fit. Speculative yes but ADS was moving long before more showed up and now with PMR dropping looks like news could be coming... |
Posted at 21/11/2011 14:44 by grlz more - just a comment on what others appear to think is going on behind the scenes, but its well known PMR are looking to acquire after they failed last year to strike a deal. It wouldn't surprise me if the action we are seeing with PMR's share price means some kind of corporate action is in the worksADS showed some leg last year so is on the market if the price is right - I can't see the ADS Boad of Directors turning a bid of 2.75p down |
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