Carillion Share Discussion Threads

[m4rtinu] 15/11/2016 09:24

And linked to this: (Actually this is London, the other link is for work in the north of England)

"14 April 2016
Transport for London (TfL) has today confirmed that it has now signed a contract with Arriva Rail London Limited as the new London Overground operator. The £1.5 billion contract will cover seven and a half years with an option to extend for up to two additional years.

Arriva will take over from existing operator LOROL in November 2016, and will support TfL in delivering further improvements for customers on the already hugely popular network. These will include modernised stations and more frequent services, the first of which will be on the North London line. "

I guess CLLN is the "modernised stations" bit.

[mirandaj] 15/11/2016 08:02

Further to this probably:

Dec 15

[lab305] 15/11/2016 07:10

I see only myself recommending buy now. Apathy or what ? Come on people.
BUY 1 50.00%
And another good contract win yesterday .
Carillion Wins Service Deal With Arriva For London Overground Stations
15 hours ago - LONDON (Alliance News) – Integrated services company Carillion PLC Monday said it has inked a new seven-and-a-half year contract with Arriva Rail London with a potential 22-month extension.

[gswredland] 14/11/2016 17:34

Luckily bought in at 244 last week. Divi is excellent. Long term hold .

[cheshire man] 10/11/2016 11:22

Being a long term holder here for the excellent divi and buying the lows it's good to see this rise today,,,,,,,,,CLLN has turned out to be a trading stock for many 'tho, happy to hold unless the story changes :-)

[cheshire man] 10/11/2016 11:22

Being a long term holder here for the excellent divi and buying the lows it's good to see this rise today,,,,,,,,,CLLN has turned out to be a trading stock for many 'tho, happy to hold unless the story changes :-)

[ny boy] 10/11/2016 11:16

Surprised no one has spotted this beauty

[ny boy] 10/11/2016 08:07

Happy to hold these for the medium term and see how the share price goes and collect a decent yield, better than friggin 0.05% on offer in the banco

[ny boy] 09/11/2016 09:52

Also share price near the lows and 7%+ yield, good enough for a long term hold

[ny boy] 09/11/2016 09:45

No it's probably starting to make a move ahead of Hammonds Autumn statement, which should be positive for these types of Companies.

[edmundshaw] 09/11/2016 09:15

Carillion bidding for the US/Mexico wall contract?

[redartbmud] 08/11/2016 13:53

Time for a 'credible' bid rumour perhaps?

[wad collector] 08/11/2016 09:10

Unless the tiger dies.

[lab305] 08/11/2016 06:54

Yes wad as he who rides the tiger can never dismount.

[wad collector] 07/11/2016 13:27

21% and no signs of budging ;
hxxp://shorttracker.co.uk/company/GB0007365546/all

[gswredland] 07/11/2016 09:43

Finally bought back in. 7.4 yield being shown here - amazing if it holds.
Now watch the price nosedive! GL to all holders

[lab305] 06/11/2016 14:14

How to Prevent your Shares Holdings from being Shorted

Q.: Why does short selling reduce share prices?
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A: To short-sell a share speculators have to borrow the shares in the first place. Once they have done this they need to sell them in the market, and if this is done en-masse it can push the share price of a company down in the short term as there are more sellers than buyers in the market. Hedge funds specialising in short selling may also cause panic in the market by selling lots of shares in a company as other shareholders become worried about the share price plunge. Some companies will blame short sellers for dramatic declines in their stock price. The practice is so controversial that bans on short selling are not unknown and during the last credit crisis in 2008, traders were not allowed to short-sell certain banks and financial institutions.





Most borrowers and lenders of shares are institutions, brokers, etc. Mere mortals can borrow indirectly by using Spread Bets or Contracts for Difference. If you go short, you are effectively borrowing shares to sell for money; if you go long, you are effectively borrowing money to buy shares. Depending on the balance between shorts and longs, the company offering these products may choose to cover the risk by borrowing real shares to sell or by investing money to buy real shares.

Q.: What can you do to prevent your shares holdings from being shorted?
A: Now what can the average personal investor do to stop their own shares being shorted, as believe me your own broker, if approached, WILL sell your own shares that they hold on your behalf as a nominee account.

There are two things you can do, the first is to certificate them but this is not obviously to everyone’s advantage but the alternative solution is simple. All you do is to phone your broker and put an order in saying that you wish to place your shares for sale at, for arguments sake, double today’s price. As they are 'on order' they cannot be lent out by your broker and in turn you are reducing the amount of 'free shares' out there that can be used for shorting purposes. And don't forget to move your limit order up when the price starts to recover, then, that way your shares can't be shorted - not much but helps .

[adamb1978] 04/11/2016 21:43

7% yield, 2x covered. Fill your pension up with these

[salpara111] 04/11/2016 17:26

One of the most frustrating shares to own!
As long as there are massive short positions the share price will not rise but I am not unhappy to collect the chunky divi in the mean time.

[wllmherk] 04/11/2016 08:55

these really under the cosh this morning. I have been topping up steadily with each fall below 250p but holding a lot now, so probably just sit back and await recovery whilst I collect a near 7% dividend covered more than twice by earnings.

wllm

[linton5] 03/11/2016 11:14

So undervalued Clln,nice 2to 3 year hold here

[m4rtinu] 01/11/2016 17:04

There was quite a sharp rise in share price prior to RNS!

[edmundshaw] 01/11/2016 15:23

I think that is a contract that deserves an 8.00am RNS release. Hopefully it will be repeated tomorrow morning...

[linton5] 01/11/2016 13:54

Wow that's some contract win there