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DCA Detica Grp.

441.50
0.00 (0.00%)
28 Mar 2024 - Closed
Delayed by 15 minutes
Share Name Share Symbol Market Type Share ISIN Share Description
Detica Grp. LSE:DCA London Ordinary Share GB0031539561 ORD 2P
  Price Change % Change Share Price Bid Price Offer Price High Price Low Price Open Price Shares Traded Last Trade
  0.00 0.00% 441.50 - 0.00 00:00:00
Industry Sector Turnover Profit EPS - Basic PE Ratio Market Cap
0 0 N/A 0

Detica Share Discussion Threads

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DateSubjectAuthorDiscuss
19/11/2007
10:37
It is a profit warning.

Until new forecasts are made it is difficult to judge.

Could DCA now be a takeover target?

This is the second piece of bad news from DCA recently and maybe market participants no longer want to give DCA a growth rating.

What rating do you give a business that is suffering constant headwinds?

simon gordon
19/11/2007
10:35
Agree with all that Baht. The bounce has started.
toase
19/11/2007
10:33
This fall looks so overblown its not true suggesting that some of the experts out there (MM's etc) are complete muppets. Large profit increases, Dividend increase, Increased demand for services across the board Commercial & Government and a warning that there may be a fall in profits from one part of the opperations due to banking sector dropping demand.

They haven't said the company will be in a loss situation they haven't even said the division in question will make a loss just reduced profit so the share price drops 30% odd. Insanity. Wish I had some spare cash to catch the bounce!

baht
19/11/2007
09:49
That is a pretty hardcore fall for this growth stock.

I was thinking of picking up some shares at this price but the Banking crisis looks to be hitting DCA hard, so I'll wait until the catharsis has ended - maybe Q2 '08.

simon gordon
19/11/2007
07:41
Interims today

Key points:


• Revenue up 45% (8% organic*) to £98.8 million (2006: £68.3 million)

- Government up 40% to £57.2 million - UK Government up 16% on an
organic* basis

- Commercial up 52% to £41.6 million - reflecting full year impact
of prior year acquisition


• Adjusted* Group operating profit up 70% to £10.3 million (2006: £6.0
million)

- UK adjusted* operating margin slightly improved at 13.9%
(2006: 13.7%)

- US adjusted* operating loss of £0.5m (2006: loss of £0.9 million)
reflecting the costs of the integration of DFI International
("DFI")

- Significant saving from June 2007 decision to absorb StreamShield
into the core business


• Adjusted* Group profit before tax up 53% to £9.6 million (2006: £6.3
million)


• Adjusted* diluted earnings per share up 38% to 5.5 pence (2006: 4.0 pence)


• Interim dividend up 92% to 1.2 pence (2006: 0.625 pence)


• Integration of DFI largely complete and business performance is much
improved


• Tier-one partner in Trusted Borders, the winning consortium for UK
Government's recently announced multi-year e-Borders programme, helping to
underpin the Board's expectations of performance for current and future
financial years

togglebrush
14/11/2007
16:06
Interesting addition to e-Borders info! (From Thomsons)


"The Home Office said trials of the new system have already led to more than 1,000 criminals being caught and more than 15,000 people of concern being checked out by immigration, customs or the police."

hew
05/11/2007
12:15
Northern1

The e-borders consortium is headed by Raytheon and includes many other big names in the business. See my edit above too.

I'm a fan, but DCA has been and remains a medium term investment for me and should be viewed in the round, not on the basis of any single deal. It has a number of other prestious contracts already. In the US it also has had a few initial bumps in the road, although they have built a basis for a good future.

hew
05/11/2007
01:52
if detica were to win the £500 million e-borders contract, what would be the likely impact on the shareprice? is this already priced into the sp?

come on guys, time to help me and i'll help you.

northern1
02/11/2007
17:40
Nice tick up at the close tonight, particularly given the state of the markets.

From the Guardian on-line. See the last sentence.



"BT is believed to have lost out in the race for the government's £500m contract to connect airports and ports to a central IT infrastructure .............. consortium led by American defence group Raytheon named as the preferred bidder.
..................
The members of Raytheon's trusted borders consortium include Serco.....Detica and Accenture."

EDIT: Sat Times gives DCA's portion worth £20m. Spread over some time I would think.

hew
02/11/2007
10:29
from Selftrade


We highlight two bullish stocks.

The first candidate is Detica Group, which broke through the 335p medium-term resistance. From its chart, we note that the pattern of rising lows has remained intact, therefore we estimate a medium-term price target at 360p, the prior support.

oscarino
16/10/2007
13:51
What's up Doc?...time for a speculative purchase I think.
ben gunn
04/10/2007
17:42
adyjudge, any chance of details? The last Buy mentioned on Digital Look is UBS on 31 August. The last broker view is Panmuir Gordon on 27 September - Hold.

Might be of interest that currently there are 3 Strong Buys, 3 Buys and 2 Neutral.

hew
04/10/2007
07:30
broker upgrade seems to be getting this moving in the right direction again
adyjudge
24/9/2007
17:09
Director Buy details:

20/9 Non-Exec Mark Mayhew buys 10,000 shares @ 309.5p up to 0.021%.
24/9 Non-Exec John Gordon bought 3,000 shares @ 304p up to 0.024%.

hew
24/9/2007
14:33
More director dealings here
bluepill
31/8/2007
15:51
?????? just wondering that myself, big volume too, some big transactions somedown as sells but the rise in the share price my guess is they are mostly buys maybe institutions?

could be some good news in the pipeline or maybe its on a climb back to where it was ( around £4 after recent report guess it makes sense )

adyjudge
31/8/2007
14:23
Big price hike today any idea why?
togglebrush
21/8/2007
13:31
If I've read the RNS correctly, Mandy Gradden has converted 46855 options into shares at an average price of 32p. Even at today's price that's a nice little earner if she sells them.

A nice litmus test! Bad news if she does sell (assuming she doesn't have to), but I don't see it tells us very much if she doesn't.

EDIT: THe LTIP are presumably those granted 13/8/03 and 29/06/04 and do not expire until 2013/2014. They have only recently become exercisable.

Assuming the rest are "ESOS" those converted are only a small fraction of those held. They don't expire until 2013.

Page 35 of the report gives eps-related vesting conditions for those wishing to explore further but I will only consider the conversion possibly meaningful if she sells.

hew
20/8/2007
16:02
Looks a Buy at the lower end of the £2 to £3 range.

Sentiment has turned negative and until management can prove that the American expansion is earning a ROCE the share price will be under pressure.

Anyone else got a price target?

simon gordon
05/8/2007
14:31
From sat's FT
quote
Detica has long been regarded as one of the software sector's "quality" plays, thanks to its lucrative contracts supplying security services with sophisticated data analysis tools. But a warning over problems integrating its £22.5m purchase of DFI knocked the shares back 10 per cent and has cast a shadow. DFI was bought to help spearhead Detica's pursuit of US national security contracts. As Milan Radia, analyst at Jefferies, points out: "If one subscribes to the view that Detica's ability to generate meaningful market share from the UK national security is slowing, successful execution of the company's diversification roadmap has become a key rating driver." The DFI problems are the latest for Tom Black, chief executive. Last year Detica gave up on StreamShield Networks, an anti-virus software product that required continuous cash injections. Resolving the DFI issue could allow Detica to crack the lucrative US market. It's not an easy call as many UK companies have come a cropper in the US, but Mr Black deserves the benefit of the doubt. The shares, which Bridgewell Securities estimates now trade on a prospective p/e ratio of 21.6 times, look like a buying opportunity.Philip Stafford

Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2007
unquote

cerrito
02/8/2007
09:39
" ... Our UK Commercial businesses have had a slower start to the year, particularly in TMTE, ..."
quickmind
02/8/2007
08:47
Could DCA be another instance of a UK company coming a cropper in the States?
simon gordon
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