Gooch & Housego Share Discussion Threads

[wahlenm] 08/2/2006 19:57

crisium - thanks for explaining about phone calls. Sounds as though this was a scam designed to scare you in to selling shares and then reinvesting in some exciting new venture for which you would be promised excellent returns. This is a common tactic used by these "boiler rooms" I assume you are on the shareholder register in your own name and the caller purchased a list of shareholders. They then worked their way through the list looking for suckers. This is a common tactic and is used frequently by "boiler rooms"
You should also be aware that some firms write to shareholdewrs offering a free report from their "analyst". By responding you are agreeing to them contacting you and will then be the target of pressure selling.

[Abuse team] 08/2/2006 04:07

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[f880gna] 08/2/2006 00:02

No comments on today's acquisition?

[garth] 02/2/2006 18:31

I'm on the list. No phone call.

[wahlenm] 02/2/2006 18:15

can you tell me where you are getting this information. What are shareholders being told? I have not received a phone call.

[crisium] 02/2/2006 16:04

I wonder whether today's sells are from folks who have received the scam phone calls that are being made to GHH shareholders at the moment trying to scare them into selling. Something very dodgy is going on.

[yump] 30/1/2006 11:19

I'm not in this any more, but just interested in the switch side of things.

Has anyone else read about the use of light in switches ? Apparently in the current use of fibre optic cables, the signal needs 'cleaning up' every so often, which causes a bottleneck and slows down potential signal speeds, because its done electronically.

There's some work being done on using light to do the cleaning - I think 20x quicker was mentioned.

Read about it recently, can't recall the article - think it was about the development of broadband - hope I'm not getting confused - wondered if GHH have mentioned it anywhere.

[walthera] 25/1/2006 09:57

Full steam ahead at the new factory site according to this latest news release.

The expansion plans including increased staffing should lead to increased production, economies of scale and more efficient production in less cramped conditions than at the existing town centre site.

I look forward to the effects of this move on the future profitability of the company and will be topping up my already substantial (for me) holding.

[philjeans] 16/1/2006 12:43

Another new high on relatively little buying - now gone well clear of last four years' peaks and approaching breakout to rival 2001!

Doing record business at present and I can see £5 now in sight!

[garth] 06/1/2006 11:38

Goochy having another cracking day :0)

[garth] 23/12/2005 12:03

Wish I had more :0)

[philjeans] 23/12/2005 11:52

Classic bear squeeze!

I love it........'hope it runs and runs!

Punters are steadily buying but no-one's selling, in spite of the price going up,..... every hour!

[wjccghcc] 21/12/2005 10:11

Tipped in Shares Magazine.

[philjeans] 21/12/2005 09:57

I spy (with my little PC) a BREAK-OUT.

Just small, steady buying after the tips, or something more like stake building, I wonder?

[garth] 16/12/2005 17:14

(taken the LT chart out of the header and replaced it with a slightly longer view - just for posterity!)

[garth] 16/12/2005 14:34

They were only at about this level when they bought Neos.... Progress made since then.

G.

[philjeans] 16/12/2005 14:15

Quite right - mine are worth £6, like they were a few years ago!

Hold on tight - great prospects from US defence companies.

[jaspoland] 16/12/2005 13:22

2 buy recommendations in Shares and IC having reflected on the results. Share tightly held.

[philjeans] 16/12/2005 13:16

Chart continues to defy gravity - been tipped again?

[walthera] 07/12/2005 09:43

Great results with surely more to come in the future when the new Ilminster factory site becomes fully operational in less than a years time.
W.

[garth] 07/12/2005 07:10

Just the headlines and prospects reproduced here:

GOOCH & HOUSEGO

PRELIMINARY RESULTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2005

Gooch & Housego PLC, the specialist manufacturer of acousto-optic and
electro-optic devices, precision optical components, crystals, and instruments
for measuring optical radiation, today announces preliminary results for the
year ended 30 September 2005.

Highlights

* Turnover and profits up substantially on the previous year due to strong
performance by each of the Group companies.
* Group turnover for the year increased by 19% to #22.32m (2004 : #18.81m)
* Profit before tax increased by 42% to #4.68m * (2004 : #3.30m)
* Basic EPS increased by 40% to 16.1p (2004 : 11.5p)
* Basic EPS, before goodwill amortisation, rose to 18.0p (2004 : 13.2p)
* Year end total net funds of #2.37m (2004 : #0.33m)
* Total dividend increased by 8% to 3.9p (2004 : 3.6p)

* After goodwill amortisation of #339k (2004 : #307k)

Gareth Jones, Chief Executive of Gooch & Housego, commented:

"We are pleased with the way Gooch & Housego has performed, exceeding the record
results of the previous year. Each of the Group companies has made a valuable
contribution to the substantial sales and profits increase we have achieved.
Having now secured land and buildings for further development, we are looking
forward to future growth."
................................
Prospects

The challenge facing Gooch & Housego in the coming year is to sustain the growth
in profits that we have maintained for the last two years. Looking forward,
trading conditions are likely to be no more favourable than they were last year,
with demand from our existing customer base remaining relatively flat. In order
to sustain or increase growth we must therefore sell a wider range of products
to our existing customers, introduce new products and develop new applications
beyond our traditional markets. We are active on all of these fronts.

In acousto-optics, the largest segment of Group sales, we must continue to adapt
to the changing demands of our customers and ensure compliance with new
standards. The trend in the world of industrial and medical lasers is towards
hitherto unprecedented levels of performance and reliability. As lasers become
"black box" components in complex and expensive systems used in critical
applications (e.g. semiconductor processing and operating theatres),
reliability, repeatability and consistency are absolutely essential. Although we
have enjoyed a solid reputation for quality, this, and the need to comply with
the RoHS directive, is driving a Group-wide review of our products and of our
quality, design and manufacturing procedures. A consequence of this will be
greater product rationalisation, and further integration of our acousto-optic
activities at G&H, NEOS and Landwehr. A fully coordinated approach to worldwide
sales will be a further benefit of an integrated business.

Our long-term strategy is to overlay our materials and component activities with
a new tier of optoelectronic products that bring together optics, electronics
and software into high-added-value instruments and systems. This will be
achieved through a combination of internal research and development, and
acquisition. This year, under the guidance of our Group Chief Scientist, we have
successfully coordinated complex research and development projects across
several Group companies. These projects have demonstrated the ability of the
Group as a whole to develop sophisticated products that are beyond the
capability of any one company. In the process we have become more focussed on
the generation of intellectual property and several patents will be filed as a
result of recent innovations. We plan to launch several new products in the
course of the coming year that will affirm our strategy of moving up the value
chain. We will increase Group-level research and development in the coming year.

Underlying the development of new products is an ongoing process of analysing
current and future trends in optoelectronics, and identifying those that play to
the strengths of the Group. A by-product of this process is the identification
of potential partners and acquisition targets.

It is the view of the board that G&H should have an independent non-executive
Chairman. Several potential candidates for this post have been considered, but
the right person has yet to be identified. Efforts to recruit a new Chairman
have therefore been stepped-up with the aim of filling this important position
in the first half of 2006.

In summary, I believe that the necessary steps are being taken to create a
framework to support the continued growth of G&H. We are working hard to
maximise the potential of existing products, while in parallel developing
innovative new products and evaluating new market opportunities that will
underpin longer-term growth.

Finally, I would like to thank the directors and all employees of the Group for
the contribution they have made to an excellent result. It is the quality of the
people that makes G&H the success it is.
GCW Jones

[walthera] 22/11/2005 14:29

TomosLewis: What is the connection between RDF Group and Gooch & Housego or have you put your post on the wrong thread?

[tomoslewis] 12/11/2005 12:00

have you seen the results for RDF group (RFG)spectacular!! turnover and profits double in the first six months, with quality clients include IBM UK Ltd, Legal & General Assurance Society Ltd, Aegon UK plc, American Express UK plc and Abbey National plc and the new contracts were expected to add in excess of £5,000,000 to annual turnover ... but turnover in the first six months now increased by nearly this amount!!