Harbour Energy Share Discussion Threads

[chester] 09/4/2009 11:03

Continuing the break.

[kbass] 07/4/2009 11:07

Bought at 229.9.

The chart now shows a sell.

[cockneyrebel] 06/4/2009 20:01

break out today.

CR

[speed camera] 06/4/2009 18:40

What a chart!

[ikn] 19/3/2009 08:19

HBR are marketing camping division in hope of capturing share of the 'holiday at home' consumer

[shroder] 18/3/2009 13:36

ticking down, any news ?

[speed camera] 10/3/2009 08:14

ticking up

[speed camera] 07/3/2009 12:18

looks like an accumulation is going on here.

[best mook in town] 13/1/2009 13:38

any thoughts for this co in the new year

[hubshank] 03/11/2008 10:25

general market conditions. Everybody panic sold over the past month or so. I thought their last RNS was fairly positive. They have factored in the negativity of LIBOR etc.

[weidner] 19/10/2008 01:36

any ideas what justifies this steep drop?

[fackson] 11/8/2008 21:34

good move up from 350 to touching 470 and no new comments - no one got a view - entered this on a swing trade when it broke 400 so happy at the mo..... got a long way to go i suspect.

[bigbigdave] 14/2/2008 09:51

In today.
Yesterday's statement followed by decent Director buys this morning.

[cockneyrebel] 13/2/2008 20:31

yep, decent statement today, share never responded which was a shame.

Got my eye on grabbing a larger chunk of these at a decent opportunity

CR

[cockneyrebel] 12/2/2008 11:44

AGM tomorrow, looking very cheap - chart at a very nice buy point and directors buying recently, pretty heavy.

Any AGM statement tomorrow should be interesting and positive after recent trading statemnts and director buying imo.

CR

[cheshire] 05/9/2005 17:47

Long time holder of HBR, looking very good after todays statement, suspect a steady climb to the end of year announcement in 4 weeks time.P/E looking very attractive.HBR is now begining to reap the benefits of aquisitions made over the last few years which have diversified the whole business. Also long haul holidays decline has helped to drive the European Hoilday market. Charts looking good for easy movement up to £7.00 IMO.

Cheshire

[mikeatwork22] 18/1/2005 13:23

Just a thought - there will be less people holidaying around the indian ocean - where will they be holidaying this year ?

Not that those that would have gone to India or Thailand will be camping this year, they will probably be going to the Cribean, therefore there will be less cheap deals in that area (and possibly throughout) vola more people stay at home...

[gaussfactor] 03/12/2004 08:24

Pachiaammos (where did that name come from?), had a quick look yesterday and got a generally favourable impression...will look more closely again today..rebalancing of profit centres and getting the camping capacity right is encouraging. Agree with your general sentiments about "package" holiday industry..need to have a look and see how HBR are addressing that. Do they now sell on internet? Do they now sell (camping) accomodation only? I need to delve a bit deeper.

[pachiaammos] 02/12/2004 18:50

Gaussfactor
(Post #25)

Not any more.

Today's results show Hotel Breaks now larger in op profit than camping and almost as large in turnover. Camping still matters but it is the drag not the driver.

Adventure breaks will remain a good profits center but volatile by the nature of the business because who knows where the next bomb will put people off.

They say they are sorting out camping but clearly don't expect to much better than hang in there and keep profits above £13m a year. The key point for growth therefore is hotel breaks that they sell through the internet and through travel agents. Question: who in Britain wants to use an agent or package deal to go to a hotel within the UK? Is there a big market out there for this? Anyone know?

[gaussfactor] 07/11/2004 12:03

Cheshire, thanks for that. I holidayed with eurocamp for about 8 consecutive years when our children were younger and I thought that they were great value for money. unfortunately they took their eye off the ball and ended up with an imbalance of supply and demand. Also as you suggest, trends have changed. I have not studied their brochure for some time so I was not aware that they now offer holidays on an accomodation only basis (is that in fact the case?). If so, I agree that this opens up new possibilities in conjunction with cheap flights. I also read in yesterdays Times travel section a complaint about a noisy camping holiday (why do they go if they want isolation?) and a comment that more and more customers are choosing caravans over tents (should help profits?). I know that HBR are diversifying but suspect that the performance of the camping division will remain the main driver of profits and share price for some time yet. If they can get their model right the market should still be big enough to make a success of it. As I said earlier, its back on my watchlist but I remain to be convinced of any significant growth in share price from hereon.

[cheshire] 06/11/2004 15:19

GaussFactor,

The recent trend reported this week against package holidays is actually a positive for HBR, their main activities in camping are Eurocamp and Keycamp, and if you book this type of camping holiday you still need to get yourself there. The point is that people like to book their flights themselves and that's exactly what they are doing. The plus is that they are booking flights to the med and then using HBR to book the campsite accomodation. This has totally changed the offering and means that it is now possible to camp (popular with families)in a warm sunny climate, but now you do not have to take two days to drive there.

Also HBR has other independant traveller holiday offerings and a hotel chain, all of which have performed well over the past year.

Cheshire

[gaussfactor] 06/11/2004 09:20

May be time to put this back on the watchlist again. They have had enough time to sort out their problems and 2005 can only look good in comparison with 2004. Reductions in campsite numbers and costs should help profits going forward as should the dire British summer of 2004. Against that the trend is firmly against packaged holidays, even camping ones I suspect, and also the share price has recovered a fair bit lately so how much further can it go?

[cheshire] 04/11/2004 22:11

Forgot to say, take a look at charts