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IPH Interactve Pros (See LSE:DXR)

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Interactve Pros (See LSE:DXR) LSE:IPH London Ordinary Share GB00B01B0B28 ORD 0.4P
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Posted at 16/1/2010 11:20 by gdasinv2
Interactive Prospect Targeting Holdings plc was the AIM-listed holding company of one of Europe's leading online marketing groups.

Following the sale of its UK businesses between September and November 2008 and French subsidiaries in April 2009 and January 2010, the Group now comprises the Company and its principal wholly-owned subsidiary, Direct Excellence Limited (until October 2008 Interactive Prospect Targeting Limited), and these companies will continue to trade as going concern investment holding companies whilst the Board seeks to maximise Shareholder value. This will involve the following:

* Dealing with post-completion issues in relation to the sale of Directinet and Netcollections, including the collection of any further amounts of consideration and the resolution of any warranty claims.
* Optimising the value of the Group's 12.2% interest in the ordinary share capital of Web-Clubs Limited ("WCL"), an online marketing business which is a closely held private company and in which the Group has had an investment for some years.
* Realising any remaining tax recoveries in France.
* Settling any remaining liabilities.
* Maximising the return from surplus funds held by the Group.
* Keeping the Group overhead as low as possible.
* Considering how best to return funds to Shareholders.

To mark this new phase in the Group's life, the Board proposed that the name of the Company be changed to Directex Realisations Plc and a resolution to this effect will be put to Shareholders at the Annual General Meeting on 14 January 2010.
Posted at 30/9/2008 13:36 by ninjatnut
Dawnay Day were original backers of IPH and have done very well out of the rip-off, I mean floation, of shareholders. They are also very close to Thain and makes me even more concerned that they are trying to repeat the process. Thain should not be rewarded as part of the phoenix he created by destroying IPH.
Posted at 30/9/2008 12:58 by bluebelle
ninja
That's not how I read it. Aren't they simply transferring to the wholly owned Volvere subsidiary - 'new IPH' - in which I see Dawnay Day are involved. Weren't they the lot who bought ICD ?

If so, this strikes me as a strange deal for Volvere in that - as has been amply demonstrated in the current year - unless they have a different business model in mind, these database-based businesses are highly cash hungry. If you can keep the cash coming in that's fine, but once it slows down then simply by existing, you're digging a hole which is getting deeper by the day.

Add to that current market conditions and the fact that the company's reputation is shot to Hell : if Volvere work their magic on this one, they'll have done very well indeed - unlike IPH shareholders !!!
Posted at 26/9/2008 15:23 by masurenguy
This stock was tipped by both the IC and Profit Watch last year. Hope that anyone who bought in by following these tips operated a strict stop loss and got out whilst the shares still had a three digit price !
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Chiva20 - 19 Jan'07 - 177 of 442: IC tip - IPT is therefore expected to more than double its pre-tax profits to £5.2m this year, which translates into EPS of 9.3p (6.2p in 2005). Next year, EPS is forecast to increase by another third to 12.4p. IPT is a leader in a fast-growing sector, so the prospective PE ratios of 15 times for 2007, based on a share price of 185p, suggest this share has good times ahead of it.

piu888 - 27 Mar'07 - 249 of 442: Profit Watch Recommends
Dear Fellow Profit Watcher, There's a huge trend building in 2007 and it's one that we at Profit Watch want to be on. The profit opportunity we want to talk to you about is online advertising and I believe the little UK stock you're about to read about is the best way to play it. Think of internet search engines and you think of Google, right? It's without doubt the biggest, most important player in that sector. Well, we believe the stock my colleague, Richard Muller, is about to reveal to you could be destined to be the "Google of online advertising" – at least in the UK. And that makes it a great stock for you to buy right now. Richard is very excited about this one and makes it his top profit play for 2007. The company in question is Interactive Target Prospect Holdings (AIM, ticker: IPH). The company has a market cap of just over £80m and is trading at around 200p. It's an AIM-listed stock so you won't be able to hold this in your ISA, but you can hold it in your SIPP. Considering the positive fundamentals, IPH should trade at a significant premium to the sector averages – so at the current level, it looks very cheap to me. Assuming a reasonable growth rate in earnings per share of 30% per annum and a P/E of 30 times earnings, IPH could trade close to 395p by the end of 2007, and 514p by the end of 2008. This means it offers Profit Watch readers and any other smart investors buying at the current price of 188.5p a potential return in excess of 174% over the next two years. ACTION TO TAKE: Buy Interactive Prospect Targeting Holdings (IPH) at 240p or less. Stop loss at 150p.
Posted at 20/8/2008 10:39 by bluebelle
I looked at IMSG as part of my research into IPH as there was a cross reference to it on some site. If one of my main reasons for not investing in IPH was my perception of the quality of the management, IMSG certainly didn't appeal !!!
Posted at 12/8/2008 20:17 by ninjatnut
Interesting. I noted that Lionel Thain had some £3m (old money) IPH shares in a Panamanian Trust and returned them to UK jurisdiction. Who knows what was behind that but the Revenue are very interested in offshore accounts at the moment.
Posted at 15/4/2008 07:40 by masurenguy
Took a look at this company almost exactly a year ago when the shares were around 100p. Glad that I decided not to invest here (got a little bit burned on IBT instead). Even at half the price this still does not look interesting with forward prospects so discouraging. Best hope for existing shareholders could be via a takeover since it would seem that they are in play and there is a current approach which may or may not lead to an offer. Good luck !
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RNS Number:3247S
Interactive Prospect TargetingHdgs
15 April 2008

Final Results for the year ended 31 December 2007

Key Points

Group revenues increased from £24.1m in 06 to £33.2m in 07, an overall growth of 38%

Operating profit of £0.6 million (2006: £4.2 million)

Our French businesses, Directinet and NP6, have continued to exceed expectations with particularly strong demand from Directinet's blue chip client base.

Commenting on the results Lionel Thain, Chief Executive Officer, said: "2007 was a challenging year for IPT Group. The Group faced a number of technology related issues that were compounded by stiff competition in certain markets and a weakening of the broader economic conditions. However, the Company's French
operations, including its newly acquired companies, performed above expectations and the core UK business is undergoing a strategic re-alignment that will help recapture profitability in 2008."

CHAIRMAN'S STATEMENT

The financial year to 31 December 2007 was a difficult one for Interactive
Prospect Targeting Holdings plc and its subsidiaries. While revenues grew 38% to £33.2m (2006: £24.1m), this was mainly due to the continued growth of our businesses in France and the impact of a number of acquisitions made during the last 2 years. Our core UK business has faced a number of challenges. On 27 March 2007, we announced that the UK operations had been impacted adversely by a problem in sales execution which was causing a shortfall in revenue in our customer acquisition division. As I reported at the time of our interim results this problem was resolved, however, it was not possible to recover the losses that had been incurred. The interim results showed that recovery was underway and the second half of the year began on a positive note. The last quarter of the year has traditionally been our most important quarter with a disproportionate level of revenue and operating profit being achieved. In 2007, UK revenues in this quarter fell well below our expectations. The level of operating costs remained constant and therefore the shortfall in revenue impacted almost directly on operating profit.

Group loss before tax was £1.0m compared to a profit of £4.0m in 2006. In
addition to the UK trading matters, Group loss before tax was negatively
impacted by £1.0m foreign exchange movements on deferred consideration and
foreign currency loans and a further £0.6m on non-cash interest accretion on
deferred consideration.

The reported current slowdown in the world economy is predicted to have an
impact on certain aspects of the European media sector and, in recognition of
this, we do not expect substantial growth in the more challenging environment of 2008. We have revised the Group's expectations for the coming year accordingly. In the view of the results for 2007 and the prospective trading environment, your Board recognises the requirement to focus on the core product areas of the UK business and create the appropriate operating cost to revenue ratios to bring the business back to operating profitability. To this end much has already been achieved in 2008.

On 22 August 2007, we reported that we were in discussions with parties that may or may not lead to an offer for the Group. Whilst certain discussions have now ceased, a new approach has been received which your Board is considering whether it may or may not lead to an offer for the Group.
Posted at 03/1/2008 16:40 by masurenguy
Why everyone should always DO THEIR OWN RESEARCH rather than follow tipsters !

19 Jan'07 - 177 of 381: IC tip. While the traditional print media struggles to increase advertising revenues, online advertising is growing at a staggering rate. One company benefiting from this growth is Interactive Prospect Targeting (IPT). It is an online direct-marketing company that specialises in e-mail marketing - a sector that, in the UK, is expected to grow from a current annual spend of around £125m to more than £300m by 2008 IPT is expected to more than double its pre-tax profits to £5.2m this year, which translates into EPS of 9.3p (6.2p in 2005). Next year, EPS is forecast to increase by another third to 12.4p. IPT is a leader in a fast-growing sector, so the prospective PE ratios of 15 times for 2007, based on a share price of 185p, suggest this share has good times ahead of it.

27 Mar'07 - 12:46 - 249 of 381: Profit Watch Recommends. Richard is very excited about this one and makes it his top profit play for 2007. Why "the UK's own Google" could hand you 174%. The company in question is Interactive Target Prospect Holdings (AIM, ticker: IPH). The company has a market cap of just over £80m and is trading at around 200p. We're about finding extraordinary opportunities that could deliver outstanding profits. That's why we like this stock. IPH is the UK's largest online direct emailing company. It has a blue chip client base of over 250 customers and is operating in a high growth market with turnover close to £20 million in 2006. Clients include Royal Bank of Scotland, Lloyds TSB, Tesco, Vodafone, Carphone Warehouse, Royal Mail, Yahoo, Morgan Stanley and Halifax, to name a few. Where I believe IPH is ahead of Google, is that IPH can send advertising to its database members, the consumers, and does not have to wait for the consumer to first do a keyword search for items that they would be interested in. "views". Should IPH in theory not be worth more than the $1.65billion? It might be an extreme comparison, but I think that IPH is definitely worth more than its current market cap of £80 million, or even £166m. The stock is trading on a Price to Sales ratio of 6 vs. the sector average of 94, and Price Earnings ratio of 23.97 times, vs. the sector average of 25.21. IPH generates a ROE of 14%, vs. sector average of -11%. Considering the positive fundamentals, IPH should trade at a significant premium to the sector averages – so at the current level, it looks very cheap to me. Assuming a reasonable growth rate in earnings per share of 30% per annum and a P/E of 30 times earnings, IPH could trade close to 395p by the end of 2007, and 514p by the end of 2008. This means it offers Profit Watch readers and any other smart investors buying at the current price of 188.5p a potential return in excess of 174% over the next two years. ACTION TO TAKE: Buy Interactive Prospect Targeting Holdings (AIM:IPH) at 240p or less. Stop loss at 150p.
Posted at 01/4/2007 14:01 by coolchilli
not one to blow my own trumpet, but:

coolchilli - 9 Jan'07 - 17:24 - 168 of 318 edit


Trading statement due in the next couple of days. Word on the street is that another acquisition on the cards v. soon...

That said, the people problems posted a while back scare me away from a buy position. While strong on sales, they seem to lack any operational experience.

The way to make money from IPH is to go short in my view. share price will be closer to 100p than 200p, mark my words.

jakleeds - 9 Jan'07 - 17:31 - 169 of 318


Oh, ok then.

Chiva20 - 9 Jan'07 - 22:05 - 170 of 318


Lol - well I'm selling my holding right away.


If you want my advice, brenny, i dont think you should hold on this one. believing in a company and blindly sitting there watching the share price fall is not a smart investment move. if you really believe in ipt and have some standing in the market, maybe take the ceo out for coffee to chat about strategy. i for one cannot see this share going anywhere near 200p again until some confidence is given to the market by a dramatic change in strategy/ exceptional results.

there has been a lot of ramping about this share over the last six months. you can spot who the rampers are (Chiva in particular) by their relative silence in the last week. i think the time for hype on iph is over, and its now time to apply serious investment strategies if you're going to make money on this share. i'm not holding any position (long or short) at the moment, as i cant decide which way the price is going to go, but my hunch is that its going to sit in a fairly tight range for the time.

lets see what the next statement says, and also what TMN say about results. If TMN announce that 2007 has been a quiet year, then maybe there will be a little more faith in IPH. if, on the other hand, and as I suspect TMN say that trading has been good in 2007- this could kill IPH even further.

p.s. brenny, if you're serious about investing- i'll recommend you some good books. let me know and i'll email your gmail account.
Posted at 28/1/2007 00:15 by melody9999
Chiva - seems to me that this might get some attention now. If forecast eps for 2007 is 12.4p (your post 177) and so PE at 200 is say 17 for 33% growth. Peers in on-line media are on PEs 25+. At a PE of 25 this would set a target of 300+p for IPH share price. ie hike of 25% over the previous high of 240p which seems reasonable for the growth. So thats my target - 300p DYOR
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