Iomart Share Discussion Threads

[raysor] 18/11/2015 10:32

The bid was £3 and three directors were in agreement, then Cinven walked away for some reason.

Host, which is controlled by funds managed by Cinven Capital Management (V) General Partner Ltd, said in a statement on Tuesday: "Angus MacSween, Richard Logan and Sarah Haran, respectively the CEO, finance director and operations director of Iomart, who have a combined holding of approximately 18.5% of the ordinary shares of Iomart, have indicated their support for the proposal.




"The independent directors of Iomart have given their consent to Angus, Richard and Sarah working with Host to finalise its proposal."

[aishah] 18/11/2015 10:25

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[aishah] 18/11/2015 10:11

2016 eps growth fcst at +67% dropping p/e to around 20 and a peg of 0.3. Chart looks superb at the mo. Didn't they reject an approach around this price a while ago as being too low?

[raysor] 18/11/2015 09:54

Sell & regret but sell!

[gerri-c] 18/11/2015 09:40

With results due soon, why think of selling?

[raysor] 18/11/2015 08:56

Should at least tighten to 300/305 later.

Always difficult knowing when/if to sell.

If good profit then maybe prudent to top slice and reduce your cost of the shares to hold med/long term.

[filmster] 17/11/2015 20:06

I guess we will know more come 2nd december. Then can decide our targets

[fizzypop] 17/11/2015 19:48

DavR - Bid target was 300-350p but I reckon that has to be 350-400p now.
But fair value probably in the same ballpark circa 350p. Difficult to quantify.

[davr0s] 17/11/2015 19:18

What are people's target here - chat on here was any bid needed to be north of 300 but we are knocking on that door now and you should always run your winners. But all things come to an end eventually so I will top slice at some point. But what do people feel is fair value now for this one....

[fizzypop] 16/11/2015 18:54

Close at 300p and an annual high. Well I thought it was significant.

[aishah] 12/11/2015 22:34

MSCI GLOBAL SMALL CAP INDEXES - IOM an addition today. Takes effect as of close on 30th Nov

[davr0s] 11/11/2015 10:14

Chunky transaction just gone through and the bid has notched up so assuming it is a buy. Let's see if the price can get through 300 now

[gerri-c] 10/11/2015 23:17

The data centre sector is hotting up:
hxxp://www.ibtimes.com/microsofts-first-uk-data-center-addresses-privacy-concerns-shows-satya-nadellas-focus-2177702

[ricksen] 10/11/2015 16:21

Any bid would need to be 3.50 - 4.00 sheckles imho

[raysor] 10/11/2015 14:44

doesn't the price just start wide (85/97) tighten during the day (90/95) and then widen again in the afternoon?

[ricksen] 10/11/2015 14:09

U could be right

[davr0s] 10/11/2015 09:27

Anyone notice that every day at the open we get a token sell at the bid that makes the price show as 3% or so down, and then there is gradual loading up during the day, and then we end the day broadly neutral. I wonder if someone is trying to accumulate below the radar...?

[treeshake] 07/11/2015 10:33

raysor - totally agree, orders get deleted etc etc

[raysor] 06/11/2015 15:38

As far as I know Iomart is traded MMSETS, a mixture of Client orders and MM orders. Obviously MMs don't like to open too much so their prices are a bit wide of the mark, Although they may have size, one way or the other. Some investors put dummy trades into their platforms to try and get the 'real' price. This accesses the RSP (Retail Service Provider) (I think)
Even on a pure MM stock I don't think the x v x system means much. Usually with 6 MMs quoting maybe only 2 are really doing anything meaningful.

[gerri-c] 06/11/2015 12:37

It was merely a summary of the published Level 2 buy/sell position at the time, the premium paid for shares of more interest to me.

See ADVFN explanation, and the implication of possible unpublished orders:

[raysor] 06/11/2015 11:54

What does this mean 6 v 1?

Nothing!

[filmster] 06/11/2015 11:45

What does this mean 6 v 1?

[gerri-c] 06/11/2015 11:37

Yes Bid/Ask was 6-v-1. Now moved to 4-v-1.
MM's offering 290p to buy your shares so looks increasingly interesting.

[davr0s] 06/11/2015 11:22

You mean 6 on the bid and 1 on the ask for level2?