Kainos Share Discussion Threads

[buffetteer] 18/6/2016 08:32

Hazl
Your post regarding the milestones is all backward looking . The market needs to see positive forward statements to drive share price growth . Eps growth from 9.55 to 9.9 is not enough to maintain a high PE in these turbulent times imho

[pippin6] 17/6/2016 22:45

Unless of course that it's another Globo ?? Sometimes these software company's have a habit of hiding the nastys.

[pippin6] 17/6/2016 22:37

6p currently this year. £15m net cash. Starting to look cheap now.

[freddie ferret] 17/6/2016 17:05

On the contrary the dividend yield is rising.
I've forgotten what the brokers forecasts are.
Take a look on morningstar.

[saj3] 17/6/2016 16:26

Not looking good here

[rocco1980] 17/6/2016 13:45

It looks like Kainos have been cleaning up of late at a recent awards ceremony

hxxp://www.digileaders100.com/results/

DVLA
2nd in digital inclusion
DVSA
Computer Weekly Editor’s Awards 2016

[hazl] 17/6/2016 09:17

exactly lauders not KNOS specific.

[amoore70] 17/6/2016 09:11

If it does reach 139p I will be buying again for sure

[lauders] 17/6/2016 01:44

Getting very interesting here as far as the price is concerned. Looking back at the IPO documents shows that the IPO price was 139p. We are not far off that now, so I would hope that would be a floor. In this market you never know though, so as I said will be interesting to see what happens.

Kainos, the UK-based provider of IT services, consulting and software solutions, announces the successful pricing of its initial public offering (the “IPO”) and the placing of 37,691,763 ordinary shares at 139 pence per share (the “Offer Price”) (the “Offer”). Kainos has applied for admission of its issued share capital of up to 117,957,307 ordinary shares (“Ordinary Shares”) to the premium listing segment of the Official List of the FCA and to trading on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange. It is expected that dealings will commence at 8.00am on 10 July 2015.



Also worth noting that the current weakness is not KNOS specific. Check out EMIS and see if you can spot any similarities in the chart/price.

[hazl] 16/6/2016 19:38

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[hazl] 16/6/2016 17:17

tolga I think its the sector it's in because everything goes in cycles.
I try to have a balanced portfolio....some out of each sector.... so that there are always some that are doing ok at any particular time but it is tempting to be overweight in a sector that's flavour of the month,at any particular time.
I think it is going to be a difficult time ahead though for the general stock market.
Each of us has to play it in whichever way we feel comfortable.

[hanzoo] 16/6/2016 17:10

Despite what has happened to share price, still believe in company strong prospects in future and hope eventually will be in profit one day or maybe is just my wishful thinking.

[imranawan] 16/6/2016 17:08

Good advice tintin

[hanzoo] 16/6/2016 17:00

I have learned my lesson and won't repeat that mistake in future I hope.

[tintin82] 16/6/2016 16:51

Tough days across the board lately.

I wouldn't beat yourself up over it hanzoo, we have all been there, the only solution is to make the best possible decision with the information you have. You say you were silly not to cut loses, but how were you to know? None of us do, we can only predict based on how we value the companies prospects.

I just hope that your 40K is not a large proportion of your portfolio, and if it is, well there is a hard lesson learnt, diversification.

Try not to compartmentalise your loses by thinking they are 'paper loses, virtual loses'. All that is, is your brain trying to dull the hard fact that you have lost, once you get over that you can make better decisions going forward.

If you are comfortable with KNOS and the only thing that is making you stressed is the share price then I suggest just ignoring the market for a few days, helps at times like these and stops one making more costly mistakes due to twitchy fingers!

[imranawan] 16/6/2016 16:44

Sorry to hear that hanzoo - that's a hell of a lot to have invested in one stock, but I suppose you have a large p/folio?

[hanzoo] 16/6/2016 16:33

if it makes you feel better I have over 40k invested and over 30 % in loss now.
silly and costly mistake not cutting loses at the right time.
Money frozen but not lost anyway.

[reddave999] 16/6/2016 16:17

130p a share down so got to hang on here but not feeling confident when clearly the directors don't feel the same. The last statement didn't fill me with confidence either.

[lauders] 16/6/2016 13:49

The recent director sale did not help sentiment. Should have been a buy and not a sale. Wonder whether any directors will take the opportunity to purchase at these levels. That could help, but at the moment the only direction seems to be down unfortunately. My top-up after the last trading update looking very sad now but never meant it to be a trade. As hazl says this should come good long term and that was my plan here.

[tolga1] 16/6/2016 13:31

Hi hazl, but why down then?
Obviously tongue in cheek, and not concerned too
Regards

[hazl] 16/6/2016 13:25

Let's look again at key facts from above.


'Built up over 28 years. 700 staff.

* Profits up six-fold in three years.

* 150 global customers, in government, healthcare and financial services.

* Government could save £1.8bn annually by switching to digital transactions.

* 88% of kainos sales are repeat / recurring in nature.

* Has worked on 25 digital projects across eight government departments.

* 77% of all voter registrations were done online - using Kainos solution'

[tolga1] 16/6/2016 13:21

Surprised as well how far fallen, however trading volume not exceptional and can only assume Brexit effect. At least that is what I hope and expect soon recovery after the vote.
GLA

[hanzoo] 16/6/2016 12:58

Reddave i don't know how much is your virtual loss at the moment but I'm in the same position as you but with firm believe that it can't be much worse than that.

[reddave999] 16/6/2016 12:24

Oh dear!!!

[richard98765] 14/6/2016 13:31

I'm not a chart expert, but this has a RSI of only 1.70 on the weekly chart. Could this suggest it's oversold and due a correction ?