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[diablo1967] 15/4/2016 17:05

Nearly time !

[davr0s] 14/4/2016 16:14

What's interesting??

[diablo1967] 14/4/2016 16:12

Interesting

[diablo1967] 14/4/2016 08:04

Same again watching and recording trading patterns slowly building the picture .....sad I know just call me Mel!!

[diablo1967] 12/4/2016 08:04

Still watching and recording trade patterns with interest ......

[diablo1967] 16/3/2016 08:13

Soon be time !! Keep watching for the opportunities !!

[starpukka] 08/3/2016 12:42

Thank you Dav. I wasn't concentrating and was thinking I was looking at full year profits. Yes, that is fine :)

[davr0s] 08/3/2016 10:39

Starpukka - you are comparing half year profits with net debt. So it's nearer 2.5x which is fine

[redips2] 08/3/2016 10:34

St Ives Pretax Loss Narrows But Affirms Outlook Despite Some Caution
08 Mar 2016 09:07
LONDON (Alliance News) - Marketing services provider St Ives PLC on Tuesday said its pretax loss narrowed in the first half of its financial year, and it affirmed its full-year expectations, albeit with a caveat of caution on the outlook for marketing budgets in the second half.


St Ives said its pretax loss for the 26 weeks to January 29 was GBP2.8 million, compared to a GBP8.7 million loss a year before, as it continued to restructure its business to better position it for growth, including repositioning its Strategic Marketing division. Stripping out one-off costs, pretax profit rose to GBP16.1 million from GBP15.4 million.


Revenue rose to GBP185.7 million from GBP175.0 million, with good growth in the revamped Strategic Marketing arm partially offset by some weakness in its Marketing Activation segment, driven by pressures in the grocery sector, while revenue for its Books business was flat.


The group will pay an interim dividend of 2.35 pence, up 4.0% year-on-year.


Chief Executive Matt Armitage said the group performed well in the year, with Strategic Marketing now contributing more than half of overall underlying profit. He said that the group remains confident on meeting expectations and that the Strategic Marketing arm is focused on service areas which will remain robust, even if the current global economic uncertainty does exert pressure on the allocation of marketing budgets.


St Ives shares were down 7.4% to 220.75p on Tuesday morning, one of the worst performers in the FTSE All-Share.


By Sam Unsted; [e-mail]; @SamUAtAlliance

[starpukka] 08/3/2016 09:57

Perhaps I'm getting this wrong but net debt is over 5 times underlying profit before tax. Isn't this a bit of a worry ? I'm happy to stand corrected though.

[salchow] 08/3/2016 09:31

Volume is now very considerably higher than usual - as you would expect on results day.

[diablo1967] 08/3/2016 09:01

I'm small time investor a nobody so ignore me lol I know nothing!

[diablo1967] 08/3/2016 08:55

Salchow one word "volume" .....Now look deeper ....

[salchow] 08/3/2016 08:23

diablo1967 - Why would a drop in price to 222p represent fun and games occuring. Wouldn't it be other people sharing your own view as to the value of the share.

The company has one very exciting sector and two sectors with profits falling. The concern should be with the large ongoing non-underlying expenses that are put to one side every year so they may be simply ignored.

[diablo1967] 08/3/2016 08:22

It's a good mark won't be around too long still watching

[markie7] 08/3/2016 08:19

Well, there's the £2.22!

[diablo1967] 08/3/2016 08:18

Fun and games yesssssssss!! Keep watching all and make the move at the right time ...historically the sane has happened ....must think private investors are mugs lol gchq would have a field day here

[diablo1967] 08/3/2016 08:13

Yet again a solid set of results still showing year on year growth regular dividends. Once again I will take advantage of any strategic manipulation will just watch for the signs ...still forecasting reaching £2.80 to £3.00 approx 30% increase from here. Ideal buy price IMO is around £2.22 mark unfortunately can't foresee this occurring unless fun and games occur again good luck all

[davr0s] 02/3/2016 18:01

Ath - long may it continue and so far has ignored all the wider market shenanigans

[fargonorthdakota] 01/3/2016 14:14

I do love this share, it has been with me for a while, let's hope the transformation continues.

[diablo1967] 22/2/2016 15:20

Very popular at this level ...£3 this year then ....big money makes money mark my words

[davr0s] 19/2/2016 15:29

Strange but nice move again.... looks like big sells earlier but still it goes up - very welcome

[diablo1967] 18/2/2016 12:15

Not really a surprise has been on the cards for a while previous target still applies barring world economic crisis.

[redips2] 18/2/2016 12:07

Agree, somewhat surprising......but welcome .

[davr0s] 18/2/2016 11:13

That 200k trade shown as sell but looking at the price and surrounding trades suspect it was a buy - which is consistent with price breaking up