Star Phoenix Share Discussion Threads

[its the oxman] 19/1/2006 09:46

tempted to buy more but lack of info - spread holds me back. just hope we get some good news at next results.

[boxwellian2] 23/12/2005 12:15

Very low morale in their agency division,i hear

[gelp] 05/12/2005 08:54

Yes: entrepreneurial operation with great record.
My grandaughters report was with an update on the local franchise activities. says was busiest period can remeber, local concert absolute sell out raising lots for charity and expecting even more activity in 2006. Seems to have a great business model and core operation incredibly impressive.
Spread is still ridiculous but ..........

[boxwellian2] 03/12/2005 04:29

Name:
Hazell Carr
Activity:
Actuarial services provider
Profit growth 1 - 100
% pa 114.24
2000 Profit £14.5m
1997 Profit *£1.5m
2000 Staff 99
Founded 1997
Location of HQ Oxfordshire

[gelp] 28/11/2005 09:00

the deal was at 40p buy and sell - seems to be an agreed deal looking at the statistics on Barclays.

[gelp] 28/11/2005 00:30

Hazell Carr Edwards
have bought just under 10%
interesting.
see
www.fastrack.co.uk
They are very highly rated.

[gelp] 24/11/2005 20:22

have no idea how 2nd half is going but with bid down at 35 one would have hoped the spread would reflect that. 35 - 50 again seems to be senseless.
IF the price stays low, offer comes down, and if we do not see any profit warning then could be interesting. Does not take much to shift this share.
Big IF - but who knows.
Does anyone know how trading is?

[shirishg] 12/9/2005 22:36

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[its the oxman] 12/9/2005 22:15

results were ok i guess but it feels like were going to be treading water for a while yet. no fireworks here but no disaster either.

[gelp] 16/8/2005 23:02

It is!

The core operation is strong with nearly £1000k profit, and the losses on the emerging business development areas disappointing . Credit to board for clear detailed statement but the 'under 200k' profits forcast recently was a very big catch all.
Surrey Performing Arts name keeps appearing & it looks like determined efforts are being made to correct deficiencies. I would like to see that resolved by next results.
There is no divine right for all the new initiatives to pay off but the information and explanations and prospects appear to be valid. One would hope & expect that they will run with the winners and close or sell off losers at some point to restore profits.
None of the initiatives has been allowed to run out uncontrolably and there is evidence of a tight ship. The overhead and administration costs are likely to be in the new initiatives. Indeed the good performance of Core operation indicates exactly that. We can assume that the overheads are allocated proportionately realistically.
Nevertheless genuine long term planning needs to be visible. Now that costs of expansion are visible, I am sure many shareholders will back the Directors (who own at least half) with such an interesting and proven business model and growth rate to date.
I would like to see whites of the eyes at the AGM and may well attend.
The impetus to grow is clear and I for one am likely to ride this this out for at least another 12 months and will take any opportunity to invest at levels below the option price of 68 (taking note of spread).
Historically 2nd half has been better than 1st half and any indication of a better fisrt half should do wonders for the price!
The dividend pause is prudent ( perhaps too cautious) and I would expect the div to resume as indicated pretty early on.

[boxwellian] 14/8/2005 17:14

Turnover up 64% in 2 years to Aug 04,while Costs and Admin are up by 75%. Now
groth in sales seems to be slowing while the spending goes on. Statement should be interesting

[its the oxman] 03/8/2005 08:26

still going up - come on sta

[its the oxman] 25/7/2005 10:19

lets hope we can break out of this downtrend, would be nice to move up to 65p mid at least.

[gelp] 25/7/2005 10:04

evo shows 65 on level 2
45/65 range today. mid price up 15%.
interesting

[gelp] 25/7/2005 01:16

spread 45/50 on Friday - some sort of record!

[gelp] 21/6/2005 09:03

we are primed to expect no more that 200k for full year. if final figure well below that then we are stuffed this time round.
the spread well and truly traps us in.
a few small sales and not buys does not help one sleep any better.
the founders are much in the same boat and that gives some comfort.
no rocket science to get a profit from franchisees & should happen one day.
the cost of adding franchisees world wide seems to have been higher than expected and some indication in the next announcement that all is under control would be nice.
Any thing above 200 and good prospects could work wonders!!!

[its the oxman] 17/6/2005 15:54

we need positive newsflow - guess i feel a bit trapped in the stock due to huge spread - that said i still genuinely like their business and believe when the outlook improves a move back toward 100p is likely - will just have to be patient especially with no div.

[its the oxman] 16/6/2005 14:49

not good today, 45p bid

[gelp] 18/5/2005 09:13

I would like to think so but my average buying price is still 68!

[its the oxman] 09/5/2005 09:10

shares up 60p offered - gelp your buy at 55 could be working out.

[its the oxman] 06/5/2005 10:09

don't disagree with any of your comments gelp - infact if overspends are controlled this could be a good opportunity to buy - not confident enough myself - seems like expansion and growth are good but management needs more control and to do so at a pace where the dividend is at least protected - we need a update which reassures the core business will be run profitably and with a dividend at results. personally i think the story and shares will recover in time which is why a long term hold is for me as opposed to cutting.

[gelp] 06/5/2005 08:42

Ouch!
'profits no more than 200k for full year`
lost 189k for H1 so implies second half recovery to 389k profit(H2).
Div cut prudent and hurts main founding s/holders as much as any one.
Spread is a pain but I bought some more at 55 this morning.
Very grateful for the warning but am not sure where 'market expectation ' of 400k (FY) this year came from in the first place. Previous statements talked about profit for H2 but personally was not expecting much more than this.
Of course if 200 is not achieved fy that would be different but any positve figure will show substantial recovery and surely overspends this year can be controlled going forward.
Would like to know more about total student numbers and the actual performance of each of the overs seas operations And more detail about Surrey P Arts which is mentioned.
As I said grateful for TS and would always like more information.