Venture Life Share Discussion Threads

[redartbmud] 18/10/2016 10:57

PS

Glencore has used the Return of Capital method (No3 above)several times in recent years.

red

[redartbmud] 18/10/2016 10:54

peter

I understand where you are coming from but the board has several choices with excess capital:
1. Share buybacks.
2. Special dividend.
2. Structured share offerings that are bought back within a year or so. It can help larger shareholders to mitigate Income tax and or Capital Gains tax.
eg. C shares are issued that can be held over a tax year end. Sell half one year and the other half the next year, or any combination you like. They are never listed and only bought by the company.

Hope that helps.

red

[hydrus] 18/10/2016 10:47

G4M flying now, that organic growth is incredible. I added again earlier but wish I'd added even more.

[petersinthemarket] 18/10/2016 10:31

thanks for comments on special divi's chaps. I must say that not inc specials in yield seems somewhat misleading to me as those who hold for income are certainly interested in total return. I have made a note on the pf that the apparently low yield may well be supplemented by a special divi, and possibly each year, as tstl stated policy is to return excess profit to shareholders. Looks like a solid hold for my mrs in her isa as she is looking for safe and solid rather than excitement.
We would like a few more like this.
pete

[redartbmud] 18/10/2016 09:20

APAD

Dotd down on the results.
Any particular reason?


Feeling adventurous, perhaps.

red

[redartbmud] 18/10/2016 08:53

peter

Re: Special dividends

They are just what they say on the tin. Awarded from time to time at the discretion of the directors. Accordingly, they are not included in the regular dividend schedule or yield calculations for that reason.

Hope that helps.

red

[fozzie] 18/10/2016 07:53

In full agreement with you on Dotd Apad, steady as she goes, very happy.

[hydrus] 18/10/2016 07:51

Who knows mod - I'll probably keep adding now with any price weakness but possible it might just shoot ahead today. I'm not very good at predicting reactions. All I know is that such a rate of organic growth is rare.

[modform] 18/10/2016 07:44

Good set of results from the shop G4M as apad calls it, see what the market things, it's quite highly rated already

[hydrus] 18/10/2016 07:43

Outstanding results from G4M - glad I bit the bullet and added a few more yesterday despite reservations about results being in the price.

[apad] 18/10/2016 07:28

DOTD is my sort of company:

Organic international high growth.

Carefully but incisively managed.

No fairy tale promises.

Straightforward reporting.

Cash rich.

Rising divi plus special divi.

Badly laid out rns :-)

Everpresent threat of contextual change is the only negative.

Not sure why it isn't more visible.

I am content.

apad

[apad] 17/10/2016 17:51

Ta, L,

I think Equity Development are paid for their reports (not sure). Used to read them but lost interest.
I think they are probably quite good for a readable, accessible, precis of the current view.

apad

[lauders] 17/10/2016 16:38

From an e-mail I received from Equity Development today APAD. You may have seen it already but if not for you and other TSTL holders here:

Tristel develops proprietary infection, hygiene and contamination control products used by: Human Healthcare (branded Tristel, 85% of sales); Contamination Control (Crystel, 9%); and Animal care (Anistel. 6%) organisations. For many years now management have communicated what they’re planning to do - and like clockwork successfully delivered against it, as illustrated again in this morning’s better than expected prelims for the year ending June 2016.

FY16 turnover climbed 11.5% LFL to £17.1m (H1:H2 split 8.1%:14.8%), with 95% derived from every-day consumables and 39% from overseas territories (vs 36% LY), up an impressive 22% LFL. UK healthcare posted 4% organic growth, which we think was creditable, especially given its greater hospital penetration, the current squeeze on NHS budgets and after a flat H1 (-1.8%).

Adjusted PBT (before SBPs of £674k) and EPS came in at £3.2m (+27%) and 6.62p (+20%) respectively, with cash conversion (OCF/EBIT) strong at 148% vs 113% LY; in turn helping to lift net funds to £5.7m (vs £4.0) by the period close. There could even be more one-off distributions in due course, since we suspect the business only needs liquid reserves of up to £3m to adequately fund its internal operations.

Going forward, one of several possible positive catalysts could come from the firm’s application to sell Clo2 products in North America – where the Board has made encouraging progress to date in its discussions with the US FDA and EPA.

We have upgraded our forecasts again – although only marginally this time with adjusted FY17 PBT now pitched at £3.6m vs £3.5m before. Accordingly our price target rises from 135p to 140p/share, with scope for future appreciation in line with hopefully more positive newsflow.

[apad] 17/10/2016 15:56

No particular price, L.

The market focus will settle down when it drops out of the news and equilibriates.

It's so illiquid that this shouldn't take long. It's not a Xmas news share.

I shall look to increase then - hopefully before positive Siemens news.

apad

[lauders] 17/10/2016 15:47

When would your interest in BVXP return for top-ups APAD. Under 1200p or so. Wonder whether we will return to those sorts of levels? Good luck with FEVR. Probably a good decision!

[apad] 17/10/2016 15:18

As expected the income burnt through my pocket like a sparkler on speed.

Bought FEVR on the expectation of an uplift rns on 2nd Nov. Couldn't think of anything else.

PTSG recovered from the Paul Scott effect. First holding need news to increase.

Pete,red would be better answering this but the nature of a special is that it implies no future or past effects, so I don't include it and I wouldn't expect accounts to roll it in with normal dividends that reflect a dividend policy.

apad

[madmix] 17/10/2016 14:38

APAD,

Sorry, I don't use IG. My main broker is IWeb, who are generally pretty good for a low cost broker (£5 per trade). Previously I was a Selftrade customer but ditched them a couple of years back.

[apad] 17/10/2016 13:45

madmix,
Do you use IG? If you do, what do you think of them?
I don't need all the fancy gambling but their charges are reasonable and,more importantly for me, they open company accounts for Jersey (my domicile).
I currently use TD (based in Lux.) with a canadian parent bank.
apad

[petersinthemarket] 17/10/2016 13:07

Q for you accountant chappies. Is it usual to include special dividends in the annual yield figure? Curiously the LSE website currently has TSTL yield at 1.8% which is very low. The total dividend this year including interim, final and special is 6.33p, so yield around 4% on 160p, and last years total divi was 5.72p, which on share price of 120p is roughly 4.5%. What am I missing? pete

[seroserio] 17/10/2016 12:57

hxxp://uk.investing.com/indices/major-indices

[petersinthemarket] 17/10/2016 11:42

TSTL looking pretty solid - also very transparent policy declarations for an aim company. Little risk as they seem to have done more or less what they set out to do in recent years. Petty about the awful buy/sell spread, but excellent yield - think I might add this to my wife's new self select isa. Only esp in there so far. She likes safe and boring with a yield better than the banks pay.

[apad] 17/10/2016 11:25

So it incorporates current and futures.
Perfick.
Many thanks,
apad