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EQI EQ Grp

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0.00 (0.00%)
28 Mar 2024 - Closed
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Share Name Share Symbol Market Type Share ISIN Share Description
EQ Grp LSE:EQI London Ordinary Share GB0004740030 ORD 10P
  Price Change % Change Share Price Bid Price Offer Price High Price Low Price Open Price Shares Traded Last Trade
  0.00 0.00% 70.00 - 0.00 00:00:00
Industry Sector Turnover Profit EPS - Basic PE Ratio Market Cap
0 0 N/A 0

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DateSubjectAuthorDiscuss
14/9/2007
11:07
So 72p and I, for one, will be glad to exit this share.

It hurts to compare with the bidder: if I had sold 3 years ago and put the proceeds into the bidder's shares they would now be worth 12 times what I am being offered for the shares I held on to. Humph.

sharw
29/8/2007
07:32
This could turn around on the back of the profits announcement.
Strange that there is so little interest.

madness of crowds
02/4/2007
16:11
Deserted since June 06. Anyone left?

Today has shown just how illiquid this one is. Somebody wanted to sell 15,000 shares and had to take just 35p for them, following which the price has moved to 50/51 from 55/60. Hmmm.

sharw
02/6/2006
15:47
Wiganer

Funny old life isn't it!

Near enough doubled my money on these about 3 years ago, still got a small holding, luckily the previous gains vastly outweigh todays losses.

Still an interesting little Co. Very niche and very well backed by Gartland Whalley & Barker, good solid Yorkshire business folk!!

Oh No!

Am I saying this is yet another buying opportunity?? :-)

bahtat
08/4/2005
13:29
truly mysterious company.. not much interest by retail punters.. i rember buying this ages ago... but very little movement.. tempted to get back in
latifs100
08/4/2005
11:04
Looks like all is revealed in today's announcement.

Any experts out there who could suggest WHY someone who already has such a large holding would be interested in just a little bit more?

badoit
07/4/2005
11:23
SPT yesterday of 10,000
Does anyone know who may be interested in stake-building?

Badoit

badoit
06/4/2005
11:08
entj

Dont worry about them being 'oop North',... the GWB (Gartland Whalley & Barker) head office in Halifax is a very prestigious and beautiful listed building complex, with more £££'s worth of 'metal' in the car park than you probably find 'Dahn Sarf'!! :-)

From my visits they seem to have more experience and provenance than many a 'London' Company!

bahtat
14/3/2005
17:11
Pachiammos - great info, thanks. Don't you think it's a bit scary though?
I think what you're saying is:
They sold an unattractive company, Lead. (Why did they buy it in the first place?)
They aren't managing another one very well (Broadnet)

How many other companies are there in the group? 3 or 4 maybe?
How are each of them doing? Are any of them interesting?

Also - I'm surprised they can afford to have an Ops Director overhead with those numbers! Hang on, aren't they up north somewhere ? Assuming he's located at their head office, I guess he's on a £40k or so salary package.
Which makes me think - why are they up north? Marketing services clients are pretty much all in and around London.
Next time you're chatting to Mr. Towre, could you please ask him about their corporate overheads then compare to CELLO, CRESTON, MSQ ... others?

entj
08/3/2005
18:09
I have spoken with Stephen Towne, the Operations Director, and he has explained how the 2004 figures add up. I calculated from the 2003 Annual Report that the operating profit on market research was £1.20m, and he implied that this was correct. So it was approx £1.57m in 2004. Towne explained that the two reasons for the sharp difference between that growth and overall profits growth were (1) the sale of the Lead Agency, which made op. profit of almost £100k in 03 and "virtually nothing" in 04 before it was sold; and (2) a fall in margins at Broadnet - probably considerable. He gave no precise figures but indicated it was a very high margin business in 03 and significantly less so, but "not a loss" in '04. The total corporate operating profit 9now and prospectively) is the sum of the market research and broadnet divisions, minus corporate overheads - which are "sizeable for a small company but nothing out of the ordinary".

Entj, I think we can now see that the growth was plenty in '04 and up with the sector, though it didn't get through as such to the pretax line because of the Lead Agency (a one-off drag, and good riddance) and Broadnet (still profitable but 03 was a bumper year there).

Am therefore optimistic for the future here, especially with the rating being so undemanding (7.3 times pretax profits per share before goodwill). But this is definitely NOT a "value" investment: (a) the interest is covered only 3.9 times by operating profit and was actually up slightly y/y in '04. OK while the good times last but not much protection in a recession. (b) net current liabilities exceed the sum of current assets and tangible assets. (c) large item for creditors due in more than 1 year. Strictly therefore a speculative holding IMO because of the debts, and despite the undemanding p/e.

pachiaammos
02/2/2005
11:17
This is the sort of thing I mean.
In my experience, Mr. Sorrell is never wrong!
"So, how does EQI performance stack up against the sector?" is the questions the analysts will presumably ask...
Mikey

Marketing spend to show biggest increase since 2000

Sorrell: 2005 will see further improvements
Jennifer Whitehead, Brand Republic 08:30 18-01-2005
LONDON - Marketing spend is set for its biggest rise since 2000 according to the latest Bellwether Report, released today by the IPA.
The figures show that moret han half of the marketing budgets reported for 2005 so far have been set higher than actual spend last year.
The Institute of Practioners in Advertising reports that this figure is the highest since the first quarter of 2000, with companies citing improved business confidence and an upturn in economic growth as the major reasons, along with new product launches.
At the same time, the report said that across-the-board growth for the last quarter of 2004 was also strong, at 6.3%.
Sir Martin Sorrell, chief executive of the WPP Group, said that the findings of the report, which is compiled by NTC Research, matched those of his company's own research.
"The IPA Bellwether Report confirms our view. The recovery that we have seen in the second half of 2004 in the UK (and Western Europe) continues, driven especially by growth in non-traditional marketing services areas, such as direct, internet and interactive," he said.
However, he disagreed with the findings of the report that spending on traditional media had, on average, fallen during the last quarter of 2004, with the Bellwether Report showing a 4.5% decline on average.
"The one divergence would be that media advertising was not as weak as the IPA Bellwether Report suggests. We too, at WPP, believe that 2005 will see further improvements, although relative growth may not be as strong as the quadrennial 2004 over 2003," Sprrell said.
The Bellwether Report sees traditional media having the highest growth rate over 2005, followed by direct marketing.

entj
01/2/2005
17:56
Pachiammos, thanks for this thoughtful input. I've just spotted it - back from hols - and have a few follow up thoughts.
I agree with your point about it being risky (small). I have been considering WPP instead, though I was originally looking for a smaller company.
You mention that you're impressed with them and the management seems good. I'd appreciate some more on that. I've scoured the available online info and none of the management seem to have experience in the sector. They seem to be numbers blokes. Cello, by comparison does have some industry experience at exec board level. Please feel free to put me right on that one.
Again, I agree with your point on Mar-Oct and fledglings but they're operating in a sector which has seen superb growth recently so the fledgling comparison is a bit overgenerous!
I've just gone back again and looked at the basics whilst writing this and I think the main issue here is illiquidity. There are simply too few shares on public issue. Effectively, the company isn't really publicly traded at all. I had my fingers burnt with a similar small company a few years back (different industry). The so-called public listing was just a reflection of the greed of the major shareholders.
I'd need to hear some really interesting ideas from EQ on how they plan to stand out from other strong players and take at least fair shares from the sector growth that's in progress. Must admit, in the absence of any signs of that, I'm tending toward Cello.

entj
12/1/2005
16:16
Which one should I put £25k into?
and when?

entj
12/1/2005
16:16
Which one should I put £25k into?
and when?

entj
21/9/2004
11:27
Just noticed unionhall's comment on profitability. I guess he's right. Have they suggested any strategy for improving profitbility? (I have another holding in the same sector and am considering switching.)
entj
21/9/2004
11:25
Just been looking at the chart characeristics. Difficult to be confident due to the low volumes but: down below 100 or up to 155 ????
entj
07/8/2004
11:01
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explorer88
06/8/2004
09:23
Good old Bobby - buying again yesterday - now what does he know ?
unionhall
06/8/2004
07:32
entj,

The accounts were ok vs the price I paid for the shares.

If profitability lags behind others of their type I look forward to it catching up and a corresponding rise in share price.

unionhall
05/8/2004
08:42
EQI, it isnt worth to mention this one
losloslos
05/8/2004
08:37
Really? In what way were the accounts okay ?
How about doing some benchmarking against other marketing services companies ?
Shouldn't the profitability be somewhere around 3 or 4 times what it is ?
Let's hope the potential acquisitions he mentioned have some IP or a business model which allows more appropriate profit levels.
Mike

entj
04/8/2004
19:59
yep - just me and good old Bob - the ultimate risktakers......

The accounts were ok though....

unionhall
04/8/2004
16:53
Unionhall - I guess your real name must be Bob Bond then ?
Noone else seems to be buying ....
Mikey

entj
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