Adept Technology Share Discussion Threads

[dubbsie] 08/12/2006 09:56

Results without the previous trading statement may have meant an increase in the share price rather than this drop

[dubbsie] 01/12/2006 12:42

"The competitive environment has had an impact on the Group's short term profitability but it is important to emphasise that the Company continues to maintain a higher than industry average EBITA profit margin of 13% compared to industry average of 8.8%."

[dubbsie] 01/12/2006 12:40

Turnover for the first six months increased by 97% to #9.47million (2005:
#4.81m).. This in turn has generated an increase in EBITA of 58% to #1.2 million
(2005: #0.76m).

[dubbsie] 30/11/2006 10:44

Expect at least a 50% recovery from here short term (next few weeks) back to £1 within 2 months

[robleetoon] 30/11/2006 10:02

2 trades yesterday total 240000 at 40p, what was that all about?

[jazza] 29/11/2006 17:26

guru11/Still Waiting/deanroberthunt,

Last year's fully diluted EPS (ignoring amortisation etc) was about 10p.

Adjusting for the current number of shares (up from 17m to 21m) and taking off all but amortisation from earnings and it comes to about 5.5p.

The headline figure of about 1p EPS is misleading.

J.

[nilip] 29/11/2006 17:16

Forget fundamentals - from a technical Analysis view peeps won't touch this now - very dissapointing indeed ?

Confidence suddenly muted and at an all time low & falling :-((

I initially got sucked in, but for now I'm on the sidelines.

Just seems to continue to fall.

There's no technical support to speak of ?

Seems like the company is going to have to deliver some positive news pdq.

Tend to read the 'higer levels of customer churn' statement as quite simply, they're losing their customers.

Free broadband from rivals ? implications ...

City seems to be expecting the worst ?

[dubbsie] 29/11/2006 15:55

EBITDA of £1.2m for 6 months. On EV of 10 (which isn't unreasonable for a company like this) would give a value of around £25m. Current mkt cap less than 50% of this.

[still waiting] 29/11/2006 15:30

Why some stocks defy gravity is beyond me.

This looks a screaming sell even after its bombed, looks like a SUB

[guru11] 29/11/2006 14:58

deanroberthunt - very good question

With eps just over 1p and a share price of 55p - unless I am missing something -
it could fall a lot further!

[steveb3] 29/11/2006 13:06

Oversold? very likely. However, this share is unloved at the moment, so could have further to fall before bouncing.

[latifs100] 29/11/2006 12:50

i bot at 65p the other day,, waiting for directors to buy , before i top up

[dubbsie] 29/11/2006 12:24

Oversold? I think so, anyone agree?

[nilip] 28/11/2006 08:25

This is starting to get a little worrying ...

Can only sell 1,000 on line - can buy over 55,000 ?

[shiny1000] 26/11/2006 06:37

All views welcomed on here.

[deanroberthunt] 24/11/2006 15:58

MCAP is still 28x earnings!!!......how the hell did this float @150p and get to 210p.....

[ponderer] 24/11/2006 14:58

The UK is still Friends' largest market contributing around 65 percent of new business sales. Through the first nine months of the year, with the exception of annuities, every product category was up. In all domestic sales were 34 percent ahead of last year at £3,039 million.

Leading the way were performances in the group and individual pensions businesses. Group pensions grew a healthy 46 percent. Driving these gains were higher activity levels stimulated by the A-Day pension changes and the trend way from defined benefit plans to defined contribution schemes. New individual pensions grew to £240 million, an impressive 64 percent increase.

Friends' other UK division is the Life business. Characterised by more modest growth, the Protection and Investment businesses grew 8 and 10 percent respectively.

Significantly boosting profits in the UK over the next two years will also be a brand new management initiative targeting the SIPP market. Aimed at trebling earnings to as much as £200 million by 2008, Friends is planning to invest up £30 million throughout the remainder of this year and £50 million in both 2007 and 2008 in improvements to service and technology.

This domestically oriented focus should not, however detract from the tremendous performances of the group's International operations. Overseas new business contributions were up 51 percent to £1,590 million through the first three quarters.

As in prior periods, Luxembourg based Lombard led the way. Strong results in Italy and the UK were singled out for praise as new business surged ahead 68 percent to £955 million.

F&C Asset Management, the group's 51 percent owned funds management business, continues to struggle. Thus far this year F&C has lost £29 billion in funds under management. F&C is addressing the issue by strengthening both general and investment management expertise. In addition, the group is developing its own 'multi-boutique' investment framework

[ponderer] 24/11/2006 14:28

Adept Telecom shares were down 14 pence at 89, after the
company warned its full-year results are expected to fall short of market
expectations in the face of stiffer competition.

[olmert2] 24/11/2006 14:22

I think the spread is a killer for traders.

[ponderer] 24/11/2006 14:21

GOT IN AT IPO, GOT OUT AT SPIKE, NOT BAD PROFIT, THINKING OF GETTING BACK IN

[quidzinn] 24/11/2006 14:21

Dipped a toe in with 5000 @66p

Q

[latifs100] 24/11/2006 14:16

from 2.10 to 60p.. must be a buy at these levsl.. directors must have bought too.. waiting for rns on monday.. sud be atleast to80p retrace today

[olmert2] 24/11/2006 14:11

Take off you CAPS lock man and chill. See ya.


Someone eating Curry and Rwanda have no equivalince.



Are you in these then?

[ok,yah] 24/11/2006 14:11

ponderer - this isnt the right forum to rant about things that upset you unless its the ADT share price i'm sure there is a board where you can get things off your chest somewhere