Admiral Share Discussion Threads

[phatfinga] 03/11/2010 11:44

Would that burning smell be the shorters, perchance?

[littlebo] 03/11/2010 11:24

1750 next stop and gosh the smell....somethings burning...paid a nice divi too

[phatfinga] 03/11/2010 09:54

Great Management statement from Henry again. This is a great place to work for in times where people are worried about their jobs.

[nicksoj] 13/10/2010 13:50

PE to PE average ratio looks sizeably top heavy at the moment. But who is to say the PE basic can't reach 30 plus soon?

The PEG factor continues to be very supportive/positive with hardly no downside.

Unless you consider the Chronicles comments worthy ?!

[volsung] 13/10/2010 11:06

Defintootly not phat!

[phatfinga] 13/10/2010 10:25

I hope for you sake you're not talking about a short :-)

[volsung] 12/10/2010 09:30

Time for a litle punt here I think.

[littlebo] 07/10/2010 11:36

It went ex divi yesterday 32p I think...it did recover yesterday morning but dropped with everthing else.

It'll be 1700+ before you know it.

[phatfinga] 07/10/2010 09:02

Naaa. Whole FTSE was down yesterday. Give it a week and it'll be hitting new highs again.

[huwrayhenry] 06/10/2010 15:58

don't know but it looks a short from here.

[3dharry] 06/10/2010 13:26

WHY THE FALL TODAY ?

[3dharry] 06/10/2010 13:26

WHY THE FALL TODAY ?

[phatfinga] 16/9/2010 14:23

kibes, as a member of Admiral staff, I agree with LittleBo. Don't make the mistake of bunching us in with the other insurance companies that rely soley on premiums to make a profit.

[littlebo] 16/9/2010 11:28

The price doesn't look to high to me, the company is doing remarkably well and will continue to do so.

You can open a short position but wait till its 1730, these brokers sometimes to talk sense.

[kibes] 15/9/2010 23:52

Price looks daft too me (way too high). However the market now seems to consist of clueless punters who will only buy things that are going up (however expensive) and sell things that are going down (however cheap). To open a short position one has to second guess when these people are going to realise they have been had. Which could be a long way away. Admiral may even go a lot higher but it is getting silly. And of course brokers don't help, their opinions are just as daft as the punters.

[tweeeek] 09/9/2010 10:01

Thank you nicksoj, what you say does make sense, so I will wait for 1700 before I short again.

[nicksoj] 09/9/2010 09:10

Tweeek,

Yes I know hindsight is a great thing! but with current M and A activity concentrating on General Insurance business, a record dividend being paid in October and UKX breaking the 5300 trend, it is hardly surprising this stock has continued to climb. There is no reason we won't see 1750 UBS recommendation before ex div date.

[tweeeek] 08/9/2010 20:13

Thank you PF, get burnt I did for sure but managed to limit the damage somewhat. Will try again at some point.

[phatfinga] 08/9/2010 15:22

The business is bouyed by the ancilliary products it sells, so the general turmoil that other insurance companies experence is not seen here.

Hope you didn't get burned too badly on your short mate. £16 and rising.

[tweeeek] 02/9/2010 15:58

This stock remains fundamentally overvalued.

Confused.com the company's price comparison web site, seems to be living up to its name, at least so far as its advertising goes. It had a disappointing response to its advertising campaign and saw a 10% slide in revenues.

Brokers notes make amusing reading, thats for sure.

[nellie1973] 02/9/2010 13:59

Broker upgrade

[tweeeek] 01/9/2010 14:52

I am considering adding to my short but waiting, PF you remind me of Muhammed Saeed al-Sahaf the ex Iraqi information Minister he too was disillusioned as to what was taking place.

Must admit it is getting a tad warm.

[notaclue] 01/9/2010 14:15

Am not sure any insurance can be considered to be good value as I see it as legalised robbery but the share price is probably good value with the increasing dividend but not much room for error with the P\E in the 20s!

[phatfinga] 01/9/2010 14:08

Tweeeek, hows the short?