Admiral Share Discussion Threads

[fenners66] 13/1/2015 23:37

Car insurance costs have risen last 2 quarters so looking better for admiral.

[trulyscrumptious] 13/1/2015 11:16

Bodes well, bouncing back nicely, up almost 3% today!

Edit. Make that over 4%!!!

[cwa1] 09/1/2015 07:34

Google Inc. is taking steps to move into auto insurance sales in several U.S. states, possibly using a new a comparison-shopping site where visitors would be able to select auto policies underwritten by others.

A business called Google Compare Auto Insurance Services obtained licenses to sell insurance in 26 states, Forrester Research principal analyst Ellen Carney said on Wednesday. Google Compare is authorized to sell auto policies on behalf of six insurers, Ms. Carney said.

A Google program manager was authorized to sell insurance through Google Compare a year ago and through San Francisco-based auto-insurance comparison site CoverHound Inc. last month, according to the California Department of Insurance.

Google also is working with Comparenow.com, a unit of U.K. auto insurer Admiral Group PLC, according to a person familiar with the matter. Comparenow has relationships with 31 insurance carriers and operates in 48 states and Washington, D.C., the person said.

[trulyscrumptious] 03/12/2014 14:46

A better day for once.

[farmsted] 07/11/2014 09:33

Results as good as could be expected, time to buy for yield

[markgahagan] 06/11/2014 08:38

Could it be a knock on from this news from esure:
Shares in Esure dropped as much as 6pc in early trading after the firm reported that its cuts to car insurance prices fuelled a 7.4pc drop in premiums written in the past three months.

[fenners66] 06/11/2014 08:08

What spooked ADM yesterday, anyone?

[ganthorpe] 04/10/2014 16:54

The way they declare the dividends , there won't be cut as such , they would just reduce the special dividend.
Profits may be flat to 10% down , suggesting 45P total next div instead of 50P.
Prob not a disaster at present share price?
GAN

[dennisten] 18/9/2014 14:42

Back in today at 1200.

[godel] 18/9/2014 12:06

Hold on ... let me take my blood pressure tablets.

[spob] 18/9/2014 11:24

have they said anything about dividend cuts YET

[ganthorpe] 18/9/2014 08:43

I see that they got awards as a "Great place to work".
Nice if they tried for an award as a great place to invest?
1200P may be a buying point but no sign of a slowing down in the slide.
They are keeping their customer numbers up but not the margins , hopefully it will benefit them if/when premium rates rise again.
GAN

[godel] 09/9/2014 12:15

Wow ... almost 50p divi XD tomorrow and not a sniff of interest here today.

Must be worse than I thought!

[markgahagan] 05/9/2014 09:53

Just bought ahead of dividend. Strong Company. Good cashflows. imho of course.

[fenners66] 03/9/2014 20:23

Or is the share price fall today indicative that someone had agreed to maintain the price just long enough and then bailed after FTSE status retained?

[nicksoj] 03/9/2014 16:43

I wish you good fortune CWA. The retention of blue chip status with results at the wrong end of the cycle, with a peer group competitor out there might indicate there is plenty of institutional support for ADM, so, we may not be very far from the bottom of this new range.We shall see...

[cwa1] 03/9/2014 13:33

FWIW, nothing much I know, I've just bought a few at 12.75 ahead of the dividend. Bit of a punt on things being better than expected allied to chunky dividend. Fingers crossed and all that.

[nicksoj] 03/9/2014 13:30

Great to see Admiral making the ftse100 cut yesterday. Phew, that was close! I make it, Rexam out - as a result of circa £30M market cap shortfall between the two.I fear ADM needs a hole in one from Comparenow to make day three in December's shuffle - unless the market corrects before then.OB sales also massively important.Nice dividend. Not sure I want to catch the falling knife though?Is the broker consensus of 1242p fair value?DYOR

[bigman] 19/8/2014 07:32

time to move on methinks and buy back in at later date, it is simply the cycle and the wheel has turned.

[topvest] 17/8/2014 19:57

This is a quality company. Profitability is on the decline at the moment, but will surely improve as the cycle turns. In the meantime, there is a very good dividend. Happy to hold.

[2ngh] 14/8/2014 18:42

14 Aug 14 Admiral Group PLC Deutsche Bank Hold Price Target 1260.

Probably the reason for the extended falls.

If it falls out of the ftse then it will head towards the 1000 mark in my view.

Results were absolutely terrible if you strip out reserve release.

[tiptv1] 14/8/2014 16:56

Zak Mir , Editor Spreadbet Magazine offers his Major market round-up and says to SELL in Admiral Group PLC (AMD.Lon) . See more:

[nicksoj] 14/8/2014 11:02

2NGH, I concur.If the adjusted (xdiv) market cap doesn't stay positive of, say, £3.5bn following the ftse100 re rate (3rd Sep), might it disappear from the blue chips??

[2ngh] 14/8/2014 08:48

Broker notes and sell recommendations starting to come out after the results.

Looks like sub 1300 will be seen in the short term.