Amstrad Share Discussion Threads

[washbrook] 12/10/2006 16:14

Toucan.
I do not agree with your view on 'buying more shares'
the biggest shareholder , Sugar will not.
I for one will not, being an Investor in income long in the tooth.
Income investors are interested in income.If I wanted growth I would not pick Amstrad there are many growth stocks to pick from.
I could give you a list such as :-

Greggs, Delta, Holidaybreak, Halfords Group, BSS Group,Catlin Group,

Grainger Trust,Brewin Dolphin Holdings.ITE Group Wilmington Group
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Carillion e2v technologies,Brown (N.) Group Beazley Group

Headlam Group Redrow,RPC Group Domino Printing Sciences

Johnson Service Group Nestor Healthcare Group,Shanks Group Luminar

Spirent Communications Minerva ,Huntsworth Low & Bonar

Interserve Castings ,Croda International Premier Oil

Ultra Electronics Holdings Hiscox,Anite Group Computacenter

MITIE Group Filtronic,Robert Wiseman Dairies UMECO

Centaur Media Phoenix IT Group,Restaurant Group Abbot Group

Spirax-Sarco Engineering British Polythene Industries,Foseco Domestic & General Group

Blacks Leisure Group Mapeley,Henderson Group Zetex
These are all small companies and offer a reasonable amount to go for.

[frontiercapital] 11/10/2006 15:56

What broker down grades?

Please post a link..

[impartial] 11/10/2006 15:50

What's with the broker down grades?

[frontiercapital] 11/10/2006 14:00

AMT are on their merry way!

[veg man] 10/10/2006 22:00

Wish the good run could get us to £3.00.I have held shares for years.

[toucan] 10/10/2006 16:35

It must be highly probable that much of the cash payout in December will be used to buy more shares. Year end being a good support time for the share price, could we be in for a good run?

[richjp] 10/10/2006 12:47

I can't say I know a lot about charts however, do the historic charts actually mean much once a company has paid out such a big chunk of cash to shareholders?

[impartial] 10/10/2006 11:20

Any views on short term share price - Resistance and Floors?

[frontiercapital] 10/10/2006 11:15

AMT recovering nicely XD..

[impartial] 05/10/2006 12:08

Any views on share price performance in the short term?

SP has returned to levels not seen since for c.11 months. I have used this to buy and add to my existing long position from last year when I bought @ £1.20-25. The company's performance and outlook are not radically different to the position c.1 year ago.

Bought a further £20k of shares at £1.52

[v11slr] 05/10/2006 06:34

Yes, it went ex-dividend yesterday. Total dividend payment 36.5p fall in price almost exactly the same.

[mazarin] 05/10/2006 06:32

Can anyone say if the Special Dividend is acually the cause of the very recent steep fall in sp? Has the SD simply been discounted or are there other factors in play here?

[frontiercapital] 04/10/2006 19:30

Amstrad Director/PDMR Shareholding
RNS Number:9699J
Amstrad PLC
04 October 2006







Amstrad plc ("the Company")


Exercise of Share Options by Directors


The Company has been informed today that Mr J. Beattie, a director of the
Company, has today exercised options over 20,000 ordinary shares of 10p each in
the Company ("Ordinary Shares") at an exercise price of 26.5p per share.


Following the exercise of the option Mr J. Beattie has a beneficial interest of
87,973 Ordinary Shares representing 0.11% of the total issued ordinary share
capital of the Company. He also has options over a further 150,000 Ordinary
Shares.


The Company has been informed today that Mr I. Saward, a director of the
Company, has today exercised options over 100,000 ordinary shares of 10p each in
the Company ("Ordinary Shares") at an exercise price of 26.5p per share.


Following the exercise of the option Mr I. Saward has a beneficial interest of
100,000 Ordinary Shares representing 0.12% of the total issued ordinary share
capital of the Company.



4 October 2006






This information is provided by RNS
The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

[gerd212] 04/10/2006 13:56

36.5p (Final div 4.5p plus Special div 32p)

[dally4] 04/10/2006 13:33

How much is the divi please

[gerd212] 04/10/2006 08:32

Thanks to all for confirming that.

[washbrook] 04/10/2006 07:52

Usually xd 2days earlier than register day. Differs on Good Friday and some Christmas dates.

[v11slr] 04/10/2006 07:45

Yes - ex dividend today, always two days before to allow time for the holding to appear on the register.

[gerd212] 04/10/2006 07:41

ex-dividend today?

The results stated 'paid on 8 December 2006 to
shareholders on the register on 6 October 2006' so is the XD date actually 2 days earlier?

[impartial] 04/10/2006 00:06

....we have been here before when AMT announced its results would not match the previoius half-year / year figures! Warning investors to reign their expectations etc.

[impartial] 04/10/2006 00:06

....we have been here before when AMT announced its results would not match the previoius half-year / year figures! Warning investors to reign their expectations etc.

[darrin1471] 03/10/2006 17:06

I am not a holder of AMT, I have never shorted them, and have been watching closely for a good time to buy. Now is not a good time. What will Amstrad have to report at the half year? £5m turnover from Amstrad International. £4m from Amserve and stb sales.
Reguarding stb's AMT say "we expect demand to decline on the current models in the current year". Sky and Sky Italia repeat orders come in blocks with a 3 to 5 month lead time. AMT's last order from Sky was brought forward from H1 06/07 to H2 05/06. Pace say they have an order for standard and Sky+ boxes for delivery before the end of the year. Seeing Sky orders are split between Thomson Pace and Amstrad it is possible AMT have no orders from Sky in H1 of 06/07. Sky Italia should continue to order HD from AMT and Pace but this is not a high volume product yet.
Turnover in H1 may be as low as £25m and with the new Sky+ PVR not going into full scale volume production until 07/08 then sales may be a little thin for the whole of 06/07. It is likely that Thomson or Pace will be lead supplies for the new Sky+PVR going on recent history and subsequently there may be no more orders of the old Sky+ model beyond the end of this year. There is also a risk of further delays in the launch of a new product
The good news is that AMT see the new Sky+PVR as selling in "significant volumes" and this quote was at a time when they were already selling £82m worth of stb's a year.