Animalcare Share Discussion Threads

[greenroom78] 11/5/2015 16:53

So what is going on here then? I bought some at 178p on the recent dip and over the last week folk have been paying over the asking price to get 4k-5k's worth of stock, any reason for the demand?

[anumidium] 17/2/2015 18:44

Now above the Nov 13 peak. Wonder what the TA indicators have to say about that ;-)

[woodcutter] 12/12/2014 14:29

sold out my small holding today after the rise, all the TA indicators now showing overbought and it's up against historic resistance. In a strong trending market similar to the last few years i would have continued to hold but we're in a a very volatile market just now so taking profits when you can and cutting losses early is more important.

Just about every company i review that's had decent results has seen the share price move up (some have remained static) only to retrace again within a few months and the number of profit warnings seems to be increasing too.

Markets for traders now imv.

Woody

[bilboburgler] 28/11/2014 17:05

My comments on LSE about the annual report cover most of my thoughts on this

"Small revenue growth, inventory up by £1m+ or >30%. Cost of the board up again ~20%?. New Sales manager though 82% of revenue goes to 3 customers. Yet another Business Development Director, (every 2 years?) with the need for the department to grow.

I love the way the office move was made into a positive thing rather than just the lease ran out.

I guess we have to hope the Business Director gets someone to buy the company as the last two didn't"

And RD costs. Basically the company is top heavy for its size and they have four ways out it
1) Organic growth, hence R&D and Sales, actions in place just slow
2) Sell the business to a larger company, advertising material in place
3) Buy a company to absorb the overhead (they have been looking for a long time and this is probably the Chairman's favorite solution)
4) Reduce the Board overheads (hard to see turkeys voting for Christmas)

[wjccghcc] 28/11/2014 16:16

Why are profits forecast to drop this year? Is it increased R&D costs?

[bilboburgler] 26/11/2014 10:11

The company's chairman is very good at keeping the city informed. The annual report is always incredibly detailed and, to me, looks almost like a "for sale" brochure. That is not because the board especially want to sell the business but because, once public, the business is forever up for sale.

Having been on the inside, many years ago now, I understand the style of control within the company and it is very much "what you see on the can" hence they will develop new products on time etc.

The basic business makes it very non-cyclical while the pet chipping business is a fantastic cash cow that just keeps on giving

The two things that could change the share price are
1) a supplier failing to supply (has happened in recent years) and getting another supplier up and going takes a long time
2) someone buying it (Dechra should have snapped it up years ago)

[hazl] 26/11/2014 09:44

SCROLL DOWN FOR LIST OF TRADES HERE

[hazl] 25/11/2014 12:29

Additional listing shares supposed to happen around today
see previous rns

imo

[hazl] 25/11/2014 09:12

good to see additional holding by Hargreaves Hale clients announcement.

[hazl] 24/11/2014 12:56

of course it trades on isdx.com as well

some people forget that not every trade shows up here 8-)

[hazl] 24/11/2014 09:52

Won't be long....before we are noticed

What do they say 'slowly,slowly.catchee monkey'?


imo

[hazl] 22/11/2014 10:27

Sure am anumidium!
Seems to have been long forgotten.....no posts since February!
Undervalued in my opinion and just visibility needed
and I agree with your sentiment.

imo

[anumidium] 21/11/2014 21:01

Trying hard to generate a bit of interest?

I bought some a few months back. Think they are a decent long term bet. Growing market and a board focused on shareholder returns.

[hazl] 21/11/2014 14:45

a bit of stake-building perhaps today??

imo

[hazl] 20/11/2014 20:46

Quite a few trades of 161,000, well four in fact,two today 'L' late trade two on 18th. Anybody any guesses what that's about?

edit
strange those 2 trades on 20th disappeared!
confusing at the very least...
Still think its looking promising for an upturn
imo

[hazl] 20/11/2014 08:29

late yesterday rns a very small increase in shares ....still under 21m by the looks of things. 8-)

[hazl] 18/11/2014 15:43

a good start on the long road back up with any luck

[hazl] 18/11/2014 10:50

guess some of those must be buys....judging by the rise !

imo

[hazl] 18/11/2014 09:18

what a bargain.....a dividend as well!

[hazl] 18/11/2014 08:05

looking good

'The Board is pleased to announce that trading in the first four months of the financial year is ahead of prior year and in line with management expectations.

Our investment in the infrastructure of the business is starting to deliver returns, including positive results from key account management and our new telesales team. Our product development pipeline is progressing well against internal project management milestones. '

[hazl] 17/11/2014 13:52

Wish I had noticed it before the dividend! lol

[hazl] 17/11/2014 13:04

quite an interesting chart over 5 - 7 years imo