ATA Share Discussion Threads

[mart] 22/11/2002 17:23

Returning to life?

[moneybags] 07/6/2001 16:06

Chopsy....You should work for the I.C. yourself after that post.Great info.
Still motoring up the charts on little volume.

[chopsy] 29/5/2001 21:30

Thanks for that. Here are my further thoughts:
ATA Group, a small specialist training/recruitment company has sprung into action over the last three trading days, with increasing volumes and accelerating price rise. Why now? Well the annual report was published recently and covered in last week's Investor's Chronicle. In addition there was a recent tip, relating the exposure to increased railway maintainence spend, and the safety and other training requirements of the workforce of the some 150 companies that supply labour to the railway.

eps to 12/00 was 9p with forecasts of 10.4p, 13.4p and 17.5p for subsequent years. Historic pe 10.4 rolling pe1 8.1 rolling pe2 6.7
giving rolling peg1 of 0.39, and rolling peg2 of 0.23. The yeild is 8% and the company has been in profit for at least 6 years.

It seems the market has now woken up to the growth potential boost of the increased rail investment, and I see no reason why the price should not head straight back up to the upper part of the uptrend establsihed since July 2000, ie around 100p. So plenty of scope still for buyers at today's levels.

All IMHO and DYOR

Best wishes

[chopsy] 29/5/2001 11:27

...any new about this small training/recruitment expert, apart from great fundamentals, and a recent tip due to increased training requirements for railway maintainence staff?

[jonc] 25/2/2000 17:55

I see that almost 70% of the shares are tied up in large holdings. A bit of illiquidity usually helps get things zooming. I think I'll take a little look on Monday morning. Regards Jon C

[dougal] 25/2/2000 16:29

Moneybags, Well they'd have trouble zooming much further down!! Good luck

[moneybags] 25/2/2000 11:13

According to my records this company floated on 12/6/98 so your assumption of the chart being 'A bit haywire' could be right. Maybe we should put a decimal point in the middle of the £20......! Regards , Moneybags What the heck , Now the London market knows I have bought some they are bound to ZOOOOOOOOOM.....Lets just hope the zoom is upwards..!

[dougal] 25/2/2000 10:23

MOneybags, Certainly look like value, but what happened between August '97 and June '98? Chart doesn't look like it belongs to ATP pre June '98 and the numbers wouldn't stack up either, turnover 4.72 market cap 130 million (it's not a .com so this can't be right!) Are you sure of its history? It looks like one of those cases of a transferred epic to me.

[moneybags] 25/2/2000 09:31

This company has been so unloved by the city in the last three years that it has got to the point it is in my opinion so under valued. There results are coming up at the start of March (Next Week...!) True , The profits have been on the slide but the company themselves say that there next set of results should see an upswing.(Maybe it would be better if they where an internet company and losing fast sums of money...!) The bigger divi of the two is just coming up (Divi yield above 10%) I think they have bottomed but what does everyone else think. There are a lot of shareholders out there holding these shares at £5,£10,£15 so I don't expect an onslaught of praise for the company but I have bought some ready for the results , Who else is in. Regards , Moneybags