Avanti Communications Share Discussion Threads

[yorgi] 04/8/2011 19:03

That wouldn't surprise me in the least Blackberry :-) Well as it has turned out released some funds from one of my gold stocks that has done well and added twice this week.......so not all bad

[blackberrydrop] 04/8/2011 18:52

I read in ISP review they note that AVN has taken business from Eutelsat in the form of Bentley Walker. That was the Bear raid was all about, the notion that Avanti cant compete, and here they are again, nicking business from the French. The whole Bear raid was a load of old rubbish designed to help the wretched hedge funds make money out of shorting Avanti and legging over the private investors.

[yorgi] 04/8/2011 14:25

We are actually bucking the market and going blue :-)

[colva] 03/8/2011 19:32

Im not sure why you think that the PI's who bought at 600 to 700 are pleased - the share price has halved .

Anyway , just been to the gym. They've got a new machine in. Only used it for half an hour as I started to feel sick. It's great though. It does everything - KitKats, Mars bars, Snickers, Crisps, the lot.

[gorvachof] 03/8/2011 18:27

Nice Rns this morning. Very positive Hughes returning for more capacity. Although haven't we had a bit of a contract drought here recently? Hughes possibly a bit of a saviour?

The market will still want to see those hard numbers imo.

[yorgi] 03/8/2011 15:31

With all the red around again today we are holding up quite well.

[yorgi] 03/8/2011 14:10

Whether it's £13, £25 or even somewhere near where we were at the beginning of the year it is still a good profit from here.

[billytkid2] 03/8/2011 14:05

There was a flash note from jeffries a coupl of days ago. They reiterate their BUY and £13.40 target:

Key Takeaway
Avanti this morning announced they will publish preliminary year end results
(YE June) on Monday, October 3rd and expects them to be in line with current
market expectations.
Avanti will announce full year results on October 3rd and expects them to be
in line with current forecasts. We currently forecast £5.4m in sales (consensus £5.5m)
for the year with £3.1m coming from Hylas-1 and the remainder from the legacy consulting
business that is currently being redeployed on Avanti assets.
We feel our estimates are conservative against consensus. We expect an EBITDA
loss of £11.1m, well below market expectations of a loss of £8.7m.

[yorgi] 03/8/2011 14:02

Unsurprisingly TW repeated his strong buy again today :-)

[yorgi] 03/8/2011 13:57

Well I'm not complaining Colva.....picked up a few more this week :-)

All the same it would be nice to see us the other side of 400p heading back to 500p and beyond. It will happen that I'm sure of and with the right trigger and a stronger market we will move rapidly.

[colva] 03/8/2011 13:55

Daniel Stewart have commented on the contract and maintain their target price of 25 pounds.

[bonty] 03/8/2011 12:32

I notice that the tiny AT trades are all showing as buys today.......?

[pixi] 03/8/2011 11:22

I bought 2000 some time ago at £3.59 and take the long-term view. I do not intend to make the mistake of selling out just because of general market weakness. Tomorrow we get the jobs numbers from the US which could upset the apple cart.

[yorgi] 03/8/2011 10:07

It happens.......but it will rise again the company are performing so the share price will in time.

[yorgi] 03/8/2011 09:34

Late on line today :-( so missed the bottom but just added again :-)

Yes more great news so only time before we see the share price heading north strongly again.

[philo124] 03/8/2011 09:15

Shorters have done well but sooner or later they will have to close or get burnt.

[backmarker] 03/8/2011 09:07

at least we're a little bit blue so far today when all around is a sea of red.

the RNS is about as good as we'll get: everything still on track.

[blackberrydrop] 03/8/2011 08:24

In a few days we've had the second positive trading update of the year, a directors buy and a contract win showing that AVN's clients are selling out faster than expected.

PI faith in the stock got shaken by the bears who had no analysis to offer other than fear and doubt and who beneffitted? The institutions who have been hoovering this stock up at ridiculously low prices.

I've had some more today.

[divinausa1] 03/8/2011 08:16

market did not like that £7.5 contract...

not enough?

[colva] 03/8/2011 07:46

This seems to be as close as we,r going to get to a trading update.

"It seems clear to us that with over 70 customers now installing HYLAS 1 services in 14 countries in Europe, we have the distribution in place to fully sell out all of our HYLAS 1 capacity within our three year target. In the meantime, we continue to see very strong interest in the capacity to be provided by HYLAS 2, particularly in the developing countries that it will cover. This interest is from existing HYLAS 1 and new customers. HYLAS 2 remains on track for launch in Q2, 2012"

Looks like everything is going to plan - with the markets having the jitters this could be a good buying opportunity .

[julcester] 03/8/2011 07:06

Great to see an additional contract today.

[dougie471] 02/8/2011 22:30

makes sense.in the current environment due to lack of news and the current political and financial environment there are a lack of buyers in all shares and clients are closing positions to cover other margin calls so it is a very good time to short a share out of favour. the only thing is the kick back could be brutal if there is any positive news

[julcester] 02/8/2011 22:26

The number of shares out on loan has risen significantly, the shorters have stepped up the pace.