Boot (henry) Share Discussion Threads

[scarface01] 02/10/2005 17:09

Guys boots shareprice is currently inflated by bid specualtion. Should be trading 10% lower. IMO If we do get a rise at the open i think a short trade would be smart. Afterall merger carries risk and no short term gains, unlike a buyout.

[pedrojack] 02/10/2005 16:56

Are these worth a punt first thing Monday morning?

[lyndonjohn] 01/10/2005 23:29

Re sale of BHI:

'Boots has promised to return a significant portion of the proceeds to shareholders'.

I like the sound of that.

News of this merger is being reported on all the news bulletins on TV and radio. Monday should be interesting.

[madgooner] 01/10/2005 11:24

FT

Boots Group and Alliance UniChem are in advanced talks about a merger which could create one of Europe's biggest distributors and retailers of healthcare, beauty and pharmaceutical products, with a combined market value of more than £7bn.

Executives from the two companies are set to meet over the weekend in an attempt to finalise details of the negotiations which have been going on for several weeks, according to people familiar with the situation.

[miata] 30/9/2005 11:50

Their is potential risk with your trade, for example BHI may be sold for considerably more than the market expects (its a big deal - billions), what is your strategy for coping with that possibility.

(Obviously you could just take the risk, but I assume you want to trade in future at a larger level where that would not be sensible, so start out with the right concepts now. I envisage a gap up so normal stops would not work, guaranteed stops or an out of the money call option would be possibilities).

[johnnesbit] 30/9/2005 09:22

I am new to share dealing although I have always been interested in how it all works.

Boots today has been my first trade. I have opened a spread betting account with Finspreads and decided that it is wiser to trade a bigger company than a small volatile one.

Boots seemed to dissapoint yesterday so I have decided that this will go down to at least 6.00. The high street seems to be a gloomy place at present from what I read last night in doing my research.

Not a big trade though, just 2.00 pp

[shirishg] 22/9/2005 10:56

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[miata] 22/9/2005 10:38

Boots extended yesterday's gains amid speculation it will receive a
knock-out bid for its healthcare business.

[shirishg] 20/9/2005 14:19

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[j tuwatmoya] 20/9/2005 14:18

slice of bread maybe

[lyndonjohn] 19/9/2005 00:10

The Mail on Sunday:
Boots is holding up remarkably well, not least because of rising predictions for the price the company is likely to get from selling its Nurofen- to-Strepsils manufacturing arm Boots Healthcare International.
I wonder if shareholders will be given a slice?

[j tuwatmoya] 18/9/2005 18:07

must read in sunday telegraph...



Gloom deepens as stores suffer 20pc drop in sales
By James Hall and Robert Watts (Filed: 18/09/2005)

Retail sales collapsed last week, with some stores reporting falls of up to 20 per cent, as an anticipated autumn recovery failed to materialise

[lyndonjohn] 15/9/2005 21:40

What a shame. Today we have lost the gains we made over the past couple of weeks.

[bigboyo] 11/9/2005 21:50

end sept sellby date -- cashflow must be bad ... why the urgency ???

[tupisnash] 07/9/2005 13:14

this share is really moving last few days

[miata] 07/9/2005 11:36

JP Morgan 'overweight' with 675 pence target.

[miata] 15/8/2005 07:30

BHI could fetch as much as £2 billion, Deutsche Bank's analysts believe Boots Healthcare International is at the top of Reckitt's shopping list, but Novartis or Johnson & Johnson could outbid it.

[bigboyo] 09/8/2005 10:16

when all the freeholds and other jewels (otc international) are sold what will be left ?

an ex-growth company being battered by the supermarkets ! one way street

[onehanded] 03/8/2005 12:13

Just bought a few as dipped below £6 which was my top up range

[keifer derrin] 02/8/2005 06:48

Just seen this from uk-analyst.com

JP Morgan noted that the banks of England's monetary policy committee was expected to announce a 25-basis-point rate reduction on Thursday, which it said would bring the general retailers sector back into focus. The broker said its view was that retailers' problems were as much to do with cost increases as revenue pressure. JP Morgan therefore reiterated its preference for stocks with least earnings risk and solid turnaround stories, rather than those most sensitive to lower rates. It cited Boots as an example. It said that, as shown in its first-quarter sales, Boots the Chemist is one of the most defensive businesses in the sector. The broker said that it believed that core healthcare market and Boots the Chemist performance will surprise on upside in next few years. The shares fell 3p to 602.5p. The broker also highlighted Marks & Spencer. It saw upside to earnings forecasts from lower than expected markdowns at the interims stage. The broker said it thought the valuation was cheap. The shares rose 2.25p to 360.25p.

[keifer derrin] 11/7/2005 07:00

BOOTS is launching an advertising drive this weekend in its latest drive to revive UK sales.

Boots did not reveal the cost of running the campaign yesterday, which features adverts on television, radio and in the national press. The first will be shown on ITV tomorrow during the interval of Coronation Street and will promote the Botanics range of beauty products Boots has developed in tandem with botanists at Kew Gardens.

Boots recently blamed the competitive environment and a slowdown in spending across the UK high street for an 11 per cent crash in profits in the past year.

The company has also braced investors for a difficult year ahead, pointing to the impact of lower consumer spending and higher costs, particularly in relation to its turnaround programme.

Ian Hunter, marketing director at Boots, said the campaign would reinforce its position as "the expert health and beauty retailer".

He added: "These adverts give concrete examples of our expertise in developing our own branded products."

In addition to the link between the Botanics range and Kew Gardens, the TV adverts focus on Boots' hypo-allergenic baby products.

They also state that new Boots plasters contain ingredients developed in hospitals, which speed the healing process.