Bt Share Discussion Threads

[montyhedge] 11/2/2018 18:26

Can't see where he gets that p.e from.At the moment it's pe.12.3 unless it's a forecast p.e which seems impossible to forecast with all the uncertainties ahead.

[jomac2412] 11/2/2018 11:34

A rare upbeat article on BT for a change :)

[meijiman] 11/2/2018 09:48

Yes the failure to give a proper broadband service is because the ceo choses to give all the money to footballers. Faster broadband for someone living in a rural location or more money for a footballer to buy his third supercar. It's a no -brainer.

[toon1966] 11/2/2018 09:01

More fresh calls to spin off Openreach -

[toon1966] 11/2/2018 08:56

It seems your 'sarcasm' sensors are well tuned pace!

[kazoom] 11/2/2018 00:05

orinocor 10 Feb '18 - 22:06 - 27172 of 27172


-- I've heard rumours recently that BT will stop paying shareholders a dividend and instead use the money to pay Premier League players a bonus at the end of each season.--


I'd be beyond angry if this were to happen and I think the pension trustees would have something to say about it. The fact this is even being discussed is disgraceful.

LOL

careful - you are a genius. ;-)

[orinocor] 10/2/2018 22:06

-- I've heard rumours recently that BT will stop paying shareholders a dividend and instead use the money to pay Premier League players a bonus at the end of each season.--


I'd be beyond angry if this were to happen and I think the pension trustees would have something to say about it. The fact this is even being discussed is disgraceful.

[careful] 10/2/2018 20:59

QE and low interest rates have created these deficits.
I suspect all of the central bankers have been talking to each other and decided to end it.
They are acting in unison.
Zero, or low interests rates are causing more damage than good.

[elmfield] 10/2/2018 18:36

Careful,
Maybe that is the problem!
Accepting to high debt levels,
It will come to hit many as QE ends.

[careful] 10/2/2018 16:29

Don't understand the fuss over CLLN £900m deficit.
An extra £50m per annum could put that right.
Should be no problem for a company with a £5bn turnover.
Assuming it is a sound profitable business.

Lots of scaremongering over deficits since Green and BHS.
The average person does not know what £900m is spread over several decades.
Not that important.

[smurfy2001] 10/2/2018 15:15

Are your dividends under threat? How large pension deficits could be the 'canary in the coal mine' for companies

[pacemaker1000] 10/2/2018 14:56

I’m sensing a lot of sarcasm on here towards footballers pay...well at least I hope it is....

Let’s stop paying footballers £350m a week and fund the NHS instead!...or the pension deficit...lol

[meijiman] 10/2/2018 14:40

It is vital for public morale that these footballers are kept in a manner to which they have become accustomed. To wit -three supercars each/£5m mansion/bling and jewelry/VIP entry to clubs/exotic holidays. This costs around £200k per week. Therefore it is vital that BT divvies up to the max to sustain these lifestyles -after all it is our national game.The other deserving crowd who must benefit from BT largesse are the agents.

[careful] 10/2/2018 14:01

G.P. said they had a plan B in the event of dropping out of the bidding.

Just guessing, but a deal with Sky would make good business sense .
And they recently reached an agreement with SKY on sport.
Murdock also recently did a deal with Disney.

It is crazy to overpay for either parties.
The unknown is whether or not big hitters such as Amazon or Netflix would get involved.

This could turn out ok in the long run with luck.

[pacemaker1000] 10/2/2018 12:40

I don’t understand why the deficit is measured against the current market value?
Surely it’s the company’s ability to pay it that matters and with BT covering the Dido by 1.7x it’s not in the same league as Tesco etc!

[toon1966] 10/2/2018 12:28

Couldn't agree more careful. I've heard rumours recently that BT will stop paying shareholders a dividend and instead use the money to pay Premier League players a bonus at the end of each season.

[careful] 10/2/2018 11:54

Man United pay their recent signing £600k per week.
I am only too pleased to contribute, excellent value.
He is worth every penny, maybe a tad underpaid.

If BT bid higher to help him get more and the share price falls, I for one will be happy to take a further hit.

[pineapple1] 10/2/2018 11:49

I hope that it costs £50 or £100 to watch football on sky. Hey make it £500 per game.
The sooner this boring spectacle of a game crashes and burns the better.
I don't like football by the way......lol

[tim 3] 10/2/2018 11:46

"If BT’s pension deficit was a company, it would be large enough to be in the FTSE 100"

[pacemaker1000] 10/2/2018 11:44

Sounds like the greedy basxxxds we’re not happy with Sky and BT’s reduced bids?

[dipso] 10/2/2018 11:27

From the telegraph:
There was no early end to the Premier League UK television right auction on Friday, indicating bidding had entered a second round.

In potentially good news for the world’s richest league’s hopes of securing even more than the staggering £5.14 billion it extracted from Sky Sports and BT Sport for the current three-year contract, there was no announcement that the seven packages up for grabs had been awarded following the submission of opening offers.

Sky and BT were certain to bid, while Amazon declined to comment after the deadline about whether they had lodged a challenge to the two existing rights holders.

The internet giant visited the headquarters of Premier League Productions at IMG Studios on Friday but sources told The Telegraph that was for a meeting about its upcoming coverage of tennis’s ATP Tour, not football.

It was possible opening offers could have been accepted on all seven packages yesterday morning, with the outcome announced that afternoon.

[pacemaker1000] 10/2/2018 11:23

Rubbish!
The divi is well covered by 1.7 regardless.
At £1.50 that would mean a divi of over 10%

[spendalot] 10/2/2018 09:15

re 21745: Openreach do not have a monopoly of the infrastructure at all, BT own the infrastructure, Openreach maintain it on their behalf and all other telco's can use it if they wish since 2009 so I believe,but clearly they don't for some reason or other, probably because it's cheaper to piggyback.

[careful] 09/2/2018 19:15

Dow coming back right now.

[montyhedge] 09/2/2018 19:08

Could do, the good, bad and ugly all get hit.