Bt Share Discussion Threads

[hamhamham1] 04/7/2018 06:11

Bad news for any prospective new investors in BT, due to the share price recently rising to 223p the dividend is now returning less than 7% (it's only 6.9% at yesterday's close).
Moreover when the share price reaches 261p then the divi return will be just 5.9%.
But worse is to come because when the share price hits 314p then the divi return drops to a mere 4.9%.
I for one, intend to keep strong throughout these testing times ;)

[toon1966] 03/7/2018 18:41

A little bit of GPO/BT history - 10 facts: hxxp://home.bt.com/tech-gadgets/internet/the-nhs-hearing-aid-and-bts-other-epochal-innovations-11364281184532

[fidgas] 03/7/2018 17:45

tradejunkie2: could you elaborate?

[tradejunkie2] 03/7/2018 17:22

That's beyond the level4 target.

Sanks.

[montyhedge] 03/7/2018 16:58

Next trading range for next week is 235-240p. In my view.

[fidgas] 03/7/2018 16:40

20,000,000 shares bought this afternoon at 15:47 @222.65p. Am I reading that right?

[hamhamham1] 03/7/2018 15:54

Toon. Yep. Hopefully stabilizing but it's still early doors.
I would settle for favourable report and even slightly disappointing Q1 as the report will set some of the future path.
Then once we go ex div in early August they can then soon after announce the new CEO hopefully. (And that could recoup the ex-divi share price reduction).
Fingers crossed but have seen this kind of turn around in share price many times following a few years of bad news. But what do I know eh?

[toon1966] 03/7/2018 15:48

….and of course the Q1 trading update. Solid performance will help!

[hamhamham1] 03/7/2018 15:27

IMO It all depends what is in the 'DCMS 2018 future telecoms infrastructure review' which will be published over the next couple of weeks.
If that's favourable then that's 10-20p added on the day and a quicker move upwards.
Interesting couple of weeks coming :)

[mbmiah] 03/7/2018 15:12

Looking at the chart, this has reached the 225 range early. Hence, I expect the share price to reach 235 soon enough after a small retrace to 218-220. AIMO

[europa79] 03/7/2018 13:15

Shorts position is between the hips and the knees !!

[knowing] 03/7/2018 12:09

As someone mentioned this could see a continued rise towards the Xd date.

[pacemaker1000] 03/7/2018 11:16

Hard to argue with...

''It doesn’t look to be smooth sailing for British Telecom’s outgoing boss, Gavin Patterson, as a recommendation to reject his bonus has arrived in time for the next shareholder meeting.

Leading proxy voting and policy advisor Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) reckons that Patterson's near £1.3m bonus (a whopping 130 per cent of his salary) was "considered too large, in our view, for the level of performance".

The advisors pulled no punches, pointing that the share price had "fallen significantly" during the year - down 25 per cent - so giving the former CEO a wheelbarrow of cash to push through the door on his way out stuck in the craw somewhat.''

[eodfire] 03/7/2018 10:21

Love a good bowl :)

[gymratt] 03/7/2018 10:19

Halfway to completion of that 'bowl' on the chart.

[eodfire] 03/7/2018 10:17

Still a few getting warm.

[hamhamham1] 03/7/2018 10:17

Is that short on BT plc or is it BTG plc?
www.btgplc.com

[ifthecapfits] 03/7/2018 10:10

0.89% short - so not many.

hxxps://shorttracker.co.uk/company/GB0001001592/

[eaaxs06] 03/7/2018 10:09

Good to see BT starting the day so well, long may it continue.

Hopefully, now we’ve broken the 223.75p level, it will be swiftly up to around the 238.6p area where the share price closed on 9th May, the day before the final results.

Gaps like that normally close relatively quickly, once they into no-mans land. Good luck, everyone.

[hamhamham1] 03/7/2018 10:06

Not sure this any shorting of note out there?
No-one over 0.5% that ive seen which would be the minimim needed to register?

[fidgas] 03/7/2018 10:02

does anyone know what the shorts position is?