Business Post Share Discussion Threads

[nfranks] 14/12/2007 09:31

Business Post reported a 50 pct rise in pretax profits before exceptionals of 4.8 mln stg for the six months to end-September, after strong growth in its UK Mail operation and good performances in the business-to-business parcels and pallets businesses.

So the share price falls by 50% from 500p to 250p.

Dividend of 17.20p now equates to 6.8% dividend yield plus any up side of share price increase.

Not to sure you can compare City link (RTO) and BPG.
City link parcels are mainly B2C (business to customer) and BPG parcels are largely B2B (business to business)

[elssworth] 13/12/2007 23:15

Because of City Link, RTO was off 22%!!!!!!!.....a good sighter for BPG could be closer to 90p.

It certainly isn't a buy in present uncertain conditions!

[simon gordon] 13/12/2007 11:10

City Link has warned today. Is BPG next?

[nfranks] 28/11/2007 10:05

Moved my stop loss yesterday, just as well as would have triggered, now up 8.2%. Is this the start of the recovery?

[gopher] 27/11/2007 22:26

I would have viewed the Director buys, recent solid enough results and low debt as putting a floor under the price. The decline has been relentness but is this due to recent markets jitters or is there a more fundamental reason?

[nfranks] 27/11/2007 19:57

Five year low!!!!

At 264p isn't the combined dividend of 17.20p working out at 6.5%, well that's got to be worth having, hasn't it?? Where is the bottom on this baby.

I bought a few at £2.94 which was below what the directors paid, thought I got a good deal but don't look so good now!!!! :0(

[horsemike] 15/11/2007 17:25

Excellent results and one to pick up after the usual post result sellers have moved on. Suspect this will go lower in the short term (say down to 290p) and then start a steady climb back up. Will purchase some more tomorrow if buy price drops below £2.97. i.e. The price at which the directors bought.

[sheik yerbouti] 14/11/2007 16:26

Not surprising at these prices. Dividend yield is useful too.

[edcrane] 14/11/2007 15:47

Nice news.... directors spending £100,000 buying Business Post shares after today's results ....

BUSINESS POST GROUP PLC ("the Company")
Directors Dealings

The Company has today been advised of the following purchases, on 14 November
2007, of ordinary shares of 10p each in the Company, in each case purchased
into the Director's SIPP:

Director Shares Purchased Price Resultant Shareholding % Interest
---------- ------------------ ------- ------------------------ ------------
Guy Buswell 16,725 297p 70,967 0.13%
Alec Ross 6,734 297p 26,611 0.05%
Steven Glew 10,000 297p 32,929 0.06%

[edcrane] 14/11/2007 11:21

at last some buying coming in and the price moving northwards

[sheik yerbouti] 14/11/2007 08:31

Good results, can't see why these have fallen so far?

[terrydahler] 07/11/2007 10:32

just a little heads up
look out for good figures from uk mail next week, and several big contract wins
still issues in the rest of the business, but nothing to suggest these levels.

[simon gordon] 17/10/2007 12:49

According to the broker forecasts BPG has not issued a profits warning.

Yet, reading the recent trading statement, this stands out like a sore thumb:

'...the B2C parcels market is becoming increasingly competitive, which is impacting Parcels margin growth in the current year.'

BPG do not state that they will hit expectaions. Why so vague? Is it a coded downgrade?

Any thoughts?

[markinthepark] 16/10/2007 09:39

Well I guess a small bounce is better than none at all....

[markinthepark] 15/10/2007 13:47

Any views on where this is heading now? Certainly has taken a big hit in the last month.....hard to know if the national post strike is good or bad news for the company but the city seems to have very negative sentiment towards these and they are below their 1 year low now....with the likely resolution of the post strike due any day will these be over due a bounce?

[cashbunny] 09/7/2007 08:03

where everybody go?

[garfield31] 26/5/2007 11:33

Have just read the recent accounts and they look very encouraging particularly as the company has had to cope with termination of fedex contract. Directors' purchases also good sign. Is theer any one following this share now?

[mike24] 23/5/2007 07:47

UK mail taking of,as the post office goes into terminal decline,with 40,000 job losses, thxs to this goverment

5/oct postal strike to lose R,Mail 250ml,
time to start putting these on radar again,

[chrisgail] 03/5/2007 15:18

As an ex Customer of BP, £25,000/year, who has not been contacted once since we stopped using them, usual lack of Customer care we were used to, I am becoming increasing pleased by the performance of City Link/Target. With the senior management of the new combined business driving City Link forward this can only mean Business Post Parcels the neglected arm (it's all Post, Post.....) of BPG will continued to be squezzed.

[maiseymouse] 03/5/2007 10:21

an upgrade