Capita Share Discussion Threads

[trickyboyfish] 19/3/2009 12:01

Strange that they expect to Capita to grow in the current climate when a pay freeze across the company suggests they are not so confident themselves?

[bountyhunter] 19/3/2009 08:22

Capita seems to have head start in race for recovery
The Times March 17, 2009
Market report - Peter Stiff

Capita, the outsourcer that collects the television licence fee and administers about 26 million pensions and insurance policies, was a beneficiary yesterday after Goldman Sachs uprated it from "neutral" to its "conviction buy" list, noting that it operates in a market that grows at about 10 per cent a year and was likely to benefit from the present economic climate.

The American investment bank noted that the company's shares had fallen about 18 per cent from their December highs and now provide an attractive entry point for what it believes is a "sustained winner". Goldman said that while it is the most expensive stock in the sector, it still looks cheap. The shares rose 9½p to 695½p.

[trickyboyfish] 17/3/2009 22:09

I can't disagree ;)

[bigbigdave] 17/3/2009 21:57

Well, yeah, that's about right innit 8-)
Lots of cheaper stuff to invest in right now.

[trickyboyfish] 17/3/2009 21:46

LOL BBD :)

[bigbigdave] 17/3/2009 21:40

FFS gents I did quite nicely out of CPI over 5 years 02-07, but no way would I be investing in this firm now. Wiganer is spot on, these should be 5 quid. One whiff of reduced profits in the next TS and these will get slaughtered. Reckon certain parts of the business aren't performing too well - it ain't all outsourcing.

[thamestrader] 17/3/2009 10:20

Can we puncture 700 today?

[bigbigdave] 16/3/2009 21:46

erm, somewhere, give us a few minutes.

[trickyboyfish] 16/3/2009 19:22

BBD - Are you there? Do you still have my home email address?

[kamukak] 03/3/2009 13:17

yes bigbigdave is 101% right, I got burnt few times in the past now I read every thing on BB with a full spoon of salt. Every person and mainly the ones who start the BB have hidden agenda behind it. you will be surprised who these people work.

[bigbigdave] 03/3/2009 12:43

Gents, prime rule of investing - never believe what you read on an internet bulletin board 8-)

[kamukak] 03/3/2009 11:40

ok let me add if you are in a bad mood, target price is around 747 and stop loss should be just under 627. lol

[london01] 03/3/2009 11:00

Fine if it's a technical basis, why don't people add that to the post?

I just get sick of reading "my mate in the city says", "trust me these are going up but I can't tell you why" type posts. I think I've been reading the Barclays BB too often as well, spend hours trawling through the drivel of these will be £1.25 next week, these will be 50p next week when you just want to read the two or three posts that are reasoned opinion.

Think I'm just in a bad mood today.

[kamukak] 03/3/2009 10:48

London you made me laugh mate, Thats not a insiders information, if you just bother to open your eyes and read theire yearly report the you will know that Capita is doing quite well and even raised their divident also, but the 750 target is mainly on technical basis.

[london01] 03/3/2009 10:04

Unless that is insider information, in which case why post here, can you provide some basis for the 750?

[kamukak] 03/3/2009 08:55

Guys keep waiting, its going to 750 in 28 days, thats the tip i have got from a very reputable company...

[wiganer] 03/3/2009 08:07

Why is this so high? Surely in current market it should be 500p tops?

[trt] 03/3/2009 08:04

I think we could see £6.00 again !!

[wcjan26] 27/2/2009 08:45

market doesn't quite know what to do with these stocks

the companies (cpi, srp) etc. are defying the downturn, but as multiples in the rest of the market compress, surely it is inevitable that they will also continue to re-rate

i covered short positions on cpi, srp, xch recently, but will look to add back on spikes/

would not like to be on the long side of one of these when something actually goes wrong at one of the companies.

[bigbigdave] 26/2/2009 22:11

Yep, lower lows since Mid January. Glad I ditched on the spike to 760.

[trickyboyfish] 26/2/2009 22:05

Looking at the charts here - it appears to be a large downward flag which I suspect may result in another drop off to the low 600's although I really dont see why it should based on the perfomance of the business. But we are in crazy times where the banks are all penny shares.

[bigbigdave] 26/2/2009 21:58

My sentiments entirely Richard 8-)