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CPI Capita Plc

13.20
-0.12 (-0.90%)
28 Mar 2024 - Closed
Delayed by 15 minutes
Share Name Share Symbol Market Type Share ISIN Share Description
Capita Plc LSE:CPI London Ordinary Share GB00B23K0M20 ORD 2 1/15P
  Price Change % Change Share Price Bid Price Offer Price High Price Low Price Open Price Shares Traded Last Trade
  -0.12 -0.90% 13.20 13.16 13.25 13.43 12.91 13.20 10,031,313 16:35:14
Industry Sector Turnover Profit EPS - Basic PE Ratio Market Cap
Business Services, Nec 3.01B 74.8M 0.0444 2.97 222.02M
Capita Plc is listed in the Business Services sector of the London Stock Exchange with ticker CPI. The last closing price for Capita was 13.32p. Over the last year, Capita shares have traded in a share price range of 12.82p to 38.64p.

Capita currently has 1,684,510,748 shares in issue. The market capitalisation of Capita is £222.02 million. Capita has a price to earnings ratio (PE ratio) of 2.97.

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DateSubjectAuthorDiscuss
13/2/2017
12:13
With the company's value halved I would think some future bad news is in the price. I guess the question is how bad the news is.
tim 3
13/2/2017
11:54
Looks like Shore Capital see it the same way
paddyfool
13/2/2017
09:56
It will be interesting to see any analysts notes on this.
paddyfool
13/2/2017
08:42
And today's announcement. It's a massive retreat from the original contract. What's not said is what is the penalty for discontinuing the transformation. Nor is the run rate drop in the contract. Nor is the cut in time from the original contract. Capital have been helped by the need for Co-op to put this dispute away ahead of a sale. It's up to the buyer where the contract goes at the end of the term.

It is likely that Co-op have retained the Tech IP on which the work is processed. This because the transformation has been abandoned. There would have been deals to share the resultant IP and to allow Capital to go to market with it. Stripped of the IP element this contract will be very heavily competed at renewal.

Also Capita's purchase of Vertex is now stranded as this purchase was to gain control of the IP being used at Co-op. The Co-op deal was going to be the precursor for a mortgage and lending platform dominating the UK, that has now gone. As has Capita's chances of landing anything similar with major banks in the UK.

It is what's not said which is critical, be in no doubt Capita have taken a very large bath here.

paddyfool
13/2/2017
02:16
Well, I am believe your short is on a road to nowhere Paddy. Suggest you bank your current profits and close the short. However, what do either of us know? I am holding for a recovery to £6.50 within next 24 months.
racg
09/2/2017
08:31
Its a very long way back for an outsourcer when the bad news breaks. Capita will be no exception. Serco and Xchanging are classic examples of this. The reputational damage that the fall has hit them with is not to be under estimated. Already they are facing a forced sale, or loss of nerve in selling off the Financial Services business, either isn't good. Anecdotally they are under pressure in a lot of places where they are incumbent. Its almost inevitable that more bad news will follow, where they were likely to just about hold on to a renewal they now have a much higher chance of loosing it.
paddyfool
08/2/2017
23:59
FT"Outsourcer Capita, the FTSE 100's smallest stock by market value, bounced 3.4 per cent to 514.5p.Dealers noted persistent speculation that private equity funds, including those taking an interest in Capita's sale of assets including its Asset Services division, might run the numbers on launching a bid for the whole group"
mj19
08/2/2017
13:53
Got to remember profit warning usually come in 3's, only had 2 here so far. Keeping watch only.
bigbigdave
08/2/2017
13:19
Indeed, I was one of them.
woodhawk
08/2/2017
08:54
Buyers coming in under £5 again.
tim 3
03/2/2017
09:11
I think its probably fairly priced.

The risk to the downside is if managements plan is less successful than expected in which case could still go much lower.

On a more positive side the fact the company is now less than half the value it was there is plenty of potential for upside especially if profits and the dividend look safe.

Overall still plenty of uncertainty ahead.

tim 3
03/2/2017
08:57
Profoundly undervalued?, OK Neil lets see.
essentialinvestor
03/2/2017
08:38
After all those reports who knows whether to buy or sell
mj19
02/2/2017
23:32
Is this over-sold, or what?Since the beginning of 2016, Capita's share price has plummeted by around 60% as the firm issued a series of disappointing trading updates. Neil Woodford, a big holder of Capita shares, summed up the situation in his fund's end-of-year review, saying market confidence in the firm has been undermined and that he and his investment team have been, "disappointed and surprised" by the firm's apparent vulnerability to weaker trading in its more cyclical operations.Indeed, at today's 505p share price, we can now pick up Capita shares on a forward price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of just below nine, which stands in contrast to the double-figure rating of the last few years. The dividend yield looks attractive, too, running just over 6%. Maybe these shares are a bargain?Neil Woodford thinks the effect of the firm's weakness in trading has been magnified by a general perception that the company's balance sheet must be stretched because profits have fallen. But he points out that the directors announced the disposal of Capita's asset services division, which could help to allay investors' fears about the balance sheet.Mr. Woodford is keeping faith with Capita, believing that the market over-reacted to the firm's profit warnings. He reckons, "The share price now profoundly undervalues the fundamental long-term attractions of this business." He could be right, but I'm not betting with him on this occasion because I believe that better options exist on the London stock market and it's not worth taking the risk on a company that has just demonstrated its ability to surprise on the downside.Turbulence ahead (probably)Meanwhile, the sheer volatility of EasyJet's shares and profit record demonstrates how vulnerable out-and-out cyclical firms are to changes in economic circumstances. Whether it's unstable fuel prices, the effects that terrorism has on demand for the firm's services, a general economic slowdown, or volcanoes erupting, there always seems to be something buffeting the fortunes of airline companies.EasyJet's share price has been a wreck since it looked unassailable during 2014, and everything that we might have learned about the futility of investing in airlines seems to be coming true, and it's impossible to tell what might happen next for the company. The firm's dividend yield runs just over 4%, but I reckon investors need to be selective when it comes to investing in high-yielding stocks. So EasyJet joins Capita on my 'avoid' list.Are you aiming for a million?Dividend-led investing is a great way to capture the power of compounding and features as step six in The Motley Fool team's useful research document called Ten Steps To Making A Million In The Market, which delivers time-tested advice about how to make share investments really work for you.Take the next step on your journey to a million, by clicking here, and making the report part of your toolkit. You can download your copy now, free of charge. Click here.Kevin Godbold has no position in any shares mentioned. The Motley Fool UK has no position in any of the shares mentioned. We Fools don't all hold the same opinions, but we all believe that considering a diverse range of insights makes us better investors.
mj19
31/1/2017
19:44
That person must be looking at different estimates than I have access to,
can't see any CPI forecasts for 2018 EPS growth.

essentialinvestor
30/1/2017
11:52
What I would like to known is if Woodford agrees with the asset management sale
in order to help maintain the current payout.

It looks beyond a bad decision imv.

Bite the bullet and cut, helping improve net debt metrics in the process.

essentialinvestor
30/1/2017
11:48
Might need a rights issue
mj19
29/1/2017
11:41
Saucepan, Motley fool article
bigbigdave
29/1/2017
11:01
Future cash-flow pays future dividends
so selling a highly profitable division to reduce debt, while maintaining the
current payout looks la la land stuff imv.

essentialinvestor
29/1/2017
10:28
post 1761: source, please?
saucepan
29/1/2017
09:13
I'm surprised that shareholders haven't called for one or more changes at the top. There was a time when such demands weren't needed of course. People did the decent thing after making mistakes. Now it's all sloping shoulders and 'sorry'.
patientcapital
29/1/2017
08:57
That looks more than a fair assessment imv.
Mentioned previously the sale of a profitable division to reduce
debt while maintaining a dividend looked the wrong call.

Half the dividend and halt the sale of their asset management business looks a better
strategy, just my take.

essentialinvestor
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