Centrica Share Discussion Threads

[hamhamham1] 30/10/2017 13:36

BBC Parliament worth a watch this Wednesday.
hxxp://www.cityam.com/274744/greg-clark-urged-provide-clarity-governments-energy-price

[hamhamham1] 30/10/2017 13:21

Dent = Debt. Fat fingers, my bad.

[hamhamham1] 30/10/2017 13:19

Nick. The difference between northern rock and centrica is the dent levels. Northern rock £100bn, centrica £2.8bn.
Stupid comparison.

[supermarky] 30/10/2017 13:14

Most private investors are so hugely under water here already it would be crazy to sell up now imo. Just as this is going down now I'm confident it will go up again. This has already been whipped to death. The negative posters need to remember armageddon is priced in. It may go down a bit more but I would suggest clever shrewd investors will be buying in in tranches at these sort of levels.

[susiebe] 30/10/2017 12:57

Nick RubensSo you didnt have that phobia when you made post 5416?Telling holders that it will be worthless in April 2018 is a little below the belt imo

[portside1] 30/10/2017 12:53

i have decided not to buy a new car I have had over 25 and give them away after around 18months never more than 3k on clock vw not going to buy another going to use bus and taxes , mostly the bus . never buy any eu goods have not for over 15 months
no more eu hols only usa or uk .

the insurance and services will more than pay for any transport I need buses are free

[nick rubens] 30/10/2017 12:43

If CNA continues a 1p share price drop a day, it will be zero pence in April 2018.

I bought Northern Rock when it was oversold and a high yield. That strategy gave me high yield phobia afterwards. Of course CNA shouldn't go bust, but there seems to be some fear in that share price on forward profitability. They should look at cost cutting (jobs) rather than wait for easy earnings that don't look like they will be coming IMO.

[wipo1] 30/10/2017 12:34

I shop around for everything from car insurance boiler cover ect. I got 20 per cent off my renewal price for boiler cover just by phoning British gas up.

[portside1] 30/10/2017 12:22

forgot the rip off railway

[portside1] 30/10/2017 12:21

the biggest uk rip offs internet sky virgin
car insurance ,

water so when is the gov going to cap these scum companies
then put a cap on house of lords and reduce them to around 50 another waste of our taxes on sleeping scum

[rathean] 30/10/2017 11:46

Weather forecasting cut n paste from Express... PANIC DOOM DISASTER daily weather report :/Take over target rather than recovery stock if the price slips sub 160?

[strutt12] 30/10/2017 11:45

azioni2

Thanks for the heads up, I'm still in my shorts and t-shirt, better get changed! ;-)

[skinny] 30/10/2017 11:45

From the BBC - so it must be true! :-)

[capeview] 30/10/2017 11:34

Azioni2, where are you getting that from? It's sunny and warm outside where I am at the moment, and if you're reading the Daily Star or similar, they seem to be sensationalising the weather.

Hell, even the weekend weather was fairly mild. But if a big freeze is on the way, wouldn't the met office be giving us this info?

[azioni2] 30/10/2017 11:29

UK-weather worst winter for 5 years on the way with temperatures set to plummet to minus-11

Britain is set for its coldest winter for the past five years with freezing air from the North Pole sending the thermometer plummeting to -11C.

And it is feared the cold snap will bring widespread snow and ice and cause travel chaos.

Monday will bring the first big Autumn freeze with motorists waking to find frozen windscreens after temperatures fell to -4C overnight.

[careful] 30/10/2017 11:19

5.37 historic pe, 7.12% yield.
A total rout here.

Down 58% from its 400p peak.
Supposed to be defensive.
incredible.
The big crashes of 2003/2009 were a little over 40%.
This is a crash of monumental proportions.

[portside1] 30/10/2017 08:50

nov 23rd update

[portside1] 30/10/2017 08:26

funds trash shares so they can buy them cheap then they buy loads and share price jumps pi lose out . never take notice of these scum forecasts on top companies

[portside1] 30/10/2017 08:14

its a gift buy buy buy I am still a buyer

[diku] 29/10/2017 22:14

You are not alone...household names turning into dog shares of the year...CNA, Barc, BT, GSK...

[warranty] 29/10/2017 19:01

It's never safe diku. I can testify through currently holding CNA, GSK, NG. BARC, PFC, IRV and IMB!! I believed you couldn't get much safer than that. What do I know?

[diku] 29/10/2017 18:13

porty..is it safe to go in?...

[mj19] 29/10/2017 17:24

GlaxoSmithKline Plc's new leadership is still trying to get its footing.CEO Emma Walmsley took control in April, and her third earnings call Wednesday morning didn't go especially well. The drugmaker's U.S. depository receipts fell 6 percent after it was less than definitive about maintaining its dividend. But the call only highlighted something investors should already know -- if Glaxo doesn't rein in its spending ambitions, its dividend may need to come down. Glaxo pays a hefty dividend despite free cash flow that lags many of its large pharma peers. Under CoveredGlaxo's dividend is generous relative to its cash flowSource: BloombergThe company's comparatively scant dividend cover doesn't exactly match up with its potentially lavish spending plans. Novartis AG has a put option that could see Glaxo buy out its approximately $10 billion stake in their consumer joint venture between now and March. Glaxo also mentioned on Wednesday's call that it will look at buying Pfizer Inc.'s $17 billion consumer unit.At the same time, Glaxo executives have said investing in the pharmaceutical business will be a key priority, and for good reason. Pharma sales growth wasn't dazzling in the third quarter, and respiratory medicine Breo missed sales expectations by a significant margin. Glaxo's biggest drug markets -- respiratory and HIV medicines -- are competitive, and it's launching or hoping to launch new drugs in both categories. Glaxo got good news last week with the FDA approval of its shingles vaccine Shingrix and on Wednesday with news that a panel of U.S. experts backed that drug over a competing Merck & Co Inc. product. Beyond that, the drug pipeline is not particularly thrilling. Revamping it will be costly. The company has enough debt capacity to buy out Novartis, according to Bloomberg Intelligence. Buying Pfizer's unit would stretch leverage further. To do either deal while also continuing to pay such a generous dividend will be a reach, and would leave little room to spend on the pharma business.As much as it would like to, Glaxo can't have it all

[hamhamham1] 27/10/2017 15:29

But WTFDIK :(