Dignity Share Discussion Threads

[melody9999] 18/5/2006 22:41

Hey someone should be saying something here. A stock that has risen in price over last 3 days. how many of them are around? Only 5% from all time high? how many of them are around?

The trading update was strong, this is a defensive growth stock that has gone sideways in 2006, and IMHO is due for the next push north.

I fully expect this to happen when the general market turns more positive - if you have cut your losses elsewhere so have some cash but are still nervous about the market, DTY could be the place for you!

[mryesyes] 13/5/2006 18:51

All the pension funds buying in tells its own story, this is a long term hold but I predict opportunities along the way in that some years this company will make a loss - this will hit the headlines and will create a possible great buying opportunity

[hyper al] 08/5/2006 12:24

Bingobingy

They should suggest their clients buy the shares as a way around CGT and offer them a 10% discount at the same time. I think it would make the share price head for the heavens.

[bingobingy] 08/5/2006 12:03

Yeah, DTY is our investment clubs largest holding by far. We are with DTY for the long term (years) as we like the business model, the management and the long term prospects look promising. I would expect further aquisitions over the coming years as I would imgaine organic growth is difficult to achieve in this industry. Being listed must provide the company with plenty of cash to go forward with that strategy.

[melody9999] 06/5/2006 08:21

suspect that holders have been seduced by share price increases elsewhere. but us long term holders will continue to do exactly that. the story is intact. the summer is approaching - and traditionally the overall market will calm down or fall back - whilst DTY continues to move north. I'm long and very comfortable

[bingobingy] 26/4/2006 08:11

Al, not that I'm aware.

[hyper al] 24/4/2006 19:34

Do shareholders get any special deals?

[hyper al] 24/4/2006 19:33

Did you know Tesco stores have a special promotion with Dignity.

Turn £2.50 of Tesco Club Card vouchers into £10 worth of Dignity services.



Not a bad deal.

Time to start thinking about human to human bird flu, will Dignity be able to cope?!

[lovelyjubbly] 20/4/2006 15:59

hoylek,

phew - thought there was only me left :-)
Don't know much about charts (or care really!) as long as its going up, but the last few times it has gone level there has been a good rise after to maintain the gradient (see the 380 level about 6 months+ ago). Apologies for 'gradient' but I am a sad engineer lol. No matter it could still come down but in it for medium to long-term anyway...

[hoylek] 20/4/2006 15:50

jubbly,


chart looks like it is trending sideways now.

[lovelyjubbly] 20/4/2006 15:45

I like this stock too - very steady. Price up a bit nicely today which it needs to maintain the positive gradient on the chart - not that I'm a chartist - but it does look good! Don't suppose the +2p has anything to do with this quote on the BBC webpage lol...

"In five years time no older person or their carers will be treated with anything other than dignity"

Liam Byrne
Care Services Minister

[bingobingy] 15/4/2006 18:57

Not much action here of late. Anyway, our investment club has topped up yet again, and to be honest looking rather overweight..however, I like the stock a lot! What's your thoughts on the share price by the end of 2006. I'm going for somewhere near £6. Keep buying chaps!

[india93] 07/4/2006 16:04

what about a rich dead prat ?

[verynervy] 07/4/2006 08:43

sorry but if you insist on the money being included - a rich prat!!

[verynervy] 07/4/2006 08:42

mryeyes

do you know what a prat is??

[miata] 06/4/2006 11:14

A "prudent worst case" assessment suggested 320,000 people could die in Britain if the H5N1 virus mutated into a form contagious to humans, according to a confidential report seen by the Sunday Times.

It warns that the prospect of "common burial" would stir up images of the mass pits used to bury victims of the Great Plague in 1665. But in fact it "might involve a large number of coffins buried in the same place at the same time, in such a way that allowed for individual graves to be marked".

But it adds: "Even with ramping local management capacity by 100 per cent, the prudent worst case of 320,000 excess deaths is projected to lead to a delay of some 17 weeks from death to burial or cremation."



If the worst were to happen, one could expect demand for Dignity's services to increase for perhaps a year, followed by some reduction in demand for a couple of years because the most vulnerable (the elderly and sick) had been taken prematurely.

Book now!

[chirpy chappy] 06/4/2006 10:31

Hyper Al.....was just thinking along the same lines,

one question though,

lets just say ( and i hope this does not happen !! ) but if it does go human to human and many people die will they not have mass graves just to quickly get rid of the dead, there cant be a service for everybody, just a body bag and stuck in a hole in the ground next to others,not really a great money spinner,

I am talking about a very worst case senario which will hopefully never happen but I guess in this day and age anything can happen,

I dont yet own these but have been tempted for a while now to buy some,

[hyper al] 06/4/2006 00:37

Bird flu in UK just announced, OK it's not human to human, but the chances are it will be in the future.

[mryesyes] 05/4/2006 22:58

One with 7547 shares in it worth £35K one of over 100 stocks I hold I started buying at £260p. Maybe you could learn a thing or two laddy?

[mryesyes] 02/4/2006 01:48

It is rare indeed unique on the LSE but no more so than Assoc Dental or NAE.
Risk is of; like Unite or Greggs eventually the valuation is identified as inappropriate despite everyone agreeing it is a top notch share.
Like the Co-op its profit is almost nil. But I have over 7500 so I'm a good size supporter when chips down. Zero chance of a large short or medium term large gain.

[miata] 21/3/2006 13:40

"Dignity remains a rare company -- a growth utility," said analysts at Panmure Gordon & Co

"We reiterate our 'buy' and 520 pence target," they added.

[ignoble] 21/3/2006 09:59

Re Client satisfaction ...a few weeks after the cremation or burial, Dignity send a questionaire type thingy ...

I have used Dignity twice in the last years and I must say they were superb from beginning to end ...

At a difficult time, they do an faultless job. Excellent and caring Employees who handle the whole thing with compassion and care .

I will always be grateful to them ...

[m.t.glass] 21/3/2006 09:23

davpat - the £1 per share payout (= over 20% of current share price) is payable August, subject to egm vote 8 June. I can't see any further detail as to actual qualifying date for ownership of shares.

Salpara111 - I guess there is some short term negative reaction to them omitting the final dividend, which would have paid about 4p(?) with an xd date in April(?). The August payout more than compensates for that but is less immediate, so some holders might temporarily exit perhaps (or at least won't now be buying for divi). Also the nature of the August payout (an issue-and-redemption of B-class shares) may also not suit some if taxed differently from dividends.