Xps Pensions Share Discussion Threads

[lbo] 30/1/2013 10:38

Online retail giant Amazon has revealed record sales in the last three months of 2012, reinforcing concerns for the future of high street shopping.

The Seattle-based firm said international sales, including the UK, spiked 20% to $9.09bn (£5.7bn). The global boost pushed the company's total Q4 net sales to $21.3bn (£13.5bn), up 22% from the previous year

[lbo] 28/1/2013 09:58

Strong sales for smartphones and tablets in the UK helped boost revenues ahead of expectations in the third quarter for Carphone Warehouse, Europe's biggest independent mobile phone retailer by stores.

[lbo] 08/1/2013 16:27

Shares of e-commerce giant Amazon.com surged yesterday, after Morgan Stanley analysts. Led by Scott Devitt upgraded the stock from equal-weight to overweight, stating that investors are underestimating the company's growth potential in China and emerging markets

[lbo] 14/12/2012 12:38

Was never worth the valuations back in 2010 and many of us flagged it at the time



But take out the exceptional one time costs now and add in the up to £1m in annual cost savings that will be brought about by restructruing and the results are not that bad. Albeit not what was expected by some todays news was mostly flagged previously in June and August in the previous updates. Also sales/profits are weighted into H2 not H1 and they seem very upbeat about Asia so H2 will be interesting. Also they have made full provision for the possible DSNS clawback and they think that there is no legal claim so perhaps they will have a gain later to add back when the negotiations end but prudent to expect worse case especially if you want to get all the bad news priced in now. So all in all now at 1p an EV of £10m and EBITDA of £3m is not that bad. If they hit these numbers then its at least worth 2p per share and worse case its worth 1p even allowing for more deterioration and lets say a fall to £2m EBITDA. Wonder will see more Directors buying?

Singer downgraded its current year pre-tax profit forecasts by £1.1million to £3.2million and next year's by £1.4million to £3.6million

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[kristini2] 13/12/2012 09:17

hammy spotted millfield in 2005 and thought that a screaming buy a few year's back and it went belly up,

best stick to cash hammy, this is a game for grownups

[oregano] 13/12/2012 09:02

the only thing in the title of this header that is correct is the company name.

[saucepan] 13/12/2012 07:55

Good one, bbd.

[bigbigdave] 13/12/2012 07:40

Makes a certain Dragon look pretty poor.
Glad 'I'm out'.

[saucepan] 13/12/2012 07:37

Sorry folks. I clearly did well to exit when I did. I was beginning to think that decision was a mistake - but it turns out it was not. So much for broker forecasts!

[charmer1_23] 13/12/2012 07:29

At first glance, looks like a very poor set of results, cash balances materially down & a warning thrown in for good measure....

[stegrego] 13/12/2012 07:17

As previously suggested, this is a dog of a share.

[lbo] 10/12/2012 13:14

the buying and move up in share price!

[georgia103] 07/12/2012 17:05

What makes you think that the market expects good results ??????

[saucepan] 23/11/2012 15:23

5pointplan: not entirely sure myself. I took it that he meant PJ would have no hesitation sacrificing xps or his interests in it, should that suit his wider agenda.

By the way, I am out of xps at present. I just cannot make my mind up about it.

I tend to try and invest when both the fundamental and technical pictures look strong. At present I have nagging doubts on both fronts.

At the same time, I don't feel entirely comfortable being out - hence continuing to monitor closely.

I suppose it has just come down to having stronger convictions about the stocks I am holding at present, and not an especially strong appetite for risk in current markets.

[5pointplan] 23/11/2012 14:20

SAUCEPAN many thanks for response you're quite correct the calibre of posters is high and i will be reading thread on a daily basis but being honest in terms of knowledge and experience i'm light years behind zulu posters so will try my upmost gradually to bring my understanding to a higher level many thanks again-

in the meantime on the zulu thread GESWAN 1278 22nd oct final sentence he said he thought pj would bin it if he thought it would strenghten his overall hand I DIDN'T QUITE UNDERSTAND FULLY THIS FINAL COMMENT could you kindly clarify what you think GESWAN meant many thanks

[saucepan] 22/11/2012 21:26

5pointplan: just type ZULU in the EPIC box - as if you were looking for a stock.

In my opinion, its the best thread on ADVFN. If you still can't find it let me know!

[5pointplan] 22/11/2012 19:22

SAUCEPAN or anyone else please could you tell me how i get onto ZULU thread you mentioned on 23rd oct,been a holder for 6 months with an average of 1.15 funds now allow me to possibly buy further so eager to read this criticism of fundamentals many thanks

[georgia103] 20/11/2012 20:30

Seems like all the rampers have left and gone somewhere else
Lets just hope the update in December gives some positive numbers!!!
And let's get back to a share price where a lot of people/Directors bought in at
Forever hopeful !

[carver66] 09/11/2012 20:12

I am out today as well - not entirely XPS specific - but just don't trust US politicians to sort anything out in the short term! Will continue to monitor.

[saucepan] 09/11/2012 10:15

Further weakness,out for now. Sod's law that will herald the bottom. We shall see.

[saucepan] 08/11/2012 16:15

I think the chart has to be watched carefully here. There was a nice bowl formation between October 2011 and April 2012. That gave every encouragement that the long term downtrend had reversed. However, that chart formation failed.

We have had another nice bowl forming since that time. The crucial question for me: is the downtrend finally going to reverse, or will the bowl pattern fail again?

I suspect the next major move could be very significant in helping to answer that question. I am increasingly worried at the weakness today and have my finger on the trigger to sell.

I don't mind jumping in and out here (as I have done in the past) until the fundamental story also becomes clearer.