Filtronic Share Discussion Threads

[beeks of arabia] 08/9/2018 18:55

FTC have been making (and losing) money since the dot com boom and during, so I can't see where that line is coming from . They create a tangible product that is essential for many mobile communications products, which happens to be very cyclical. Hence the up and down history.As an investor in these of 18 years on and off, I can safely say I've not been more confident of a vertical share price for many many years, hence my top heavy investment. I very much doubt it is hot money in these. I'd say rather that the story of 5g is starting to be told and FTC look like they will be a big part of it.

[thefartingcommie] 08/9/2018 18:04

..........Mrs Dixon will be getting .................very moist;)

[bazworth] 08/9/2018 18:01

Fact is, I have no idea! If it’s down to individual investors then clearly folk have far deeper pockets than I do!

Whatever the case, hope to see things continue upwardly!!

[mesquida] 08/9/2018 17:54

I am sure that you are right gerihatrick, recently there has been plenty of background news to get this moving.
But I don't agree with you bazworth. There has so far been no evidence of institutional buying, so one has to assume that so far the buying has been largely private investors. I can certainly own up to having done a fair chunk myself these past few weeks.

[gerihatrick] 08/9/2018 17:21

could the Sp rise have anything to do with all the news issued-Nokia ECB loan for 500m euros; their contract with T Mobile and Verizon; the projections on 5G roll out and hence the volume of antennaes required. Nokia manager bought a stack of shares and Techinvest bought Nokia in one of its portfolios-all clues methinks -and on which I made my decisions to buy

[bazworth] 08/9/2018 16:39

mesquida, I wonder what’s been driving the price from the 10/11p region to where it is now? We went for months with virtually no real movement nor volume yet the last two to three weeks have been quite dramatic. I doubt the rise has been caused by private investors!

[mesquida] 08/9/2018 16:12

With a market cap of only £36 million this share price could no way be described as being out of touch with reality. At 50p/60p maybe I might have my doubts, but at 18p it is not taking much on trust, in my view. And if it stays down at these levels for much longer then I would be amazed if somebody did not pop up with an Offer at a juicy premium.

[chestnuts] 08/9/2018 15:32

John V

I do remember that phone and i couldnt believe that they thought people would buy it, It was really bad

[johnv] 08/9/2018 15:28

Remember Amstrad, the price went from 60p to 400p, sold half and then it tanked when they showed their awful emailer phone.

[johnv] 08/9/2018 15:22

Nothing wrong with Infobank bought twice about 350p and sold the lot at 3200p six months later. ?

[chestnuts] 08/9/2018 15:00

It cam out on the 6th May 2016 so it probably comes out on the 6th every month

[mesquida] 08/9/2018 14:46

Monday it could get very squeezy, could easily see it in the 20s. Anybody able to paste the article.

[thefartingcommie] 08/9/2018 14:44

Interestingly I see in the archives that SCSW also tipped FTC in May-2016........

noticed that .....isnt this yet another relic of first dotcom boom/bust..(remember Infobank etc etc?)....trying to reincarnate itself.I suppose few will remember this when the share price was over £20...well good for a ramp now..and doubtless the SCSW acolytes will be wetting themselves with excitement;0.

The hot money will be here today and gone before tomorrow;)

[kazoom] 08/9/2018 14:17

Interestingly I see in the archives that SCSW also tipped FTC in May-2016 at 8.4p (the price already having gone up from c. 5.5p a month earlier.)

There were c. 10 million shares traded, presumably on the day of the article and the price hit 11p.

[volsung] 08/9/2018 13:45

Fair enough Beeks

[mad foetus] 08/9/2018 13:36

Apparently FTC is the main tip in this weeks SCSW. All grist to the mill

[beeks of arabia] 08/9/2018 13:16

Volsung - let's keep this FTC related eh?

[volsung] 08/9/2018 13:09

Hope you’re not correct about VRS being a fantasy stock.

[volsung] 08/9/2018 10:04

Ftc reminds me more of Vrs. Bought it last year at 19p. Hopefully follow the same trajectory here

[mad foetus] 08/9/2018 10:02

But compare the market cap and investor awareness of each company and ask yourself which is most likely to multibag over the next year? FTC is imo on the same growth curve as IQE and current holders are in at the very beginning of the explosive growth in the Sp

[techno20] 08/9/2018 09:58

Took some off the table yesterday. Few stocks hold onto an 80% uplift in a month without retracing. Will top back up if it drops back. Having ridden the IQE and SEE rollercoasters from the bottom up it’s painful watching paper profits evaporate, so going to be less greedy moving forward and take profits along the way.

[chestnuts] 08/9/2018 09:53

FTV vs IQE

What i like is the fact they have both survived from the dot com bubble which shows they are a proper company with depth in managment and products and knowledge its just Ftc is way behind iqe

[mad foetus] 08/9/2018 09:20

The extremely well regarded Twitter poster DonaldPond was making the FTC/IQE comparison yesterday. Huge potential here and I am pleased to have built a sizeable position now.