Firstgroup Share Discussion Threads

[hyden] 08/8/2013 20:24

Topped up today. Showing encouraging strength imo.

[dealy] 08/8/2013 18:53

never listen to analysts. the secret to making money.

[shaggies_view] 08/8/2013 17:32

Only just the start. Chart targets 180-220p as a minimum target. Timeframe is anyones guess ? Accumulate on any pull back imho.

[miata] 08/8/2013 16:30

Antonyms for rebuffed: accepted, hugged, welcomed.

[robertfaulkner] 08/8/2013 16:24

Lovely jubbly well above 110p Hi of 112.8p and close of 112 on IG

[scottishfield] 08/8/2013 12:12

bought this morning, chart looks v good.

[sawadee3] 08/8/2013 12:11

Market favours the brave chaps.

Happy days :-)

[miata] 08/8/2013 11:50

Buys are getting smaller at these dizzy heights(!), so if you want to buy watch out for a dip when the market takes a breath.

06/08/13 16:50 103.554 800,000
07/08/13 16:35 104.9 705,451
06/08/13 16:35 103.7 625,274
05/08/13 16:35 103.2 482,168
05/08/13 17:28 103.611 397,656
05/08/13 15:59 103.611 397,656
05/08/13 15:59 103.611 397,656
05/08/13 16:23 103.09 395,313
05/08/13 14:12 103.25 197,515
05/08/13 10:19 103.74 95,210 O
05/08/13 10:29 103.851 94,623
08/08/13 09:11 105.93 77,951
08/08/13 10:55 108.679 65,322
06/08/13 16:25 103.8 58,701
05/08/13 08:28 104.322 52,406
05/08/13 08:03 104.5 50,000
05/08/13 14:56 103.1 50,000
08/08/13 10:35 107.959 50,000

[slaterlpj] 08/8/2013 11:43

I was thinking the same thing Robert. What has been driving this share over the last week? Something must be cooking. Maybe someone is building a stake?

[robertfaulkner] 08/8/2013 11:02

3.82% up today, FGP must have some good news brewing and those in the know are buying. A close above 110p would be wonderful(but unlikely I know)

[slaterlpj] 08/8/2013 10:54

Except that SGC aren't at 600. They are at 324.

[fovargue] 08/8/2013 09:22

What a graph!? Thanks.

Give it 30 months or so and they might well meet back in the middle somewhere.

[sawadee3] 08/8/2013 09:10

bigman...pennies!

[bigman786] 08/8/2013 09:06

Sawadee what did stagecoach drop and recover to

[sawadee3] 08/8/2013 08:45

We all know what happened after Stagecoach RI. Simply hold, ignore the noise and reap the future rewards :-)

[robertfaulkner] 08/8/2013 08:34

I'm in at 121p after the RI, having been much more down than now, I swore I'd get out as soon as I (if ever) break even.

Of Course, I'll only break even if it's on it's way to much better things(I'll never break even if the company just gets bogged down with low growth and even bigger debts)

[sawadee3] 08/8/2013 08:09

This one's turning out a quicker recovery than i expected. Took rather a lot of these sub 95p.

Looking forward to the recommencement of the divi next year.

Happy days :-)

[dr biotech] 08/8/2013 08:00

Hi Hyden

AZM - I probably lost more on that than any other share. Tim McCarthy has to be one of the most overpaid and underperforming execs of all time. As you say we are older and wiser.

I don't have any hard and fast rules - I guess if next March they report a big surge in profits and progress in the US etc then I would hold. As with you I hold about 10-12 stocks at any one time, some risky some dull. Its less interesting, but a lot more successful.

[hyden] 07/8/2013 22:34

Dr Biotech, I recall your name of old, back in the days of AZM. I guess we're both a lot wiser now. :-). I no longer have price targets for recovery stocks, instead, I now hold a large number of stocks to mitigate against the occasional loser. This also allows me to let the winners run. If FGP hit 130 then surely they are well on the roads to recovery so best to hold on? Just a thought and I admit I'm no expert.

[robertfaulkner] 07/8/2013 18:31

Nice gentle ticking up on a bad Ftse day

Can't expect it to continue in a straight line, there will be profit taking blips.

Still at a new high since New shares started trading

[dr biotech] 07/8/2013 15:18

I am in the black here at £1. I have never laid claim to being any sort of hot trader or great stock picker and my record is mediocre at best. But it is interesting at how your buy in price will colour your opinion on any particular stock. I'd am looking to get out of here at 130-140 over the next 18months. If I had been unfortunate enough to have an average of say 180 then I would be looking at a higher price, perhaps to get my money back. Its hard to take the emotion out of investing sometimes.

[mrthomas] 07/8/2013 12:42

Thanks for the information about dividend looking at 105 break even after that question is should i hold this for the long term would like to. But as others have said before management need to sort out the balance sheet as still too much debt. But for the pension fund could be one for the long term.

[zzo] 06/8/2013 09:58

MIATA.. Thanks for that.

[miata] 06/8/2013 08:45

No final dividend in respect of the year to 31 March 2013.
No interim dividend in respect of the year to 31 March 2014.