Gattaca Share Discussion Threads

[quepassa] 03/8/2017 09:59

A dividend yield of 7.5% is normally a red warning flag in my experience.

Frequently such high yields are unsustainable - especially perhaps in the case of 1)falling earnings combined with 2)increasing debt combined with 3)a worrisome outlook about static (or even falling) customer demand.


Good Luck All - but carry a shamrock and a brolly.

ALL IMO. DYOR.
QP

[wilmdav] 03/8/2017 09:59

By which I assume they have left 2017 the same. According to Sharepad their forecasts for 2017 & 2018 PBT were £16.7 and £20.2, which now becomes £18.2.

[imranawan] 03/8/2017 09:38

Equity Development issued a research note where they have trimmed 2018 PBT forecasts by 10%.

[wilmdav] 03/8/2017 09:10

As far as one can tell from net fee income figures results will be no worse than current forecasts, with improvement during the year. In which case, dividend will be maintained and covered 1.5x. It will be interesting to see how brokers react to the trading update, particularly with regard to forecasts for the current year.

[quepassa] 03/8/2017 07:21

Wow.

Worrying and poor figures:

"... continuing political uncertainty and its impact on business confidence is unlikely to lead to an increase in customer demand and candidate availability in the near and medium term."

This isn't good.

In the Near AND MEDIUM-TERM.

H1 2017 performace figures all negative at -4%, -8%, -5%.


Big increase in debt.


In my opinion, this is not a good place to be.



ALL IMO. DYOR.
QP

[cwa1] 19/5/2017 11:21

If you have then I've missed it too.....

[che7win] 19/5/2017 10:51

GATC breaking out, lovely bowl action.

[spectoacc] 02/5/2017 14:54

Nice small write-up in IC that I've only just caught up with - nothing new and nothing not said above, though the "yield 8%, p/e 10" was hard to miss.

[che7win] 26/4/2017 15:13

Lol,
ONJohns timing is impeccable, just as the CEO buys 25k shares!!

"26 Apr '17 - 13:16 - 156 of 157 0 0
reckon this will fall to 140p"

Where do they come from? Hope so John, hope so.

[onjohn] 26/4/2017 13:16

reckon this will fall to 140p

[spectoacc] 26/4/2017 13:15

Never conclusive, but:

"The Company announces that on 25 April 2017 Chief Executive Officer, Brian Wilkinson purchased 25,666 ordinary shares of 1 pence each in the Company at a price of 290.75 pence per share. Mr Wilkinson's total interest in the Company increases to 176,516 shares being 0.58% of the Company's issued share capital"

[chickenrun1] 25/4/2017 12:28

I've started buying, low enough now.

[spectoacc] 22/4/2017 12:05

Always wary of "..Hit bottom.." but they'll be nicely operationally geared if the increased investment does pay off.

[lampran] 20/4/2017 13:11

Equity Development is positive this morning, said they think it's hit bottom now... referenced here

[spectoacc] 20/4/2017 12:30

Yes, seems to be little that wasn't flagged. Let's hope their "investment" pays off.

[che7win] 20/4/2017 12:22

Fair results under the circumstances.Dividend maintained, nice high yield, market likes what it sees with the rise.

[battlebus2] 20/4/2017 08:32

Good call QP.

[brummy_git] 20/4/2017 08:29

Research released this morning from Equity development

www.equitydevelopment.co.uk/edreader/?d=%3D%3DAM5IjM

[wilmdav] 19/4/2017 11:18

Thanks Hannahh,

That link does not work. It's about time ADVFN fixed this problem.

Try

[hannahh] 19/4/2017 10:33

If you would like to hear management present the interim results for Gattaca we will be hosting a webinar on Friday 21st of April at 1.15pm.

The registration link is: hxxps://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/7808442790992508675

The webinar will be a 30 minute presentation followed by q&a. If you have any questions you would like asked please send them to [e-mail]

[che7win] 19/4/2017 07:50

Company web ex this Friday

[quepassa] 18/4/2017 23:21

The Brexit challenges facing Gattaca are what I have been forecasting for a long time.

This has now come home to roost and will haunt them for some time to come in my opinion.

Share price performance has been dire.

This RNS is bad news.

When any management of any company starts saying that things are turning out different and BELOW their previous expectations, this is in my experience a bad turn of events and shows that management forecasts were not on the ball in the first place.





Sorry to say it guys but in my opinion only I see this going sub 200p in the not too distant future.

The snap election will undermine confidence further.



Don't they say that profit warnings come in three's?



Good Luck All.

ALL IMO. DYOR.
QP

[itr7] 13/4/2017 20:38

Hi all, I've been doing some analysis on this company on my blog. Bit of a fledgling set up so would be grateful for any thoughts / feedback on this or any of the other posts:



Cheers

[che7win] 13/4/2017 16:12

Numis said on Thursday it is keeping its Buy recommendation for specialist job recruiter Gattaca and its target price of 430 pence