Gcap Media Share Discussion Threads

[gr20287] 18/5/2007 14:04

good place to be in the run up to results

[john_essex] 13/2/2007 14:05

There's alot of people talking this share down at the moment. My view is that it's a bargain at the current share price and those talking it down are just looking to push the price lower so they can buy in. By the summer things will have settled down and we will start to see the share price rise again. I've been involved in companies that have merged and it does take a couple of years for the organisation to settle down after a big shake up.

Anyone else got a view on this share? The board has been a bit low on posts this year.

[Abuse team] 17/1/2007 15:54

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[john_essex] 17/1/2007 15:51

things are looking up, the appointment of Hazel from Virgin and Yahoo! seems to have been well recieved by the market. 2007 will be the year that things turn around for GCAP. The quality of the broadcasting on capital has also improved of late.

[yewtrees] 27/11/2006 08:35

Capital Gold great radio station, this weekend I won two tickets to see Jools Holland.

[yewtrees] 20/11/2006 11:00

I bet the listening figures will be up this month. The GCap stations have some good competitions. XFM is a really good station. I find myself listening to it more and more.

[yewtrees] 15/11/2006 12:09

The current competition on GCap's radio stations is certainly pulling in the listeners. The competition is for Red Hot Chili Peppers tickets to a concert at the Roundhouse in Camden.

[yewtrees] 26/10/2006 16:31

I have gone of Capital Radio recently. When I am driving in the morning or evening, I want to hear something lively but pleasant. Not the hiphop, club mix, they keep slipping in. So I tend to change channel and not go back. Capital Radio now seems to be trying to please too many people. Any one else have an opinion?
It used to be such a great radio station, I am sure it can be again!

[wad collector] 25/10/2006 18:44

About time , though looks like a long way up.Like many ,I guess, I'm about 40% down on this one.It will have to be a long term investment for me (hope I live that long).

[yewtrees] 25/10/2006 16:19

This is more like it!

[john_essex] 15/9/2006 09:26

I think the key word there is 'cyclical'. I'm taking a punt on this one and going to ride out the storm and wait for the turn around. I expect it to be at least a year or maybe two, so it's a long term investment.

[evilwebby] 13/9/2006 12:40

I think it'll see bottom around 100-140p some time in the next 6 months when all's said and done. Media/advertising leads the economy and is a highly cyclical industry.
Having said that, look what happened to Maiden..

[john_essex] 05/9/2006 09:25

good to see there is some activity on this board at last. Talk of takeovers has been around for a while, with the current low share price it may have started the rumour mill again. My view is that this share has potential and is currently cheap but it's a long term investment 1-2 years for it to turn around. Plenty of posters on this board will probably disagree with me though.

[utsushi] 21/8/2006 10:16

It hardly seems cheap on 22x, and net cash flow of 76x, flat earnings growth as we enter a media spend downturn-i see further downside.

[rafieh] 20/8/2006 19:06

From FT weekwnd:

"LONDON MARKET: GCAP MEDIA (speculation that at least three private
equity groups have sounded out GCAP shareholders about a possible takeover"

[rafieh] 18/8/2006 15:58

Found my answer, but thanks anyway for the huge response from the posters on this BB(LoL):

"GCap Media 218 up 9-3/4
Upturn in radio advertising; vague private equity bid talk"

[rafieh] 18/8/2006 15:08

the shares have jumped by more than 20% in two days, and the BB is as quiet as a grave yard at midnight!
Any idea what is causing the leap?

[yewtrees] 31/5/2006 09:55

A larger percentage of buyers than sellers over the last two days!

[john_essex] 27/4/2006 08:43

I've noticed the trend as well in the buying. Looks like big investers are buying while small time investors are panicking and selling. Given some more time all the small timers will be out of this share which should allow the price to move up to a more sensible level.

I think it will be at least a few weeks before we hear anything more on these takeover rumours.

[selftaught] 24/4/2006 13:53

Some large purchases this morning - over 500k shares on two occasions. Hoping the price will quickly rebound following sales by smaller investors this pm.

[selftaught] 21/4/2006 19:03

FT 21 April:

"GCap Media was in demand yesterday as traders took the view that its lowly share price had left the UK's biggest independent radio group vulnerable to a bid.

GCap shares have lost more than 30 per cent of their value in the past year, and its market capitalisation has halved since the company was created from the merger of Capital Radio and GWR in October 2004.

According to analysts, GCap is the sort of turnround situation likely to appeal to a private equity group. They believe that its brands - the company owns Capital Radio in London and Classic FM - could appeal to Macquarie, the Australian investment bank keen to expand its fledgling radio business in the UK.

However, any deal would require the blessing of Daily Mail & General Trust, which controls 14.3 per cent of GCap, and it is not clear whether the media group would be prepared to sell at current levels.

GCap shares closed 8.6 per cent higher at 243p, the biggest riser in the FTSE 250. Daily Mail firmed 2.4 per cent to 672½p."

As we now know, up another 8% today. Surely something will develop soon.