Go-ahead Share Discussion Threads

[enami] 17/12/2009 12:13

Broker recommendation full details
Date: 17 December, 2009

Broker: Nomura
Company: GoAhead Group

Recommendation:
Reduces price target to 1,550p from 1,580

Broker: RBS
Company: GoAhead Group

Recommendation:
Reduces price target to 1,310p from 1,430

[willpeterson] 15/12/2009 14:06

In the 'three shares to move sharply' article

[trt] 15/12/2009 07:26

Yes out at 07.00hrs today - Bus HI profits to be slightly ahead of forecast. Rail profits in line with forecasts

Excellent news - glad I topped up when I did

[phil140158] 14/12/2009 14:44

trt, when's the trading statement? Cheers. Phil

[enami] 10/12/2009 12:29

Doing well today, reversal off the double bottom, hopefully can get abover the 200MA at 1274 soon.

EDIT
Go-Ahead Group upgraded to hold from sell at Astaire, TP stays 1200p (Sorry no link)

[trt] 09/12/2009 21:12

Hi phil, hope you are keeping well and the wet weather is not affecting things too much.
The shares actually rose for SGC I saw over 5%. They haven't hedged on fuel as well as GOG by any means and their operations have suffered in the USA.
GOG are better placed there is no doubt and the recent aquisitions have been very shrewd moves indeed.
I look forward to the statement next week which should push the share price higher

[phil140158] 09/12/2009 16:48

Hi trt, trust your well. Did you have a chance to have a look at the Stagecoach results today? I only saw (or heard) the headline: profits were down. Quite significantly, I gather. What are the prospects for GOG do you think?

[trt] 09/12/2009 14:37

Trading update due next week - I have topped up again today

[mreasygoing] 04/12/2009 12:27

Go-Ahead will currently keep (as noone would buy it) Aviance operation in Terminal 1 at Heathrow. Plane Handling (Profitable) is to be sold and the remainder of Aviance is to be sold to Dnata.

[trt] 04/12/2009 09:26

LONDON (SHARECAST) - Bus and train group Go-Ahead is retaining some legacy contracts at Heathrow that are scheduled to run until 2011, and it is holding on to the Meteor car parking business, but the focus is firmly on public transport.

Cue the acquisition of Plymouth CityBus, which has a fleet of more than 170 buses and carries about 14 million passengers every year. Taken together, it is all good progress. And while Go-Ahead may not have the global reach of rivals such as First Group, it has fine prospects.

Buy says the Independent.

[dawntrader] 03/12/2009 09:06

If this price level holds for next hour or so this could be the bottom of this current down move.

[dawntrader] 02/12/2009 14:09

HMMM looks like fall is slowing down, on my 1 hour chart getting a near bottom look and may even get a buy signal soon... will continue to watch....

[enami] 30/11/2009 18:25

Agreed - I have my eye on 1155 ,the lowest EOD close in July.

The yield at that share price would be about 7 percent (was 6.44 percent at last Friday's close).

[dawntrader] 30/11/2009 17:57

I have next major support at 1157.

[dawntrader] 30/11/2009 17:48

hello phil.. will have a look ... and get back to you later...

[phil140158] 30/11/2009 17:01

Dawntrader/Enami - I don't know he-haw about interpreting charts, but would 1180 be regarded as a support or would the share price have to go to 1150?

[trt] 27/11/2009 08:13

I assume you are referring to the Dubai situation - this will resolve itself as all these financial issues do.I don't see the current market situation as a problem but as an opportunity.
Its like the time to buy many stocks was October 2008 right at the heart of the recession and when financial markets were in real trouble - Anthony Bolton / Warren Buffet I seem to recall always say buy when folk are fearful sell when folk are greedy.

[dawntrader] 26/11/2009 17:05

trt... long term holder ... you keep topping up and are therefore averaging down... not holding ...if you were a "long term holder" last august .. you have been buying since 20 quid..... it will not be tomorrow as the "trend" is still down. There is so far no end to the down side, unless there is a big bounce from all this so called bad news ... and will depend what / how the americans take all this.

[trt] 26/11/2009 16:08

Because for long term holders it doesn't really make a great deal of difference and as you say its impossible to know exactly when the up trend will resume - could well be tomorrow !!

[phil140158] 26/11/2009 16:07

The market will always remain something of a mystery to me. Presumiably the dip (or plunge) in prices today is caused by the Dubai difficulties (or maybe I've missed something!) I can see why Carillion and Interserve with interests and outstanding contracts in the Middle East should fall, but why should GOG fall by 4.5%? I am sure GOG will be thinking about bidding for the cancelled NEX contracts and everything else seems to be going along nicely. So why the drop?

[dawntrader] 26/11/2009 14:46

Why ... oh why .. buy today . when they will possibly be ..or more likely be cheaper tomorrow...I know you can never call a bottom with regular precision.... but to keep throwing money at this in a down trend... is a bit of a waste...

[trt] 26/11/2009 09:00

National Express will have its East Anglia rail franchise terminated three years early, the government has said.

The Department for Transport said National Express would lose the franchise on 31 March 2011.

It could have been extended until 2014 had National Express not defaulted on another franchise - the East Coast Main Line - earlier this year.

National Express said the decision was "expected", but that it was "disappointed" by the announcement.

Transport Secretary Lord Adonis said the process for securing a new operator would start immediately so that a new franchise could begin in April 2011.

Excellent news - GOG could bid for the franchise ???

[trt] 26/11/2009 08:46

Not topped up for a while but have just placed a buy order - couldn't resist at these levels