Gooch & Housego Share Discussion Threads

[rampmeister] 16/11/2010 22:23:10

Held up well today amid sea of red. Maybe results due at 30th November comfortably ahead of market expectations with record order book going forward is concentrating the minds of any would be sellers.

RM

[cockneyrebel] 10/11/2010 11:23:05

On the up - results on the 25th Nov.

CR

[cockneyrebel] 08/11/2010 15:31:23

Large trades - looks like 57K has changed hands - chart starting to turn up here imo.

Results the end of the month.

CR

[walthera] 02/11/2010 13:06:43

All these sales this week as the bid price drops!

Where there is a seller there must be a buyer.

Are the brokers working the market and mopping them up on behalf of a client who sees the value of this company or maybe how it fits with their own?

W.

[bend1pa] 01/11/2010 19:03:06

Sold half my holdings today for a fourfold gain. There needs to be some profit taking now as GHH has been racing up almost vertically since August. Way too fast too soon.

PB

[malcontent] 28/10/2010 11:15:31

chart from early 2009 just hasn't stopped going.
i can see serious resistence at 500p mark, but I'm a wait-and-see type so I will ride the train for a good while yet.
Good quality company is all i hear, so a solid hold for me

(in at 150p)

[thearcticfox] 28/10/2010 10:59:15

Large volume today... all traded at the mid price.

[geovest] 05/10/2010 07:49:27

"results for the year ended 30 September 2010 will be comfortably ahead of market expectations"

"enabled shipments to be maintained at higher than expected levels throughout the final quarter"

"The past year has seen a full recovery in our core industrial laser sector and an encouraging increase in demand from our target Aerospace & Defence and Life Sciences"

"we look forward to starting 2011 with a record order book"

Can't ask for more positive statement. Full announcement at:

[cockneyrebel] 05/10/2010 07:39:25

Cracking starement - can see these going way higher - they tend to keep beating once they start and in the past these have had quite a decent rating too imo.

CR

[bogotatrader] 22/9/2010 16:48:55

Looking poised to move to 400p level which when they breach will fly quickly to £5.

[seanyboy] 21/9/2010 23:33:10

Electronica

have to agree you are right about consolidation and bolt-ons - it is probably now time for a breather. Those sells were "forced" - calculated if you like but the only way is onwards and upwards for GHH - in the absence of course of some global disaster which would affect all our holdings. To reach higher ground GHH must expand further, make these acquisitions and make ground-breaking contracts. Like you I believe they are in a perfect position to make quick earnings-enhancing deals. I am confident that in 18 months todays share price will look like a steal - dyor

[douglas fir] 17/9/2010 17:29:24

no idea on that one mate...could it be that the family were asked to release them to provide more free float....kind of .if you wont we'll issue more shares and you're holding will be diluted...so..you choose....

[garth] 17/9/2010 16:23:16

So who mopped them all up?

[douglas fir] 17/9/2010 14:39:22

Gooch & Housego PLC



Notification of Interests



Gooch & Housego PLC has been informed that the following sales took place today.



Shareholder
Number of shares sold
Sale price (p)
Resultant holding
% of ISC

Heather Virgin
600,000
340
1,563,226
8.1

AWC Gooch Will Trust
700,000
340
436,943
2.2

Katharine Burling
7,372
340
169,038
0.88

[thearcticfox] 17/9/2010 11:26:56

Yeah, true electronica, riding on a freebie now though... And the freebies double what I originally put in so can't complain. I'd love that 1000p though.

[electronica] 17/9/2010 11:13:30

arcticfox

Too early, eh ................. just a bit!

I will start top slicing at 500p having bought at 145p in January.

My own forecast is for 600p around the end of next year - with the GHH "consolidation" activities restarting before the end of this year.

Still pencilling in 1,000p within 36 months.

[thearcticfox] 17/9/2010 11:08:08

Yep! Sliced to early but profits not a profit til it's taken. ;-)

[geovest] 17/9/2010 10:27:13

Massive volume traded at 340 today!

[thearcticfox] 15/9/2010 15:42:29

Well, top sliced my original stake out earlier at 340.1 - was well over due having held from 108. Really happy with things here, just wished I'd put a lot more in back then as it was just a side punt. Good luck and lets hope some news comes soon.

[electronica] 15/9/2010 12:10:33

seanyboy

It's about time that GHH restarted their optics industry consolidation programme.

There's plenty of v good looking $5-10m buys out there that could be immediately earnings enhancing and product portfolio strengthening.

At this share price all of us would (or should) welcome a 5-10% dilution for the right "bolt-ons". Perhaps there's something in the wind!

[seanyboy] 15/9/2010 11:44:59

maybe this time it's something more than the "routine" trading update?

[geovest] 14/9/2010 16:26:38

Trading update expected early Oct. Strong trading update recently by Renisaw and others means expectation continue to improve.

[thearcticfox] 08/9/2010 18:40:54

I hope so seany, this is one of my best performing shares. I got the feeling there may be some news in the pipeline soon too.

[seanyboy] 08/9/2010 13:50:15

nice steady move upwards and thru the 3£ barrier. With the market relatively stable GHH should continue to blaze a trail even in the absence of any new (recent)significant statements. Makes me think that we are due positive newsflow. DYOR