G4s Share Discussion Threads

[lennonsalive] 12/7/2012 22:21

They are all coming out of the wood work

[gurp] 12/7/2012 21:59

..........patience :-)

[jon827] 12/7/2012 16:22

why aren't they taking this to the wood shed? or would that just be too obvious

[lennonsalive] 12/7/2012 14:45

First future business lost because of the bad press

[petralva] 12/7/2012 12:43

To be fare.............the gov never gave them enough time........typical!

[lennonsalive] 12/7/2012 12:40

G4S always have bad rep, remember from the 80's when the Prisoners kept escaping?

[philanderer] 12/7/2012 11:28

Couldn`t make it up ....G4S has outsourced almost all its press office....put straight through to Irish Guards? ;-)

[lennonsalive] 12/7/2012 09:41

G4S is being paid £300m supply 10,000 guards for the Games, but the BBC understands it has not been able to guarantee it can deliver that number.

In a statement, G4S said its Games deployment was "unprecedented and very complex" and being "carried out to a very tight schedule".

[enami] 12/7/2012 08:52

GFS DAILY CHART - Note the Wave 1/2 Island Reversal as the downside target for short traders.

[enami] 12/7/2012 08:50

Jon827 - GFS seems to have the hallmarks of a Wave 5 failure. Just 3p short of ATH last week. Down to 50MA exactly today at bottom of trend channel.

WEEKLY CHART - DAILY CHART IN NEXT POST

[jon827] 12/7/2012 08:25

whats the EW count saying Enami?

[lennonsalive] 12/7/2012 08:16

I wonder what the cost of the contract will be?

[enami] 12/7/2012 08:11

Aye - seems like the market does not like this story.

Down more than 4% at the open.

[eipgam] 11/7/2012 20:02

a difficult task, but poor publicity for GFS

[enami] 06/7/2012 09:26

Looks quite frisky today. Just 2p short of ATH as I type.

Broker rec

Morgan Stanley Reiterates Overweight target reduced from 325p to 320p

[eipgam] 28/5/2012 10:52

ta E.

Be good to get over £3

[eipgam] 15/5/2012 18:07

G4S profits on tickover ahead of the Olympic Games boost
StockMarketWire.com
Security group G4S said in the first quarter, overall revenues grew 7.5% at constant exchange rates compared to the prior year period, up 6.7% at actual exchange rates. Profits were similar to the previous year.

Group operating margin was lower than the prior year period.

Overall organic growth was strong at 7% (6% excluding the Olympic Games contract) over the half-year to end-March. Developing markets organic growth was 11% and for developed markets it was 4%.

In secure solutions, organic growth was 7% with good performances in the UK, helped by the Olympic Games contract, continued strong developing markets growth and further improvement in North American commercial businesses and Continental Europe.

Cash solutions organic growth was 4%, with 10% growth in developing markets, and with progress made, but to a lesser extent, in developed markets. The low growth in developed markets was due to contract losses in the UK, which have since been replaced and added to with new contracts wins.

Overall margins were down 0.4% as expected, due to contract start-up phasing in the UK cash solutions and government businesses and US government budgetary cuts.

On 20th April 2012, G4S raised £600m for five years in the public bond market, the proceeds of which will be used for general corporate purposes and to pay down short term bank borrowings.

There have been no other material events, transactions or changes in the financial position of the group since the 2011 annual results were announced on 15th March 2012 other than as outlined in this statement.

As expected, organic growth has continued to improve in developed secure solutions markets and remains strong in developing markets. Based on recent contract awards, outsourcing trends and the group's bid pipeline, the organic growth rate is expected to continue to improve during 2012. Contract phasing and the US government market will continue to impact margins in the short term but margins will improve in the second half of the year.

The AGM will take place on 7th June 2012 and the final dividend of 5.11p (DKK 0.4544) per share is proposed.

Results for the six months to 30th June 2012 will be published on 28th August 2012.

[enami] 15/5/2012 09:35

Maybe an island reversal if today's up gap (to last week's XD point) is maintained. Just up to 100MA as I type after support at 200MA. Upside targets stil 300+

[enami] 15/5/2012 08:02

IMS seems to be well accepted by the market.

[eipgam] 11/5/2012 11:24

Credit Suisse upgrades G4S ahead of Q1 results

Andrew Grobler, analyst at Credit Suisse, has upgraded security services firm G4S (GFS.L) from 'neutral' to 'outperform' as he believes the company is poised to deliver strong organic growth in the year ahead following a number of important contract wins.

The analyst expects organic growth to ramp up to 9% this year, up from 5% last year, on the back of contract wins in the UK and North America and improving growth from the company's cash solutions division. In the coming five years he expects earnings per share to rise at a compound annual growth rate of 10%.

'This will be led by the new markets operations, which we expect will grow from 34% of 2011 earnings before interest, tax and amortisation to 40% by 2016. We do not expect that GFS will make a large acquisition in the near term but it will continue to make bolt-on purchases that we believe will both boost EPS growth and create value,' the analyst said.

G4S will report its first-quarter results on Tuesday and will host a capital markets day on 22 May, both of which have the potential to move the shares, Grobler said.

Shares in the group closed at 266.13p on Thursday, up 3.33p or 1.27%.

[enami] 10/5/2012 12:22

Forced back to 200MA after XD yesterday.

Interim Management Statement next week Tuesday 15 May

Credit Suisse Upgrades To Outperform Target Increased From 300 To 310.00

Seymour Pierce Reiterates Buy Target 350