Gsk Share Discussion Threads

[tradermichael] 06/2/2020 10:15

Or 2 Anglo-American companies?

[alphorn] 06/2/2020 10:02

As I said yesterday is the corporate activity out of weakness or strength? Some others are talking about doing the same. It may restart the idea of the 2 Swiss companies coming together?

[waldo2020] 06/2/2020 09:52

I was looking to sell the other day but held off thinking/wishing the results might be better than forecast. Silly me. Oh well...at least I share now the sentiment of this GSK thread....The Recovery!

[tradermichael] 06/2/2020 09:48

It happens - it happened in the UK in 1978 with smallpox

[abdullla] 06/2/2020 09:45

But rumour also has it that it was the Chinese who brought the virus into the country and accidentally broke the vial.

[arja] 06/2/2020 09:33

so ignorant brextremist lippy4 is on this thread ! No wonder GSK is falling( joking ) . This stock likely to recover quite soon I think as fall overdone .

[our haven] 06/2/2020 09:19

You have moved forward 2 months in 10 minutes is the positive way to look at things. Rumours overnight that Chinese have discovered an antidote.

[abdullla] 06/2/2020 09:09

The one that successfully discovers the Coronavirus vaccine will indeed be the winner,will it be GSK?

[abdullla] 06/2/2020 09:00

I came to this market to move forward not to where it was 4months ago.

[our haven] 06/2/2020 08:41

Let's not get too carried away, the price is only back to where it was 4 months ago

[tradermichael] 06/2/2020 08:40

It would be a different outcome if Emma had accurately forecast the market size for Shingrix, especially as it takes so long to build a new plant to satisfy demand.

That means technical as well as commercial incompetence.

I hope she gets it right with the COPD vaccine.

[abdullla] 06/2/2020 08:35

It is worst than a profit warning.

[lippy4] 06/2/2020 08:32

i thought the management were there to increase value not destroy it????

[lippy4] 06/2/2020 08:31

this is painful....

[amt] 06/2/2020 08:31

This has 14 quid written all over it. I am out

[abdullla] 06/2/2020 08:27

Looks like a blood bath out there,what about the director buying yesterday dear o dear!

[tradermichael] 06/2/2020 08:11

Good point!

[abdullla] 06/2/2020 08:11

Well what ever the only thing left we can draw some comfort from is the dividend .

[tradermichael] 06/2/2020 08:03

C_t_R : Agree - it doesn't make good business sense. Run it as a division, and you preserve a huge cash cow, without "losing focus" on the biopharma business.

But there's nothing new in this announcement, so what is it that affects the share price so much?

[toffeeman] 06/2/2020 08:02

Header is prescient

Unless it recovers quickly to 1790, then I fear that the rise is over.

There was a clear uptrend from last October with a downward blip in December for a day.

[crossing_the_rubicon] 06/2/2020 07:47

Talk about wealth destruction...

"The break-up of GlaxoSmithKline is set to become one of the most expensive corporate demergers to date after the drugs group estimated that it would cost £2.4 billion. The FTSE 100 company yesterday issued details of its ambitious plans to spin-off its consumer healthcare joint venture with Pfizer via a listing on the London Stock Exchange in 2022. – The Times"


Will the demerged entities be worth more split than together (and dpnt forget the cash flow security/divi cover of the pharmaceutical arm foregone) merit such a split.

Suspect not.

Why on earth are they demerging the company.

Idiocy imo driven by greed.

Greed that the demerged entity will hopefully be worth more than the current conglomerate.

[panshanger1] 05/2/2020 20:35

Happy to add at this level - secure dividend and Emma doing a good job Long term hold for me

[arja] 05/2/2020 20:09

yes, still quite a good looking chart medium and long term .

[philanderer] 05/2/2020 19:21

Bit of perspective..

"...GlaxoSmithKline was also lower in the wake of its fourth quarter numbers, although the drug giant's shares remained near a two-decade high."

ADVFN market report.

[daveboy1] 05/2/2020 19:11

I held these for 2.5 years or so, (sold out last May for a modest profit). They were £15 something. Two years ago at this time they were £12.80. The whole time I had them I think they breached £16 twice, and then went straight down again. £17.39 is like a dream to me (or would have been). Just shows how things can change. Now have a new portfolio where I need some similar action! At the £12.80 stage atm !!