Halma Share Discussion Threads

[shrew75] 25/1/2019 15:19

I certainly hope so hope so and maybe even sooner than later given the momentum that built up so far this month.

[steeplejack] 09/10/2018 11:03

Halma was cut to 'hold' from 'buy' at Shore Capital.....on valuation grounds.

[epo001] 06/9/2018 11:09

Berenberg initiated coverage, target price £15.70; that'd be nice.

HLMA (the share) is *so* boring, if only I had more like it, more divi would be nice though.

[solomon] 28/8/2018 07:51

moving up perhaps because a trading update is due in Sept.

[irenekent] 12/6/2018 07:04

Great results -longevity - dividend up - what's not to like?

[starpukka] 26/5/2018 10:38

Hello Gentlemen. I see the share price rising here along with profits and revenues. Yet the mcap is aprox 24 times predicted Profit Before Tax for this year (@212m). Therefore, not cheap on those terms. Is it more the fact that the market likes this share ?

[epo001] 22/5/2018 14:44

15% for me. Can't bring myself to sell, if there was ever a dead cert this seems like it to me. (And yes I am aware of the dangers in that attitude.)

Look how dead this board is. Solid, reliable and boring; that's how I like 'em.

[epo001] 22/5/2018 10:38

Yes, my largest and possibly oldest holding,

[solomon] 22/5/2018 09:42

Are we at an all time high?

[volsung] 05/2/2018 08:50

And added to this quality company

[volsung] 28/12/2017 09:17

Bought a few for the SIPP

[sharesoc] 23/11/2017 15:45

Blog Post: Halma (HLMA) and Return on Capital

[panic investor] 27/9/2017 06:58

Nice update as usual

[sharesoc] 22/7/2017 16:58

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[hex] 14/6/2017 08:44

Another cracking set of results Yesterday:

-- Revenue up 19% with Adjusted(1) pre-tax
profit up 17%. Revenue and profit growth
of 4% on an organic constant currency(5)
basis.
-- Revenue and profit growth in all four sectors.
Organic constant currency(5) growth in Infrastructure
Safety, Medical and Environmental & Analysis;
improved performance in Process Safety.
-- Revenue growth in all major regions. Strong
growth in the USA, Mainland Europe and Asia
Pacific, with solid progress in the UK.
-- High returns maintained with Return on Sales(4)
of 20.2% and ROTIC(5) of 15.3%.
-- Sustained strategic investment, supported
by good cash generation and a strong balance
sheet; R&D spend increased to 5.3% of revenue.
-- Acquisition pipeline benefiting from greater
depth and breadth in M&A resources across
all four sectors.
-- Final dividend up 7%. 38(th) consecutive
year of dividend per share increases of
5% or more.

[philanderer] 24/3/2017 11:06

Jefferies: no reason to question Halma

Safety technology company Halma (HLMA) may have experienced a bump in the road last year but it is still a core holding for Jefferies.

Analyst Andy Douglas reiterated his ‘buy’ recommendation and target price of £10.85 on the stock following a ‘reassuringly solid’ pre-close trading statement. The shares were lifted 5.8%, or 55p, to £10.15 on Thursday.

‘Halma has given the market the reassuring trading update that the market was looking for,’ he said. ‘The bump in the road at the half year was a modest irritation, in our view, and we didn’t see that as a reason to question the group, its qualities, its strategy and its outlook.’

He added that Halma is a ‘very strong, well-managed business that has many impressive qualities and we see it as a core holding that we want exposure to through the cycle’.