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HTH Hartest Hldgs.

90.00
0.00 (0.00%)
28 Mar 2024 - Closed
Delayed by 15 minutes
Share Name Share Symbol Market Type Share ISIN Share Description
Hartest Hldgs. LSE:HTH London Ordinary Share GB00B1Z5GW09 ORD 10P
  Price Change % Change Share Price Bid Price Offer Price High Price Low Price Open Price Shares Traded Last Trade
  0.00 0.00% 90.00 - 0.00 00:00:00
Industry Sector Turnover Profit EPS - Basic PE Ratio Market Cap
0 0 N/A 0

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DateSubjectAuthorDiscuss
23/7/2010
00:49
yes zcaprd7 . we have had a lot of excitement lately.
mail2
22/7/2010
12:54
Bit quiet on here - pretty stellar performance over the year?
zcaprd7
05/7/2010
16:11
just sold half my shares at 91 (4.10 pm) hold other half for 100. i hope
mail2
01/7/2010
13:28
Hartest Holdings is in the industrial engineering sector and is currently trading at 92.00p per share. In the last year Hartest Holdings's share price has ranged from 23.00p to 92.00p and brokers are currently rating this stock as 'buy'

from halifax information today

mail2
22/6/2010
20:38
snowman10 - 22 Jun'10 - 18:36 - 2896 of 2897


thanks for that

your welcome snow.

mail2
22/6/2010
17:47
I am very pleased this is going up, not least because its all value to EKT but i just dont get this rise here on such little volume.
spec7
22/6/2010
17:36
thanks for that
snowman10
22/6/2010
16:46
21-Jun-10 Astaire Securities Buy 86.50p 100.00p - Reiteration

broker rec for hartest
share price 90/91 to finish the day, cool

mail2
22/6/2010
16:41
LONDON (ShareCast) - Specialist instrumentation and medical equipment supplier Hartest moved into the black in the year to March 31 after an improvement in the global economic climate following the previous year's downturn.

Pre-tax profits for the period totalled £1m, compared with a loss of £865,000 the previous year, on revenues that climbed to £22.2m from £20.7m.

Chief executive Geoff Spink told ShareCast that the company benefited from its niche positions in areas where customers were unlikely to cut back on expenditure.

Hartest said that its instrumentation division saw strength in the underwater cable fault location business and its ophthalmic testing instruments business.

Spink said that the underwater cable fault location business benefited from increased investment in telecommunications infrastructure, while the ophthalmic testing instruments business was helped by its exposure to a niche market.

Businesses exposed to the automotive and general industrial sectors performed less well due to the continuing downturn in those sectors, but the company said it had seen an encouraging upturn in demand towards the end of the financial year.

The medical services division 'achieved significant progress in increasing gross margins,' Hartest said.

Spink said that the strong performance from several areas and the improvement in demand from the automotive and industrial sectors leave the company optimistic on future prospects. The medical devices division could see some weakness from public sector cuts in the UK, though Spink said that the company was likely to do 'better than average' in this area.

Hartest, which suspended dividends during the downturn, will pay a final dividend of 3.33p, taking the full-year dividend to 4p.

Chairman Leeming told ShareCast that the company intended to implement an 'aggressive dividend policy' in future

mail2
22/6/2010
08:01
I agree tiger this looks more than good value.
Have u got brokers note yet please.
snow

snowman10
21/6/2010
18:40
To be honest i cant see the government cutting research into surface coatings..:-)
Not much happening here today ..not much happening anywhere on the AIM until the Government clarifies this CGT mess.

spec7
21/6/2010
18:11
Re government cuts you are wrong CT. Just about everything being cut they have run out of money.

What about that new hospital that was due to be built under Labour now its not going ahead.

ls lowry
21/6/2010
17:02
No cuts in NHS guys.
Spec
You forget increased margin, caused by better cost control.
Look at the distractions they have had this year and another cost not to be repeated.
Last year was one of the worst so any improvement is good news. Come on enjoy the party and watch for new number 2mrow.
EPS FORECAST 20P? Thats my bet.
ps
no debt as well eh!!!!!

Tiger

castleford tiger
21/6/2010
09:33
What happens when govermment cost cuts kick in? Lots of their business health related and with all these cuts talked about future growth prospects are more uncertain now.
ls lowry
21/6/2010
08:49
You just cant compare any companies results with the last year because it was an exceptionally bad year.
Profit for this year are well up i agree but that like EKT is due to cost cutting not increased revenue so is that increase sustainable year on year ??

If you look at 2008 results T/O 21.7 EPS 9.0 JAN share price 60p
Compared with today's .....T/O 22.2 EPS 8.1 JAN share price 60p

spec7
21/6/2010
08:43
Now we have a company turning over 20 million making MAYBE 1 million worth 7.5.

Whats wrong with that?
--------------------------------

Nothing at all Snow but its already trading on 11 times...

LET CASTLEFORD TIGER (THE REAL ONE) ANSWER THAT.

HTH made £5,000 in the first half on 9.42 million turnover

Therefore the profit made was in 6 months not a year.
This is not just how the company works but(loading to 2nd half)
1) Result of changes made
2) Improving market place.

Like EKT the company only needs modest turnover improvement and it hits the bottom line.
Margins are also improving.
For the CURRENT year i can see EARNINGS as high as 25p a share.

So i make that a p/e of about 3.5 with a dividend yield of 4% to boot.
The p/e you quote is historic and a waste of time when changes are happening.

The market has shown by increasing the price this morning that they want the shares. With 2 big holders now not getting this on the cheap, and hopefully a straight year with no distractions the company may even beat my target.
i await house brokers forecasts for 2011

very best
Tiger

castleford tiger
21/6/2010
08:30
I sold mine for 50 odd pence, perhaps I should have kept them, they only cost me 20p. That 4p dividend would look great now. My guess is it's Elektron that have put pressure on Hartest to pay, Peter Gyllenhammar always seems to be after capital gains, not income.
arthur_lame_stocks
21/6/2010
08:27
Thanks Valhamos. I'm not absolutely certain that leaving is the right decision but (a) in the present economic uncertainty I'm using a p.e. of 6.5 as a yardstick for calculating what I think is full value for a company and (b) I like recovery situations (mostly) for investments and HTH look to have gone beyond that stage at long last.

All the best to you.

ansc
21/6/2010
07:15
Good results. All the best ansc, but with improved prospects and a decent dividend yield I'm inclined to hold out for more.
valhamos
21/6/2010
07:05
Now we have a company turning over 20 million making MAYBE 1 million worth 7.5.

Whats wrong with that?
--------------------------------

Nothing at all Snow but its already trading on 11 times...

spec7
21/6/2010
06:47
Agreed, super figures but, at 84p, fully valued imho. I'll be looking for the 'Exit' asap.
ansc
21/6/2010
06:03
Excellent numbers..
cyberpost
18/6/2010
16:31
BASED ON VALUATIONS ALONE this is worth 100p a share.

The attempt to steal this by EKT at 25p was scuppered.

The profits have been there but like EKT EXCP items have taken the bottom line down.
Now we have a company turning over 20 million making MAYBE 1 million worth 7.5.

Whats wrong with that?

Lets see what monday brings.

best
snow

snowman10
18/6/2010
07:30
Another point worth considering is that yesterday's 10%+ rise was fuelled by only just over 40k shares bought. Money Makers at work? Potential buyers should be very wary (imho).
ansc
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