Hill & Smith Share Discussion Threads

[waldo2020] 04/8/2022 08:24:04

Good article on Yahoo finance:

[don carter] 03/8/2022 16:43:20

Screaming buy at this price, if you have any money to invest.....

[philanderer] 03/8/2022 14:21:39

Share purchase... 4,250 @ £11.66p this morning by Exec Chair

[philanderer] 03/8/2022 13:07:21

It beggars belief. Just what were people expecting ?

[waldo2020] 03/8/2022 12:08:19

I've just got back from specsavers and still can't believe my eyes!

I couldn't agree with you more philanderer

[philanderer] 03/8/2022 10:14:59

I can't make any sense of the markets these days.

[suetballs] 03/8/2022 09:21:36

I must have read a different set of accounts!
Suet

[suetballs] 03/8/2022 07:30:40

Interims make a pleasant read.
Getting on with business with a plan. Disposal of low margin operations, coping with inflation and supply chain issues and searching for a new ceo.
Profits up and so is the dividend.
Suet

[philanderer] 02/8/2022 19:49:46

Interims tomorrow

[philanderer] 26/7/2022 13:48:26

Berenberg cuts Hill & Smith price target to 1,490 (1,825) pence - 'buy'

[philanderer] 25/7/2022 10:57:54

Hill & Smith PLC on Monday announced the disposal of its French galvanizing and steel lighting column operations to a consortium.

[philanderer] 21/7/2022 11:21:02

Picking up again today :-)

[redartbmud] 19/7/2022 11:47:55

phil

Picked that up too.

When I attended the AGM he was in a very positive place.
They had restructured the management and appointed a number of key personnel, who are Vice-Presidents, on the sub-boards that have been created to manage the various business groups. It was a system he brought from a previous existence. That semi-autonomy puts hands on management closer to the activities and should improve returns through speed and efficiency.
It is strange that his name hasn't popped up in connection with a new job that he is moving to from Hils.

Long term hold anyway.

red

[philanderer] 19/7/2022 11:01:53

Shore Capital unfazed by Hill & Smith boss departure


Specialist barrier manufacturer Hill & Smith (HILS) may have lost its chief executive but is trading ‘very strongly’ and is well positioned to grow the business, according to Shore Capital.

Analyst Tom Fraine retained his ‘buy’ recommendation following the immediate departure of boss Paul Simmons and a delay to its capital markets day. However, he said the group’s first-half trading was ‘strong’, with revenue and profit 10% ahead of forecasts.

The board expects full-year numbers to remain unchanged providing ‘potential outperformance’;.

‘We believe the company is well placed to navigate adverse macroeconomic conditions with close to half of its sales driven by public sector spending,’ said Fraine.

‘It is well positioned, in our view, to grow its high-margin galvanising business and increase sales into the US and UK highways markets.’


citywire.com

[philanderer] 18/7/2022 11:46:27

Not gone down too well .

[suetballs] 18/7/2022 07:23:45

CEO gone and on gardening leave.
Wonder if he has gone to a competitor?
However numbers appear to be on track - something at least I suppose.
No doubt the share price will tank.
Suet

[philanderer] 28/6/2022 00:18:13

Over the weekend the G7 announced a £500billion infrastructure package to help developing countries.

It has been touted as an alternative to China’s Belt and Road Initiative, which pumps billions into countries around the world to fund projects from buildings to roads.

[philanderer] 14/6/2022 11:07:37

HILS hitting a two year low. Chart support hopefully at 970p.

AHT in the same boat.

[philanderer] 13/6/2022 15:04:13

Purchase by Chair....

4,130 at GBP11.94615012

[philanderer] 31/5/2022 11:51:46

xd tomorrow morning for the 19p dividend (a day early due to long holiday weekend)

[redartbmud] 25/5/2022 13:06:41

A new management team, a new managemant structure and a greater focus on business in the USA where there are greater and better opportunities for growth.

[philanderer] 25/5/2022 12:47:45

Shore Capital raises Hill & Smith to 'buy' (hold)

[philanderer] 24/5/2022 14:07:49

24th may Peel Hunt buy tp 1950p

[philanderer] 24/5/2022 10:31:45

Good update on a poor market day.

[philanderer] 23/5/2022 16:38:43

AGM and update tomorrow