Huntsworth Share Discussion Threads

[v11slr] 30/12/2009 12:10

dixies - You're wrong there I'm afraid. He had 625,000 shares before this purchase.

[shroder] 30/12/2009 11:03

Small director buy

[markie7] 22/12/2009 12:30

see Freshwater. much smaller, but similar markets in many areas

[pitball] 13/12/2009 20:23

full page spread in IC. Rated a BUY

[tinker10] 11/12/2009 15:36

Large trade just gone through, is smoething happening here....?

[nfs] 03/12/2009 18:33

I am in.Lord Chadlington knows what he is doing and has done it before-seems like a good price and Lake Capital are an excellent shareholder to have

[sruthan] 03/12/2009 11:06

well, the tip's obviously working - 224k bought and only 9k sold so far today :-)

[robow] 03/12/2009 08:08

In the words of Jeff Immelt, the boss of GE: "The Government has moved in next door and it ain't leaving." But that new-found proximity between business and state has not stopped some companies from seeking to get closer still. Take Huntsworth, the marketing services agency, which yesterday announced the $33 million (£20 million) purchase of Dutko, the US lobbying group based in Washington. The deal, Huntsworth's biggest for a decade, fulfils its ambition of expanding in US public affairs, and should complement its existing businesses in Europe, not least in providing scope to act for Dutko's US clients on this side of the Atlantic. It also makes Huntsworth even bigger in healthcare - Dutko clients include Abbott Laboratories and GlaxoSmithKline - at a time when President Obama's proposed reforms remain centre stage.

The attraction is that the deal is reasonably priced (at six times historic profits) and should enhance current-year earnings by 6 per cent. Payment in shares, a deferred consideration of £7 million pegged on future profitability, and the 9 per cent stake in Huntsworth taken by Dutko's vendors also suggest the pitfalls of similar US deals should be neatly avoided. At 65¾p, or less than eight times 2010 earnings, and yielding 4.3 per cent, buy.

[ericeb206] 03/12/2009 08:00

Robow

Can u post the article?

[robow] 03/12/2009 07:50

tipped in the Times today

[pitball] 02/12/2009 20:52

Numis raises price target from 97p to 108p

[madengland] 30/11/2009 08:22

Cre results worth a gander....

[qs9] 23/11/2009 12:23

From what I can see the consensus figures have edged up very slightly, anyone else agree?

[ukinvestor220] 20/11/2009 09:46

* Panmure Gordon has a sell and 25p target for Anite, a buy for Fuller Smith Turner, raising target to 585p from 575p, a buy and 100p target for Huntsworth, a hold and 258p target for Hyder Consulting, a hold and 108p target for Intec Telecom Systems, a hold for Misys, raising target to 199p from 195p, a buy and 113p target for Rank Group, a hold and 95p target for Regus, a buy and 263p target for Sage Group and prefers GlaxoSmithKline over AstraZeneca

[its the oxman] 19/11/2009 09:09

quite a positive update - reckon a move back to 80p is very possible now

[markie7] 19/11/2009 08:11

parvez. PR retainers are not committed, they can be cancelled at 1-3 mths notice - hence use of word "expect"

[mg78] 19/11/2009 08:08

Yes, could see a good day here.

[qs9] 19/11/2009 08:05

HNT on the move

[parvez] 19/11/2009 07:40

As with the new business pipeline, the visibility of forward revenues has
improved throughout the second half and we now have 96% of our forecast annual
revenues committed, in line with the same period last year. In addition, we
expect to have 70% of revenues for 2010 committed by January of next year.


jam tomorrow? show me a business that has 70% of its revenues committed by begining of the year? This will take off IMHO.

[markie7] 19/11/2009 07:28

jam tomorrow. larger exceptional (well, nearly double!) than a couple of months ago and impairment charges. note reference to management expectations rather than market expectations. BUT, economy is clearly a bit easier, which is the main thing.

[v11slr] 19/11/2009 07:16

I had just cut exactly that paragraph to post here. :-) Too slow, but I agree, says it all.

[qs9] 19/11/2009 07:16

Looks a reasonably upbeat statement....as long as market ignores rather large exceptional!

[s50cam] 19/11/2009 07:15

Says it all really.

Outlook
The economy in which we are now trading is significantly better than at the turn of the calendar year and we have very good visibility on 2009 and for 2010. We are very encouraged by the amount of new business in the pipeline, the opportunities being presented for multi-office business, and the cultural
enhancement which the branding initiative has produced. This, and what we see as improved scope for corporate opportunities, gives us great confidence in the future.