Huntsworth Share Discussion Threads

[markie7] 19/1/2012 09:44

the yield here is now north of 10%. I'd be amazed if they hold it at that level given the debt.

I note the share buy backs have slowed down as well.

[tom111] 18/1/2012 17:46

Cant argue Equity Dealer007 you were right,however at such a low price i would have thought we may be at the bottom and as im in at 38p having sold at 66p all things being equal i would have thought we may gain traction from here.Dont know about the divi though.What are your thoughts ED

[equitydealer007] 18/1/2012 16:34

So tom111 what were you saying? I was clearly right here! lots of execs jumping ship and heading to Newgate PR! all in my opinion of course!!!

[bscuit] 10/1/2012 23:56

So cheap they have to be cheap, but such usually get cheaper still as they did today falling in a rising market

[tom111] 30/12/2011 17:31

HNT is now as low as it was in APR 09, surely the shares are cheap to buy on that basis alone.

[tom111] 28/11/2011 20:33

Difficult call to make the european situation is causing uncertainty, it may be prudent to wait imo

[battlebus2] 25/11/2011 17:18

May be tempted to jump in again, seems a bit low even given the IMS.

[tom111] 25/11/2011 17:14

50% drop in a month as well

[markie7] 25/11/2011 12:01

no support here at all. amazed they are still doing buy-backs when they look around 3* geared to me, which must be close to the bank covenant.

[aaainvestment] 23/11/2011 13:49

Links to PM for all the wrong reasons:




PS: Clients will surely be concerned by the story as it is PR related after all and it could turn out to be a storm in a teacup or the scandal of the year.

All IMO, DYOR

[tom111] 19/11/2011 08:37

Glad im out is this a bargain now?

[darlocst] 18/11/2011 09:04

HNT is a serial disappointer. No surprise here. High debt too compared to others in sector.

[battlebus2] 18/11/2011 08:22

Also one at HGV.

[m.t.glass] 18/11/2011 08:19

Oh dear - a profit warning:

"We have recently experienced the cancellation of over GBP4m of scheduled year-end projects due to global economic uncertainty. The timing of these cutbacks coming so late in the year will not enable us to reduce costs accordingly. We therefore expect to fall short of management profit expectations by GBP4m," said Sally Withey.

"In the UK and Europe - geographies which together account for 62% of Huntsworth revenues - these cutbacks are in fast moving consumer goods, consumer durables, environmental and CSR programmes and, in the USA, nervousness in the pharmaceutical industry is slowing spending decisions and delaying new business starts.

"On the assumption that these client cutbacks are further signs of a lasting economic downturn in our primary European markets, we have taken the decision to reduce our cost base to ensure that, within six weeks, at the start of 2012, we will have returned the Group to its historic operating margins."

[tom111] 27/10/2011 16:34

The lights changed to blue again would you believe

[markie7] 27/10/2011 16:00

red when the sector is blue.

interesting.

[tom111] 22/10/2011 07:35

-007 i am awake i doubt if you are!!

[equitydealer007] 22/10/2011 00:49

yeah, oh have they just bought more loose stock? oh wake up!

[tom111] 21/10/2011 15:23

Oh look the share price is up, your so negative -007

[equitydealer007] 20/10/2011 22:26

whats the share price doing? and where are their staff going? oh and clients with them!!! all imo! David Wright seems to have an axe to grind! lets not forget he built this company!

[tom111] 20/10/2011 19:18

Proping up the share price with a 15000 purchase you cannot be serious

[equitydealer007] 19/10/2011 10:27

Looks to me like the share buy backs are simply a means to propping up the share price as they may already be aware of a number of resignations, or may have a number of top exec's on gardening leaving while they try and shore their relationships with some of their major clients???? any thought s guys as this is dropping and looks to be picking up speed on its downward trend???

[equitydealer007] 18/10/2011 21:02

Looks like David wright at Porta Communications Plc might be having an effect here, if not now I'd guess soon enough following Jonathan Clare joining him at Porta to be the head of Newgate PR...... see the evening standard article!!! I very much expect more will probs follow him .....



So, financial PR supremos Jonathan Clare and David Wright are back in bed together again. In the late '80s, the duo set up Citigate, which went on to become one of the Square Mile's biggest comms firms before being shrunk again over the years. Clare quit Citigate last month, and this week joins Wright's new business to recreate the old magic. Now the pair want to stick it to their former employer. One-time FT scribe Wright has just raised £2.5 million from new backers, and isn't mincing his words: "We're going to create Citigate Mk II," he tells City Spy. "There's a lot of unhappy people in the old bits of Citigate all over the world. They've asked me to start the business up again and that's what we're going to do." Expect poaching on a large scale soon, then.

Wright's not short of cheek. He's called his holding company Porta - Latin for gate - and the trading names of the new firms will be Newgate and Newgate Threadneedle...

* The Newgate Threadneedle bit comes from last week's takeover of AIM specialist PR outfit Threadneedle. Wright was advised on the deal by another City chap striking out on his own - former Seymour Pierce MD Richard Feigen, whose new shop Hub Capital Partners opened earlier this year. By the way, much of the dissatisfaction among PR execs is the way they do all the work while top-brass partners make all the money. Wright's not daft. He is offering 49% of Newgate shares to staff. "They won't have to pay anything for them, I'll just give it to them. I'd rather have a smaller bit of a bigger cake. You get greedy and you lose people." Now, how's that for getting your message across? Rival firms beware.

[mctmct] 27/9/2011 09:22

... and they keep buying their own shares - which suggests balance sheet confidence.

[markie7] 24/9/2011 18:06

true. balance sheet is the key thing though. lets see.