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LOQ Lo-Q

680.00
0.00 (0.00%)
14 Jun 2024 - Closed
Delayed by 15 minutes
Share Name Share Symbol Market Type Share ISIN Share Description
Lo-Q LSE:LOQ London Ordinary Share GB0001771426 ORD 1P
  Price Change % Change Share Price Bid Price Offer Price High Price Low Price Open Price Shares Traded Last Trade
  0.00 0.00% 680.00 - 0.00 01:00:00
Industry Sector Turnover Profit EPS - Basic PE Ratio Market Cap
0 0 N/A 0

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12/9/2012
17:04
i have been watching this for a while now and despite the fact that i think it's a great product i have decided not to invest at present, this may be a bad decision but my concerns are based on my very brief review of six flags which is 2/3 of their business at present and probably more in value terms(i haven't looked in detail just based on 10 of the existing 15 sites.

Six flags was rescued from bankruptcy just over a year ago and although it has over $1b in revenue it also has $750m net debt. I have real reservations (no pun intended) about theme parks and their sustainabilty/business model. They seem expensive to operate and heavily dependant on feel good factor and naturally footfall.

Any diversification as in the asian development is clearly beneficial but at present if six flags goes under then the outlook for LOQ is somewhat uncertain.

i'd be interested to know if anyone has doen any real detailed analysis of their clients accounts. It's not the first time a theme park has got into financial difficulty.

i'll keep monitoring and see how things develop.

Woody

woodcutter
12/9/2012
12:18
david,

what sort of growth levels are you expecting from LOQ now? Even after the recent price fall the forward P/E is still in the low 20s which is pretty demanding. The growth is forecast at ~20% for this year but to me it seems as though, with so many different parks coming on this year and with so many other opportunities available, that's a fairly pessimistic outlook. I think Tom B said he wanted profits to double in three years time?

canteatvalue
12/9/2012
12:04
The Qbots and waterbands can only be used within the park perimeter.
Smartphones are used for the London events that was trialled earlier this year though and can be booked with timeslots from anywhere AFAIU

davidosh
12/9/2012
11:31
Can someone familiar with the technologies that LO-Q use tell me - is it possible to schedule bookings for rides before arriving at a park? Ie, while en route there using mobiles? Or are LO-Q facilities only available after park entry?
m.t.glass
12/9/2012
10:17
That is excellent news. Most of the SF parks are regional rather than destination parks ie. They serve a local market rather than tourist dominated so they need new attractions to keep interest high and to recycle the ride space that has lower queues and becomes less desirable. New rides will attract much higher attendances and longer queues and we know what that will translate to for LOQ.
davidosh
12/9/2012
07:46
Massive investment in new rides at Six Flags for next year should lead to bumper attendances - and revenues for LOQ:



"Six Flags parks across North America to launch huge number of new rides in 2013 (Video)

Posted by on Thursday, August 30, 2012 Under: Headline News N. America

(News) Six Flags Entertainment Corporation (NYSE: SIX) said that it will introduce a new array of thrill and family rides, stage shows, and extreme water slides in 2013 across its 19 North American parks, including the transformation of Six Flags Great Adventure and Wild Safari in New Jersey into one property, creating the largest regional theme park in the world (story).

etc"

rivaldo
11/9/2012
16:46
Good value compared to 10 days ago.

spud

spud
11/9/2012
16:43
someone wanted 47K of shares at 307p? 150K£ someone is confident.
rolo7
11/9/2012
16:28
I only added 5k but I suspect the buying has started now and I am happy to accumulate on any weakness having just seen the QBot in action at Universal Islands of Adventure although to be honest we did not need one as it was the Tuesday after Labour day in the US and although they had a very busy three day weekend the kids all returned to school on the Tuesday so it was relatively calm at Universal.

At Wet and Wild in Orlando two weeks before we complained about the queues and need to keep returning to our lockers !! I said surely someone could invent a waterproof cash holder for me to buy the kids drinks and ice creams?? There must have been 3000 plus in that water park as it is pretty big and some rides had queues for 40 minutes. They desperately need LOQ

davidosh
11/9/2012
16:05
Just taken another 3k - Bargain!

spud

spud
11/9/2012
14:05
Suspect the staff whoe xercised options over 100k are queueing up in a disorderly manner to seel today. They get listed tomorrow from the RNS
felix99
11/9/2012
12:06
:o)) Absolutely right spud. Volumes are very low, so one can only guess this drop is pretty artificial.

Given that Six Flags have reported storming numbers, and that everything we know about LOQ is positive, it'll be interesting to see how quickly a bounce back begins.

Especially with a year end trading update not so far away now in mid-November.

rivaldo
07/9/2012
15:36
LO-Q doing it's yearly dip. Hope everyone has set their watch by it ;-)

Good news for those of us with a few K's spare earning nowt in the bank..

spud

spud
06/9/2012
15:59
Shares in virtual queuing specialist Lo-Q (LON:LOQ) were given a leg-up yesterday after its partnership deal with Sanderson Group was given the thumbs up by broker Canaccord.

The alliance looks set to open the door into the lucrative Asian theme park market, which Sanderson has a healthy exposure to.

"We believe the agreement opens a large, high growth market for Lo-Q," said analyst Bob Liao, who has a 'buy' rating for Lo-Q.

He added however that Asia can be a tough nut to crack for new companies but the agreement with its new partner should help it market, sell and operate its solutions in the region.

"We believe the complementary partnership has high potential and we expect notable progress over the next year," Liao concluded.

spud

spud
06/9/2012
10:03
To add to my earlier post, what I would like to know following the recent RNS is:
- to which countries the agreement with Sanderson relates?
- just how successful is Sanderson in these countries?

I have read some of the blurb Sanderson put on their web-site and note that under-statement is not something we are likely to see from them. Indeed, reading the biographies of their senior staff I reckon that if they were a cricket team, Warne, McGrath and Bradman would struggle to make the grade... ...so I trust they will deliver both soon and big time.

shanklin
06/9/2012
09:22
Rivaldo, I was not having a go at you... ...just that there is absolutely nothing new in what the CG analyst has noted. And then he gives a target price which is basically the current share price

Still, I guess its a step up for whoever wrote it from making the teas.

shanklin
06/9/2012
08:49
Shanklin, the analyst has noted that Asia "is the fastest growing theme park market, with the attendances rising by 9.4% in 2011", and that "a number of parks at which the firm operates have opened new attractions in 2012, which it believes will help drive numbers".

I found this useful additional info which was not in the RNS. Why be so cynical - the analyst has a job to do, and this was just a brief update note.

rivaldo
06/9/2012
08:11
Blimey that's really insightful.
shanklin
05/9/2012
19:04
From UK-Analyst's market report tonight FYI:

"Canaccord Genuity retained its "buy" stance onLo-Q (LOQ) with a 335p target price. The virtual queuing technology developer has formed a partnership with theme park builder The Sanderson Group, and the broker believes this is a key step for an expansion into the Asian market. Canaccord noted that Asia is the fastest growing theme park market, with the attendances rising by 9.4% in 2011. The broker added that a number of parks at which the firm operates have opened new attractions in 2012, which it believes will help drive numbers."

rivaldo
05/9/2012
17:54
I too added this morning.
m.t.glass
05/9/2012
17:19
Bought another 3k this AM - My second 3k purchase in as many weeks. Aiming to take another 9k all in 3k blocks over the next 4 weeks. It does look however, like we have a bit of an overhang here.

Good if you're looking to buy I guess.

spud

spud
04/9/2012
15:13
Agreed Charles it will speed up things.

Just would have thought that the products are that good that the Asian operators would come looking for LoQ rather than Loq having to go via a third party to find them ( and thus having to give away some of the profit to Sanderson)

On the otherhand perhaps the Asian markets work differently to the West and a few palms need greasing and established middlemen have to be used?

felix99
04/9/2012
11:37
Sanderson have the contacts across the Asian market and this will open doors for LoQ they have been unable to access so a huge positive step in my opinion.
charlesdar
04/9/2012
10:47
Fair point although LOQ already have some operations in Australia.
shanklin
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