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MKS Marks And Spencer Group Plc

265.10
-0.80 (-0.30%)
28 Mar 2024 - Closed
Delayed by 15 minutes
Share Name Share Symbol Market Type Share ISIN Share Description
Marks And Spencer Group Plc LSE:MKS London Ordinary Share GB0031274896 ORD 1P
  Price Change % Change Share Price Bid Price Offer Price High Price Low Price Open Price Shares Traded Last Trade
  -0.80 -0.30% 265.10 264.80 265.00 267.40 264.00 266.40 8,895,198 16:35:02
Industry Sector Turnover Profit EPS - Basic PE Ratio Market Cap
Misc General Mdse Stores 11.93B 363.4M 0.1842 14.39 5.23B
Marks And Spencer Group Plc is listed in the Misc General Mdse Stores sector of the London Stock Exchange with ticker MKS. The last closing price for Marks And Spencer was 265.90p. Over the last year, Marks And Spencer shares have traded in a share price range of 154.30p to 293.20p.

Marks And Spencer currently has 1,972,347,176 shares in issue. The market capitalisation of Marks And Spencer is £5.23 billion. Marks And Spencer has a price to earnings ratio (PE ratio) of 14.39.

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DateSubjectAuthorDiscuss
07/11/2017
09:41
"Data overnight from the British Retail Consortium showed that last month retail sales fell at their fastest rate since October 2008. Like-for-like overall sales fell by 1 per cent, versus increasing by 1.7 per cent this time last year. Food sales climbed by 2.4 per cent, non-food collapsing by 2.9 per cent ringing alarm bells for sales this Christmas. Separate data from Barclaycard showed that spending grew by less than inflation (2.4 per cent), which is currently running at 3 per cent."
simon templar qc
07/11/2017
09:38
Primark doing far better at the expense of other large stores..
simon templar qc
07/11/2017
09:28
Worst retail sales say BRC

Bound to be news on store closures tomorrow the High St struggling to survive the rate hike by BOE made matters worse.

simon templar qc
07/11/2017
09:25
It is an interesting one , Grahamite
Have they quite worked out what Marks customers are looking to buy ?

Maybe times have changed and the huge stores are past their sell by date

I don't have answers

Over the last months though , my wife and friends seem to be saying "we will wait for the Sales" before buying a coat or whatever.
Few actually buy clothing on line due to sizing issues and the hassle of returning things.

Maybe the mentality of how we shop is very different.
My wife will only buy if the price is right

ignoble
07/11/2017
09:24
Shorts updata

Shorts may have got it wrong big time.....

Now at 11.14% or 180,995,556 shares

www.shorttracker.co.uk/company/GB0031274896/

www.www.dailymail.co.uk/money/markets/article-5050159/Short-sellers-betting-1bn-high-street-decline.html


Please do your own research.

qantas
07/11/2017
09:19
Grim news on High St worst sales growth of non food on record:
simon templar qc
07/11/2017
09:09
Amazon is shutting two Whole Foods shops in the UK just two months after completing its £10.7bn takeover of the upmarket grocery chain. The company is closing down its stores in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire and Giffnock, East Renfrewshire meaning that there will be just seven UK shops remaining, all of which are in London. - Telegraph

Please do your own research

qantas
07/11/2017
09:04
I'm not really looking for a wow factor, more for a good selection of basics. I thought this was what the new management was committed to.

I wanted some lambswool socks with a quiet pattern - not too much to ask. M & S had precisely one. OK, one is enough, but they were out of stock in 2 of 4 sizes. Now - surely there should have been a note: either "new stock coming soon" or "new line to replace this coming soon"?

In the event I got some M & S socks from ebay - good quality and excellent in every way so why did they stop carrying them?

grahamite2
07/11/2017
08:54
Having had a walk around a large Marks store at the weekend ....
Rows of clothing , well displayed etc. but nothing that jumped out to make me want to buy anything.
I need a couple of winter sweaters but out of so much choice nothing had the WOW factor.
Is there just too much choice ?

I don't know what it is ?

ignoble
07/11/2017
08:52
Isn't the long term chart here more useful than all the stuff cluttering up a spob thread? Perhaps not for a day trader.
grahamite2
07/11/2017
08:45
7th nov HSBC buy tp 410p cut from 435p



Retailers hit by worst non-food sales growth on record

Sales of non-food items grew at the slowest pace since records began as families chose days out over shopping, the British Retail Consortium has said.

philanderer
06/11/2017
12:54
'Not just for over-55s! M&S chairman says chain needs younger clothing'

Internal report of Archie Norman’s comments during store visit comes as underperforming retailer looks poised to launch tougher turnaround plan

philanderer
06/11/2017
10:56
They have been offering big discounts in the last few months

struggling to hold on to like for like

mornington crescent
04/11/2017
17:18
Steve Rowe, Chief Executive said:

"Trading in the first quarter was in line with our expectations and we are on track with delivery of the plan we announced last year. I am pleased that we continue to grow full price sales in Clothing & Home, with reduced discounting and no clearance sale in the quarter. In our Food business, we delivered strong growth from new Simply Food openings, and are prioritising better ranging and stronger promotions."



Group revenue increased 2.7% in the 13 weeks to 1 July 2017 (up 1.8% in constant currency).



Clothing & Home revenue was down 0.5%. In line with our strategy, full price sales were up c.7%, as we reduced the number of promotions and there was no clearance sale in the quarter compared with one last year. We start our summer sale today, a week later than last year, with terminal stock for the season significantly down.



Food revenue increased 4.5%. New Simply Food stores continue to perform ahead of our expectations. We are focused on tightening execution through improving ranging in store and on delivering stronger promotions in a competitive market.



International revenue increased 3.8% (down 4.0% in constant currency). Retained owned and franchise revenue was up 9.4% (1.4% in constant currency). Consistent with the plans we set out in November 2016, we have now closed 28 of 53 stores in the owned markets we are exiting.



Full year guidance remains unchanged. We will report our Interim results on 8 November 2017.



* Like-for-like is the movement in revenue from stores which have been trading, or where there has been no significant change in footage, for at least 52 weeks; includes online sales

opodio
04/11/2017
11:42
nice to see schroders go to 5.3pc
opodio
04/11/2017
09:25
Short updata going higher

www.shorttracker.co.uk/company/GB0031274896/

Now at 10.54% or 171,247,141

Please do your own research.

qantas
03/11/2017
13:25
Darren Shirley, analyst at Shore Capital, is not expecting fireworks.

“We do not anticipate fireworks at or immediately post M&S’s forthcoming results, rather confirmation that another staging post has been reached in CEO Steve Rowe’s multi-year turnaround and overhaul of the entire M&S group, one that will see the food retailing activities take an increasingly prominent role,” he said.

The results will also be the first under M&S’s new chairman Archie Norman.

Mr Norman, who succeeded Robert Swannell in September, is best known for turning Asda around in the 1990s.

Mr Shirley added: “We see Mr Norman and Mr Rowe as an interesting and potentially exciting combination for M&S’s shareholders, particularly given Mr Rowe’s strategic restructuring of the business in the UK and abroad allied to Mr Norman’s track record of transforming businesses such Asda, Kingfisher and Energis.”

philanderer
03/11/2017
06:54
M&S' interim results next week should have a confident presentation from Steve Rowe on the progress of his five year plan which includes the closure of 53 loss making international stores, the shift towards more Food space and less Clothing space, the small trial of Food online, and continued improvements in the clothing offer under the new leadership of Jill McDonald.

M&S has made significant improvements in its website and delivery offer from 2014 to early 2017 and through 2017 M&S has broadly consolidated those gains. This resulted in a peak Net Promoter Score for M&S of 30% in July (which bodes well for 2Q sales).

parazaradox
03/11/2017
00:22
Not sure about this ever happening ;-)

Market report:

"..Meanwhile, Next’s share-price plunge a day earlier sparked imaginative thinking in some quarters of the City, with veteran retail analyst Tony Shiret attempting to revive speculation about a deal with Marks & Spencer. Combining the two firms would be a “defensive merger” and a radical solution to deal with their store sales decline, the Whitman Howard analyst claimed.

"But the market failed to buy in to the chatter with Marks & Spencer shares inching up just 0.55p, or 0.17pc, to 329.3p and Next lifting 45p, or 1pc, to £45.16."

philanderer
03/11/2017
00:13
Couple of previews of next week's results:

Hargreaves Lansdown......

Investors will have noted a pretty bleak trading update from Next earlier this week.

While things at Next are looking better than they did earlier in the year, the group noted a sharp decline in sales in October. We’re hoping this doesn’t mean M&S’ Clothing & Home division has suffered from similar trends. However, with Next attributing the slowdown to unseasonal weather, it certainly can’t be ruled out.

Aside from detail on recent trading, we’ll also be looking for an update on strategic changes made this time last year. The key themes were a rationalisation of sales space and the continued roll-out of the Foods business. Hopefully M&S can provide some encouraging news of its progress on these plans.





Russ Mould, AJ Bell's Investment Director, discusses next week's first half results from Marks and Spencer.

philanderer
01/11/2017
20:28
Market report:

Debenhams, Marks & Spencer and Dixons Carphone – three of the most shorted stocks in the crosshairs of hedge funds – fell on fears that Next’s slipping in-store sales were indicative of a further slowdown in the retail sector. Compounding Debenhams’ misery, broker Liberum downgraded the stock to “sell” to weaken the department store 1.8p to 42p.

philanderer
01/11/2017
16:11
I might say that about the clothes because they have lost that quality that M&S was known for, but there food is pretty good across the board from what I've tried over the months.

As for quantity, you can say the same across the board. Charge the same for less, or charge more for the same amount. All the supermarkets do it.

As for the small stores like Aldi and Lidl, you still have to shop elsewhere for your groceries as they never supply everything you need. And if they do at those cheap prices, much like a lot of cheap food, it's probably full of loads of fillers to make the product cheaper but not necessarily better for your pocket or your health.

capeview
01/11/2017
15:50
Share price down, Quality of clothing down, Quality of food down + smaller quantity.
Management - what can I say , they have no answer.

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