Marston's Share Discussion Threads

[septimus quaid] 23/1/2018 14:53

Anyway, the share price seems to be recovering a bit.

[lord gnome] 23/1/2018 14:46

IC's take on today's announcement:

The snowy weather around Christmas was enough to put some people off from a trip to the pub, according to Marstons (MARS) this morning. Total sales for the 16 weeks to 20 January were up 4.9 per cent, but like-for-like sales fell 0.9 per cent including the impact of the snow. This poor weather is expected to cost the group around £1m. This sent shares down more than 3 per cent this morning. But strip out the impact of the weather and comparable sales were up 1.1 per cent, and acquisitions are progressing well. Buy.

[septimus quaid] 23/1/2018 14:27

LG, I agree re your comment on what on earth do the markets "see" in these company announcements.

ok, MARS results look (to my uneducated eye) a bit meh, perhaps with an overemphasis on trying to blame the snow for everything but nothing to shoot yourself in the head for.

Yesterday, DC. issue a post-Christmas trading update which (again to me) seems like similar sentiment to MARS, i.e. nothing to shoot yourself over, and the shares go ballistic.

[the deacon] 23/1/2018 11:53

Harsh Spacecake. Figures in general were not bad. Snow affected many businesses, and MARS is no exception. The whole damn country grinds to a halt when it snows. Blaming a bit of rain for a poor summer then yes, I'd be concerned. This isn't the same.

[richie1218] 23/1/2018 11:37

we have J D Wetherspoons trading update tomorrow and then Green King the day after.
looking forward to comparing them with Marstons.

[skinny] 23/1/2018 11:18

Shore Capital Buy 112.65 - - Reiterates

Liberum Capital Buy 112.65 140.00 140.00 Retains

Peel Hunt Buy 112.65 140.00 140.00

[spacecake] 23/1/2018 11:15

Back to blaming the weather for its trading performance, tut, tut.
Ralph must know that every other major pub company operating in the UK lives with the weather on a daily basis. Too much emphasis on ducking the issues of controlling costs and boardroom pay and focusing on the customer.

[wrestlingmad] 23/1/2018 11:07

Great safe dividend.

[essentialinvestor] 23/1/2018 11:05

Congrats to those who did, have to be honest and say I dithered.

[adrian noble] 23/1/2018 11:03

I bought on the drop this morning.

[tim 3] 23/1/2018 10:27

Yes looks like the mm's being a bit naughty here this am.

Small holding here looks a solid company with good divi.

[11_percent] 23/1/2018 10:00

Bounce now stalling......scammers are selling....a bit.

[chinese investor] 23/1/2018 09:48

I stand corrected.
There is a good discussion on the other thread saying the share price was manipulated this morning.
I'd go along with that.
It'll end blue today.

[11_percent] 23/1/2018 09:33

Bounce is gaining a bit of momentum......

[ianian4] 23/1/2018 09:26

Update not bad, Does not warrant a 5% drop in share price Still, money to be made. This will be back where it was in a few days.

[11_percent] 23/1/2018 09:25

LG,

I think it is all about scamming.

A hedge fund will wait for a TU, and then just scam it down.....then wait for a bounce as the sell is overdone. They get a free 5%.

Have a look at SDX, nailed to 50p.

[lord gnome] 23/1/2018 09:17

You have to wonder what the market sees in these statements that a mere mortal like me manages to miss. There is no way that, having read that statement, I could possibly envisage such a wicked drop in the share price. The market clearly moves in mysterious ways its wonders to perform.

[the deacon] 23/1/2018 09:09

I didn't think so.

[11_percent] 23/1/2018 09:03

Its the volatility I like here.....good for trades.

[11_percent] 23/1/2018 08:51

Got them for 108.7.

[chinese investor] 23/1/2018 08:49

Disappointing Trading Update !

[redartbmud] 23/1/2018 08:48

It only has to reach 60p to get back to the price of the last rights issue.
Maybe this is the last rights:-(

[11_percent] 23/1/2018 08:47

Bouncing???

[11_percent] 23/1/2018 08:39

Still tanking....time to by a few for the bounce.