Marston's Share Discussion Threads

[mhw28865] 10/5/2011 10:40

Looking very strong today just broke 1.10 bring on 1.20 ;-)

[1aws] 04/5/2011 09:00

Golden cross quite visible in this chart:

[fangorn2] 03/5/2011 18:52

More importantly, what's in it for Martsons.

Happy to let current management keep chugging away...

[jeffian] 03/5/2011 18:36

Little, I would have thought. What's in it for private equity?

[diku] 03/5/2011 14:51

What chance of a Private Equity takeover here?...

[1aws] 28/4/2011 08:36

Now within 0.12p of a golden cross. (50 day ema crossing 200 day ema) Usually a bullish sign.

Update: Cross formed (50ema 0.1p above 200ema). Someone is trying to keep this down, I think.

[diku] 27/4/2011 11:54

Once all the new build Restaurants are built...what would the net assest value be?...

[jeffian] 27/4/2011 09:57

Positive update from GNK today. Should be good for the sector.

[pajman] 26/4/2011 22:30

hiya guys, for t/a boys gap to fill at 116 ish see charts I.G., food looking good, contract brewing ( tetleys) taking up spare capacity.hmmmm only in for divi etc

[nellie1973] 26/4/2011 16:36

Broker note out-BUY

[diku] 26/4/2011 10:32

Royal feel good factor playing its part with companies that are offering food & booze...party time...

[deanforester] 26/4/2011 10:29

Thanks, 1aws.

Suddenly things are definitely perking up.

[1aws] 26/4/2011 10:04

Update on chart Dean. EMA20 has crosssed EMA50 and is within 0.2p of EMA200. EMA50 is only a couple of days away from crossing EMA200 (Golden cross). Hope this keeps up.

[deanforester] 21/4/2011 23:00

It does indeed. In my innocence I assumed that an EMA200 was always 200 days.

As I bought in February at about 100p, I'm quite happy with the way things are going.

[1aws] 21/4/2011 20:17

Dean - The chart above is a weekly chart, the 200 is therefore 200 weeks or 4 years. I was referring to the 20, 50 and 200 day EMAs. Sorry for any confusion.

Hope this helps.

[deanforester] 21/4/2011 17:33

Not if the chart above is anything to go by. The EMA200 is way above the Bollinger bands.

[1aws] 21/4/2011 11:42

Am I correct in spotting that the ema20 has crossed the ema50 today and is close to crossing the ema200. I believe the crossing of the ema200 by the ema50 is called a golden cross if both have positive gradients at the time. The last time I saw this with Mars was way back in October last year when share price was about 95p - it went on to rise with a small pullback to 117p. Could this, with better weather - royal weddings etc, be the start of a climb to 130p?

[diku] 20/4/2011 22:33

broker comment from yesterday...

19-Apr-11 Marston's MARS Matrix Group Buy 103.90p 114.00p - Upgrade

[spacecake] 20/4/2011 14:20

All this hot weather will have the ale drinkers out in the pub and garden. Add in the bank hols and "the wedding", it should be a bit of a bumper few weeks for the brewers and publicans.

[diku] 20/4/2011 10:24

Party time next week with the Royal Wedding...plenty of food & booze!...

[hyden] 15/4/2011 14:13

Agreed. I'll be more comfortable once we reach 106p :-)

[brownie69] 15/4/2011 14:10

Nice move today, interesting to see if it can hold above the 100p.

[wskill] 15/4/2011 14:07

Back to 115p then now we have had the dip for the spivs to fill their boots by shorting.

[diku] 11/4/2011 20:30

This was one of the 6 stocks for the summer months from the media..

Marstons
Share price: 97p

A natural benefactor of the longer, lighter summer evenings are the nation's watering holes. The two four-day weekends we're due this month thanks to the royal wedding and Easter plus the May and August Bank Holidays are sure to prove a pull for the pub industry.

Pub companies are drawing revenues from sale of food,
providing a boost to balance sheets. Marstons has also announced plans to push this revenue stream further and to focus on being a family destination.

Marstons has had a difficult time so far this year, losing nearly 20pc of its share-price value, but Mr Raynor said the company was a buy due to its attractive yield.

He said: "This is a higher-risk recovery stock with an attractive yield, which has been swimming against the tide of economic and sector concerns. Recent weakness has seen the share price fall but there is also potential growth on offer. It is high risk, but the potential rewards are worth the risk."

Barclays Stockbrokers tips pub companies Green King and Whitbread.

BUY: 8, HOLD: 9, SELL: 2