Marston's Share Discussion Threads

[janekane] 24/11/2015 05:11

Looking for a 10% increase in profits to be reported this Thursday

[r ball] 04/11/2015 22:03

read across from w spoons

[r ball] 22/10/2015 20:49

sentiment change. run with it

[janekane] 14/10/2015 19:41

Good results rumours doing the rounds about a stalker in the City this company will be very cheap to Cash rich funds

[jeffian] 22/9/2015 16:26

¨today's further lurch down¨could be due to read-across from MAB´s profit warning today -

[bbonsall] 22/9/2015 11:53

What has happened since June? Have people stopped going out to eat and drink? Not from my personal experience. share price on downtrend since June, ridiculous really, summer too! Now today's further lurch down.

[gbb483] 15/9/2015 10:07

That rising proportion in the shops is because the public have more money to spend whilst mortgages are low. Wait until the interest rates start rising again.

[spacecake] 15/9/2015 08:27

Yes redartbmund, and they know when they are on to a good thing... until the bubble bursts of course.

Beer bubble: how price of a pint has risen twenty-fold
As a study shows near 2,000pc rise in price of beer over four decades, economists warn that growing portion of take-home pay is being devoured by basic spending in shops, pubs and at petrol pump




Affordable beer ?, yes, if your buying your beer with gold!

[redartbmud] 14/9/2015 22:39

Vast majority of shareholders are institutions. They would vote for a stuffed donkey if asked to!

[spacecake] 14/9/2015 16:55

Run more for the board and voted for and approved by the shareholders !!

[redartbmud] 02/9/2015 19:25

Yes. Mars is being run more for the board than the shareholders!

[michaelmcandrew] 02/9/2015 17:27

It is indeed petty cash @ 76p per share - the price paid by the two exec directors in exercise of options under the 2010 5 Year SAYE Plan - so that's doubled their money straightaway. Only Catherine Glickman paid full whack.

[redartbmud] 02/9/2015 11:33

With what they are paid it should be 6,560,400 shares. 65k is petty cash to them.

[spacecake] 02/9/2015 11:16

Thats three directors in for a total of 65,604 shares.

[skinny] 28/8/2015 16:22

Canaccord Genuity Hold 151.60 175.00 175.00 Reiterates

[r ball] 26/8/2015 22:07

strategy drift? no obvious catalysts.

[redartbmud] 04/8/2015 18:54

Sense of humour.

Lol
:-))))))))))))

[janekane] 04/8/2015 17:46

:-)))
Lol

[redartbmud] 24/7/2015 08:12

jane

List of runners & riders with odds?

[janekane] 24/7/2015 08:11

This has to be a takeover target at this price
cheap and cheerful and lots of profit

[redartbmud] 22/7/2015 07:56

Keeping it's head above water for now.

[skinny] 22/7/2015 07:02

We have continued to make profitable progress in line with our expectations.

In Destination and Premium, like-for-like sales for the 41 week period were 1.7% ahead of last year, including like-for-like food sales growth of 1.6% and like-for-like wet sales growth of 1.6%. In the last 10 weeks of the period, like-for-like sales are up 2.0%. Operating margin is slightly above last year and we remain on track to complete 25 new-build pub restaurants in the current financial year.

In Taverns, like-for-like sales for the 41 week period were 1.7% ahead of last year and in the last 10 weeks of the period, like-for-like sales were up 2.0%. Our franchise business continues to perform strongly and now operates in around 550 pubs.

In Leased, profits for the 41 week period are estimated to be in line with last year. Average profit per pub was up 4%, reflecting our higher quality leased estate.

In Brewing, own-brewed beer volumes, excluding Thwaites, were up around 4% compared to last year. Including Thwaites, own-brewed beer volumes are up 10%.

Net debt and cash flow are in line with expectations.

The recently announced Government plans to introduce a mandatory Living Wage by 2020 are consistent with our expectation that the gap between the National Minimum Wage and the Living Wage would be closed over time. The additional cost of meeting the higher target of £9 per hour by 2020 will mean that wage costs will be modestly greater than we had expected, but the impact compared to our plans is mitigated by the fact that we had anticipated increases above the rate of inflation, and the lower rate of corporation tax from 2017. Our view remains that Government should prioritise taxation and business rate reductions to reduce the cost of doing business and increase consumer confidence.


more....

[skinny] 16/7/2015 10:14

Numis seem to still be reasonably positive on the sector after the budget.

Numis Add 158.25 157.90 180.00 180.00 Retains