Mears Share Discussion Threads

[whizzy1] 08/5/2008 15:27

Climbing nicely over the weeks.

[5dally] 01/5/2008 15:42

This seems to be doing well recently:-)

[mistertibbs] 29/4/2008 20:55

Yes, it was radio5 live about one year ago and turned out to be 2 ex employees with a bit of a grudge by the sound if it. Shares fell to about 235p but were here now. Also, good write up in last week's IC full page buy tip.

[polopolo2] 26/4/2008 18:24

I don't believe it was Panorama, pretty sure it was on radio 5 live. Whatever it was resulted in a severe impact on the share price so great to see it heading back towards the peak of 340 or so.

Would not surprise me if it went over 400 by year end.

[whizzy1] 26/4/2008 14:28

I saw the news threads at the time, had no idea it had been on the box though. Ta.

[polopolo2] 25/4/2008 18:06

Allegations were made against Mears several months ago - all with no substance as was fully proved in the investigation

[whizzy1] 25/4/2008 16:57

Panorama? As in T.V ? WTF?

[cambium] 25/4/2008 14:26

I know cheers

[hsbcpremier] 25/4/2008 14:16

one of the naps for 08 cambrium

[gjd] 25/4/2008 14:12

Share price depressed by sales before new CGT rules + aftermath of Panorama tailing off?
Anyone buying at this price?

[cambium] 25/4/2008 14:07

scsw perhaps

[whizzy1] 25/4/2008 14:05

Nothing for ages then strong buying in a short amount of time? hhhhhmmmmm??
interesting.

[cambium] 25/4/2008 13:56

If you like this polo have a look at GDWN

[polopolo2] 25/4/2008 13:54

Best company on the market is back on the move.......

[whizzy1] 20/4/2008 16:37

Going through £3 would see the S.P fly imo.

[whizzy1] 17/4/2008 20:03

Thing is, this way of doing business has no end..... new contracts in new areas just means more of the same but in different locations, and each time they win a new contract, they are learning the do's & dont's from the previous ones, IMHO Mears are going to be huge.
Whizz.

[mistertibbs] 16/4/2008 17:18

Agree Whizzy1. The almost full order book for next year and two thirds the following year for me, says it all.

[whizzy1] 15/4/2008 21:34

Mears have certainly got things squared off, their work ethic is this = Find refurbishment contracts required & funded by local Gov, set up local area site depot/office, sub-contract skilled labour from within the borough. Councils are happy that labour is sourced locally, therefore money is then diluted back into the local economy, residents get updated housing, Mears make profits, shareholders investments pay off. Easy.

IMO to many PI,s think Mears are in house construction so they stay away, but infact far from it, their main area is refurbing Gov housing stock, money in the bank.

Great boost today. more of the same please.

[mistertibbs] 15/4/2008 17:01

My goodness CR. Thought this may have a far too high p/e for you as I thought you were a single p/e man?

I've held these since the 82p days so holding a decent profit on them and glad to see some more positive news today.

[cockneyrebel] 02/4/2008 10:15

I've been buying these over the past couple of days - I think the weakness is long term investors selling to get 10% CGT tax with taper relief rather than wait til after April 5th and pay 18%.

Reckon these will firm up nicely from next week onwards, perhaps before.

CR

[mistertibbs] 14/3/2008 22:48

Josh...I sold a few last year above this price as I became concerned that most, if not all director holdingds were only due to share options, especially wee fat Bob. Still hold a few and with these results, glad to be a holder at an average of 82p but not tempted to top up.

[edale] 13/3/2008 16:40

I was lucky enougth to buy in at the end of Nov on the dip and have seen a good return so far. I also liked the results, and in the current climate particularly the fact that they have already secured 97% of 2008 revenue and 77% of 2009 revenue. This should mean there are unlikely to be any shocks in the next two years and with their record of securing contracts any likely changes are more than likely to be positive. The only downside in the results for me was the slight fall in eps due to the increased number of shares and additional amortisation charges associated with recent acquisitions but this is a minor downside to a strongly growing company.

[joshalexander] 13/3/2008 10:44

"I have personally never
been more excited about, nor committed to, the future of this Group."

Buy some shares then Bob IMO. !!

Results look good, I just hope they have priced their Hertfordshire contracts
very carefully - as Nestor Healthcare have found to their great cost.

[polopolo2] 12/3/2008 18:38

Another round of excellent results yesterday;

The company posted pretax profit of 15.4 mln stg for the year to end-Dec, against 12.2 mln stg last year. Revenues increased to 304.6 mln stg from 241.4 mln stg.

It said its order book is at record levels, and stands at 1.4 bln stg from 1.1 bln stg in 2006. The new business pipeline is very healthy, it added.

[mistertibbs] 17/2/2008 16:50

Thank you hose. Will get around to reading it soon. Currently, I'm about 3 weeks behind in my reading of these mags whilst following the day to day stuff and I find what the magazines say often contrary with their own views a few weeks later. It really is fascinating reading in this way. Sounds odd but I'm enjoying it.