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Mouchel Investors - MCHL

Share Name	Share Symbol	Market	Stock Type
Mouchel Group	MCHL	London	Ordinary Share

	Price Change	Price Change %	Share Price	Last Trade
	0.00	0.00%	0.975	01:00:00

Open Price	Low Price	High Price	Close Price	Previous Close
				0.975

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Posted at 13/7/2014 07:08 by simon gordon Sunday Times - 13/7/14: MOUCHEL, the road repairs and outsourcing company swallowed by its banks during the financial crisis, is plotting a remarkable comeback that could value it at up to £500m. Less than two years after investors forced it into administration by rejecting a token 1p-a-share offer, the company is believed to have appointed the investment bank Rothschild to explore a stock market float or trade sale. Any deal, which is unlikely until the new year, will net hefty returns for its lenders - Barclays, Lloyds and Royal Bank of Scotland - which wrote off £87m of debt to seize control. About 20 senior managers, including the chief executive Grant Rumbles, are also in line for a windfall of up to £75m in shares for turning the company round. Read Full Thread Reply
Posted at 06/8/2012 12:13 by bubble pricker nathan, I nor I suppose anyone else invests solely on what they read on the boards. However, investment decisions can be influenced by what is written on the boards, because other posters may offer different opinions or point out aspects. Of course in the end, one makes one's own decision based on all the information available. I would not disagree that what the BoD is doing here is disgraceful. They are clearly securing themselves their jobs and some stake in any potential future upside of the business. However, the equity in MCHL is worthless, no matter what deal is or isn't struck. An equity investment is risk capital and it comes last in the pecking order behind creditors and everyone else. If there is no value in the equity left then shareholders get nothing. That is the basis of equity investment. As for the announcement of 11 June, if a company tells you that "there being only limited value for existing shareholders" you had better believe it. I have in the past 9 months shorted no less than 4 companies, including MCHL after such announcements, three of them to zero or near zero and MCHL to 1p. These short bets are a virtually guaranteed winner, because even after such "no value" announcements, the retail investors stubbornly believe that somehow some value will be realised and thus provide a shorting opportunity. Even now, someone is posting on this board that maybe a "predator" bid will come along. Read Full Thread Reply
Posted at 06/8/2012 09:28 by bubble pricker Still Waiting, if shareholders reject the deal they receive nothing. KNIGHT, it is always funny how investors who time and time again will not listen to the warnings on these boards afterwards want to call the police or file a Downing Street petition. Take responsibility for your own investment decisions and actions. Read Full Thread Reply
Posted at 03/4/2012 20:00 by wooster4 pikey - nobody on these boards has a time frame beyond about a week. If they do, its only because they've bought at the top, watched it go down and are suddenly in for the long haul - and hence call themselves long term investors. The vast majority simply want a quick buck and explains why most are so impatient. Read Full Thread Reply
Posted at 29/3/2012 08:02 by spot1034 If they can raise fresh capital without going down the debt for equity route, they are surely more or less obliged to do so in the interests of shareholders. My guess is that there will be a large placing & open offer with new investors coming on board and existing holders given the chance to participate fully. Read Full Thread Reply
Posted at 26/3/2012 22:28 by guru121 Mouchel Parkman Plc (MCHL.L) 16.75p 0.50 (3.08%) Thursday, March 15, 2012 MCHL.L is overvalued compared to its Price of 16.75p per share, has below average safety, and is currently rated a Hold. Mouchel Parkman Plc (MCHL.L) Business Svc (Consulting) Company Information Business: Mouchel Group plc, a consulting and business services group, supports primarily public-sector customer base in developing and managing their infrastructure assets in the United Kingdom and internationally. The company involves in the provision of highway engineering and management services; management of other professional services for local and central governments; and provision of services to utilities, rail companies, and other industries regulated by government. Capital Appreciation Value: Value is a measure of a stock's current worth. MCHL.L has a current Value of 0.82p per share. Therefore, it is overvalued compared to its Price of 16.75p per share. Value is computed from forecasted earnings per share, forecasted earnings growth, profitability, interest, and inflation rates. Value increases when earnings, earnings growth rate and profitability increase, and when interest and inflation rates decrease. VectorVest advocates the purchase of undervalued stocks. At some point in time, a stock's Price and Value always will converge. RV (Relative Value): RV is an indicator of long-term price appreciation potential. MCHL.L has an RV of 0.02, which is very poor on a scale of 0.00 to 2.00. This indicator is far superior to a simple comparison of Price and Value because it is computed from an analysis of projected price appreciation three years out, AAA Corporate Bond Rates, and risk. RV solves the riddle of whether it is preferable to buy High growth, High P/E stocks, or Low growth, Low P/E stocks. VectorVest favors the purchase of stocks with RV ratings above 1.00. RS (Relative Safety): RS is an indicator of risk. MCHL.L has an RS rating of 0.61, which is poor on a scale of 0.00 to 2.00. RS is computed from an analysis of the consistency and predictability of a company's financial performance, debt to equity ratio, sales volume, business longevity, price volatility and other factors. A stock with an RS rating greater than 1.00 is safer and more predictable than the average stock in the VectorVest database. VectorVest favors the purchase of stocks of companies with consistent, predictable financial performance. RT (Relative Timing): RT is a fast, smart, accurate indicator of a stock's price trend. MCHL.L has a Relative Timing rating of 1.29, which is very good on a scale of 0.00 to 2.00. RT is computed from an analysis of the direction, magnitude, and dynamics of a stock's price movements over one day, one week, one quarter and one year time periods. Once a stock's price has established a strong trend, it is expected to continue in that trend for the short-term. If a trend dissipates, RT will gravitate toward 1.00. RT will explode from bottoms, dive from tops, and reflect changes in price momentum. VectorVest favors the purchase of stocks with RT ratings above 1.00. VST (VST-Vector): VST is the master indicator for ranking every stock in the VectorVest database. MCHL.L has a VST rating of 0.88, which is fair on a scale of 0.00 to 2.00. VST is computed from the square root of a weighted sum of the squares of RV, RS, and RT. Stocks with the highest VST ratings have the best combinations of Value, Safety and Timing. These are the stocks to own for above average, long-term capital appreciation. VectorVest advocates the purchase of safe, undervalued stocks rising in price. Recommendation (REC): VectorVest gives a Buy, Sell, Hold recommendation on every stock, every day. MCHL.L has a Hold recommendation. REC reflects the cumulative effect of all the VectorVest parameters working together. These parameters are designed to help investors buy safe, undervalued stocks rising in price. They also help investors avoid or sell risky, overvalued stocks falling in price. VectorVest recommends that investors buy high VST-Vector, Buy-rated stocks in rising markets. OR Stop (Stop-Price): Stop is an indicator of when to sell a long position or cover a short position. MCHL.L has a Stop of 11.11p per share. This is 5.64 belowp below MCHL.L's current closing Price. A stock's Stop is computed from a 13 week moving average of its closing prices, and is fine-tuned according to the stock's fundamentals. High RV, high RS stocks have lower Stops, and low RV, low RS stocks have higher Stops. In the VectorVest system, a stock gets a 'B' or 'H' recommendation if its Price is above its Stop and an 'S' recommendation if its Price is below its Stop. GRT (Earnings Growth Rate): GRT reflects a company's one to three year forecasted earnings growth rate in percent per year. MCHL.L has a forecasted Earnings Growth Rate of -9.00%, which VectorVest considers to be very poor. GRT is computed from historical, current and forecasted earnings data. It is updated each week for every stock in the VectorVest database. GRT often foretells a stock's future price trend. If a stock's GRT trend is upward, the stock's price will likely rise. If GRT is trending downward, the stock's Price will probably fall. VectorVest favors the purchase of stocks whose GRT is rising and is greater than the sum of current inflation and interest rates, as shown weekly in our investment climate report. EPS (Earnings per Share): EPS stands for leading 12 months Earnings Per Share. MCHL.L has a forecasted EPS of -0.50p per share. VectorVest determines this forecast from a combination of recent earnings performance and traditional fiscal and/or calendar year earnings forecasts. P/E (Price to Earnings Ratio): P/E is a popular measure of stock valuation which shows the dollars required to buy one dollar of earnings. MCHL.L has a P/E of -0.34. This ratio may be deemed to be high or low depending upon your frame of reference. The average P/E of all the stocks in the VectorVest database is 23.15. P/E is computed daily using the formula: P/E = Price/EPS. EY (Earnings Yield): EY reflects earnings per share as a percent of Price. EY is related to P/E via the formula, EY = 100 / (P/E), and may be used in place of P/E as a measure of valuation. EY has the advantages that it is always determinate and can reflect negative earnings. MCHL.L has an EY of -99.00 percent. This is below the current average of 4.32% for all the stocks in the VectorVest database. EY equals 100 x (EPS/Price). GPE (Growth to P/E Ratio): GPE is another popular measure of stock valuation. It compares earnings growth rate to P/E ratio. MCHL.L has a GPE rating of -26.87. High growth stocks are believed to be able to justify high P/E ratios. A stock is commonly considered to be undervalued when GPE is greater than 1.00 and overvalued when GPE is below 1.00. Unfortunately, this rule of thumb does not take into account the effect of interest rates on P/E ratios. The operative GPE ratio of 1.00 is valid when and only when interest rates equal 10%. With long-term interest rates currently at 6.34%, the operative GPE ratio is 0.40. Therefore, MCHL.L may be considered to be overvalued. Dividend Information DIV (Dividend): VectorVest reports annual, regular, cash dividends as indicated by the most recent payments. Special distributions, one-time payments, stock dividends, etc., are not generally included in DIV. MCHL.L does not pay a dividend. DY (Dividend Yield): DY reflects dividend per share as a percent of Price. MCHL.L does not pay a dividend, so it does not have a Dividend Yield rating. . DY equals 100 x (DIV/Price). It is useful to compare DY with EY. If DY is not significantly lower than EY, the dividend payment may be in jeopardy. DS (Dividend Safety): DS is an indicator of the assurance that regular cash dividends will be declared and paid at current or at higher rates for the foreseeable future. MCHL.L does not pay a dividend, so it does not have a Dividend Safety rating . Stocks with DS values above 75 typically have RS values well above 1.00 and EY levels that are much higher than DY. DG (Dividend Growth Rate): Dividend Growth is a subtle yet important indicator of a company's financial performance. It also provides some insight into the board's outlook on the company's ability to increase earnings. MCHL.L does not pay a dividend, so it does not have a Dividend Growth rating . YSG (YSG-Vector): YSG is an indicator which combines DIV, DY and DG into a single value, and allows direct comparison of all dividend-paying stocks in the database. MCHL.L does not pay a dividend, so it does not have a YSG rating which is . Stocks with the highest YSG values have the best combinations of Dividend Yield, Safety and Growth. These are the stocks to buy for below current income and long-term growth. Price-Volume Data Price: MCHL.L closed on Thursday, March 15, 2012 at 16.75p per share. Open:MCHL.L opened trading at a price of 16.75p per share on Thursday, March 15, 2012. High: MCHL.L traded at a High price of 17.36p per share on Thursday, March 15, 2012. Low: MCHL.L traded at a Low price of 16.29p per share on Thursday, March 15, 2012. Close: MCHL.L closed on Thursday, March 15, 2012 at 16.75p per share. (Close is also called Price in the VectorVest system) Range: Range reflects the difference between the High and Low prices for the day. MCHL.L traded with a range of 1.07p per share on Thursday, March 15, 2012. p Change: MCHL.L up 0.50 from the prior day's closing Price. %PRC: MCHL.L's Price changed 3.08% from the prior day's closing price. Volume: MCHL.L traded 2,246,486 shares on Thursday, March 15, 2012. AvgVol: AvgVol is the 50 day moving average of daily volume as computed by VectorVest. MCHL.L has an AvgVol of 3,084,200 shares traded per day. %Vol: %Vol reflects the percent change in today's trading volume as compared to the AvgVol. %Vol equals ((Volume - AvgVol) / AvgVol ) * 100. MCHL.L had a %Vol of -27.16% on Thursday, March 15, 2012 CI (Comfort Index): CI is an indicator which reflects a stock's ability to resist severe and/or lengthy price declines.MCHL.L has a CI rating of 0.11, which is very poor on a scale of 0.00 to 2.00. CI is quite different from RS in that it is based solely upon a stock's long-term price history. VectorVest advocates the purchase of high CI stocks. Sales / Market Capitalization Information Sales: MCHL.L has annual sales of £551,000,000 Sales Growth: Sales Growth is the Sales Growth Rate in percent over the last 12 months. MCHL.L has a Sales Growth of -12.00% per year. This is very poor. Sales Growth is updated each week for every stock. It is often useful to compare Sales Growth to Earnings Growth to gain an insight into a company's operations. Sales Per Share (SPS): MCHL.L has annual sales of 4.83p per share. SPS can be used as a measure of valuation when comparing stocks within an Industry Group. Price to Sales Ratio (P/S): MCHL.L has a P/S of 0.03. This ratio is also used as a measure of valuation. Here, too, it is useful when comparing stocks within an Industry Group. Shares: MCHL.L has 114,000,000 shares of stock outstanding. Market Capitalization: MCHL.L has a Market Capitalization of £19,000,000. Market Capitalization is calculated by multiplying price times shares outstanding. Business Sector: MCHL.L has been assigned to the Business Svc Business Sector. VectorVest classifies stocks into over 200 Industry Groups and 40 Business Sectors. Industry Group: MCHL.L has been assigned to the Business Svc (Consulting) Industry Group. VectorVest classifies stocks into over 200 Industry Groups and 40 Business Sectors. 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Posted at 23/3/2012 10:04 by taxislags Sally You aren't doing my tinnitus any good with your shouting, but yes, the press can do things that people take on board as gospel. What makes me laugh is that all the company has done is change their broker. Who said that there's going to be a rights issue?, who said there's going to be a sale of the company?, who said that the company is going to go through a debt for equity? The press? no, they've only suggested all of the options. Investors have taken on board the words printed in the press and seen what they want to see (or don't want to see, if you know what I mean). It's a dirty trick seeing as the company is in a closed period and cannot defend (will not is probably more accurate) itself by releasing an RNS to the contrary. I've seen this so many times in the past. Doesn't necessarily mean I'm right, though. DYOR, etc. Holding. Read Full Thread Reply
Posted at 21/3/2012 10:50 by whoppy Looks like mm's getting their fill from nervous investors before news next week news and feeding off the scenario of Game fear. You then have the ST article stopping the rising trend and turning sentiment encouraging ppl to go short. mm'swill wait for news now so it can be marked up in a whoosh for maximum gain. Read Full Thread Reply
Posted at 19/3/2012 11:29 by spot1034 Although MCHL as a company (though in fairness not those running it now) has a reputation of doing the exact opposite of what is in the best interest of shareholders, I cannot believe they would go down the debt for equity route. That surely has to be a last resort, and it would appear that there is every chance of the company pulling through and indeed prospering in the medium term with a fresh injection of capital to pay down a proportion of the debt, and also that there would be investors willing to put that capital in, some of whom have a stake already. A dilution is very likely and this is not new information - we have known it is a distinct possibility for months. Read Full Thread Reply
Posted at 18/1/2012 15:08 by howdlep Wednesday, January 18, 2012 Wednesday's most followed: Mouchel Group, Zoltav, JD Wetherspoon, Greene King, Findel, Songbird Estates Today's most talked about UK stocks included one of this week's top performers in London markets Mouchel Group (LON:MCHL) and Russian focused resources firm Zoltav (LON:ZOL), which has sold part of its portfolio. Meanwhile, pub companies remained under the spotlight with JD Wetherspoon (LON:JDW) presenting an upbeat trading update a day after Greene King (LON:GNK) reported an increase in Christmas sales. Starting with Mouchel, the embattled infrastructure group showed up among the most searched for UK companies on Google Finance as investors tried to find out the reason behind the surge seen in its share price this week. The stock has risen from 5.2 pence on Monday morning to nine pence by noon today, which was linked to speculation that its current valuation could turn it into an attractive takeover target. Mouchel had a disastrous year in 2011 as it suffered from public sector cuts implemented by the government. It was also hit by the termination of talks with potential suitors, which offered many times what the company is currently worth. On message boards, investors saw the increase in demand for the stock as a sign that the markets expect the company to get back on track and these investments came from long term buyers. Read Full Thread Reply

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