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[martinthebrave] 24/5/2018 16:25

I have been circling this for a while waiting for a little encouragement under 160p. Finally bought a few 153p. Little downside IMO & hoping for a ride back up!

[ny boy] 24/5/2018 10:50

Original core holding was 148p so added a load more at 150p, results 27 June and I am expecting strong profits to be reported.

Brokers at 215p & 225p

Long term hold, decent divi too

Expect a takeover within the next 12-24 months at over 200p GL

Dyor as usual

[gleach23] 24/5/2018 10:49

Interesting thoughts. Could the recent departure of the CFO subsequently replaced internally be tied into the same thinking?

[valuehunter1] 24/5/2018 09:52

Also, Serge has massive skin in the game, he may well be sounding out some PE guys to move on and retire in the sunset.

[valuehunter1] 24/5/2018 09:49

Targatarga, I'm thinking exactly the same. The same thing happened with Laird that I was holding, was walked down constantly for no reason and then bang, low ball offer in from PE. This has been walked down from 190p to 150p and this is when a low ball offer of 210p or something comes in from PE shouting out a % premium to the artificially low price in the first place.

Let's wait and see. Interestingly, LRD announced they were bid for on their scheduled results day.

[targatarga] 24/5/2018 09:39

How about these being worked down ready for a cheap bid..... cash cow anyone?

[valuehunter1] 24/5/2018 08:15

Just topped up, I think yesterday was purely down to a large seller and we should be back up again as buyers take advantage of this price. Trading update due soon and expecting another solid performance in line with the excellent interims a few months ago. Quality cash generative business.

[unnavailable] 23/5/2018 17:32

Another thing people may be overlooking is PHTMs 14% interest in the company that listed in Hong Kong.I think it listed at 0.2 and is now 1.1. Market cap of around 900m HKD.

[unnavailable] 23/5/2018 16:24

Topped up at 145. The passport booths are now available in the UK. I anticipate the laundry side has continued to grow at rates seen previously. They intend to again raise dividend by another 20%.This is a quality and consistent business. And serge has skin in the game here.Hope to get a trading update soon and have a better idea of what's going on. If there's any signif change there, I'm out. I'm not out just because price has dropped.

[tole] 23/5/2018 16:01

Am a buyer of a few down here fwiw.

[gleach23] 23/5/2018 15:10

thanks hth i did suspect that having also noticed the (unusual imo) restrictions on both buying and selling...let's hope the 10% comes good ;)

[prokartace] 23/5/2018 15:06

Oh and easier for me as I don't have a shareholding

[harry the haddock] 23/5/2018 15:05

gleach - i couldn't sell my total holding - would only allow that 90% sale.
that sort of worried me too, as i've only ever had restricted buys ,never a restricted sale. is that unusual?
have held photo me for many years so i hope its nothing untoward

[prokartace] 23/5/2018 15:05

Chart is showing oversold and I don't know what is best. I will definitely buy at 135 but because of the sudden drop may buy earlier. Chart support line etc

[snadgey] 23/5/2018 15:00

Couldn't resist at £1.46!
All the best

[firtashia] 23/5/2018 14:51

Has been drifting down on relatively small volumes, today's volume is atypically large and may indicate a large (final?) dump of stock about half an hour ago. 14 day RSI also now showing oversold. But based on last year we may get a trading statement imminently, and results in a month. Additionally the share price hasn't quite gone low enough for me to add. Tricky one, this......

[shauney2] 23/5/2018 14:51

A trading update is due any day now.Anything untoward and they would have put it out already.
No excessive volume just stops getting hit and sellers preserving any profit.As for new lows it was 10p 10 years ago so i do hope not lol.

[gleach23] 23/5/2018 14:48

to be fair, i didn't have this down as one of my leaky shares so I bought a few @ 1.52

out of interest, why retain 10% harry?

[saj3] 23/5/2018 14:47

Meant weak pound

[saj3] 23/5/2018 14:47

Weak £ is also good for it

[essentialinvestor] 23/5/2018 14:46

I sold on news of the ASDA deal, which I did not like.

It's still on my watchlist.

[snadgey] 23/5/2018 14:44

Falling knife prokartace?
Seems an overreaction if the fall is down to reduced use of photobooths in UK. These represent a small (less than 10%?) percentage of the companies revenue. As mentioned previously, I suspect any loss here will be more than offset by increases from the laundry side. UK and ROI operating profit last half represented about 25% but rose by nearly 80% mainly as a result of the laundry acquisitions (and on off land sale). I can't find anything to show what the photobooth contribution was.

[harry the haddock] 23/5/2018 14:37

sold 90% of mine at £1.55, this has been dropping steadily during 2018 despite no real news. like a previous poster i have seen this happen before when p.i.'s who don't have the same 'access to information' get shafted ,whilst more 'knowledge-rich'(!) investors have got out long ago

[retsius] 23/5/2018 14:35

Graph is screaming 'sell'

[prokartace] 23/5/2018 14:11

Is it time to buy? Or do I wait for 10x esp?