Portrait Software Share Discussion Threads

[kristini] 05/6/2006 15:30

Bully
Do you know what figiures the market's expecting at june end?

[thebullyboy] 05/6/2006 12:46

i hope that build up i was talking about to the results has started for sure, a few annoucements before and after will do me fine

[cocker] 30/5/2006 20:08

looks to me as if all trades were buys today

[thebullyboy] 30/5/2006 09:45

i hope there is a build up to the results end of June

[cocker] 30/5/2006 08:26

techinvest have given them a big thumbs up over the weekend. This explains the rise this morning.

[thebullyboy] 22/5/2006 12:53

no ones mentioned here that pst is a hot sizzler for the summer and beyond according to sharemags

[napoleon 14th] 22/5/2006 00:11

kristini - I agree about Techinvest & have not renewed with them.
IMHO they've reached their level of incompetence, & their two funds are not a reference for them.
They've not moved with the times...

[thebullyboy] 17/5/2006 07:57

still holding - i am sure this is going to prove a good investment in 18 months, even if they meet half of whats forecast, this will double or triple by then

[kristini] 13/5/2006 20:32

Based on Techinvests recent record I've started shorting their share tips. I have to question the value of the newsletter at £179 pa based on the recent record. Let's hope things turn around for them!!

[oska] 05/5/2006 11:14

I am a Techinvest reader and I have bought 150,000 shares. KEEP BUYING. The only way is up.

[infocusint] 05/5/2006 10:09

Techinvest reiterated keep buying.Said Shore Capital is looking for eps of 2.9p this year putting the shares on a pe of not much more than 7. Bearing in mind that Techinvest has been pushing these for over 2 years all the way down from 71p I doubt the recent share price rise from 14.5p has much to do with Techinvest readers.

[thebullyboy] 05/5/2006 08:24

its up already - i bought in at 16p the other day so am please so far

[thebullyboy] 02/5/2006 14:10

did techninvest mention anything i wonder?

[camy] 02/5/2006 14:09

Lots of retail buying. Either a long overdue reaction to the latest Trading Update or more likely buying ahead of some fresh news due out anytime soon.

[napoleon 14th] 23/4/2006 22:36

Yes, patience gets rewarded in some cases.
Thinking of going longer at these prices....

[holdontightuk] 08/4/2006 23:02

Who cares what Techinvest say.....good management team at PST will see it deliver, imo. Might take a couple of years though.

[napoleon 14th] 08/4/2006 22:21

Techinvest have never got this right, whether as PST or AIT.

I've let my sub. to Tech lapse as they stubbornly stick to licking postage stamps (well, franking their newsletter to be frank, but that's the same) whilst talking hi-tech.

Not too impressed with their special sits fund either; underperformed teh footsie.
The tech fund is only in-line with the tech index, so where's the big deal?

[mog] 06/4/2006 13:40

But unfortunately for Techinvest they bought on 27th March before this profit warning. Agree with drifting, perhaps until results come out.

[sidebar] 01/4/2006 16:30

Tipped again in Techinvest. They also 'bought' more for their (paper) portfolio.
Should rise Monday but probably drift lower later in the week.

[napoleon 14th] 31/3/2006 10:14

§§§§§§§ HERE'S THE RNS.. §§§§§§§ .. DOESN'T LOOK TOO BAD TO ME. §§§§§§

PROFITS ANYWAY; RE-ADJUST YOUR SIGHTS TO THE +IVE ASPECT IMHO.

RNS Number:6295A
Portrait Software Plc
30 March 2006


30th March 2006


Portrait Software plc

("Portrait" or "the Company")


Trading Update


Portrait Software plc (London: PST), a leader in Customer Interaction Management and Predictive Customer Analytics software, announces today that sales for the second half of the year ending 31 March 2006 are expected to be in the order of £6.5 million, which is a sequential increase of £1.7 million (35%) compared with sales in the first half year of the year. The Company expects to report sales for the full year of £11.3m, which is below current market expectations.

Adjusted earnings (before exceptional items, goodwill amortisation and tax)
returned to profitability in the second half and are expected to be profitable
for the full year. The final outcome for the year will depend upon a number of
small deals being finalized in the last few days of the year end.


Compared to the first half year, the sales improvement was due to a fivefold
increase in software licence sales plus a positive contribution during the last
quarter from Quadstone Ltd, acquired in December 2005. Whilst an encouraging
trend, it excludes some OEM and direct licence deals that the Company had been
hoping to close before the end of the year.


John O'Connell, Chairman of Portrait, commented, "The transition of Portrait to
a high margin software business is underway, with software revenue in terms of
licences and support fees representing 68% of our business during the second
half of the year, up from 58% in the first half. We are also pleased with our
OEM partnership with Fiserv in the retail banking sector, which has generated
increased royalties to us in the second half. Quadstone has now been integrated
successfully and the first combined product, Interaction Optimizer, was launched earlier this month. Customer loyalty remains extremely high and represents a very solid platform from which to build a software led business."


"We are now making some further changes in the sales area to improve our sales
focus and execution capability, following the appointment of a new software
management team in the last few months. The transition is taking longer than
expected, which means results are unlikely to be in line with market
expectations, which is disappointing. However, we are confident that we are well positioned to deliver much improved revenues and profits from our next financial year onwards."


Portrait will be announcing its full year financial results in June 2006.


ENQUIRIES:

Portrait Software plc Tel. [phone]
Nick Randall, Chief Executive Officer
Matthew White, Chief Financial Officer

ICIS Limited Mob. [phone]
Tom Moriarty Tel. [phone]


About Portrait SoftwareTM

Portrait SoftwareTM specialises in Customer Interaction and Customer Analytical
software that helps organizations build more responsive, long-term and
profitable customer relationships. Portrait Software's solutions combine
analytical capabilities with a process-centric customer interaction management
platform, providing organizations with the ability to deliver the most highly
optimized customer processes across all sales and service channels.


Our 200+ customers are organizations that lead the world's most demanding
customer-intensive sectors, including Financial Services, Public Services,
Telecoms and the Independent Software Vendors that support these markets.
Customers include Nationwide Building Society, Lloyds TSB, Chelsea Building
Society, British Telecom, Mapfre (Spain), NovaKBM (Slovenia), Wells Fargo Bank,
Fidelity Investments, Washington Mutual, Merrill Lynch, T-Mobile, Fiserv CBS and the largest police force in Europe.


For more information please visit: www.portraitsoftware.com






This information is provided by RNS
The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

[plantronics] 30/3/2006 08:00

TRADING BELOW EXPECTATIONS _ %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%PROFIT WARNING %%%%%%%%%%%

[lanzarotelady] 24/3/2006 17:15

The Company announces that it has today issued a total of 1,500,000 Ordinary
Shares of 2.5p each ("Ordinary Shares") as part of the deferred consideration
pursuant to the terms of the acquisition of Quadstone Limited completed on 7
December 2005.



Application has been made to the AIM Market of the London Stock Exchange ("AIM")
for such shares to be admitted to AIM on 22 March 2006.


I've put it down to the above, and am hoping it will bottom out soon and start rising!

[its the oxman] 24/3/2006 15:56

can anyone explain the fall in price please?