Powerleague Share Discussion Threads

[unadkat] 30/8/2005 13:32

More institutional buying going on - another 130k purchased today

[unadkat] 26/8/2005 09:37

Goals results will move PWR upwards and this is a patient investment for the long term holders. Nice 42k share buy today - I'm just wondering why the price is not sensitive to all the buys over the last few days. This only tends to happen when the big boys are still looking to buy at a fixed price

[chapman123] 25/8/2005 12:06

goals have annouced there results will be out 9/9 no news of PWR date yet
can see goals trumping pwr by getting results out first but hope good goals results will have knock on effect on PWR which could ride a wave assuming their results also good....i'm look for 100p from PWR

[unadkat] 22/8/2005 15:41

With so many well regarded institutions having shares in this, they must know all the positive things that we will soon be informed of

[chapman123] 22/8/2005 13:11

must have got some press over weekend somewhere not in shares magazine this
week either that something about to happen would have also expected it to
be marketed up further on todays trades

[chapman123] 22/8/2005 13:10

the 43p was the float price i bought in the open market (52p) the float was open to institutions/people with deep pocked NOT just employees

[unadkat] 22/8/2005 10:47

Finally some buys coming - has there been some comment in a share magazine ?

[cupasoup2006] 18/8/2005 13:43

Chapman,
How did you get price at 43p when opened at 50p? I thought only employees were able to get a cheaper price!

[chapman123] 18/8/2005 12:22

supposed 57p not too bad if paid 43p can see 75p after results due 'sometime' in september hoping for RNS to give us a clue of the date better stock than goals

[unadkat] 05/8/2005 10:24

Just topped at at 57.5p - some of the frustrated shareholders who have sold will be kicking themselves in the future. The big institutions do not buy unless they have had presentations on the future outlook of a company

[unadkat] 05/8/2005 09:08

Goals shareprice has already gone up extremely well, its now time for Powerleague to do the same. Hence all the buying by the big institutions. If we take Goals share price as the measure - this share price should hit £1.00 very quickly

[cupasoup2006] 05/8/2005 09:01

I went for GOALS but held off from jumping in with PWR as they didn't seem to be expanding much. Also, I happen to have moved my weekly game from Powerleague in Barnet to Goals at Wembley and there's a huge difference, Goals have this amazing surface that doesn't burn and their operation just seems so much more slick. Seems to come thro in their accounts if you look at sales divided by number of branches.

[cupasoup2006] 05/8/2005 08:37

Quite a rise!! Anyone know why? I can't find any background news explaining the reason

[allstar4eva] 04/8/2005 15:12

Still moving up...

[allstar4eva] 02/8/2005 18:20

Moving up now.

[chapman123] 21/7/2005 16:22

GOALS FINISHED UP 4P BUT NICE TO SEE SOME TRADES ON PWR ALL BUYS YET PRICE DIDNT MOVE AWAIT SEPTEMBER RESULTS


Buy Goals Soccer Centres at 127.5p
Argues Rob Cullum, editor of Trendwatch.co.uk
Warren Buffett once said: "I like a business that an idiot can understand, because sooner or later it will be run by one". We're fairly sure that no idiot is lurking in Goals Soccer Centres, because it's certainly easy enough to understand.

Goals is one of those companies that has found a successful business model, operating 5-a-side football centres, and is now aggressively rolling it out across the country.

Its roots go back as far as 1987, when Goals' managing director Keith Rogers co-founded his first soccer centre. After building it up to 11 centres, he sold it to 3i for 28 million pounds. So Mr Rogers clearly understands what he's doing; and if people like 3i are involved, you can be fairly sure that there's a lot of growth potential in this sort of business.

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Why is that? Well, it's almost self-evident, really. Football has captured the imagination of the world. Millions of people want to play 5-a-side for fun and for healthy exercise. And if you offer excellently run, attractively designed, all-weather, floodlit facilities, people will hopefully beat a path to your centre. 30,000 customers pay Goals around 5 pounds per game every week.

Goals was formed in November 2000 to effect a HBOS-backed management buy-in of an existing business that operated five football centres, often on land leased from schools. It floated on AIM in December 2004. Goals now has 12 centres, and plans to open another 15 over the next three years. The minimum criteria for a centre are that it must be well located and easily accessible within urban areas of at least 150,000 population. A typical centre costs 1.8 million pounds to set up and 5 months to build. Most pitches use the most up-to-date artificial grass technology, which more accurately reflects the characteristics of real grass, but without the heavy maintenance overhead.

Most of the current centres are held on long leases, often located on land leased from schools or local authorities. Goals allows the occupants of these premises to use the pitches during off-peak times free of charge. This mutually beneficial arrangement helps Goals to secure well-located sites from both the public and private sectors.

Its maiden full year results, published in February, looked very promising. Sales up 35%, earnings per share up 50%. KBC Peel Hunt foresees extraordinarily fast growth: a near doubling of earnings this year and a further 66% surge next year. The shares are currently rated in line with its sector; but that is much too low relative to its earnings growth rate. This is evidenced by the exceptionally low 2006 PEG of 0.3.

It does have competition. For example, AIM-listed Powerleague has more than double the number of Goals' centres and attracts 75,000 players a week compared to Goals' 30,000. Goals claims that its emphasis is on delivering a quality experience for the customer. Around 30% of Goals' revenue comes from non-foot balling activities such as bar sales.

That's about all there is to know. Goals is a company with a well defined growth strategy. And, in general, strong earnings growth and a rising share price go hand in hand. It isn't quite in Warren Buffett's league in terms of scale but Warren's attraction to simple businesses that he can understand (and his rejection of those he cannot) is legendary. The story behind Goals is so straightforward that even we can understand it; so Warren would probably love it. BUY

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Spread 125p - 130p
Market Cap 53.4 million pounds

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[beaufort1] 27/6/2005 16:31

Thanks Chapman - good spot. Yes I am sittng tight on my shares for now.

[chapman123] 27/6/2005 15:28

shares mag did say something last after letter from shareholder
see below have fowarded copy of article to PWR FD think we will have to await the iterims but very tempted to buy more at this level


In a different league?
I purchased some Powerleague (PWR:AIM)shares a couple of
weeks ago just after they floated and I have been doing
some comparisons between them and Goals (GOAL:AIM),
which floated last December. The latest profit forecast for
PWR is £4.1 million for the year to June 2005.Goals reported
£2.3 million in its recent finals and is valued at £48 million.
However Powerleague is on £43 million,which appears
rather odd,if not the wrong way round. Am I missing something?
Both companies operate in a buoyant and growing market,is
it just a matter of time before the valuation of Powerleague
catches up with Goals?
PHIL SHEPPARD
Susanna Twidale replies: Interesting point. It is worth bearing
in mind that Powerleague only floated in May this year, and when
Goals first floated back in December its valuation was much
lower – at £26 million. Goals shares have almost doubled over
the past six months while Powerleague has only been
trading for three weeks. Analyst David Davies of KBC
Peel hunt says 'the growth prospects for both companies are
huge if they get it right'. When Goals launched it was the
first of its kind and the market has been impressed by the quality of
its centres and its strategy. Even though Powerleague has
double the number of centres, all Goals centres are brand new with
state-of-the-art pitches, while Powerleague is in the process of
updating facilities. Basically the market has been more impressed
with Goals so far but, as Powerleague has only been
trading for a few weeks, it has time to catch up.
It could also have something to do with investor activity – Goals
has been proactive on the PR front and could have been busy visiting
fund managers, thus promoting activity on the shares. If Proactive
has been quieter, then less people know about the company and
there is less fuss about the shares – hence no price appreciation!
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[beaufort1] 24/6/2005 16:23

PWR did get an honourable mention in last week's edition of The Momentum Investor tipsheet as one to watch

[beaufort1] 09/6/2005 17:18

This one just needs to get a bit more publicity - it's early days yet as it has only just floated. My money's on a Shares Mag tip within the next few months.

[chapman123] 09/6/2005 11:57

some big sellers today even better value at this level read the prospecus
and undervaled imho worth at leason 60M ie 50% up from this level

assets worth £54m and only £10m debt so business valued almost at 0
wrong as they generated £4m cash last year and expected to make 4.1m
profit for full year of 2005

imho missing of most investors radar when they get noticed they will fly!

[ashika] 03/6/2005 13:05

Well done Chapman - excellent spot.

Nice clear website,will do some more research over weekend b4 parting with my hard earned cash.

[chapman123] 03/6/2005 12:49

forecast profit for full year to end of june is 4.1M so cheap on this basis
results due end of september goals only made 2.3M so PWR clearly too cheap IMHO
or goals too expensive