Prime People Share Discussion Threads

[valustar1] 12/11/2010 21:42

Issue to me is future visibility of earnings

What we need is some forecasts but don't think company confident enough to give any

Hence no outlook in results

Does not mean not a cracking company however

[jeff h] 12/11/2010 14:13

Yeah still here...nice to see the start businesses making good progress.

[puffintickler] 12/11/2010 13:49

The results are as good as expected if not better. Nice to see a decent rerating and good prospects.

Is anyone there?

[valustar1] 08/9/2010 14:32

What i was hinting at is that its wrong to persume no one has bought any just by looking at the ADVFN trade data

They dont report PLUS trades

In actual fact the reason why the price is going up is because there are buys but on PLUS

not much however

[lcairns1] 08/9/2010 14:27

here you are. hope the link remains valid with the transfer

http://www.plusmarketsgroup.com/chart.shtml?ISIN=GB00B4ZG0R74/GBX/PLUS-exn

[lcairns1] 08/9/2010 14:23

i had looked, but i have no idea of how to amalgamate the volumes. the volume on plus appears lower than on the LSE

[valustar1] 08/9/2010 14:12

perhaps they have via Plus

Have you looked

[lcairns1] 08/9/2010 08:23

imagine what might happen if anyone actually bought some

[jeff h] 07/9/2010 12:07

skyracer - hope you're right about the upside surprise!

92p is my average buying price so a share price surge might get me back into the black.

[skyracer] 07/9/2010 10:54

Hmm, is this the Staffline (STAF) effect?

Prime People seem very undervalued too and look likely to provide a big upside surprise in their Interims or the trading update that will precede them.

[jeff h] 04/6/2010 09:53

The recovery continues with a couple of interesting new businesses started.

[jeff h] 19/3/2010 00:27

Yes moves fast and is illiquid...bit like your Western Selection topvest...I tried buying that some time ago and was quoted about 50% over the Offer price for about 5 grands worth!

A 500k trade went through today....over 4% of the company...I wonder who's
been buying and selling...RNS will reveal all.

[topvest] 18/3/2010 20:36

I was looking at getting back in here..annoyed!

[jeff h] 18/3/2010 20:07

500k trade today as well....that's over 4% of the company

[barn owl] 18/3/2010 09:00

Prime People is now primed for a recovery in 2010 and beyond
Bought a few recently
Please DYOR before making any investment decision
Company information website

http://www.prime-people.co.uk

Prime People plc is the parent company of Macdonald and Harper Craven
For more information please visit;

http://www.macdonald.co.uk and http://www.harpercraven.com

[jeff h] 18/3/2010 08:55

Well they say every dog has its day....waited so long for a bit of good news
...unless I'm "barking" mad...looks as though the company's prospects may well have turned a corner

[puffin tickler] 23/10/2009 12:14

yes, but why?

[tomboyb] 23/10/2009 11:44

looks cheap . up 40% so far.

[empirestate] 03/5/2009 15:31

this one looks like the worst is over, finals won't be all that but sure that is all priced in. brokers already priced in the lower 09 earnings. think worth a 3 month play

[skyracer] 21/11/2008 11:47

Prudent to drop dividend. Agree with this. Cant tell where PRP is going to go now but have accepted that second half eps will probably be zero. Low debt, cash in bank, competent mangement imo, PRP should probably survive the recession. But they must ruthlessly cut admin expenses immediately as necessary, otherwise the cash will disappear. At some point PRP should become a screaming BUY. But not yet. Seems long time since 100+p.....

[mctmct] 24/6/2008 08:19

IC says Good Value. Highlights overseas offices.

[jeff h] 16/6/2008 18:08

I thought the results were decent as well...and the outlook.

The overseas fee earners have already grown by over 25% since 31/3/08.

I'd expect the overseas contribution to be more than 1/3 of NFI in 2009.
...this of course all being organic growth.

XD on Wed for a 2.4p Final Dividend.

Latest Forecast from Arbuthnot 10/6/08 ( with a Buy rec):-

Y/E 31/3/09 Pre Tax £2.54m EPS 13.27p Div 4.00p

Y/E 31/3/10 Pre Tax £2.84m EPS 14.83p Div 4.25p

...the company will have a write up in this weeks IC.

[wilco99] 06/6/2008 09:10

seem decent results to me. Obviously the outlook isnt fantastic but it could be much worse. Particularly pleasing to see a reduction in admin expenses to £5,481,000 from £6,044,000 in H1. Around £8m market cap seems cheap to me. I dont hold but am tempted.

[jeff h] 30/3/2008 12:42

Must be a chance that Peter Hearn will want to merge this with OPD where
he's the largest shareholder and looks unlikely to succeed in taking over
Imprint....so buying PRP as a Plan B here a possibilty.

I added last week most recruiters seem to be coming out with good figures
and more importantly decent outlook statements.

[topvest] 02/2/2008 09:04

This is certainly getting hammered now. Glad I sold last year. May look again later in the year. Fundamentally this is a sound business, but the tide is going out!