Royal Mail Share Discussion Threads

[samartin] 26/7/2019 12:17

Looking a little lack lustre at the moment- just holding

[onjohn] 26/7/2019 08:23

Looking a bit good

[karateboy] 25/7/2019 14:14

Thank you. That is great.

[wogunremi] 25/7/2019 14:08

Yes - 17p.
They already paid H1 divi of 8p, will pay final divi of 17p.

[karateboy] 25/7/2019 13:56

Is the Devi payable in September 17p? I thought it is 7p.

[spob] 25/7/2019 13:14

i did say shares must be held overnight Wednesday to get the divi

just search google for "ex-dividend definition"

[hiddendepths] 25/7/2019 13:03

fuji - to be clear, you do not get the 17p payable in September! Read the thread from earlier!

[fuji99] 25/7/2019 12:33

Thanks a lot encarter.

[encarter] 25/7/2019 11:38

You get the next divi.

[fuji99] 25/7/2019 11:23

Do we get the divi if we buy today (ex. div.)?

[eggbird] 25/7/2019 08:41

My money is on a steady rise as the day progresses with a finish comfortably above 210p

BWDIK

[creditcrunchies] 25/7/2019 08:36

there you go -17p from yesterdays close so they're basically the same price if you bagged the divi

[zztop] 25/7/2019 08:28

207 is a reasonable buy price imo

[hiddendepths] 25/7/2019 08:18

Was a broker for many years so maybe I am an expert!No good reason to do anything unless you think the shares are being rerated, in which case you may view this as an opportunity to buy cheaply as income funds sell out. For that to be sensible, you probably need to see the price fall more than the dividend. I would not advise any newbies to trade or fine tune their dealing. Best to research plenty, choose a share that you like reading at a price that looks on the low side, then buy and hold, preferably for a long time!

[eggbird] 25/7/2019 08:11

I would hold personally for the lucrative dividends in the future, and buy PHD with any spare funds 🚀🚀

[eastmids] 25/7/2019 08:05

My apologies would you buy or sell today then?

[retsius] 25/7/2019 08:03

Eastmids

`not experts`...….?

never assume.... :-)

R.

[eastmids] 25/7/2019 07:55

Many thanks to u both any advice I know both not experts but obviously know more then myself ?

[hiddendepths] 25/7/2019 07:31

Eastmids - retsius is quite right.

The ex div date is important for that reason. You will see other dates from time to time, such as the record date. Ignore them - they are technical and not relevant to investors. Clearly the payment date matters too because that is when they pay out the cash. But if you held the shares last night and sell them this morning, you will still receive the payment in September.

[retsius] 24/7/2019 22:12

Eastmids

Hold the shares tonight and you will get the dividend in Sept.

Buy tomorrow, no div. as it will be x div

R.

[eastmids] 24/7/2019 21:42

Hidden you seem
The most sensible person on here could you tell me Royal Mail go ex Dividend tomorrow does that mean if I hold the shares tomorrow I will get ex dividend payment in September also if I buy tomorrow would I be entitled To the September payment

King regards

Paul complete novice

[hiddendepths] 24/7/2019 19:58

Tomorrow will be interesting for sure. There are plenty of Pension Funds which need to have income from their investments and no doubt some of them at least have been buying this for the divi with every intention of dumping soon after. They don't care about a loss on the capital account as long as they can report income in line with their projections.

Against that there will be buyers on weakness, who will assume the shares will regain the div in a few days or a couple of weeks at the outside.

My expectation is that the income hunters will win this time and the shares may well fall tomorrow by more than the dividend. That said, I suspect that a gradual return to favour could have started so there will be a gradual recovery thereafter.

As I said, interesting. For myself, I have a chunk (from 203p) in my pension, which I am taking an income from, and am happy enough to hold through this uncertainty. Yield stocks, almost by definition, have perceived high risks. But most of the large ones eventually return to favour and my strategy is just to shrug and accept the occasional one that bites the dust. Historically, large high yielders produce better returns than the market (even without including the divs) and I don't think anything has changed.

[zztop] 24/7/2019 17:10

Dip then recovery eod minus 7pHope

[creditcrunchies] 24/7/2019 17:01

Dip tomorrow then