Royal Mail Share Discussion Threads

[nemesis6] 18/4/2020 13:47

I suppose im a trader on a small scale....its not my main job. I think like many ive been scared by the drop and most of these shares are in my SIPP. Ive opened a separate trading account with a bonus I got from work and intend to trade "solid" stocks....my days of gambling with the likes of zen...ukog..deb...pfc are definitely over. burned too many times.

[kickingking] 18/4/2020 13:06

Should have said "Good luck in which ever decision you make."

[kickingking] 18/4/2020 13:02

You don't sound like a trader, so the other thing to do is sit on your hands and do nothing. No need to look at price all the time. Royal mail will still be here in a few years time. Price can go lower, but will definitely be higher in the future. They are delivering letters and parcels, so still making money.

[lefrene] 18/4/2020 12:56

creditcrunchies, it won't directly be the fault of RMG. There's a huge amount of transport laid up due to their regular contracts being on hold because of the shutdown. Thus that transport is not available for return loads, and much of our distribution of manufactured goods relies on cheap back-loads. So there will be delays in bulk consumer goods loads getting to RMG depots for distribution.

The Christmas season relies on a huge number of redundant trailers held in fields for 40 weeks of the year, all of which have to be serviced and MOT tested for the 10 to 12 week Xmas rush. Those trailers are not going to be provided en mass without guaranteed work to justify the costs. Also many of the small hauliers that do that work around Christmas have been driven off the road due to IR35. And imbeciles talk of "joined up government"!

It's only RMG who drive vast mileages of empty vehicles to keep the relay going to a timetable.

[nemesis6] 18/4/2020 12:43

tell me about it....the other alternative is to shove it in a tracker and forget it lol

[sr2day] 18/4/2020 12:41

as soon as you do this,this will motor.sod,s law.

[nemesis6] 18/4/2020 11:44

Ive got a few of these (5000) and im thinking of switching into something else as im struggling to find an upside especially now without the divvi. Obviously im selling at a considerable loss as ive held for sometime but im thinking of rr. BT.a lloy invp or even BP. as a way of getting into something that has a stronger chance of recovery dyor….etc

[creditcrunchies] 17/4/2020 13:47

my main concern with RMG is I've ordered a lot of stuff because shops are closed and they're too bloomin slow delivering it all. Anybody would think it's Xmas postal service right now it's shocking.

[arbus5000] 17/4/2020 08:43

good question. you should write into RM IR with a stamped addressed envelope

[volsung] 17/4/2020 08:32

Bought some more. I think this good share.

[encarter] 17/4/2020 08:08

The 1.8b is easily covered imho. 300m profit a year. 800m cash. 900m finance. Reduced divi is worth 100m a year. Cancelled divi is worth another 150m a year if they need it. Over 5 years.

[jgunnsm2] 16/4/2020 15:11

Thanks chaps much appreciated

[encarter] 15/4/2020 16:43

They only have low levels of debt and a pension surplus. The price has dropped because they have announced that they will probably make a loss now because whilst parcels are booming, letters are not. Letters give them their best margins. They also announced that they have cancelled the divi. Once this is all over they will be back on track and the share price will go up. Probably a good buying opportunity. Imho.

[jgunnsm2] 15/4/2020 14:51

Please can someone explain why these shares are sub 140p. Parcels and other large items (incl. Flower delivery) is booming and they delivered Government Coronavirus Guidance letters recently to 30 Mln UK Households. I realise it has high debt and a unionised work force and a pension deficit but the debt would only be a huge worry should they have had to stop and furlough staff.

[srpactive] 14/4/2020 13:32

T64

Just looking at the chart, hopefully a retest of 180p in time
and with a bit of luck 160p pretty soon.

dyor

[creditcrunchies] 10/4/2020 18:33

Posties are complaining it's too busy now you can't make it up can you? Saying people should stop buying stuff online unless it's completely essential. WTF they should realise how lucky they are as a lot of businesses are not busy they're about to go bust

[tubbs64] 09/4/2020 22:14

said it was only worth 40p.

[srpactive] 09/4/2020 16:01

Forming a very nice upward reversal on the chart, looking for a retest
of 180p in time.

dyor

[creditcrunchies] 09/4/2020 10:28

I've been keeping them busy been buying shed loads of stuff through the post past few weeks. Only complaint is the delivery is bloody slow it can take over a week they need to speed up a bit

[buywell3] 08/4/2020 08:30

The Government will IMO have to pump cash into many indebted FTSE 100 stocks

Taking a stake in so doing

If the COE times it right he should be able to get some good deals for the taxpayer