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SGE Sage Group Plc

1,259.00
-4.50 (-0.36%)
Last Updated: 10:04:13
Delayed by 15 minutes
Share Name Share Symbol Market Type Share ISIN Share Description
Sage Group Plc LSE:SGE London Ordinary Share GB00B8C3BL03 ORD 1 4/77P
  Price Change % Change Share Price Bid Price Offer Price High Price Low Price Open Price Shares Traded Last Trade
  -4.50 -0.36% 1,259.00 1,258.00 1,259.00 1,267.00 1,249.50 1,267.00 106,582 10:04:13
Industry Sector Turnover Profit EPS - Basic PE Ratio Market Cap
Prepackaged Software 2.18B 211M 0.2059 61.00 12.87B
Sage Group Plc is listed in the Prepackaged Software sector of the London Stock Exchange with ticker SGE. The last closing price for Sage was 1,263.50p. Over the last year, Sage shares have traded in a share price range of 742.20p to 1,285.00p.

Sage currently has 1,024,647,151 shares in issue. The market capitalisation of Sage is £12.87 billion. Sage has a price to earnings ratio (PE ratio) of 61.00.

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DateSubjectAuthorDiscuss
22/1/2015
08:56
Looking good here this morning.Nice run up since November.
dimotane
25/12/2014
03:27
Hi Eastbourne1982,

Thanks for your thoughts, is that the depth of your analysis?

I've been led to believe that shorters have to do much greater research and analysis than bulls due to the higher risk they take. Is this true or are you just taking a punt?

Regards Maddox

maddox
24/12/2014
23:19
Stuck this one on my short radar, nothing wrong with the company and the recent news has obviously been good however it has pretty much rocketed from £3.50ish to around £4.64 today, seems overblown to me.

FAO bigdazzler - Are you looking to go short again ?

eastbourne1982
19/12/2014
10:43
Have high expectations for SGE in 2015.
essentialinvestor
04/12/2014
15:32
Hi Amigos,

Great set of results from Sage, and great start by new boss Stephen Kelly. The performance was of course on the cards as anyone looking at the previous results could see. Mr Market seems now to have taken notice. With growth on track to hit 6% pa margins of 28% profit margin, growing divs and share buy-backs.

What's not to like?

Regards Maddox

maddox
04/12/2014
11:58
Great reaction to a really confident conference call and results presentation yesterday.
essentialinvestor
03/10/2014
10:05
Well done on your short, I think this is strong longer term prospect,
have traded SGE previously.

The rating had become a little rich, much less so near these levels,
all imv only.

essentialinvestor
02/10/2014
15:22
Still it's nice once in a while to moan that a trade has gone with you too quickly!!
bigdazzler
02/10/2014
15:17
Essential I have just closed out at 356. The reason I have closed out is the fact it has hit the bottom of my trading channel today. This channel has been in place since March of this year so I have to stick to my discipline.

I know this contradicts a little what I said yesterday as I still believe this drop may have a little to go.

My hope was the daily declines were going to be a little smaller and they were going to hit the bottom of the trading channel around the 350-346 mark. Which for me is the interesting trading point around November into early December last year. Trading hit a short term resistance of around 351 during this month and then from the 3-4 dec gapped up from 346 to 361p.

This was the area I wanted to target either to bounce off the support area of the 350 or to close the gap. Extending my trading channel I had this to complete around the last week of this month.

But as I've said I have to stick to my trading plan and today it's hit the bottom of the channel and out I go. May be too early and I shall be watching for a further entry.

bigdazzler
02/10/2014
13:45
bigd, are you looking for the gap up from about 343?.
essentialinvestor
01/10/2014
08:32
You may be right bigd on lower levels, tough market.

However they are reducing the share count at a rapid rate helped by exceptional
cash conversion.

They do not need large increases in revenue to continue to do this, and gearing
remains low.

Short term difficult to call, longer term prospects look attractive just imv.

Also rate the new CEO, expect a step change in growth ambitions so more
in fill acquisitions to come imo.

essentialinvestor
01/10/2014
08:21
I would love sage to make to 225 as the title suggests however I think that's a little optimistic. However decline still has a way to go. Short trade is doing well at the moment.
bigdazzler
07/8/2014
23:06
Chairman buys again.
essentialinvestor
07/8/2014
23:01
Hi Guys,

Great immediate reaction to the appointment of the new CEO Stephan Kelly up 11.4p 3.08% to 381.8p. Let's see whether it stays firm?

Regards Maddox

maddox
01/8/2014
17:44
Hi Essential,

Taking advantage of a market dip is something I like to do. Nothing fundamentally has changed but Mr Market is happy to take 10p less than the day before. At this price 366p the div yld at 3.4% is supportive together with the buy-backs.

The growth figure is important. If Sage gets back into the sweetspot of growth and income - then a re-rating will follow as surely as night follows day.

Regards, Maddox

maddox
31/7/2014
10:28
Maddox, about to buy here, looks fine to me.

Some downside risk to forecasts, but why the market is so fixated on
a specific growth figure is beyond me - although in fairness the CEO keeps
banging on about it.

Cash generation and the reducing share count are the main buying factors
for me.

essentialinvestor
31/7/2014
10:03
Sage continues to buy-up shares but the share price continues to fall. Seems that there are plenty of weak holders or are shorters providing XS liquidity?
maddox
31/7/2014
09:53
Thanks Mellors, tax is an area I'm not well informed on, particularly in the US. I tend to agree with Obama though, companies should pay a fair proportion rather than try and avoid paying using overly aggressive methods. The US firms seem to be the worst offenders - I haven't bought a coffee in Starbucks since. Regards, Maddox
maddox
28/7/2014
22:47
The US tax system is harsh, in that it taxes worldwide income at a very high US tax rate. If you expect to have a lot of your growth in the rest of the world those sales are going to be taxed very highly unless you are willing to leave the money overseas.
Move your head quarters to Newcastle (Tax inversion)
eg Abbvie Shire

Maddox always interested in your posts

mellorscarthwaite
28/7/2014
11:26
Hi EI,

Very solid update I'd say. They have hit a couple of issues in the Q3 but still anticipate meeting expectations - so obviously have wisely built-in a bit of slack. They are also maintaining their 6% organic growth target for 2015. The dip in the share price suggests Mr Market isn't as confident as Sage is.

Regards, Maddox

maddox
28/7/2014
11:16
Hi mellorscarthwaite,

Does a 'tax inversion takeover' mean the opportunity to acquire accumulated tax losses with a takeover? If so, they do but I believe it not very likely to occur. Sage have't tended to acquire early stage businesses with tax losses. What they have done is takeover profitable businesses at good prices. These are thus immediately value adding as Sage trades on higher p/e than the target and the acquired profits are immediately re-priced at the higher p/e.

Regards, Maddox

maddox
25/7/2014
12:55
No idea on that, update look fairly solid, may be slight downside risk
to forecasts?.

essentialinvestor
25/7/2014
12:11
Does Sage have possibilities of a Tax inversion takeover?
mellorscarthwaite
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