Smiths News Share Discussion Threads

[trident5] 25/1/2023 19:36

Ah Stevensupertrader is back - that's previously been a very bullish signal.

[stevensupertrader] 25/1/2023 13:13

The way SNWS is going today , it will drop below 50p !!!!!!

[lord gnome] 24/1/2023 17:51

Does it matter?

All that has happened today is that the market has knocked the froth off the share price. It's just the market doing market things. We might now mark time gyrating between 50 and 55p. With a very decent divi on the way we might just see a bit of divi reinvestment to give the share price a boost. Otherwise, roll on the interims.

[coyy] 24/1/2023 16:47

SANTANGELLO I never know what "large" is when talking shares.

With £500k portfolio you could have £50k invested in 200,000 shares or with a £25k portfolio you could have £2,500 invested in 10,000 shares.

[santangello] 24/1/2023 13:25

Probably doesn't help being currently xd.I have made a small purchase today, to add to my large holding here.

[riverman77] 24/1/2023 12:15

Yes I'm sure you could run a whole trading strategy by selling in advance of results and buying back a few days later (especially when share price has been very strong). Not sure it's worth the time and effort once you factor in trading costs, but something to consider.

[schofi2] 24/1/2023 12:09

It seems to be a trend lately on company updates. The price drops regardless of the figures and recovers some days later.
Encouraging update all the same.
Fully invested.

[riverman77] 24/1/2023 10:51

It has been on very strong run so bit of a pullback not a huge surprise - I had top sliced my position a couple of weeks ago after 65% rise, now hoping it falls below 50p so I can top up cheaply.

[prokartace] 24/1/2023 10:40

Strange reaction to the update, market can't decide how to take it. I would say there is a distinct lack of figures in the update

[this_is_me] 24/1/2023 07:26

Yes the management are currently doing a good job resulting in the share price doubling since last September.

[norbert colon] 24/1/2023 07:11

Agreed - pleasingly boring

[lord gnome] 24/1/2023 07:07

What a boring update. Just the way I like them. Business as usual, no unforeseen horrors, all on target. Sleep soundly and dream of the dividends.

[norbert colon] 18/1/2023 07:58

Good trading update from WH Smith this morning with a decent read-across to our DPD business.

[hotdawg] 13/1/2023 18:18

At this point , hardly taken a battering at all, I'm both surprised and pleased

[this_is_me] 13/1/2023 16:51

Down only the amount of the dividend.

[schofi2] 12/1/2023 13:02

Nice BIG divi in the bag.. Cheers. More and bigger payouts to come for sure.

[hotdawg] 12/1/2023 12:21

What goes up must come down , personally I'm hoping it'll hold at around 50

[baracuda2] 12/1/2023 12:01

Didn't expect this significant drop this week

[norbert colon] 12/1/2023 10:29

Strange that as I can get a bid online to sell a six figure sum at 51.7p in one clip so clearly plenty of buyers too.....

[stevensupertrader] 12/1/2023 10:18

After ex- div. today. SNWS down more than 2.75p of yesterday the closing price due to LOADS OF SELLERS a queuing up to SELL .

[this_is_me] 12/1/2023 08:44

Down by the 2.75p dividend.

[norbert colon] 11/1/2023 13:15

Agreed circulation revenue up by nearly 2% is quite something given the doom mongers who wrote off the sector. SNWS noted in the prelims that the new year has started well and this read across from RCH helps add some colour to that. Ex divi tomorrow.

[newshound1] 11/1/2023 12:45

The 1.8% is the £ increase (is the new cover prices X by the sales)

As the circulations are in decline the increase showing through on smiths would be expected to be lower than the actual cover price increases.

Very positive with the rate of decline to still show a growth in circulation revenue

[laughton] 11/1/2023 09:41

Not sure whether it applies to all titles but Mail on Sunday and Telegraph cover prices recently increased by a lot more than 1.8% so that should be good for us.