Sophos Share Discussion Threads

[au24] 01/2/2021 14:02

Off Topic,

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Prophecy update Jan 2021

Trans human vaccine pt 1, Just the beginning of the great deception 666 .The time is short.

A very interesting/informative video,thought I would repost it,main part starts after 15 mins or so into it.

[paulisi] 29/2/2020 14:11

2nd March now

[paulisi] 27/2/2020 10:45

Ridiculous

[typo56] 26/2/2020 18:52

Takeover delayed at the last minute over issue of providing finance to employees for the purchase of cycles or cyclist safety equipment in excess of £1000.

You couldn't make it up!

[paulisi] 22/1/2020 18:34

Can someone remind me, when the takeover is expected to go ahead?

[montynj] 30/12/2019 16:08

I'm holder of Sophos but thought good idea to draw your attention to a small fast growing cyber security firm which is below investors' radar...it is called Shearwater (SWG).12 months group revenue to March 31 2019 was GBP 23.5 million.Current year...6 months revenue (April 1 - Sept 30 2019) approx. GBP 16 million.Current market cap GBP 47 million.Significant shareholders, AIM shares in issue, and shares not in public handsDirectors: 3,934,717 (17.8%)Secarma: 2,922,925 (13.2%)Dene Stacey: 2,104,166 (9.5%)Schroder Investment Management: 1,741,428 (7.9%)Killik & Co.: 1,107,207 (5.0%)Fidelity: 905,500 (4.1%)Steve Watts: 892,857 (4.0%)Canaccord Genuity: 652,500 (3.0%)Number of shares in issue: 22,106,460Number of shares not in public hands: 7,100,802 equivalent to 32.1%This information was last updated on 27 September 2019

[greenrichard] 16/10/2019 08:23

$ to £ exchange rate not helping here. Any confirmation of a deal and could see a 5% - 10% reduction in the share price based on the takeout of $7.40

[curriedquaker] 15/10/2019 18:40

Blackrock was probably in the the know about this deal. Short position of 2.5% of all shares in late May this year, and 2 months later, position closed. Amazing how these companies are well ahead of the pack.

[financeguru] 15/10/2019 16:23

amazing just how many big short positions are being disclosed right now .... not surprising the share price could not make any traction ... still I am happy to be out and with a profit!!!

[epo001] 14/10/2019 18:12

There is also opportunity cost. If there is no bidding war then this is going nowhere, and could drop if the bid fails. However cash in hand gives scope for another purchase.

[kron76] 14/10/2019 12:40

Yeah had something similar with Shire and held until completed on that one, which did get nervous at times - might be leaning towards the easy money route this time with expectations of no rival bidder and currency swings potential impact also.

Half decent gain at circa 5.80 so trying not to be greedy!

[kenmitch] 14/10/2019 12:12

Kron76.

It’s normal for the share to trade a bit below the bidder’s price.

IF the market thinks a good chance of another (higher) bidder then the share will trade above the price of the current bid.

So the risk with holding on now is if bid doesn’t go through. Then selling just below that price is no big deal!

The risk the other way is selling ahead of a bidding war and missing out on significant further gains.

But so far it looks like this bid will be it.

[kron76] 14/10/2019 12:03

I suspect there's going to be a fair amount of 'take your money and run' going on today!

Was going to myself but haven't yet because its below the deal price - flipping a coin.....

[epo001] 14/10/2019 10:05

Also sold out.

FWIW, iWeb say they haven't received the money yet. I will prod them in a week if it doesn't show up.

[financeguru] 14/10/2019 09:25

yes I have received my divi (HL) and I agree with the last post... so I have sold out to the market about 10 mins ago. not taking the risk that the deal falls apart. Good luck all

[epo001] 14/10/2019 09:10

Wasn't a divi meant to be paid on Friday? Haven't seen mine in iWeb yet.

Buyout price 583p, current selling price about 580.4p. As much currency fluctuations as anything from now. News feed suggests little likelihood of a competing offer so $7.40 it is and I'm quite happy with that.

[katsy] 14/10/2019 09:06

Lets hope a few shorters got caught out by that.

[curriedquaker] 14/10/2019 08:18

Thought we might have got a bit more, but happy to take a decent profit. Well back to the drawing board to look for the next M&A target.

[davr0s] 14/10/2019 07:34

Looks like dundehead has

[sefton1] 22/9/2019 16:51

going down unless some other dunderhead steps in to buy it.

[bamboo2] 29/8/2019 14:13

Price around historical support.

[epo001] 16/8/2019 10:26

My Hargreaves Lansdown screens were all over the place on virtually all stocks until recently. I still don't know if current prices are true or if it has just settled down into another meaningless level.

[llama1978] 16/8/2019 10:03

What happened this morning? Looks like trading didn’t start until around 9:45 then some weird stuff happened... I thought they’d been bought out. Sadly not!