Stagecoach Share Discussion Threads

[sawadee3] 09/2/2015 11:19

Didn't work this month I agree. No problem, I will continue to buy during this weakness :-)

Overall, I'm looking for value so would love to see a pullback in equities, it's long overdue and have positioned myself accordingly.

Good luck and happy days :-)

[eastbourne1982] 09/2/2015 09:12

Sawadee3 , it seems your prediction didn't come to fruition.

This dog just wants to keep going down, the FTSE has flown recently yet Stagecoach has gone nowhere, that is a huge concern, if the FTSE corrects and drops 200 - 400 points this will sink much lower.

Stagecoach is down around 10% already in 2015 !!

[mazarin] 08/2/2015 17:39

Stagecoach (ICRL) has been given 5 days by CMA to address 'competition concerns' raised over their bid to run East Coast Franchise in order to avoid an 'in-depth' enquiry:

[mazarin] 04/2/2015 17:50

Thanks Graham and for the record it closed today at 346.6p on the Eve of interim Ex-div (3.2p), so expect to see that discounted in tomorrow's opening price.

[grahamburn] 03/2/2015 19:30

Ex-div is on Thursday (standard Wednesdays changed to Thursdays when the LSE changed to 2 day settlement), so the theoretical drop won't be till then - 5 February.

[mazarin] 03/2/2015 18:50

Closed at 346.1p on the Eve of interim Ex-div (3.2p) so expect to see that reflected in tomorrow's opening price. It's unfortunately been a bumpy downhill ride just lately.

[sawadee3] 30/1/2015 11:08

I'll be holding for the Ex-divi date. If it goes much lower i'll continue to buy.

How about you? Are you in for the long term or hoping to make a quick buck?

[eastbourne1982] 30/1/2015 11:02

So you are going to sell early next week around the current price, i.e. £3.40 - £3.45 ???

What price do you intend to buy back at ??

[sawadee3] 30/1/2015 10:59

Simply sell a percentage of my holding at the beginning of every month and buy back cheaper in the second half of the month gets back my original holding + free shares in the bag. More often than not it works and I shall continue this strategy.

If you're nervous about Stagecoaches future, sell.

I'm extremely positive and happy to hold well into retirement :-)

[eastbourne1982] 30/1/2015 08:52

How exactly are you getting free shares, the price rarely goes up so I cannot see how you are cashing in.

[sawadee3] 30/1/2015 08:50

Eastbourne, you and I obviously have different strategies. I'm more than happy with the way I'm playing this in order to gain free shares :-)

[eastbourne1982] 29/1/2015 19:21

I appreciate you want to stick to the rise at the end of the month line however I'm afraid it is garbage Old Bean, look at the chart, the price is just about at a one year low.

[sawadee3] 29/1/2015 19:17

Calm here and all going to plan :-)

[jonojubb] 29/1/2015 17:03

340.20 resistance still holds! Any build up to ex-divi? Could be a strong finish to the end of next week

[celeritas] 29/1/2015 11:10

I've got to say I'm much the same, I can't see anything compelling and am only short term trading now. Far too many uncertainties out there to buy heavy. The trouble is I hate short term trading, my style is to build a position and hold longer term, but for that I need conviction.

[mazarin] 29/1/2015 11:07

This to me has all the signs of being 'manipulated' as there is nothing wrong with the business, in fact all the essentials are positive moving forward, with falling fuel costs, new franchise contract, higher subsidy income and increased revenue as I reported a few days ago. So recent declines don't make any sense. The wider market has made considerable gains since December, but SGC has been hammered. Broker forecasts suggest it should be around £4.00 and recently its been no where near that. And agree its all very frustrating.

[eastbourne1982] 29/1/2015 10:15

I don't trust this market at all at the moment, I think the FTSE is too high at the moment, the US is becoming quite jittery and volatile and as we know the Eurozone is a mess, with the general election coming up I feel things will be very volatile in the short to medium term, they aren't many shares that look great value at the moment, I'm trying to be as neutral as possible in this market, i.e. long term share buys plus short term longs and shorts, anyone piled in with a big portfolio is playing a dangerous game imho.

[celeritas] 29/1/2015 10:09

I'm testing the waters for the lending banks, just to see which ones are most exposed. I really don't like the way this year is panning out. Oil could bounce back to a respectable level and Greece could amount to nothing but somehow I just can't see it that way. Ukraine isn't helping either.

You'd think gold would be doing a lot better, still looks like the central banks have full control.

[eastbourne1982] 29/1/2015 10:04

Celeritas,

Why not short some US banks etc ?? and then buy shares that you feel are cheap ??

[eastbourne1982] 29/1/2015 09:59

I'm watching these closely however I bought into First Group yesterday on the basis of the fact it had a trading update recently which gives peace of mind, share price there was £1.10 last week, I bought in just over £1.02 however it has dropped since to under £1, don't want to buy both so sitting on the fence at the moment, if this bounces it could go to £3.60 but a lottery imho.

[jonojubb] 29/1/2015 09:56

Oops, looks like that's the 3 year trend I'm checking..

[jonojubb] 29/1/2015 09:56

I'm in at 339, hopefully see it close above 340.2 otherwise that support is broken. Need to check the chart to see if the uptrend from one year is broken too.

[eastbourne1982] 29/1/2015 09:35

Down again today, under £3.40, what a dog this has been this year.

Blows your rising at the end of the month theory !!!