Stanley Gibbons Share Discussion Threads

[kael] 30/7/2004 08:39

under news shanklin? there is a button for streaming news.

[kael] 30/7/2004 08:38

CT, eps for full year is well on target, trading update in October, as someone said before - the only way is up :)

[shanklin] 30/7/2004 08:38

Kael

How do you get the RNSs streaming?

[clocktower] 30/7/2004 08:37

Well done everyone.

Kael.....Direction after divi?

[kael] 30/7/2004 08:37

streaming ;)

[ukhawk] 30/7/2004 08:36

Wow, you're quick !

[kael] 30/7/2004 08:32

RNS Number:4024B
Stanley Gibbons Group Limited
30 July 2004




The Stanley Gibbons Group Limited
("Stanley Gibbons" or "the Company")

Interim and Special Dividends

The Board of Stanley Gibbons today announces that it has declared an Interim
Dividend for 2004 of 0.5 pence net per Ordinary Share. It has further declared a
Special Dividend of 8 pence net per Ordinary Share. Both dividends will be paid
on 13 September 2004 to all shareholders on the register at close of business on
the record date of 13 August 2004. Ordinary Shares will go ex-dividend on 11
August 2004.

Paul Fraser, Chairman of Stanley Gibbons, said:

'We are delighted to be on the dividend lists and, in declaring these payments,
the Company has today met one of its key objectives. We will continue to remain
focused on returning value to shareholders'.

For further information, contact:

The Stanley Gibbons Group Limited
Paul Fraser, Chairman 020 7836 8444
Michael Hall, Chief Executive 01425 472363

Seymour Pierce Limited

Louise Carpenter ) 020 7648 8700
Jonathan Wright )



This information is provided by RNS
The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

END
DIVEAPXNAEDLEFE

BINGO

[gregory0106] 30/7/2004 08:24

Once details of the promised 8p/share special div (on top of the 0.5p/sh ord div) come out theses shares will get loads of press & start to really fly - especially if they get the details out today and therefore make the influential weekend press.

As said above, the investors chronical rates this stock & will almost certain reiterare its BUY recommendation next week.

Opening up stamps/collections etc as alternative investment via IFA's will open a whole new market to people with money to invest but no real interest in collecting.

As the song says, "the only way is up"

[ukhawk] 30/7/2004 08:21

Kael, keeps the T+ traders in for a while, clever .

[nurdin] 30/7/2004 08:21

There will be a second announcement later on imo..covering the special divi

[nurdin] 30/7/2004 08:19

LONDON (AFX) - Stanley Gibbons Group Ltd posted a near doubling of profits
at the half way stage and said its newly-formed Investment Department should
perform well in the second half.
Profits for the six months to end June were 603,000 stg against 324,000 a
yera earlier.
The company will pay a maiden dividend of 0.5 pence per share.
bam

[kael] 30/7/2004 08:18

Anyone expecting the announcement today? They did say plans would be announced on 30th, but it just seems like we've had only half of the announcement.

[ukhawk] 30/7/2004 08:17

Nice AFX headline, what about the special divi though !!!

[don carter] 30/7/2004 08:06

I know Kael, it's true. But what a bonus on top of tremendous growth! This must be one of the strongest reliable investments on the market today.

[nurdin] 30/7/2004 08:04

Wait till the press report these tomorrow..and th weekend .
IC tipped them recently and should give them a brilliant write up next Friday:o)

[cordone] 30/7/2004 08:04

Superb results.
I particularly like 10M hits a month on the internet & tie ups with IFA's so that they sell stamps as an alternative investment.

Cheers Nurdin! :)

C

[kael] 30/7/2004 07:56

Looks like its going up then today ;) Tell you what though, SGI has a way of keeping the suspense up - we still dont know when the divi is getting paid.

[tom.muir] 30/7/2004 07:50

Hmmm - so I was not the only one that couldn't sleep for waiting for these results then eh??????????? Absolutely brilliant !!! Now I can go and get a bit of kip before returning to see how far the price has moved. Cheers all :>)))(specially Nurdin who made the original post that alerted me to this one,last January) Tom

[ukhawk] 30/7/2004 07:50

Any accountants out there ? Why is the stamp stock valued at cost ?
( I know we discussed this a while back )

[don carter] 30/7/2004 07:49

Whoops! Sorry guys, it's too early for arithmetic for me. Took the 3.61 as H2. So, yes, it's 4.4 on a flat H2. But we must factor in some growth when eps is 84% up, so can expect much more. As Nurdin says, if we get the same ratio between the halves, plus some growth from growing internet use, Fairs etc, we can reasonably expect at least 7p eps by end. Or 175p on a pe of 25. That will do nicely.
Don

[kael] 30/7/2004 07:47

We know H2 has got off to a good start as SGI did the courtesy of telling everyone in their interims! The fact that sales are up 31% and profit is up 86% in the quietest time of the year, is fantastic. Makes you wonder what the buisness is like in the busiest time of year!

[nurdin] 30/7/2004 07:42

I think 7p WJC as argued aboved...

[wjccghcc] 30/7/2004 07:40

Not quite. EPS of 3.61p was for the whole year last year, so if H2 were flat, they would make 4.4p for the year. Of course, H2 is going to be considerably better and I'd reckon they'll easily improve H2 by the 1p needed to beat forecasts (particularly with the share buy back as well). I'd guess upgrades to 5.5-6.0p EPS will be in order.

[ukhawk] 30/7/2004 07:39

The potential here is huge !!! World famous brand with only 1% of world market ?!

Kael, just threw my cuppa over the keyboard !!!

[nurdin] 30/7/2004 07:39

Don Carter..last year H1 came in at 0.93p H2 at 2.56p ..ie a ratio of 2.75
Suggests H2 should come in atleast 4.75p bringing the total to 6.5p this year
Apply the internet momentum and the impact of world stamp exhibitions coming up in H2 and I expect minimum eps of 7p for the full year..
pe of 13 for the full year at current price..ignoring the special divi