Stockcube Share Discussion Threads

[Abuse team] 16/3/2006 16:06

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[wiganer] 16/3/2006 16:05

AVOID would my tip.

[stewjames] 16/3/2006 16:01

Hmmm. That does put a different light on things. CE tarnish everything they come in contact with. Still, they must get things right occasionally.

[59david] 16/3/2006 14:00

Big sale today

Stockcube plc (the "Company")

Holding in Company

The Company has been notified that Dominic Hawker has today disposed of 3,427,950 ordinary shares,
being 3.57% of the issued share capital of the Company, at 4.5p per share.

Following this disposal Mr Hawker no longer holds an interest in the issued share capital of the
Company.

Stockcube plc - Tel: [phone]

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Shares have, I think been purchased by City Equities who are now pushing them to their clients at 6p based on results due within 2 weeks (that should be good) and likley 1 for 10 consolidation. Having previously bought in (from CE) at 7p am still looking to get my money back as am not so convinced that this is best thing since sliced bread. Also why has Mr hawker sold out just before results - any ideas?

[ponty] 14/3/2006 17:23

it should be good this time

[maxkev] 14/3/2006 16:36

Thanks ponty...already seen the trading update...i had heard something about a broker research note that's about to do the rounds...???

[ponty] 14/3/2006 16:16

Trading statement made on 23/1/2006

Stockcube Plc (SKC) is announcing a trading update having reviewed its management accounts for the
year ending 31 December 2005. Normalised PBT for the period has come in marginally ahead of Corporate
Synergy's forecast - of £0.38m - and up 100% on the prior year. The business ended the year with net
cash of approximately £4m - which equates to 4p per share. 2006 has started well and management is
confident that the year will see a further advance in the business. We will seek to publish our
preliminary results in late March, 2006.

looking good

[maxkev] 14/3/2006 14:38

Anyone heard anything about this research note that's about to do the rounds?

[ponty] 21/2/2006 16:46

a good 9% rise to day another 5 days like this and i will be in profit for the first time since 2003, perliminary results out late march price could be up a lot by then

[stewjames] 21/2/2006 03:12

That 100K was almost certainly not a sell. I think somebody is accumulating, somebody with a decent enough broker to be picking up small bundles without scaring the price.

As to the people selling, what on Earth are they thinking? They're getting cash in the bank for their shares! From a profitable company which looks like it may be entering a growth phase! I think the risk/reward here is absolutely superb, about as good as I've seen for several years, IF you can get sensibly inside the frankly criminal spread (might be a big if, I've not tried to trade them) Even if you can't get inside the spread, with 4p cash in the bank, and a fair chance of profits moving forward quite strongly (look at the yearly run rate on H2 figures...and look how little additional turnover they need to make the market cap look puny) the risk/reward is still attractive.

I've been trying to open a share account specifically to deal in this company before the results. Unfortunately e-trade have failed to open the account in almost 2 weeks and I don't think I'm quite willing to accept the outrageous 2p spread. Can someone get an online quote and tell me what the real buy price is right now? I need to decide whether it's worth going through the hassle of trying to open another account (there's no way I'm dealing with e-trade now...even if they have a reasonable excuse I'm not trusting thousands of pounds of cash to a company which doesn't respond to e-mails, or at the very least have automatic acknowledgement and puts invalid email addresses in their standard account opening email!)

As an aside, why the hell do we still deal through these market makers? Especially for shares like this, we're getting raped for no reason other than lack of choice. But surely all it takes is a website where people could post what they want to buy or sell and match accordingly? Hell, you could do it on ebay! Or ADVFN (are you listening ADVFN?) Basically the market makers are saying they don't want to bother with these companies because of the low volume and I suspect a lot of punters don't want to bother because the spread chews up most of your profit potential. Chicken and egg.

[ponty] 20/2/2006 17:41

nice day to day up on 2 sells

[ponty] 23/1/2006 15:13

this should help the share price
Stockcube Plc (SKC) is announcing a trading update having reviewed its management accounts for the
year ending 31 December 2005. Normalised PBT for the period has come in marginally ahead of Corporate
Synergy's forecast - of £0.38m - and up 100% on the prior year. The business ended the year with net
cash of approximately £4m - which equates to 4p per share. 2006 has started well and management is
confident that the year will see a further advance in the business. We will seek to publish our
preliminary results in late March, 2006.

The company is also announcing a change in auditors from Ernst & Young to Smith & Williamson.

The board of Stockcube plc is reviewing its capital structure with a view to consolidating during 2006
the authorised and issued share capital of the company into ordinary shares of 10p each from ordinary
shares of 1p each on a one for ten basis.

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Stockcube Plc - 020 7352 4001

Stockcube PLC

[ponty] 13/1/2006 12:04

From interns
this was the one downside
we are actively considering the future of our holding in Sportcal

"Our underlying business remains strong. Turnover for the period is down slightly on 2004 but
attention to cost efficiencies has enabled us to double operating profit for the period. Profit on
ordinary activities before tax, and before provision for impairment of value in Sportcal, has
increased by 59%.

"Naturally, we are disappointed that Sportcal has not produced the returns we had expected at the
time of our investment, either from its underlying activities or from introductions of new business
leads for Ecube's technology services. We are actively considering the future of our holding in
Sportcal.

"On a happier note we are pleased with the progress made by our core activities and by the positive
responses we are receiving from clients and subscribers to the research and analysis that we produce
on their behalf. In addition, we welcome the direction from the Financial Services Authority
concerning payment for research services, to be implemented next year. This gives us greater
visibility with our client base and increased confidence that good research will be turned into
revenue."

Julian Burney
Chief Executive of Stockcube,
28 September

[dovegin] 13/1/2006 11:21

Huge, no but something is brewing. Let's hope and e njoy.

[hugepants] 12/1/2006 11:50

Does anyone have any idea why the significant rise the last few days?

[hugepants] 10/1/2006 14:20

The spread is a bit of a farce.

[ponty] 10/1/2006 12:44

and share price holding, strange

[dovegin] 10/1/2006 11:31

why price rise? something happening?

[ponty] 17/11/2005 17:14

now its only worth money in bank

[ponty] 06/10/2005 18:17

share price not a lot above money in bank

[energyi] 11/8/2005 10:09

There is a Tang. Book Value of 4.3P per share.

--------- -2002- -2003- -2004-
Turnover.£ ?,045. 2,458. 2,430
NetPrBUI.. (?18)... 141... 230
NetProfit (2,103).. 141... 201
Profit AT ......... 120... 156
Earnings. (2.10P). 0.13P 0.16P
N.A.V.... ...... . 4.2P . 4.3P
Cash.....£ 3,768. ?,140.
Highlights:
 Turnover down 1.1% on last year¡¦s record.
 Profit before tax and amortisation of goodwill up 64% to £230,000.
 Profit before tax up 43% to £201,000.
 Good client retention by all elements of business.
 Strong balance sheet with net assets of 4.3p per share, of which 3.7p
is cash.
 Dividend (proposed) of 0.05 pence per share.

[energyi] 11/8/2005 07:16

Looks cheap here