Synectics Share Discussion Threads

[cockerhoop] 03/3/2016 11:51

Whitehall Associated are a Panamanian based investment company. I can only see that they've invested in First Group Properties and SNX in the last few years.

They've been pretty active holders though in SNX. Held 28% in April 2011, down to 6% by Oct 2013, before accumulating to the current position from late 2014.

On that basis they appear pretty shrewd traders of the shares.

[arthur_lame_stocks] 02/3/2016 19:18

kemche, they do indeed. Quite a decent sum of money invested between them too, so a bit more than just a token.

It'd be interesting to know who Whitehall Associated who own 29% of the stock are.

[kemche] 02/3/2016 13:23

Arthur, The BOD seem to agree with you :)

[kemche] 02/3/2016 13:23

Arthur, The BOD seem to agree with you :)

[arthur_lame_stocks] 26/2/2016 20:55

I'm thinking of buying a few of these at this price after the results. IMO they look moderately valued if trading and profit have stabilised at these lower levels, have a decent balance sheet, pay a bit of a dividend and yet there is the potential for a serious improvement in trading and profit if and when the oil price recovers.

One thing that really annoys me in company announcements is when they say they expect to make progress in the coming year. It can mean almost anything and nothing at all.

It's be nice to know who Whitehall Associated are and what their interest is.

I'll have a think about this one over the weekend.

Arthur

[cockerhoop] 24/2/2016 09:13

Perhaps, the order book is marginally down but since the year end there has been several large orders announced which should have bolstered it.

I thought the outlook statement hinting at 2nd half weighting, no sign of an upturn in O&G and mentioning macro economic uncertainty may have spooked some.

On a more positive note the IMS division has returned to profitability and is looking good for 2016 as is transport. Further large orders in systems can only help.

[she-ra] 24/2/2016 08:23

Is it dropping because the order book is down?

[cougar99] 05/2/2016 18:13

....quite a large spread today .... :-(

....you'd have to be anticipating something quite good coming soon to buy in with the spread this afternoon ....

At least some positive press:
Synectics continues strong start to 2016 with third contract win

[matthew palmer] 05/2/2016 14:03

Expect techinvest to say a few things now with a pe of around 9 for 2017

[cockerhoop] 04/2/2016 07:42

Like London buses a 3rd Contract win shows up, this time for the IMS division.

[cockerhoop] 28/1/2016 08:36

Yes, another decent contract using Synergy 3.

Further update due on 24th Feb with the finals unless they pull something out of the bag in the interim.

[kemche] 28/1/2016 07:29

Two significant contract wins in January alone. All appears to be going well.

[cockerhoop] 21/1/2016 15:27

Surprised a trade of that size wasn't subject to delayed reporting. Approx 2.8% of the company.

Maybe to matching trade was delayed? Also a chance that holding may have to be RNS'd? Time will tell.

[kombimatec] 21/1/2016 15:16

Was the 500K a purchase or sale? If a sell how come they got such a good price. Equally if it was a buy how could there be so much stock available? I have been waiting for another trade to match it.

[cockerhoop] 21/1/2016 08:27

Seems to be only me interested but a major contract win for 2016 at 1 of the new mega Casino Resorts in Macau.

[cockerhoop] 15/12/2015 11:13

Decent contract wins in London

[cockerhoop] 14/12/2015 08:34

Thaiger,

If you're patient the spread does narrow considerably at times but agree often (as this morning) it sits at 10-15p which is off-putting.

[thaiger] 11/12/2015 20:26

Horrible spread!!

[kemche] 10/12/2015 16:00

Illiquid this one and yet more buys coming in. Bodes well.

[jakedog2] 10/12/2015 15:24

Risk reward looks good after this mornings rns

Held & traded it 2-3 years ago.

Took small initial position

[kemche] 10/12/2015 12:54

A more than creditable performance given the circumstances. The new BOD doing the right things and a superb turnaround in the debt profile to a net cash position. The operational gearing here means that any sustained improvement in the trading environment will swiftly have an outsize effect on the profits.

[cockerhoop] 10/12/2015 08:15

The recent decline in the share price had me worried that today's trading statement would contain a profit warning so pleasantly surprised that trading has been inline. I would have preferred more detail in terms of profitability but re-stating the dividend gives some assurance going forwards.

[cockerhoop] 23/11/2015 09:24

First UAE deployment of Synegy 3

[kemche] 05/8/2015 16:49

A revitalised board, repaired balance sheet, a bowl breakout, and well bid - so far so good.