Tandem Share Discussion Threads

[s34icknote] 29/4/2020 18:07

Bike shops in my village still open !!Any one know the percentage of sales on bikes ?Sicknote

[my retirement fund] 29/4/2020 17:36

Spread here is nothing short of disgusting. Has been for years !

[s34icknote] 29/4/2020 16:38

Spread of 30 p !Really !Sicknote

[s34icknote] 29/4/2020 15:58

Penny dropping .Sicknote

[s34icknote] 29/4/2020 10:31

Just surprised this hasn't been picked up yet by market Eps 40 pSpecial div Increased divCash in bank Sales bikes and electric scooters!Sicknote

[davidosh] 29/4/2020 10:13

Secondhand and new bikes are selling like the proverbial......During lockdown cycling has become incredibly popular for exercise as there are barely any cars on the road and when there are any the drivers are very respectful. so it is great for a family activity and individuals exercising.
If Tandem are not getting their fair share of all these bike purchases then we will know that serious questions need asking but hopefully they are doing well as they created a fab brand for kids called Squish and that is where a lot of demand is....children off school and needing activity.

[my retirement fund] 29/4/2020 09:36

I put my sons unwanted bike up for sale last Oct for £60 expecting with xmas round the cornerit would be easiest time to sell it. It was actuallya really nice bike hardly used too. Barely any interest at all. Put it up for sale again last week. This time for £70. Loads of enquiries and I sold it within 3 days.

[s34icknote] 28/4/2020 16:27

This will just jump 30 percent in a day !Sicknote

[davidosh] 28/4/2020 15:00

Not just an ordinary dividend they have added a special dividend this year too...

This review was last Summer but still applies...

Squish, which is a Tandem brand came out second

[s34icknote] 28/4/2020 13:59

This needs to catch up with market .Still paying a div too .Sicknote

[s34icknote] 27/4/2020 12:05

Small caps starting to recover This one lagging yet still paying a div !!Sicknote

[davidosh] 24/4/2020 12:29

May be useful spending time checking sales of bikes at your local Halfords or an independent bike shop that is open. I am finding lots of families out exercising on bikes together and certainly on the roads there are as many cyclists as car drivers.

Overall this can only be very good for bike sales and also outdoor equipment in the long run as that will be the theme once out of lockdown....outside, exercise and make use of green space.

[wapper] 24/4/2020 08:50

What planet you live on hpcg ? Pension funds decimated because low interest rates mean low bond yields. Bonds are just as big a problem for Pension Funds right now as Equity values.Add in a weak £ and record low oil prices , low inflation and record low interest rates and current lack of visibility and you can see exactly why Pension Funds are massively impacted negatively.

[my retirement fund] 23/4/2020 19:06

Always the problem time and time again with this small caps and messy share registers.

[my retirement fund] 23/4/2020 19:04

I think there was a hopeful well intentioned plan to organise the massively diverse share register into some sort of single entity that could take on the board. However I remain sceptical of that because in all my years of investing, I've never ever seen a successful attempt to do so that came good.

[hpcg] 23/4/2020 15:58

Sorry what? MSCI world is down 20% from peak but only 5% from October of last year. Government bonds including Gilts are up enormously. Unless it has some esoteric positions that have crashed, or has a bizarre make up it should be fine.

[indonews] 23/4/2020 14:39

Agree wapper that pension scheme will have been decimated.
TIGER what are you ultimate plans with this stock? Are you buying to take control? Unless you are a director in this current market there have been some much better opportunities to make cash since corona hit, it makes no sense to see value in a company that is purely in existence to line the pockets of the incumbent directors.

[wapper] 22/4/2020 15:14

Pension scheme must be well in deficit by now

[castleford tiger] 21/4/2020 06:54

Why not wait and see what the directors are doing re salary rather than speculating.

Very troubling times but it will pass and the sun will shine again

tiger

[my retirement fund] 20/4/2020 09:42

So long as the directors can keep withdrawing their salaries. They are going to have to be very creative regards their expenses though. Reduced to zero travelling especially by plane to meet this one and that one in some glamorous far flung location and hotels etc I'm thinking. I suppose they all need new cars though and like our MPs, some sort of working from home special payment? Extra 150K each ought to do it?

[indonews] 20/4/2020 09:29

Just a hunch but I'd imagine 8% of the 10% wage bill are the directors.

[s34icknote] 18/4/2020 08:39

The Group has significant cash reserves and the Board continually monitor a rolling cashflow forecast for the business as a whole. Given the Group's low fixed cost base (wage costs equate to 10% of revenues in the current year, 2018 - 11%) and the facilities available to it the Board therefore considers the Group will continue to be able to meet its liabilities as they fall due.Furthermore, the Directors are comforted by clear sentiment from the UK Government that they will support business during this difficult time, with a range of measures already outlined to protect jobs and business, with more to come. In addition, the recovery of trade in the Far East gives further comfort, as the Group has now begun to receive shipments from suppliers in the regions previously affected by COVID-19 earlier in 2020.Sicknote