Ten Alps Share Discussion Threads

[dicko80] 12/4/2011 10:23

Targeting US Market

[ukmassy] 12/4/2011 10:04

Nearly all buys on LSE. Are the mm's holding this back?

[empirestate] 12/4/2011 08:47

looking rather clever at the mo, shame the spread is a tad wide

[sandbank] 12/4/2011 08:05

Well I'm just trying to get a feel for this one so any observations by long-standing 'Alpers would be welcome

Superficially any company whose annual profits are more or less equal to its capitalisation has got to be worth buying - but clearly TAL has been struggling for months so hopefully yesterday afternoon's rise - which seems to be continuing today - really does mark the end of the long decline .

Hopefully now, with a new chairman Alphameric's Peter Bertram (who's an accountant thank goodness) things are beginning to turn around.

It's surprising to see that despite the decline in the share price ( and yes, I do realise there was a dilution earlier this year ) two of the executive directors were still paying themselves quite generously in the circumstances.

A.M. Connock - one of the firm's founders - was paid £215,000 last year and
A.J. Dunleavy was paid £280,000. Non exec Brian Walden wisely stood down to make way for the new chairman - but stays on the board. Non-exec Bob Geldof (who seems to have one of the largest shareholdings in the company ) took most of his fees in yet more shares. There are also some quite respectable names like Blackrock on the shareholders register.

Last year's headcount was higher than the year before's and there's probably quite a bit of internal tidying up to do to improve efficiency. The continuing squeeze on broadcast budgets isn't going to help TAL turn the corner either but after yesterday's share price rise maybe Geldof should re-write his former hit record "I Don't Like Mondays"

[partner] 11/4/2011 15:17

21st dec placed 58,750,000 shares at 8p,you can now buy at 3.5p thanks to agressive seller of late.

[dicko80] 11/4/2011 14:11

online limits

buy 50k @ 3.5p

sell 600k @ 2.9p

[clocktower] 11/4/2011 13:52

It looks very undervalued and not before time to see it going northwards.

[dicko80] 11/4/2011 13:46

ticking up ;-)

[dicko80] 11/4/2011 13:29

Abit of interest here today

[dicko80] 11/4/2011 12:37

TIDES TURNING........

[clocktower] 31/3/2011 11:53

Well done - and good luck.

[empirestate] 31/3/2011 11:12

am looking to pick up some here at 2.5p

[stegrego] 31/3/2011 09:30

Or terminal depending how you look at it.

[empirestate] 31/3/2011 09:03

this is starting to look interesting at these levels now. the drift in the share price over the past month or so i reckon has been primarily due to the significant pressure on the share price from a decent sized sell order that needs to be worked. there should be a an institutional buyer soon at around these levels to take the weight off. considering in January herald took a decent sized top up position 8p this is looking reasonable value here now.

[hubs] 27/3/2011 09:38

I wonder if the chart suggests where this is heading?