Tesco Share Discussion Threads

[careful] 13/5/2016 14:26

All large traditional stores, here and in America, are struggling.
Shopping habits are changing.
look at the once mighty Walmart, Penny, MKS and just about everyone else.
I will not mention BHS.

Tesco are adapting well.
But there are too many competitors.
A difficult situation as established businesses have legacy overheads such as pension funds and business rates.

We use Tesco, a great store.
You are all so spoilt.

[tenapen] 13/5/2016 14:13

Tesco tried and failed to crack America.

On the possitive, TESCO BANK is growing and if I had money on a 'big four' bank stock, which i don't, i would have sold long ago.

Each to their own.

[geoff80] 13/5/2016 14:05

We have a recently opened small Tesco. Very good the locals find.

[portside1] 13/5/2016 14:00

and my family do all their shopping at Tesco going to move

[chinese investor] 13/5/2016 12:59

Slow Recovery !

[loganair] 13/5/2016 12:44

Companies flourish then fizzle. Until a couple of days ago Apple was the largest company in the world, today now it is Google, in the same way Tesco has been the biggest supermarket in the UK for the past 25 years reaching 33% market share with margins of 7% or in the late 1980´s M&S was the first retailer to make £1bln profit (£5bln in todays money),now days over the past few years has stagnated to making around £600mln and has been over taken by Next. M&S shares price has also stagnated while Next´s have gone up over 20 fold.

It seems to me that Tesco has been through its Flourishing stage and as far as I can see at best Tesco will only Stagnate over the years to come - in other words it seems to me that the glory days of Tesco are over and the same can be said about its share price.

[capeview] 13/5/2016 12:30

Just look at the committee that gives the MPs there huge salary increases when most of the country hasn't had a decent pay increase in years. They are all run by the same people that pat there own backs.
As was said above, if this money was handed to the staff instead of a few who do not much at all,then we would have far more money in publics hands changing hands and giving the small businesses a chance too.
Like most big firms, they are in it for themselves. Lewis will be moving on soon, Tesco won't have improved and he'll still get his huge salary payout and share options.

[portside1] 13/5/2016 12:24

van if you think that you are deluded the remuneration committee are apart of the set up looking after each other

[ladeside] 13/5/2016 12:18

vaneric you know that we can't though. PI's have no voice. Institutions and hedgefunds call the shots, remuneration committees, boards and the intis are all part of the same intertwined system and unfortunately we are all locked out while they carve up companies for their own personal benefit.

The market is broken, the system is broken and only now are people beginning to see this.

[vaneric] 13/5/2016 12:14

Ladeside "Maybe it all seems to simple and that's maybe because it is."

If only that were true, of course it isn't, that's why we don't run the businesses we own ourselves, we trust others to do it for us, others such as portside's most hated Mr Lewis.

Lewis is just an employee, he doesn't set his own pay rates or bonuses that's done by a committee appointed by the owners, you and I, if we think he's not doing the job he's paid for we can gather together more like minded owners and sack him and the remuneration committee.

[portside1] 13/5/2016 12:11

sp fallen from 480p to a58p and they reward these so called directors with millions of pounds and shares at the cost to the holders

Tesco is a sick company full of cancer

[portside1] 13/5/2016 12:09

Director

Number of Shares subject to option (PSP)

Number of Shares subject to option (EIP)

Voluntary Bonus Deferral Number of Shares subject to option (EIP)


Dave Lewis

2,161,405

939,720

469,860


Alan Stewart

1,178,948

507,449

253,724











PDMR

Number of Shares subject to option (PSP)

Number of Shares subject to option (GBP)





Matt Davies

954,948

391,741




Benny Higgins

1,098,509

379,058




Alison Horner

717,979

315,911




Trevor Masters

1,247,905

530,498




Adrian Morris

676,718

277,605




Jason Tarry

778,106

330,954




Robin Terrell

778,106

307,784

[ladeside] 13/5/2016 11:57

My take is that they invest it in companies and then pressure them to streamline and cut jobs on a short term whim, close pension schemes etc, and all so they can make their quick killing before moving on to the next victim.

On the other hand if that cash was spread more evenly and more justly among the employees then they would spend that money in their local shops and small businesses which of course also creates jobs and work for others.

Maybe it all seems to simple and that's maybe because it is.

[vaneric] 13/5/2016 11:27

What do the investment funds do with that money>? They invest it in companies that provide work for others, maybe even Tesco, it isn't just tucked away doing nothing, it's working

[ladeside] 13/5/2016 10:50

Sorry vaneric, I just don't buy all that. I believe that's how the power brokers want the ordinary people to think in order that they can continue their extravagant lifestyles at the expense of the rest of us.

Put it this way, I know someone who pulls in 30k per month (net), however 22k of that is removed immediately every month to investment funds meaning that this particular person lives a very, very, good lifestyle with an excellent main property plus holiday home, 3 very nice cars etc on the 8k. The 22k each month is basically not required as they can't spend it, above this they also have a fantastic pension and if and when they move jobs they will also get a substantial pay off.

I'm sorry, but what that means to me is that this person is paid WAY too much and the real travesty is that people in the same company are struggling to feed their families on their wages and sadly this is becoming an all too common tale around many FTSE 100 companies in particular.

[portside1] 13/5/2016 10:13

Tesco was 480p
Tesco is now 155p
Tesco down 325p
and lewis bragging he has turned Tesco around is he a idiot

[portside1] 13/5/2016 10:10

VANERIC , look at it this way why are we paying for failure till the company pays its owners rewards for its money their should be no pay outs .
who is Tesco run for . Tesco should payout nothing till its back to business

[vaneric] 13/5/2016 09:40

Look at it from a different perspective portside, his £3 million is taxable so 40% of it is going to pay for your NHS etc.

[portside1] 13/5/2016 09:33

3m to run a super market is a disgrace not rocket science .15 months and lewis
has done less than nothing he said Tesco back in profit . well not paying the div has saved Tesco over 2.8 billion so far .

[cocker] 13/5/2016 09:02

Well there's your answer Stoaty. Lol

[vaneric] 13/5/2016 09:02

Talk of revolution is no good for the ordinary man/woman, revolution is for the power hungry you remove one tyrant and replace him with another, usually worse than the one you deposed and in the meantime the ordinary people get beaten into the dust.

I don't envy the rich I get on with my life, there can be no philanthropy without first someone getting filthy rich and all public service institutes began with philanthropy.

[portside1] 13/5/2016 08:53

200m in bonuses but no divs why would any one hold these