Wh Smith Share Discussion Threads

[m.t.glass] 07/1/2004 13:28

Oh dear; the lock on the cage has broken again.

[glib_5] 07/1/2004 13:24

I'm back everyone! Remember my pre-christmas tips?

Just take a look at Innobox (INO)

Share price of 8p, making market cap of only £1m

Cash and investments per share of 13p+ - over £1.5m

Major announcement due from it's main investment ARX re. airline contracts

Results due this month

DYOR - buy 13p for 8p now!

INNOBOX (INO)

[kingfish] 07/1/2004 13:24

ydderF, State school fool ?

[ydderf] 07/1/2004 13:17

billox, adebola, delinj, jeffian, MT Glass, yorkie123, spadman - you were all SO WRONG!!!!

You really must learn to THINK FOR YOURSELVES ANDS TOP BEING SUCH LOSERS!!!

I AM THE MASTER AND YOU ARE MY MUPPET DISCIPLES - KEEP LOOKING AND LEARNING LOLOLOLOL!!!!

[ydderf] 07/1/2004 13:17

billox, adebola, delinj, jeffian, MT Glass, yorkie123, spadman - you were all SO WRONG!!!!

You really must learn to THINK FOR YOURSELVES ANDS TOP BEING SUCH LOSERS!!!

I AM THE MASTER AND YOU ARE MY MUPPET DISCIPLES - KEEP LOOKING AND LEARNING LOLOLOLOL!!!!

[ydderf] 07/1/2004 13:17

billox, adebola, delinj, jeffian, MT Glass, yorkie123, spadman - you were all SO WRONG!!!!

You really must learn to THINK FOR YOURSELVES ANDS TOP BEING SUCH LOSERS!!!

I AM THE MASTER AND YOU ARE MY MUPPET DISCIPLES - KEEP LOOKING AND LEARNING LOLOLOLOL!!!!

[ydderf] 07/1/2004 13:07

billox, adebola, delinj, jeffian, MT Glass, yorkie123, spadman - you were all SO WRONG!!!!

You really must learn to THINK FOR YOURSELVES ANDS TOP BEING SUCH LOSERS!!!

I AM THE MASTER AND YOU ARE MY MUPPET DISCIPLES - KEEP LOOKING AND LEARNING LOLOLOLOL!!!!

[ydderf] 07/1/2004 12:14

269 bid - and not for much longer imho lolol

[ydderf] 07/1/2004 11:16

muppet! lololol

[ydderf] 07/1/2004 11:15

SPADMAN is a DEADMAN lolololololol Freddy is KING!

[pojscott] 07/1/2004 09:04

SPADMAN----SHE IS GOING UP--LOOK LOOK UP UP UP!

[spadman] 07/1/2004 07:49

The fun starts today chaps!

Down she goes!! LOL

[bigboyo] 06/1/2004 15:21

next results should include disposal of the kitchen sink as well !

most ceo's take the opportunity to clean out everything so that their next figures look better

also helps them pick up big fat bonus and option payments !

[jezinho] 06/1/2004 15:13

Quite a nice bounce, but it is over, now. Plenty more downside to come. More retail profit warnings and outrageous rewarding of smwh failures will help.
Looking for 140-160p.
aimho.

[experttechie] 06/1/2004 14:28

yes ydderF - 6 Jan'04 - 12:18 - 183 of 183
you called it right

[ydderf] 06/1/2004 12:18

263 bid - I am a true ace, i bought in February, sold on June and began buying back last month - virtually every contributor here recently has them as a sell saying they will go below 220, 200, 180 etc, I, courageously, intelligently and thoughtfully, decided to buy and was alone in buying and am virtually alone in having made a killing in them.......pride and envy stops most of you muppets appreciating my true investment genius........lolololol

[ydderf] 06/1/2004 10:31

258 bid lol

[m.t.glass] 06/1/2004 09:16

LONDON (AFX) - The Association of British Insurers is considering branding WH Smith Group PLC with its most serious corporate governance alert, after it emerged that the group's former retail chief could receive at least £549,000 despite being sacked from her job, the Financial Times reported citing Peter Montagnon, head of investment affairs at ABI.

He said the shareholder group was looking at giving WH Smith "red top"
status. "We will watch the events over the next week or so and are assessing the
views of our members," he is reported as saying.
According to the ABI, an amber top is given when there is a breach of its
guidelines, but where there are mitigating circumstances. A red top covers a
serious breach that requires careful consideration by its members.
The retailer has had an amber top since before Christmas, when it emerged it
had given Beverley Hodson a £112,000 cash bonus to stay on as head of retail,
when she was passed over for chief executive.
The ABI also noted the golden hello, which is not linked to performance,
that was given to Kate Swann, who became chief executive in November.
But last week, Hodson, who is on a rolling one-year contract, was sacked
after a profits warning. She is entitled to £437,000 and it is unclear
whether she qualifies for shares under the long-term incentive plan, the
newspaper said.
Such large pay-outs are seen as rewarding failure and yesterday the ABI
appeared to warn the management at WH Smith to try limiting the payment.

ml/slm/

[easymoney03] 05/1/2004 23:47

sell u fools

[detmij] 05/1/2004 23:43

I personally would not be buying into today's price strength. The continued move up on much smaller number of trades has all the whiff of MM's making a nice turn. For day traders I have little doubt SMWH is on the watch list as it is in for a period of high volitilty.

Someone here made the very good point that the retail sector may be in for some profit warnings over coming weeks which could drag the whole sector lower. So little was said in WHS profit warning when hard figures appear at the AGM and the size of write downs is quantified some short term optimists about this share might be in for something os a shock.

Kate made one very interesting point about dividend policy. This will be decided at the board meeting in April but from her comments it is clear she feels dividends should be well covered by "free cash flow". This should really be translated as "we will slash the dividend".

Anyone reading the brokers buy notes will know some have said the only attraction of this share is its high dividend. I don't completely agree with that analysis but I think enough investors will for the price to continue in what has been a bearish trend since the profit warning last summer.

For the day traders here the high volitility means there are great money making opportunities whether bullish or bearish. Good luck everyone! I will stay on the sidelines until it is under £2

[spadman] 05/1/2004 21:23

Q. Is the Dividend Safe ?

A. NO IT'S NOT!!!

[spadman] 05/1/2004 21:19

Freddy

Calm down son, I'm going to make a killing on this stock all the way down to 90p, and there's nothing you can do to stop me "lololol" as you would say :-)

Really can't see how such a diabolical business model can trade at a premium to book value let alone on a PE ratio of 29!!

90p SOON!!!!

The higher it goes in the meantime the more I'm going to make ;-

the Legend...
CB

[pepi moon] 05/1/2004 19:40

LOL amazing how some people look at things. The bottom line to W H Smiths is that it has a good name its staying right where it is for the time being but they will need to do some re branding or come up with more profit/margin making idea's for their shops. Some examples of idea's would be to start selling birthday cards or christmas cards or for lovers at valentines what about sandwiches yum yum ....If anyone seriously thinks the company will be left to rot then put your names down for stupido muppito award 2004.
The bad news is out its in the price(now offers great value IMHO) and you just missed a beautiful ride up from 2.30 LOLOLOLOLOL. Onwards and upwards.