William Hill Share Discussion Threads

[philanderer] 09/1/2014 09:05

To be fair LAD is getting whacked by the same - 6% , it`s a sector thing, and the FOBT issue which isn`t going away .

A few months until the commision reports to the government but it`s the uncertainty now overhanging the sector - and yesterday Cameron sounded like he was joining forces with Labour and really going after this sector.

Not good. Over 5 million traded already today


Fixed-odds betting machines 'concerning', say ministers

h-stakes roulette machines on the High Street is "concerning" and they do not rule out action to restrict them.

[pyemckay] 09/1/2014 08:28

is sitting 1 place away from ftse 100 exit at position 110. next review in march so loads of time to recover.

[skinny] 09/1/2014 08:20

Barclays Capital Equal weight 407.50 399.80 440.00 420.00 Downgrades

[philanderer] 09/1/2014 08:17

I give up on this share.

[philanderer] 08/1/2014 23:09

Mail market report:

"....Sporadic bouts of selling ahead of a trading statement on January 17 caused bookie William Hill to pull up lame and close 10.4p off at 399.8p. Analyst Ivor Jones at Numis advises clients to climb back on and has a target price of 550p. He sees continued market share gains in the UK online gambling market, helped by the World Cup in Brazil this summer."

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[philanderer] 08/1/2014 20:13

For sure Dean , this just isn`t going away...... LAD falling away at the same time today but actually recovering all their losses by 4:30pm


David Cameron 'shares Ed Miliband's concerns about gambling machines'

Prime minister says there are problems in the betting industry but he will wait for report before acting

• Labour seeks cross-party support for vote on high-stakes betting machines

• Betting-shop machines sucking cash out of communities ... this is what predatory capitalism looks like

[deanforester] 08/1/2014 17:29

Presumably a reaction to the Opposition Day Debate today.

[philanderer] 08/1/2014 16:28

Nice retaliation by Numis to that miserable JP Morgan crew ;-)

[skinny] 08/1/2014 15:17

Numis Buy 400.60 550.00 550.00 Reiterates

[philanderer] 08/1/2014 15:12

Well that didn`t last long :-S

[banj] 08/1/2014 12:00

Ploughs on regardless!

[philanderer] 08/1/2014 09:01

Those miserable so and so`s :-S

8th jan JP Morgan 'underweight' tp 360p


reiterates

[banj] 07/1/2014 21:19

Yes, very impressive day philander, institution buys??

[philanderer] 07/1/2014 17:14

Up on good volume as well... 5 million traded

[philanderer] 07/1/2014 16:23

Me too Banj , haven`t seen 410p for a few months ;-D

[banj] 07/1/2014 14:15

Delighted : )

[mechanical trader] 07/1/2014 10:06

William Hill Rating Reiterated by Nomura (WMH)
Posted by Tammy Falkenburg on Jan 7th, 2014

William Hill logoWilliam Hill (LON:WMH)'s stock had its "buy" rating restated by investment analysts at Nomura in a note issued to investors on Tuesday, American Banking & Market News reports. They currently have a GBX 505 ($8.28) target price on the stock. Nomura's price objective would indicate a potential upside of 24.81% from the stock's previous close.
Several other analysts have also recently commented on the stock. Analysts at Investec reiterated a "buy" rating on shares of William Hill in a research note to investors on Wednesday, December 18th. They now have a GBX 530 ($8.69) price target on the stock. Separately, analysts at Canaccord Genuity cut their price target on shares of William Hill from GBX 425 ($6.97) to GBX 408 ($6.69) in a research note to investors on Tuesday, December 17th. They now have a "hold" rating on the stock. Finally, analysts at Barclays reiterated an "overweight" rating on shares of William Hill in a research note to investors on Tuesday, December 10th. They now have a GBX 440 ($7.22) price target on the stock. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, three have given a hold rating and nineteen have assigned a buy rating to the company. William Hill presently has a consensus rating of "Buy" and an average target price of GBX 469.21 ($7.70).
Shares of William Hill (LON:WMH) opened at 404.60 on Tuesday. William Hill has a 52 week low of GBX 313.874 and a 52 week high of GBX 494.60. The stock has a 50-day moving average of GBX 382.7 and a 200-day moving average of GBX 415.. The company's market cap is £3.385 billion.
William Hill PLC is a gambling company. The Company's business is to provide its customers with a range of sports betting and gaming opportunities.

[mechanical trader] 07/1/2014 09:16

07 Jan 2014 William Hill PLC WMH Nomura Buy 406.25 404.60 505.00 505.00 Reiterates

505p share price Target.

[philanderer] 06/1/2014 11:49

Agree with that.


'Kristof Fahy, chief marketing officer, William Hill'

Can`t say I fully understand half of this ;-)

[deanforester] 05/1/2014 23:26

For certain risks, self-insurance can certainly pay off. I'm thinking of boiler maintenance contracts and extended warranties on appliances.

[deanforester] 04/1/2014 21:12

It's like they always say, you are better off investing in a bookie than placing bets with him.