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Cape Boards as it was known at the time. Got taken over by Promat.
Mick what fire protection manufacturer did you work for
"Company updates are just one piece of the fundamentals jigsaw". Of course. But one must establish an earnings figure before one can establish a current PE, which you apparently do not accept. You must be wrong.
There are other factors such as the strength of the sector and Sig's trading and profitability within the sector that will eventually feed through into the published fundamentals. There is a necessary lag. It is the individual investors ongoing correct assessment of that which may lead to capital gain.
You said the fundamentals do not look good. I disagree. I see no reason to assume they have worsened. But you can make your own case.
Thanks Melseth, great info.
In 5 years time I'm hopeful this will be a multi bagger. I maximise my returns by selling up and buying back in as I'm confident I can predict the general ups and downs of the stock market. Holding for the long term is a valid strategy.
I expect the price to start rising again October time then another serious correction next year. After that is out of the way I'll be holding for the next 4 years before selling up again when we have a major recession/depression in 2027.
After the David Willaims era the next management team screwed up after appointing consultants who closed down good branches fired good people it happens in lots of industries. Current team are shrewd with serious hard nose backers They've brought back good people who know the business. branches had good profitability in May & June scarcity of product is not great for the big volume guys suits the smaller players better overall.
Depends where you've bought in here: if your in sub 40p its great sub 30 its fantastic and sub 20 its phenomenal
I don't worry about the day to day week to week stuff I'm in around the 22p mark if it falls 20% I don't lose sleep.
The dividend reinstatement is what I'm after fundamentals are good for next 3 -5 years
Raleigh, if you can't be bothered to read my posts properly then I'm not going to repeat myself. Both issues have already been comprehensively dealt with.
You have a very strange view of fundamentals if you think you have to wait until the company publishes updates to see what they are. Company updates are just one piece of the fundamentals jigsaw.
Melseth, it's been 21 years since I worked there. My memory is not that good but I think he was called Paul Lindley. He was a very slim man with ginger hair.
Given your background I'd be very interested to know what your take is on SIG.
I raised a couple of issues with you, on which you chose to make the running.
I asked for some proof of your assertion of a current PE of 173. You have not provided, now or earlier.
You have given no information on fundamentals because nobody can until they are published, and without them you cannot calculate a current PE of any kind.
Instead you fudge and prevaricate. Not much else you can do I suppose.
I ran Newcastle branch
Raleigh, I've previously explained how the P/E ratio was worked out. You and GCN really do seem to have a problem with retaining the information I post.
I've also recently given information on some of the fundamentals and why they are not looking good. Please try and pay closer attention to my posts in future.
Melseth, why do you ask?
It depends on your understanding of fundamentals. If investors wish to rely on them, and you quote them as 'not looking good', there must be some objectivity involved. But you apparently wish others to vary them according to your view of matters other than published. Ie. Your version of fundamentals. That would scarcely be fundamental. You go on about a PE ratio. I have dealt with that. And although I believe the PE ratio itself is inapplicable when there are no earnings to put into it, please give the evidence that your PE ratio has worsened since you were invested, by mistake as you would have us believe, but even before that at a much higher price. You will need to know Sigs earnings as of today, or lack thereof, to set against the price - price to earnings ratio. The price of the shares has decreased of late, so on any calculation the price earnings ratio should have improved, unless Sigs negative earnings have increased. You must know they have and be able to prove that - I await your figures in support of your contention of a PE ration of 173. It will save me waiting until the fundamentals are published.
Who was the branch director / manager during your time there
Raleigh, you say the price is the price for whatever reason. Could you try and be a bit more vague in future? Your statement is nonsense.
You say there is no confirmation yet of a change for the worse in the fundamentals which can only be known when we get an update from the company. Again you are talking nonsense. There are many things that can affect the fundamentals. We don't have to wait for company updates. Your claim is too daft for words. For example the P/E ratio has worsened and we haven't had to wait for a company update for this to happen. The share price has collapsed recently. Clearly something fundamental is going on.
I could go on.
I was based in Leeds.
Mick what region of SIG did you work in
Clearly you are new to investing in stock but dont worry you will learn the ropes eventually.
Most investors lose money I believe you said. Perhaps they should rethink their number one metric.
Raleigh asked a quite reasonable questio which you seem to have missed. How did you get to 173? And what makes you think it is relevant here?
GCN, you need to read my comments more closely. I never said it is my number one metric. I said it is the number one metric for most investors. Please pay closer attention.
GCN, you need to read my comments more closely. I never said it is my number one metric. I said it is the number one metric for most investors.
I totally disagree that only volume and price matter. Simplistic in the extreme and very wide of the mark.
Perhaps Mick will come back on that, his own detailed research, etc. Or maybe refer to some selected website. No matter. Plenty of time. Anyway, my thoughts.
The P/E ratio, in the context of Sig, without earnings to put into the equation, is irrational in my view. That is why many web references to it across loss making companies refer to it as not applicable, or something similar. The extent to which a company is loss making, turns up in its results. Everyone with any sense knows Sig is loss making. That was known at recapitalisation, and ever since. People have been investing or not ever since, 'bad' PE or not.
There are likely to be at least two sets of people posting on here. Those who say they are invested and optimistic, and those who say they are not. Some will go so far as to give advice, qualified to do so on their better understanding of world economic and company events. In the future, if all goes well, Sig will create earnings, and a PE ratio will come better into it's own. It is likely to be high. One side will say it is too high and the company is overvalued, the other side will say no, investors are pricing in future earnings growth.
In Mick's case, he says investors will not invest due to a high PE ratio which he got from somewhere, I suppose. He second guesses them. Historically badly, as his guess has not been the actual experience. It will, as before, be the level at which individuals see prospective value which will dictate that.
If I have him right, he sees Sig as a potential multi-bagger but not at this time. Contemporaneously he questions the company's survival, and says the company is at risk of 'bankruptcy' ( bad choice of words, that's for individuals, companies go into liquidation) I suggest that may have been the case historically, though there were other options apart from the recapitalisation, but there is really no need to be floating that again now, not if you see truth in the last update - "We do however continue to expect the second half to be both profitable and cash generative, and in light of the stronger than anticipated recent performance we now expect full year revenues to be slightly ahead of prior expectations, and profits also to be higher than previously expected."
Invested posters may also choose to find some confirmation bias from forward thinking in the creation of distributable reserves. The uninvested posters will look elsewhere to make their case, for whatever reason they feel the need to make one.
It might be your number one metric but it is inherently floored as clearly demonstrated here. Many other examples...tesla boohoo etc. That's why many would say it isnt particularly useful. The only useful metrics to traders are price and volume.
On what basis do you give Sig a PE ratio of 173? Just interested in that.
You miss my point completely. Not for the first time.
It's not up to me how I view the PE ratio. It's not up to you how the PE ratio should be looked at by investors. Given that it's the number one metric that most investors use when considering whether to invest in a company or not, when it's at 173 they are not going to be inclined to invest.
Im not sure that it is entirely appropriate to value a company using PE ratio when only just turned to profit. But use whatever you like. Its all very 'objective' but retrospective and hence meaningless. Pretty sure if you were that way inclined that you should be using projected earnings.