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Quoting from the Executive Chairman Statement (2015 interim Report)... PERSONAL NOTE (by Richard King) I have been fortunate, not only recently to have celebrated my seventieth birthday but also, to have seen The Character Group develop and grow since 1991 into a major player within the toy industry. As shareholders will be aware, I have been reducing my shareholding in the Company, on an ad hoc basis, over the past few years but, in order to prepare for my eventual retirement from all executive duties, I have decided that a programme for an orderly sale of the majority of my remaining shareholding should now be undertaken, with the goal of completing that programme within the next 12 to 24 months. With the Group announcing record results and with positive prospects for further growth, I believe that it is the right time for both the Group and myself to be looking to the future.
yep - some more gone today too i reckon
This together with going ex-div explains yesterdays price drop: LONDON (Alliance News) - The Character Group PLC Thursday said that Chairman Richard King has placed for sale 1.5 million of his shares in the company. 1 million shares were placed at 414.75 pence and 522,616 shares were placed at 415p each. The shares represent approximately 7.4% of the company's issued share capital. Following completion of this transaction, King retains an interest in 536,286 ordinary shares in the company, representing approximately 2.6% of its issued share capital. Shares in Character Group closed down 5.4% at 428.00 pence on Thursday
Looks like Simon Thompson wants a piece of the action. Just tipped it.
"A TOY food craze is set to grip children this summer that will see them creating tiny, sweet and savoury treats. Jerry Healy, marketing director, said: “It’s quickly become a massive phenomenon in Japan, so we have taken the technology and reformatted it for UK tastes."
increased by 20% from 450p http://www.mideasttime.com/investment-analysts-price-target-changes-for-april-30th-achc-antm-anto-avg-barc-blt-caml-cct-clb-cri/425360/
Character Group PLC saw its shares hit a 16 year high Thursday after it reported strong growth in profit and revenue in the first half of the year that beat management expectations, and said current trading remains "very encouraging". and still to have an impact - Character Group is adding ranges based on Clangers, Ugglys Pet Shop, Yummy Nummies and Teletubbies to its lineup. Who will King sell his shares to ?
re forecasts for this years orders with our increasing international exposure. Next couple months could be an interesting sp ride!
http://www.iii.co.uk/articles/219205/aim-sell-winners-revealed Says they have so much further to go too!
on seekingalpha.com
Yesterday Character has won Toy Supplier of the Year and three product awards at the British Toy & Hobby Association's Toy Industry Awards. Character Options - the group's principal trading subsidiary - was named 'Toy Supplier of the Year' and also received product awards for its ranges in three categories: · Gaming Toy - Minecraft developed by Jazzwares · Interactive Toy - Little Live Pets developed by Moose Enterprise (also listed as a 2014 Dream Toy and which, over the next year will see new new characters added to the range · Craze of the Year (joint award) - The Cra-Z-loom Bracelet Maker, (Loom bands) developed by CRA-Z-ART (from the Shimmer 'n Sparklecollection) Wonder if Clangers and Teletubbies will be winners next year? With price of oil reducing the Group's bottom line figures will improve.
welcome manic dynamic, big fan of the Naked Traders way, I bought in at 249 slightly later than I should have having sniffed it at 214
I knew i would make a typo! The Fwd PROFIT to Mkt Cap Multiple is only 8 with historic being 11 (all under 15)
Evening CCT bb members. I came across this company when going through the RNS last Friday and really liked the positive statement. I checked more of the company today on it's quantitive measures. Naked Trader Criteria ----------------------------- Increasing revenue forecasted around 10% Increased forecasted net profits approx 36% The Fwd Revenue to Mkt Cap Multiple is only 8 with historic being 11 (all under 15) Net Debt small at 4.5m (last reported on Stockopedia) Dividend paying past 5 years and mostly growth at each stage Zulu Principle Return on capital 74%, Return on Equity 63%! Very High and Margins around 7% It reported Free Cash Flow Per Share in excess of EPS PEG Fwd around 0.4 Earnings growth 46% Forecasted. Not 5 year each side due to stagnation in 2012, 2013. Stockopedia Stock Ranks - Value 68, Quality 99, Momentum 98, and StockRank 99 (all out of 100). Allowing for the positive statement, the high stock ranks, and also that most criteria of my two favourite 'guru' methods are qualifying I am confident that despite the huge rise, this company share price has still room to grow, thus I want to join you and buy in. best regards Dynamic (sorry for any typos)
Looking promising. Just wait for the new items in 2015 following the new tv progs release
Character Options has detailed its TV advertising campaign for its new Peppa Pig Holiday collection. The range will star in a 100 second-long TV commercial set to air across leading pre-school channels in January 2015. Then the debut of the new series of The Clangers. Ravensburger will now develop a range of pre-school puzzles and games. This will include board games, dominoes and card games. The deal will see products on shelf in time for Christmas 2015. The new 52 x 11-minute stop motion animation is due to launch on the UK on Cbeebies in spring. It is a contemporary version of the iconic British TV show, which first aired on the BBC in 1969. "There is so much momentum behind the Clangers brand," commented Valerie Fry, director of sales at Coolabi. Existing licensees for the brand include Character Options (master toy),
1/ 400000 new children of buying for age each year more than last for next 5 years so market growing naturally 2/ 40% fast growing t/o abroad breaking into new markets. 3/ lower price of commodities to make toys mainly plastics cutting costs increasing margins. 4/ fast growing t/o which reached 125m a few years ago with market today 170m- 200m posible in 2 years 5/ company value at 125m t/o was 75m then there were 44m shares today 22m 6 /co was worth 2.10 pounds then coming at 2y 110m value due with the 62m value today target for shares £ 5.50 7 p/e due to increase now and accelerate price to 4 pounds soon. 30 % gain in next three weeks 8 directors all getting older a bid may be forthcoming from the market to take this company forward further. ----6 pounds might do it. January report on trading v soon and end month big toy fair in uk with new market offerings. that's why its rising and has way to go.
Paul Scott covers them well here He talks about the upsides and downsides here and, on balance, rightly says that it's worth buying into. Disclosure: I'm not invested here but, if I had some funds, then I would be :)
Wow, moving up nicely on those amazing results
Facts - One of the UK’s leading toy companies - Growing international sales base, which is an engine for further growth - The share price has appreciated steadily over the last two years Stockopedia Fundamentals as of 8th September at 214p per share: Forecast PE – 7.9 Forecast PEG – 0.64 Forecast EPS Growth – 14.3% Forecast Yield – 3.17% P/BV – 5.9 P/Tangible Bok – 6.4 P/FCF – 7.33 P/Sales - 0.54 EV/EBITDA – 6.8 The forecast PE, PEG, EV/FCF, Price/Sales, EV/EBITDA ratios are all very good. Whilst the book value / tangible book isn’t looking great there’s enough looking very good to make me conclude CCT is looking cheap. Additionally the 2 year chart is fantastic so, from my very limited understanding of charts, it is looking good here. The results are out in the first week of December and should show good growth etc, based on the forecasts and also from the positive outlook from the BoD at the interims and in the trading update. Additionally facts: Paul Scott likes CCT a lot and it’s one of the few purchases he’s made this year. Shan is also bullish here. Conclusion It’s looking good from a variety of perspectives and is worth buying into prior to FY results.
Ruffer Group dispose of 50k shares
with these, we are moving up a league which could interest bigger predators
Very few shares on offer...:)