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No one has any idea about selling phones at the top, my local cpw store tells me that the company is top heavy with dixons or phones 4 u managers who don't understand the business. not a good sign looks like the brokers are wise to it.
any one got any views were the the price will be after the merger
U guys
Voda are planning a massive standalone expansion in the UK and Europe
http://www.theguardian.com/business/2014/apr/14/carphone-dixons-merger-charles-dunstone I know that there is not much chat here but any feelings?
Nice little bit of pocket money for me here today. Hope it continues to rise for you all. Glad I managed to capitalise this time on a retail rumour. GLA
Dixons bb lol
news today of 60 Samsung stores across Europe partnered through CPW - I wonder what Apple thinks about that !! ..
One of the worst websites in the sector and appalling customer service. I had the misfortune of buying a sim free phone from them and had it sent to the nearest store. They didn't contact me to say it had been delivered yet sent over 20 confirmations of purchase to my e-mail inbox. Morons
I have been invested in CPW since 2010, bought in at 1.70 average so glad at the recent rise. Would be good to see it head towards £3.
Charles Dunstone also has a few shares but I doubt that he will be posting anytime soon
Hello, goinglarge, are you and I the only two invested in here??
Anyone have any idea about what will be said at next weeks update? I think that the news will all be good and can see the share price finishing next week at £3+. Thinking about buying more shares on Monday so any info would be appreciated
Carphone Warehouse has chosen Future’s Technology Group as its exclusive partner to develop and manage a six-month, six-figure ‘Smart Choice’ content partnership campaign which includes a raft of bespoke digital solutions. Future’s technology brands including TechRadar, T3 and Gizmodo UK − deliver 22+ million technology enthusiasts globally each month, and more than five million in the UK. Future’s access to this tech-savvy audience and its ability to co-create best-in-class digital and video content will enable Carphone Warehouse to reach consumers in the period of consideration prior to upgrading their smartphone.
Deutsche Bank reissued their buy rating on shares of Carphone Warehouse Group (LON:CPW) in a research report sent to investors on Monday morning, Stock Ratings Network reports. The firm currently has a GBX 285 ($4.57) price target on the stock
Blackrock have knocked out a few.___ http://www.investegate.co.uk/carphone-warehouse--cpw-/rns/holding-s--in-company/201304021003133027B/
Carphone Warehouse: Morgan Stanley downgrades from equal-weight to underweight.
Carphone Warehouse Group: Morgan Stanley raises target price from 125p to 155p but downgrades from equal-weight to underweight.
Carphone Warehouse Group: Citigroup raises target price from 225p to 260p still recommending to buy.
Analysts expect Europe’s biggest independent mobile retailer, Carphone Warehouse, to have had a good Christmas. They will know for sure on Thursday, when it unveils third-quarter trading, which includes the crucial holiday period. The City expects the firm to report a 4% increase in like-for-like sales, with one of the principal reasons for that being its big push into tablets. Betting on a whizzy new gadget isn’t rocket science, but nor is it a given. After all, online music didn’t exactly sneak up on HMV — the first music-sharing website, Napster, was launched in 1999. But the company never came up with a strategy to deal with the stampede online. Carphone is not without risks. UBS rates its stock a “buy”, but its Friday closing price of 217p is already beyond the 210p target set by the investment bank. The shares have surged by a third in the past three months, benefiting from the run-up to Christmas and the ebullience of rivals such as Dixons, which has seen personal electronics flying off the shelves. The stock may have got a bit ahead of the news. Also, the question mark over Carphone’s ill-fated joint venture with the American retailing giant Best Buy remains unresolved, writes The Sunday Times’s Danny Fortson.
Carphone Warehouse: Deutsche Bank raises target price from 200p to 225p and reiterates its buy recommendation.
Carphone Warehouse Group: UBS raises target price from 190p to 210p, buy rating remains unchanged.
Carphone Warehouse Group: Deutsche Bank raises target price from 190p to 200p, buy rating kept. Citigroup raises target price from 195p to 212p, buy rating remains unchanged.
As for the 46% owned Virgin Mobile France JV, this saw revenue grow 9.2% on a constant currency basis. EBIT of £8.1m, up from £8.0m a year earlier, was in line with expectations. Full year guidance of a broadly unchanged EBIT (in euros) remains unchanged. "We have substantially increased our market share of UK post-pay volumes and, while the pre-pay market remains weak, we hope for an improvement in the second half as the product pipeline continues to broaden," said Roger Taylor, Chief Executive Officer of Carphone Warehouse. "In Continental Europe, we have also been exploring growth opportunities for the business through potentially long-term strategic partnerships. Virgin Mobile France has grown its revenue and post-pay customer base, despite intense competition, and is starting to benefit as it moves its customers onto its Full MVNO [mobile virtual network operator] infrastructure," he added.
Mobile phones retailer Carphone Warehouse has reiterated full year earnings guidance after a first half in which it gained market share in the UK post-pay market. Headline profit before tax, which excludes contributions from discontinued businesses and one-off items, rose to £8.6m in the six months to the end of September from a restated £6.6m the year before. Statutory profit before tax jumped to £8.3m from £5.3m the year before. Diluted earnings per share (EPS) increased by half to 1.5p from a penny a year earlier. Headline EPS rose 20% to 1.6p from 1.3p the year before. The group has reiterated its full year EPS guidance range of 11.5p to 13.0p. The company is dipping into its reserves to fund an unchanged interim dividend of 1.75p. The 50% owned CPW Europe joint venture (JV) saw first half revenues up 1.6% on a like-for-like basis, with LFL revenues in the second quarter up 5.0%. Headline earnings before interest and tax (EBIT) of £12.5m was down from £2.0.0m the year before, but ahead of guidance. Much of the fall was attributed to a weak pre-pay market. The group is sticking with its full year EBIT guidance range of £130m - £150m for the JV.