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Evening all.
Just for fun and interest, please read the following general comments.....something big just might be on the cards?....Many of you will probably know all these thimgs already, but I'm fairly new to the game, so bear with me.
Here are some scribblings from various sources regarding possible indications/signposts of takeovers/aquisitions
https://www.fool.com/investing/general/2016/03/17/3-signs-a-company-is-about-to-be-acquired.aspx
‘The surest way for a company to grab an acquirer's attention is to develop a lock on a market segment that a larger rival needs. It's also key in this scenario that it would be costly and/or time consuming for the bigger competitor to duplicate this success’.
‘If management says they are "exploring financial options," it's likely corporatespeak for "We're shopping our business around to potential buyers."’
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/2932150/Research-pins-down-tell-tale-signs-for-takeover.html (edition 23 Aug 2018)
‘Boards of hostile takeover targets also hold fewer shares in the companies which makes it harder for them to fend off bids.’ (with companies that will welcome an aquisition, the reverse is probably the case and the boards would buy more shares – my comment).
‘in hostile bids the ratio of the target company's market capitalisation to its tangible assets tends to be low. Companies with market valuations far above their tangible assets are usually highly dependent on employee talent which a bidder may have trouble retaining unless the offer is recommended by the board…… In the case of a business where employee talent is fundamental to the business, ……… it is more important that any acquirer's bid is recommended…..This is less important in a … business where the assets might be the most appealing factor.’
‘Hostile takeovers are also most likely to occur 86 days after the target company has published its accounts’.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/personalfinance/investing/funds/11453951/Jim-Slater-This-is-the-most-reliable-sign-shares-will-rise.html (edition 22 Aug 2018)
‘Selling or buying by the chief executive and the finance director is a particularly powerful indicator. They are the two directors who are most likely to know the score…..The significance of share deals in relation to the number of shares held by a director is always relevant. A purchase of 20,000 shares by a chairman who owns more than a million shares is of no importance. However, the finance director doubling his holding of 20,000 shares is a very different kettle of fish. In a similar way, the sales director selling 20,000 shares out of a holding of 25,000 would put me on red alert…..Directors’ buying is more significant than directors’ selling. A director buying shares is in effect saying that he considers the shares to be undervalued and to be a better investment than cash’