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Wibble.
I've just come to this share myself via a moneyweek article, I was a bit wary of the shareprice as well, but checkout the latest investor presentation @28 minutes, the guy explains the share price.
Based on what I've seen so far I've just bought my first tranche. I think I'll be holding these for a long while.
I would really like to get in to this share but am concerned about a couple of things...
The rises have been steep recently - are they sustainable?
Does the high share price (c£60) impact volatility (as opposed to 100 shares for £60 for example) given the same overall value?
One of those stock that I do not understand why it does not have more of a following. Seems very well run and very solid to me.
Great rise today and nice to see so much blue at these levels.
Great set of half year figures here from a well managed business. This is a very quiet board so let's be having your views.
Good to see this hitting 2000. Is this new territory.
Seems a good price at these levels, is in sharewatch portfolio, very well run company can only see an upside to this
As it recovered well last year after a slow start. Looks like the business is becoming more seasonal anyway with more buying before chinese new year. Interesting but best to leave it setlle
3 Of My Favourite Small Caps: Judges Scientific PLC, AFC Energy plc & Boohoo.Com PLC Shares in Judges Scientific (LSE: JDG) are down by 4.5% today after the scientific instruments specialist released an interim update. Although it expects to meet market expectations for the full-year, Judges Scientific is now guiding towards a year-on-year fall in its half-year earnings, with a build-up in its order book apparently causing organic revenue to be hit. However, it does expect an improved second half of the year, with the interim order book having been built up in recent months. http://www.fool.co.uk/investing/2015/07/23/3-of-my-favourite-small-caps-judges-scientific-plc-afc-energy-plc-boohoo-com-plc/?
More to fall here I think
results due on Friday should be good as per half yearly figures
but almost 100% up on year low at start of year! great rise!
"The Board expects adjusted earnings per share for the full year to exceed market expectations." Nice - shame it aint a penny share :P
....but the sp does it's own talking thank you very much...
Judges Scientific gained three per cent Thursday after the group said it maintained momentum in sales, profit and cash flow last year. In a trading update, the manufacturer of scientific instruments estimated that adjusted earnings per share for the financial year to December 31st would meet market expectations. Results were buoyed by an active year with two acquisitions and a £3.0m placing. The group purchased Global Digital Systems and KE Developments during the period as the businesses strengthened its position and expanded its product offering. "The group's order book at December 31st represents almost eleven weeks' sales. This is higher than at the previous year-end but the figure is flattered by the inclusion, for the first time, of Global Digital Systems," the company said in a statement. The organisation forecast another year of progress ahead following turbulent global economic conditions in 2012.
Top Director Sells Judges Scientific (JDG) Director name: Mr David Barnbrook Amount sold: 3,000 @ 975.00p Value: £29,250
Shares in instruments maker Judges Scientific rose on Wednesday after the company revealed that it is confident that adjusted earnings per share for the full year will exceed current market expectations. The current consensus EPS forecast is 63.4p. In a brief statement the company revealed that in the second half of the 2012 financial year, the group's businesses have generated satisfactory orders, sales and margins. It also said that the Global Digital Systems business that was acquired in March 2012 has traded in line with the board's estimates at the time of the acquisition. Broker Westhouse Securities said of the stock: "We have positioned Judges Scientific as a mini Halma/Spectris and today's upgrade indicates that there are good underlying businesses within the group which will be boosted by acquisitions."
This looks like a successful business year after year afer year. What are the problems? Why not buy in?
Judges Scientific, which owns a collection of companies making scientific instruments, says its half yearly figures will show a significant improvement on last year. Organic revenue growth is expected to be "almost 8%" compared to the first six months of 2011. After including income from the recent acquisitions of Global Digital Systems and KE Developments, revenue will be 39% ahead of the prior year Debt will be less than one times earnings before interest, tax and amortisation, after a share placing in May raised £2.8m. The market appears to be happy with the trading statement, at 11:04 Judges's shares were up 3.7%.
Apologies re last post
http://www.investegate.co.uk/Article.aspx?id=201204120700131732B
"Solid organic growth and a strong maiden contribution from Deben have enabled the group to achieve another set of record results. Deben was purchased out of cash-flow, leaving net debt effectively unaltered at the year-end." Shares in Judges had gained 4.3% by 11am. Since the start of the year the stock has risen 63.8%.
Deben, which makes instruments for electron microscopy, was bought in March last year. This year Judges has also gobbled up Global Digital Systems which sells instruments used to test the physical properties of soil and rocks and KE Developments, another electron microscopy business. Alex Hambro, Chairman of Judges Scientific, said:
The contribution of the businesses owned on 1st January 2010 grew by 10%. Basic earnings per share, before exceptional items, rose from 45p to 61p. The proposed final dividend is 6.7p, raising the full year figure to 10p versus 7.5p in 2010.