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Time will tell.
Just checked in. nevergreen - DYOR then make your own decisions Chris3192 - This share will give you a bad gut. DYOR visit a store.
Buy and hold I think you will get the opportunity to make 5% to 10% out of this i can not see the stock going too much lower. I personally think there is value here and a decent upside to downside. Just my gut opinion.
Await news of the small acquisition: "Commercial - We continue to explore opportunities to expand our presence in the commercial tile market through a small acquisition and are in active discussions..." (RNS of 05/07)
Lacroix - You visited for what purpose? You obviously want these to fall...for what reason? Vendetta?To purchase? What investment future do you recommend?
Oh dear, no customers ,quiet staff. Waiting for the next trading update is not the investment future I recommend.
absorbed without difficulty.
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More like a shop half full point of view. Local trades attempts are just par for the course, all of their national competitors do exactly the same, they've had to slash their famously high margins to compete. If that forms their core business, then expect to see the GPM tumble. At the retail end, the prices they ask are a pure leg lifting exercise, especially the add-ons. Independents are able, and more than willing, to work on a much fairer pricing structure, and savvy shoppers are soon aware of this, they all shop around. Online is the real killing field though, those boys are mullering each other, catching this mob in the crossfire IMHO
Lacroix I see you continue to look at this from a glass half full point of view : )
This weeks........Strong Sell not the miss posted Strong Buy
same as last weeks. SELL SELL SELL
Down close on 20% since end of May 2017. Those who continue to hold,contiue to be bullish.My observations continue to show the problem to be marketing and management. It is hard to see the truth when you are invested but you need to. SELL SELL SELL
Cantor Fitzgerald reaffirms a Buy investment rating today, target 102p (previously 107p). That's three from three, all good news IMO, just for info.
Peel Hunt reaffirms a Buy investment rating, target 125p (previously 140p) Liberium reaffirms a Buy investment rating, target 105p (previously 110p)
Agree, Swiss1. A lot depends on your investment horizon: TPT isn't really a stock for short-term traders, it's one to be tucked away ahead of an improvement in the trading environment (just a hint of that in today's report).
Competition from online retailers is a constant threat in all sectors, but if Topps continue to build the local trade accounts and negotiate some decent base purchases the personal touch may win out. He's not had much luck of late but at these prices Woodford may have got a long term bargain IMO.
Good to see you thinking clearly Alfista. Your point is absolutely valid. sell sell sell
I posted about the share weakness on 23May,27May and the 4June. The problem is a management and marketing problem. I see competitors very busy in my town and Topps very empty. It is nothing to do with "changes in stamp duty" the market is still huge and Topps are not cutting it. Topps needs a radical top management shake out. If Woodford's see this and are buying ready to pounce then I see this . For normal investors SELL SELL SELL SELL SELL SELL SELL
I posted about the share weakness on 23May,27May and the 4June. The problem is a management and marketing problem. I see competitors very busy in my town and Topps very empty. It is nothing to do with "changes in stamp duty" the market is still huge and Topps are not cutting it. Topps needs a radical top management shake out. If Woodford's see this and are buying ready to pounce then I see this . For normal investors SELL SELL SELL SELL SELL SELL SELL
Or high? Other retailers are running rings around them. Their prices are way too high, trying to protect mega high Gross Profit whilst the online boys are clocking up increasing market share. Massive retail store costs versus ultra low direct sale costs. Only one winner IMO
Woodford's buying in while the price is low.
like-for-like revenues down 4.74% (0.6% less if loss of 1 trading day taken into account). Tougher comparatives resulting from the changes to Stamp Duty in the prior year were a feature throughout the period and we have seen a modest improvement in trading over recent weeks as they have begun to ease.
More fool them.
More fool them.