Halfords Share Price (HFD)

I would drop the idea of price manipulation, been there too with gold...and of course short sellers are active on retailers in the UK, no deal brexit and it will be a feast for them. I feel one of the contributor should take his loss and move on. I did that with Renault, took my big loss though I still cannot understand why the share is so cheap, even taking into account the Nissan problem they currently have, and I moved on. Live and learn they say.

I don't short, I lost enough in stupid spread betting a few years ago. I only buy and hold, a traditional investor. In fact I also have a "shadow" portfolio of shares I used to own, quite a few retailers such as Tesco or M&S. I just went to Cycle Republic the other day and found them much cheaper than Evans Cycle, Evans Cycle does a price matching policy. I know margins in the cycling industry are inexistant and I had a look at the share price. I am a geek as many of us here and reading one of the comment, I think the share price has not reached the bottom and I would not touch any retailer until Brexit/consumer climate improves and I feel this one has not announced its bunch of bad news. So, no unknown information, just gut feelings of a geeky cyclist

Thanks for your opinion. Well done for joining TODAY and well done for making your first post in a share that you wouldn't touch. Are you able to make any more predictions? or go in to any more detail about the cut in dividend and weak cash flow? I have noticed some strange movements in the last couple of days on this share, and feel it is being manipulated by shorters, who have 3% These shorters will do what ever it takes to drive the price down y'know, some have even been known to post on this site, so don't believe everything you read here.

I meant weak dividend cover

The share is sliding down. Dividend will be cut in November given the slim margins already in 2018 and the high dividend cover, cash flow is too weak. I would not touch Halfords until next year. I think management will throw the sink in November when they announce the dividend (if any), I expect a flood of bad news, all together. To go worse before recovering maybe in 2020.