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by the fall from recent highs the market was expecting a flat update .
Taking the div into consideration this now deserves a re-rate to new highs , don't suppose it will though with the negative projections for world trade.
I certainly should have added on the earlier lows.

On a quick glimpse the results look excellent.
Most importantly a div increase. Looking ahead the macro environment does not look very promising , but the company have shown that they can handle change and the business model is moving to accommodate change.
Deserves a re rating , having a strong balance sheet and div which at worst should be sustainable.
I don't suppose there will be a sudden rush to buy but I will be adding on any dips.

Yep today's fall seems overdone . I still hold here, not too bothered with the sp because the total div / yield is approx 6 % and it is likely to be maintained .
A lot of negativity around at the moment with trumps myopic trade disputes / government shutdown / Brexit concerns / some director selling ,so I will hang on before adding , we could yet see another market downturn and the mm' s will mark this down with glee in a thin market.
GLA

Recent Broker Targets:

11th Jan - UBS - Reiterates previous target of 520p
10th Jan - RBC Capital Markets - Outperform target of 670p
7th Jan - HSBC - Buy rating with target of 675p

A very strange day indeed.......

In my view, an opportunistic stunt by the MMs to tap into fear over the Brexit vote even though 4/5ths of the group revenue is outside the UK and Europe. A ftse 250 company 8% down with buys outweighing sells by 25%..... come on, seriously???

Having researched a bit more, it looks like the drop today is due to year end operating profits 'ONLY' being in line with projections, rather than the hoped for / expected 'exceeding projections' which was previously notified in October and reported in headline news by the FT.

This is the only 'disappointment' that I can see with the current situation but in reality, any company booking profits which fully meet expectations and show strong growth in the current economic climate is doing very well indeed.

I do not believe that the company is even that exposed to Brexit as UK recruitment only accounts for 1/5th of the business revenue stream. Of the UK revenue stream, this only dropped off 0.8% in Q4, in spite of looming Brexit chaos, whilst the remaining 4/5ths of the business, representing global revenue streams was up over 15%.

The MMs are totally mis-reading the situation here or, more likely, are playing into peoples nervousness at the present time.

This company is nowhere near as exposed to Brexit as even I first thought!

ATB