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Looks like we have lift off! I wish I could understand the workings of "CRAZYLAND" often share purchases do not always equate to a higher share price, but today the added volume and purchases seem to be lifting the share price. Often shares do not do what we think they ought to do. I noticed that Hargreaves and Landsdown finally agree with me that these shares are a "strong buy". So fill your boots lads and lasses and let the trend be your friend! I still think these shares will be rerated to over 50p and if there's a takeover a 30% premium on top of that would be MOST acceptable!

Well if I were running the company, I would certainly maintain the dividend. But with the possibility of interest rate increases in the future, I might wish to bring the debt level down as low as possible. It maybe that the company has a guaranteed fix rate for a number of years. I must confess I haven't bothered to check.

Why does this site continue to give false information about the HNT dividend? The company pays a 1.75 total annual dividend, which is nearer to 4% rather than 2.82% Investors take note!

For sure there's some horse trading going on! It is becoming quite an education watching the gyrations of this share.....but to be honest, I just hope that soon we will get some enlightenment as to what is going on!!! Perhaps we will get an RNS tomorrow morning?

It gets better and better with Numis Securities suggesting a 60p price target. In the light of so much restructuring and improvement in the last three painful years, I think we have the beginnings of a turnaround here........60p is certainly a target within reach. Furthermore, with Huntsworth Health continuing to be a bright star.....there may be sharks eyeing the company in the USA and maybe there will be a battle with the Chinese for full control. If the current price can improve slightly and stabilise, establishing a new permanent high, then the take out price could be very good indeed!

The Group traded well through Q4, led again by strong growth at Huntsworth Health. As a result of this, together with continued favourable exchange rates, management expects the Group's full year results to be ahead of consensus*. Also see..... www.morningstar.co .uk But I have a question...... why was this announcement brought forward by more than a month from the scheduled date? Is it so that the market can digest the news and chase the price higher during these favourable stock market conditions? Certainly it is beginning to look like an attractive safe investment for income investors.

Yes Gotrader, the usual mixed annual report of gain's here and losses there is more than possible. But I sense there may still be reasons to be cheerful. The directors showed undeniable confidence in the company by buying shares a short while ago at around 40p. We are also in a benign stock market, where continued share price growth is more than likely till at least the end of March / April and the FTSE ALL SHARE INDEX has some catch up to do with the FT100. I would not be surprised to see a 20% gain in the share price....say 48-50p and I am confident that the dividend will be maintained.

End of year results due towards the end of March. Maybe some good news is expected.

Yes, I am confused as to what conclusion to draw here. Has MRF lost interest in the company? If these shares are so hot, why the disposal or transfer?

I am still enjoying my two month break in Thailand........just back from a fascinating week in Kathmandu. As always I am very grateful for Gotrader for his comment and homework. My take on this share is that it is looking good value.......but in February it could get cheaper with the general market down turn/ correction. This will be a first class buying opportunity.......because in the following months, even the uncommunicative Huntsworth is bound to have some positive news flow and hopefully the announcement of a healthy dividend. And as my very learned and honourable friend Gotrader has pointed out, at these prices, a takeover is a very real possibility and so we have an each way bet with this share ,plus a healthy dividend income. As a punt, is as good as it gets. Never forget that this share has some very strong money making components....and that will not have escaped the attention of certain preditors.

Doesn't look like Father Christmas will be bringing Huntsworth shareholders a present this year! Ah well....perhaps there will be more jam in 2017

Yes an excellent point. I happen to be in Thailand for two months and with another five weeks to go,but boy do I notice the difference!!! It does not seem cheap here anymore! As an Australian said to me in the supermarket earlier today ' you poor old Brits....you had it so good for so long!' But because of the pound's weakness, most British companies are looking cheap. With luck that will sustain the market for a while. I really do wish the HNT share price would get a move on.......as Christmas arrives, it grates to see other shares moving and this one lackluster!! I kick myself for not buying Drax when I had an urge some weeks ago.

Hmmmmmm the plot thickens.....so what could the motive be for MICHINOKO LIMITED buying in? I've looked them up and they seem to be an offshore investment company.......they sound a bit Japanese. I am trying to discover why the company exists and what its objectives are. They will have a significant stake in HNT should someone wish to take control further down the road.

Looks like the chairman has got all sanguine just before Christmas! 150,000 is a bit more like it!

Thanks Gotrader, you certainly do your homework! I guess if Freud has sold out as you suggest, it is a sure sign that he does not think anything terribly exciting is going to happen to the company in foreseeable future. What gets me is how his buy was trumpeted in all the press but the sells are done more furtively! I wonder who the new buyer is? If AAM has sold out all should e revealed in an RNS......we should soon find out.

No predicted RNS today.......so far anyway. Yes, there is a bit too much 'wait and see' with this share. Did the Swedish operation contribute that much to company funds? Much better surely to cut off any parts of the company that are not performing to the required standard. 40p seems to be a reasonable fair value price......I really do not want to see it going back to 35p.......I had hopes of it making 52p by the end o the year. Dyehad has gone all quiet after an enigmatic 'strong buy ' recommendation. Maybe he knows news of impending doom and is trying to encourage me to buy more stock so he can have a good laugh at my expense!

Yes, he same idea came to me also. Why would anyone sell a large stake if thy knew of some good news in he pipe line? It may not be that there is dramatic bad news, but apart from the dividend , this is not the most exciting share in the galaxy. When the Chinese bought in at 58p I think I was, it looked like this company might have been a takeover target......but this is not looking very likely now. So was the stock sold at 37p? Who would the buyer have been? I personally am confident that the next results will show further improvement, but am a bit worried of stock market turbulence in 2017. If next year is bad for the world stock market, it will make little difference how well they have done. I need to invest right now for a good reliable and steady income. I have been watching Pheonix and Bats........do you have any favourites Gotrader?

But yes they ARE paying a dividend 1.75p and it is nearer 4.4% and NOT as continuously inaccurately recorded on this site at 3.16. WPP has been a good investment over the last five years........but I take your point the PR market does seem subdued. The trouble is we only have the past to go on....by the time some great good news is announced the share price will have bolted.

Thanks for this Gotrader. I'm always grateful for your input, you are so up with events. However, we knew that Grayling was having to undergo major structural change........ and to dispense with areas of the company that are not profit making must be a step in the right direction. It is all part of the transformational process....which seems to be taking an eternity. I will be patient a little longer......especially as Dyehard believes the company is a strong buy!

Dyehard and I have not exactly been of one mind on this share.......but suddenly after a long period of silence and with no feedback on any other share he seems to have turned positive.....strong buy is his recommendation. The buying patterns do not seem to betray anything positive. I cannot imagine what has turned his opinion around.