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1. "revenue growth of 17.6% - 23.5% really is not anything to shout home about," - personally, I like the fact LOOP was suited for the covid pandemic but did not arise because of it. no flash in the pan. was growing before, and should grow thereafter.

2. "Perhaps because they operate in a niche which is far more formal than zoom, initial uptake is slower as clients are more thorough in procurement thus sales will lag compared to Zoom which is mass market." - there was a rush to freemium solutions. but mehtinks the likes of HE and FE (although not the target sectors) will reassess how the academic year has gone and build on it buy investing in first in class. So I am confident in 2021 growth.

3. "the company has grown a client list of ... over 20% of the world’s top-100 private equity firms." - you think PE will not buy into their own supplier??????????????????????????????

re-reading the "press" on Friday, the bearish comments focussed on 2021 and increased "churn" due to competitors. However, none of the bears can explain how the "free" alternatives (at the 14% churn end of the business) will monetise THEIR offerings. It is more likely than not that at some point the free offerings will have to monetise and that will lead to a flight to quality. If LOOP can keep its footprint (and better add) then the churn should return and/or it ought to be a target when the giants fail to monetise as projected (i,e. they hunt those that have).

good week. hopefully we can press on to 50p-60p next week.

with increasing T/O - this year £50M, with m/c at £43M... vulnerable to being picked up on the cheap i'd say, especially from those rich US tech competitors

*is no

So.. there is is MMs at work: "The system will automatically match up buyers and sellers who match on price".

It is likely that someone , or some people, saw the news, decided the direction of travel on the day, added the public sell orders, set some large BUY orders, and let the computers do the work. if so, quite clever, really. and completely reversible on Monday....

"Those of us who have traditionally invested in small cap AIM listed stocks are familiar with the SEAQ trading system, where the share trader/investor buys from and sells to a market maker, via his stockbroker. The market maker is the middleman. His job is to do exactly as his name suggests - make a market. ............ So that's SEAQ. Love it or hate it and its big spreads, most punters are familiar with it and some even understand how it works. You could describe it as "the devil you know"!

"In the meantime, on the main market, for the big boys, there has been another trading system. Known as SETS - the Stock Exchange Electronic Trading Service - it was introduced at Big Bang time in 1997, when the LSE moved from its traditional trading floor, where brokers and market makers met in the flesh to do their deals, to an automated system run by computers. Used for the trading of shares in large companies with high liquidity (i.e. lots of buying/selling activity) SETS cuts out the middleman.

"In simple terms, those who have access to the SETS order book and have shares for sale will enter a sell order on to the book. Those who wish to buy will enter a buy order into the order book. The system will automatically match up buyers and sellers who match on price - often one large order will be matched up with several smaller orders on the "other side". The matched orders are removed from the book, and a transaction is executed between buyer and seller. Again, each transaction is both buy and sell, and again, only one transaction report is required. These automated trades have a trade type of AT."

https://www.londonstockexchange.com/trade/equity-trading/sets?lang=en

https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/81/idiots-guide-to-the-london-stock-exchanges-setsmm-0379.html

Thordon - LOOP is a SETS stock "Trading service: SETSqx"
https://www.londonstockexchange.com/stock/LOOP/loopup-group-plc/company-page

checking in on the cutest stock around.

gap down has to be filed.

55m shares - will move fast - when it does.

will be an interesting Monday - for a growing company with cash and materially reducing debt. , and if they propose a DIV for YE 31.12.2020 ....?

78p.

and very astute managers.

no offence to the initial team., but they aspired to a tad, well, ... Leyton Orient.

Mr JimD, one look at the 5 year chart and we have not even begun an upwards move until we hit £8,

very good point, STP.

... but Sharp Shooter and Desperate Dan aint warming seats. they are playarzz

i have about as much clue as LCR and matlot. i.e. none.

"Sabadell said it would now seek "strategic alternatives for creating value with regard to the group's international assets, including TSB".

"Separately, TSB said it had "good momentum" in its business growth as well as progress in "taking full control of our IT, delivering a right-sized modern branch network and reducing overall operating costs"."

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-55099372