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Berenberg raises Evoke price target to 52 (33) pence - 'hold'

what an insightful broker rating !!!!!!!

I would think the salaries they have received and probably the pay-offs will more than compensate

Just listened and nothing of note said

52p bid recommend and it's down 3.5% today and 15% off the bid price in the 44's - it makes no sense

Which won’t happen

There is still a potential 10% to be made from this, why aren't people wading or Bally's hoovering them up at this price

It's not due to complete until final quarter of 2026, or first quarter of 2027

Surprised the price is not a lot closer to 50p

So we all get stuck with shares very few UK brokers trade in !

She has been appointed as a director of a listed entity, I think you will find there should be

Why is there no RNS if they have just appointed a new finance director

Https://giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/actions/redeem/52d81543-84ec-4add-9b80-519ada40d3af

not sure if it can be opened, but an FT article on how much sellers made from shorting UK gambling stocks this year and the only standout is losing on Evoke due the bid that was announced

Https://igamingfuture.com/fate-of-evoke-ceo-per-widerstrom-provoking-storm-of-speculation/

Evoke is in the mess it is because it bought William Hill plain and simple - it was struggling under the debt before the gambling reforms and that just made it worse - there is no one else to blame apart from the previous board.

Looks like they are dragging this out to bitter end

What are you talking about ? “they need the revenue to support their own debt pile” - it can’t even support Evokes debt pile hence the mess we are in

Is that a serious question, because out of the EBITDA came £250M in finance costs and gambling duties have just increased to wipe out a chunk of that EBITDA for 2026

Depends on your broker, I use eToro and they don’t trade the stock, so would be stuck with them and have to open an account with someone else.

This is just painful now

Everyone is staying away because there is nothing left of Evoke - every penny earned not taken up by the new gambling taxes will be spent servicing interest on a debt pile that won't come down because there is no cash left to service the capital element. They can't do a rights issue to help cover it as the share price is in the gutter and the dilution to existing holders would be ridiculous. A very profitable company has been ruined by the ego's of the previous board.