RE: RNS : Kestrel continue to buy TIG22 Oct 2024 10:59
Agree Kirk but I'm wondering if we have some HNW individuals without shares in an ISA (only £20k per person allowance) who have parked their free capital here for the IHT relief. This combined with the threat of an increase in CGT up to some of the crazy levels kicked being about e.g. income tax bands or even a flat 30%, would make me trim my position if I've been here for more than 2 years. My shares are in an ISA here and I trimmed 50k last week @ 131p because I felt there would be some weakness. Was going to do another 50k when we jumped to 137p but stupidly sat and did nothing.
The EV:EBITDA, eps etc. metrics are looking plain silly now. BBs are kicking in at £50-100k daily, which is great at this sp level. I'm wondering if they'll accelerate them if the government screws us further. Also a good reason to crush the share count if looking to move listing. And guidance was re-affirmed at market consensus levels that were specified in the last rns, which are quite strong numbers.
With a US only listing the sp will absolutely fly. It would pretty much double overnight. It's also a great way to tell the successive h@lfwit UK governments they no longer wish to be based here due to their ever-changing tax regimes. If the government does the worst I think we could drop back to circa £300m mcap. This would take us back down to the 110-115p level that appears to be the bounce range for the past 3 years. If we get there I'm going to at least double my share count. This is a no brainer at current levels but fear we could get another 5-10% drop.
Also wondering if anyone thought it was interesting that our Chairman is setting up an investment vehicle fund targeting 'undervalued UK consumer, technology and digital media companies'. War chest is £30m-1bn. They could take us out and re-list int he US to make 50% profit almost immediately. Just a thought.
Anyway after typing this I've just re-purchased my 50k at 1.2299 in 2 x 25k successive blocks. Average now circa 130p for 250k. I'm going in hard if we drop back to 110p range. GLA