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Should have also said that other sleeping giants that I have bought into are Rolls Royce and Angle, both of which I have made money on but nothing like as much as Lookers
I bought at 42p and was really happy to see 70p so quickly. Having read the comments on £bn+ values, I am obviously too easily pleased. Will happily sell half my holding at 84p (possibly tomorrow if trend continues) and let the profit ride. Just gutted that I did not invest more as I felt that 42p was a bargain
The market has taken the news well. It will take years for Astra to mend their reputation after this. All seems unfair as it is the government who have messed up the messaging
Looks like Astra have not benefited from covid at all. The share price is back to 2019 levels. Bet they regret the day that they focused so much resource and energy into one product at the expense of all others?
Quite a few of their shopping centres can be redeveloped to provide residential/offices. They can move retailers to the front of the centres and redevelop the rear of these centres especially where they have big empty units. At last management are making 2021 decisions rather than keep hoping for a return to the retail glory days
Will be amazed if share price does not hit £12 this week off recent good news on return to flying
I agree. I only hold for the 5% potential dividend. Does not matter what they do the share price goes from £2.20 to £2.50. Not sure what it would take to move the shares on? Basically you are buying a fixed income for 10 yrs with no increase in profits likely
I am sure that the European situation will be under control by the end of June. The current covid crises will lead to millions being chucked at the vaccine rollout. In 3 months the share price will be back to around £12 which is a fair value to reflect what a great company this is and all the pent up demand for foreign travel
Agreed. I would settle for £2.50 and would sell. Long term Aldi and Lidl are going to chip away at the trade that Tesco’s does. Shame because Tesco’s on line are fantastic but a large percentage of the population just have to go to the cheapest shops to get by. Look at the success of B&M
I think you may see £30 before £35. I am hearing that people are booking UK hotels and foreign holidays and will cancel their UK holidays if their foreign holidays are then allowed. This must affect WTB. Whilst bookings may be good, if they have to do refunds, this will not convert to profit. I sold out too early at £30 would get back in at £25 to £27.50 which is where they should be
Do not trust European Commissioner but in reality Europe are only where we were in January. In 2 months time the situation in Europe could be very different so I still see reasonable prospect of holidays from July. Look what happened to infection rates last summer without vaccines so this year should be better. Only problem would be if tensions on vaccines grow and Boris bans European flights for political reasons rather than following the science
Europe can achieve herd immunity by July: EU commissioner
Europe could have herd immunity against Covid-19 by July, a European Union commissioner has said, as incoming jabs are expected to speed up the continent’s sluggish vaccine rollout, AFP reports.
The note of optimism comes even as several European countries have started reimposing restrictions as they contend with surging coronavirus infections, and after mixed messaging on the safety of a key jab.
“Let’s take a symbolic date: by July 14, we have the possibility of achieving immunity across the continent,” Thierry Breton, the EU’s commissioner for the internal market told French broadcaster TF1.
“We’re in the home stretch, because we know that to beat this pandemic there’s just one solution: vaccination. The vaccines are arriving,” he said.
More than a third of France’s population is now under renewed lockdown, while frustrations over virus curbs spilled into weekend demonstrations in Germany, Amsterdam, Bulgaria and Switzerland.
Europe’s battle to prevent a deadly third wave of infections has been complicated by a patchy vaccine drive that included several nations temporarily halting AstraZeneca’s shots in response to isolated cases of blood clots.
Most have since resumed using the vaccine after the European Medicines Agency found it “safe and effective”.
But AstraZeneca has delivered only 30 percent of the 90 million doses it promised the EU for the first quarter.
Breton said he was confident more vaccines will arrive soon, with 300-350 million doses expected between March and June.
He added that 55 factories would now be producing vaccines in Europe
No wonder the share price is falling again. Summary of CEOs statement: it’s tough out there, may get tougher, still not sure what to do about it.
Loving the “massive tool” insult. My second favourite insult to massive bawbag as they say in Scotland. Some naive people think that they can influence a share price by posting negative comments on this board. £7 is wishful thinking from someone who sold out too early
If you are looking for your 5th bounce also look at Lookers but already up 20% this month. I bought Hammerson and Lookers at the same time and can see similarities between the 2. Massive discount to value of the property that they own
No one will pay £1.01 as any buyout will have to involve profit for the purchaser. There will be very high redundancy costs for anyone buying the company as the staff are well paid and many have been there for years
All this shows is that management need to sell off all assets, make all staff redundant, pay off the debt and share the net balance With shareholders. Either do that or sell to someone who can do it for 50p a share
Let’s hope they make a £1.7bn loss every year if that puts 5% on the share price!
A very negative view of the way things are going. Hope you are wrong. I personally think that this share will be up to £12 before long. People are booking flights/holidays in anticipation of being able to go on holiday from July. Most people are doing up to 2 years of not going abroad and cannot wait to get away after they have been vaccinated. Most will be looking for European holidays this year. In 3 months Europe will be where we are now in terms of vacinnations
How can one person leaving a company knock 5% off the share price? Or are people concerned that this is the first of many changes making ITV as politically correct as the BBC?