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Patience is needed for the seller to finish clearing their stock. If the seller is the same person who sold 1.5 million shares at end of September then the seller could well have up to 5.5 million further shares overall to clear. . No way to prove who the actual seller is and what stock they have left. Patience is the key here. Meanwhile the share will remain depressed Bring on a nice RNS. So undervalued at 7-7.25p. It's a joke.

More excellent comments Adastra. One thought I missed last night is that Porta can buy 51% of a company with rights to buy other half a year or so later. This spreads the cost of new purchases and still allows Porta to grow. If you run a company only operating in Paris then it makes sense to join a company that can give you chances to work on a global basis. Porta is building just that, a worldwide network that can truly promote products globally. This is why it will win more business. They have the local knowledge and the networks to make it all work. On top of this they have some of the best PR talents across the globe. You only have to look at the 2 people hired for their new Beijing start up. Lot of positive things going on here.

Been thinking about this. I think if one was to happen the Paris one seems more likely. The Euro is at a 12 year low to the pound. 1.4 Euros to the Pound! This makes any purchase that much cheaper. A 10p Porta share would be worth just that little bit more too on the same basis. (They have been issuing at 10p so far.) This could make a share/borrowed cash offer that much more affordable. DW from his videos has always said he would not borrow what he could not pay back in 3 years. This can mean a number of things. Borrowing more and paying back from future profits/share issues in next 1-3 years. If DW expects shares to be recover/substantial profits then he won't be afraid to borrow in the short term knowing he can issue shares in 2-3 years time.For all of these reaons I strongly believe more acquisitions are on the way. Only Porta truly know how well they are doing. An announcement of a Paris office would be an indication that the company can afford new purchases and a statement of how well the firm is doing. I don't know if he has to announce talks to market before this can happen? He didn't definately rule out anything in his last few videos.

If the stale holder of stock is still clearing out their stock. This could be a lengthy process. Perhaps clearing 600-700k of stock a month? Maybe 5-7 million shares?? (3% is about 7 million.) If this started last year June-September time when the share started to dip how close are we to the end of this process? There has only been 1 RNS about holdings in the company being reduced below the reportable threshold this year. (3%). Hard to tell if this is the seller. If they still have stock come May when the results arrive expect another big sell off when the results are announced. The SP should rise quickly after this process is finished. Last 2 days have shown a lot of investors are happy to snap up stock at or above 7p bargain basement level. This looks like a strong buy at current price.

A string of 8-9 trades on LSE and hard to tell if buys/sells. Someone on another exchange dumping more shares no doubt. Absolutely no news to justify this drop. It's almost as if someone wants the SP to drop. An ex investor with a grudge? I agree the last 2 acquisitions should take Porta ahead leaps and bounds. Hopefully Readleaf and other acquisitions are also bearing the fruitsa of Porta's growing business.

They have already announced an office in China on 20th October 2014. (Beijing). Are we expecting another? An office in Paris would make sense. Do we know if this is in the pipeline or just an idea?

It was around this time last year they made 2 more acquisitions. Another announcement soon would be good. They have no office in America yet? Another office in Europe maybe? There must be other targets still in the Uk that would strengthen up some of their brands? Porta has access to backers who have big pockets and I can't believe they would not invest in this firm just because of the share price. A PR firm like porta will always time announcements well. The last 2 acquisitions were announced a month apart. Could they do the same for a new acquisition? An acquistion followed by some big director buys early March would be perfect. Leaving 2 months for the final year results. From what you have said this seems unlikely. We can always dream like Del Boy that Porta has something up it's sleaves or this will be a long wait till May. The Summer months are always quiet so now would be the time to do it. Still positive despite SP dip. The seller will run out of shares soon.

My only worry was the recent RNS about the Chairman. Hopefully this will be brushed under the carpet. I found an article about this on Google last night. I also wonder if someone is shorting this share. Remember Gotham city and Quindell? Possible.

It does seem a good time for investers to top up. The strange thing is it appears a lot of small investers are still selling. If a major seller was reducing his stake they would have to hold under 3% of shares. Otherwise an RNS is required. So the mystery seller could have up to 7 million shares or so. Perhaps a lot of small investors have lost their nerve and are just selling to invest elsewhere. Personally I think there is no reason why this company can't post a 3-4 million profit for 2015. I fully expect a profit this year. We just need more positive news for this share to tick up.

Is there a reason directors can't buy in at present? I assumed directors and non directors were governed by the same rules? I am aware 2 months before results they can't trade. If the share is so undervalued why did they all not buy in heavily? I assumed all acquisitions were now on hold. I would also doubt an early march AGM like last year.

It will be interesting how the market reacts if the company is able to turn around from a break even first half of year (+70k) to produce a pre tax profit of 2-3+ million?? Maybe1.2 million from acquisitions as Adastra suggests?? With maybe 1-2+ million(??) from improved bottom line as all parts of the company (TTMV??) now profitable as DW suggested in one of his old videos. Remember the second half of the year is always where a lot of the business comes from (1H13 8m 2H13 16M (Albeit some from acquisitions?). At present could this mean 2-3M Pre tax profit vs a current20M market cap. Huntsworth currently has a PE ratio of 8.125 in comparison. I am not sure what figures for this year the current broker has suggested for Porta. You then consider the true profitability of this company with a full year with all divisions in profit. Increased margins too with some good contract wins. Election help too maybe with extra work? With revenues from the acquired company could we expect revenues closer to 40-50 million? That dream can't be far off. I think the old NSinger Broker report estimated 35M revenue this year and this probably excluded the new acquisitions. If profit comes anywhere close to what I expect then 20M cap is really undervalued. A lot of costs such as LLP costs should start to go away. Plus benefits of the HQ cost being fully shared across the 2 other firms that have moved in. Lots of reasons to be excited here. Of course with Porta what you see is never what you get. The latest broker report has already suggest a target price 1p above the old Nsinger report.

Just noticed Newsgate news feed on porta website. Nice to see another new contract after the recent Blu contract. http://gorkana.com/news/corporate-and-financial/pitch-wins/newgate-supports-vpcs-float/

Hi Adastra been following your posts on here for a while. Porta appears to be doing well. However this is not reflected in the SP. There were very low volumes on LSE yesterday. (400k) I suspect the reason for the big drops is due to shares being traded in other markets. E.g ICAP Securities which other firms use to buy/sell their clients shares. So if a large sell went through you would not see it on here. I am sure there are other routes to the market for people buying and selling shares. The reality is someone could of dumped shares yesterday. This also might explain the other 5-10% random drops. Not sure this is just MMs. The seller seems to time the dumping of shares whenever there is results/trading updates/new or peaks in this share. Patience is the key here.