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The Hoyle family are now at 4.1% holding from 6.5% the sell off has had no effect on the share price going up and up. I think when they hold less than 5% they are no longer a majority share holder but I might be wrong, I do know that they had a majority of the voting rights previously. In the share news another arts and crafts company Hobbycraft have shown a 7.2% increase in sales annually in the seven weeks up to Boxing day which also looks good for the Works results.
A lot of volume in the last few trading days. Today the system keeps going to negotiated orders. These shares look like they are going up in the run up to the trading update on Friday 20th January. GL
Just check how many TR1 RNS there have been over the months 17 since February 21
Hoyle family still unloading, I can see these shares getting cheaper before they go up there seems to be a constant sell off by them every week ?
I watched a Works shop for about 20 minutes today and the stuff was selling big style, in fact there were a few spaces on the shelves. I have checked their stock movement over a few days. And what with the 1.93 million shares bought today, I predict tomorrow either an increase in price or an RNS saying that there has been a director deal. GL
Somebody has just bought 1m shares 11:50 am
I have just done a dummy purchase of 10,000 shares and the best quote is 33.77 so in this respect all those buys have driven the price up to buy from 33.49 to 33.77
Not always sometimes there are plenty of buyers and no sellers , so the share goes up to bring in some sellers to create stock.
Hi I think it is because 33.49 is nearer to 33.1 than it is to 34 so the midpoint is 33.55 and all the trades have been below 33.55 so the system thinks it is a sell. But if a trade goes in and it costs more 33.55 it will show Blue. But at the end of the day the market knows they are buys or the share price would have gone down.
Ash a thing to remember even though the numbers always look amateurish like a high school graduate this shop has loads of customers we have spent £30 in there this week. Also they turned over 10.3 m of profit and paid a 2.4p dividend and they have about 525 shops. So maybe they throw in this bad news to create a selling spree in order to start buying back big style. So even though I criticised their numbers representations I am holding my shares. They normally are about 5-8p behind card factory now 36p ? so do not be put off from buying.
After the amendment the numbers are even more confusing. Now they are saying they have got 7m with 5m due after the update so does that mean they now have 2m 7m - 5m = 2m can anyone advise differently.
It looks like Graeme Coultard has increased his percentage holding from 3.06% to 4.16% you would have thought this is good news.
Ex - Dividend date. Taken from the LSE future dividend register.
Shareholders who own shares in the company before the market opens on the ex - dividend date (3rd November) will receive the dividend payment. Share bought on or after the ex - dividend date will not qualify for the dividend.
Yes it says ex dividend on HL
All that as happened is that Mr D Hoyle as drawn out £1 million of his investment good luck to him. He is still a majority share holder. There has not been a major sale on the general LSE market so it was most likely a UT trade, he still owns 13 million shares. So I don't see a problem.
This is paying a 7% dividend must be worth more than 35p, they run a good business. GL
Well Steve I had a look at HL and they say 2.4p in italics which I agree with you on , but that is what they say they are going to pay, which I think they will do. I lost a lot selling card out but if the divi comes in I am happy because I will get half of it back in the divi but I think you will find that my numbers are accurate, and Works are doing well having cash in the bank and no debt. So I am standing by my opinions.
The works has done better than card . I bought loads of card on the hope of good results the numbers for card were not bad, but by comparison if you compare the numbers with works, works are much better so I have sold out of card at a big loss and added to works in the hope of recovering my losses. Card revenue 364m profit = 11.1 - Works revenue 264m profit = 10.16 . dividend 2.4p card dividend 0. works have half the shops that card do but have a much better turnover and profit . So though I hate to admit it because card is one of my favourite shares but in my opinion The Works is the better of the two share to hold good luck.
The Shops have been as busy as pre COVID times, there is absolutely no reason to presume that the numbers will be worse. Ignore these doom spreaders it will be okay tomorrow.
Had a look in The Works in Wells Somerset. One customer bought £30 worth of Gifts. So they are selling stuff. I think any SP under 30p is a steal.