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@DarkBlue...could it be that..?

@dalltry Your comment aimed at DarkBlue: 'This BB is for humans to openly speak their mind. Not some preprogrammed BOT to speak like R2D2!'

Come to think of it, the name 'DarkBlue' (when said aloud) sure sounds similar to 'R2D2'...

Hmmm...R2D2 is 'dark blue' in colour (with the industry-standard silver of course!) like DarkBlue. Also, R2D2 makes chirp, bleep and whistle sounds like DarkBlue. And, R2D2 on occasions gets really excited and hops about like DarkBlue...

Could it be be that DarkBlue is in fact R2D2? Could it be? Nah, no...wait...could it really be...?!

Lol

Prudential Plc full year results scheduled for 20 March 2025. Should be an excellent set of numbers based on achievements to date (see Q3 YTD update release on 6 November 2024 i.e. summary below).

I expect Prudential's share price to continue its climb upwards - as evidenced over the last month (from £5.95p on 13 January 2025 to current levels of circa £6.81p today). If you plan to add or top up or buy...now is the time, before the big players start to buy and send the Prudential share price up in the lead up to Prudential's Q4 results on 20 March 2025 through to mid-late April 2025...catch the wave early and enjoy the ride to the shore! IMO & DYOR

Prudential Plc announced on 6 November 2024 in its Q3 YTD results as below.

'Performance highlights on a constant (and actual) exchange rate basis for the nine months ended 30 September 2024:

Q3 year to date new business profit was $2,347 million, up 11 per cent (10 per cent) including economic impacts. Q3 year to date new business profit excluding economic impacts was up 9 per cent (7 per cent)

Q3 year to date APE sales were up 7 per cent (5 per cent) to $4,638 million. APE sales for the three months ended 30 September were up 10 per cent (10 per cent) compared with the same period in the prior year, with all segments growing in the discrete third quarter.

Given our performance in the nine months ended 30 September, we believe we are on track for our expected 2024 new business profit growth trajectory of 9-13 per cent, assuming economics consistent with those applied in our FY23 reporting and on a constant foreign exchange rate basis. This trajectory is consistent with achieving our 2027 new business profit objective.'

Capita recently announced it has targeted cost savings of £250 million.

Capita's market capitalisation is £242 million (as of close of business today).

Take a few moments to reflect on that...

@HHH81 You should have topped up at .135p, which was when I clearly called the low in Capita share price and bought in heavily over a few tranches. You would have reduced your average considerably and would probably be on a tidy profit by now. Oh well, Capita's share price will continue to slowly rise as it has consistantly over the last month...still loads of upside here.

@Papaduke Out of curiousity: How many shares do you own in Zephyr, or how much invested? What do you need the Zephyr share price to hit before you start to make profit?

@AimMaster ’People keep saying 'its cheap as chips' chips cost more than 83p these days imho’

AimMaster your above comment was directly aimed at my comment (which proceeded your above comment). You are a gaslighter pure and simple. As for your prediction that JD Sports share price will hit 70p… it sounds very similar to your prediction that there is no way that BoE will cut rates…and yet they did…for I obvious reasons. You are an idiot. You fool no one. Do not engage with me. I will say it again… back off stalker.

@AimMaster I never said you can’t invest in JD Sports…you are trying to put words in my mouth again! You are a couple (more like a dozen) sandwiches short of a picnic. You are not credible in any way. You need to re-read my post and stop trying to engage with me. I have no interest in your comments or opinions whatsoever. Back off!!!

I see AimMaster the stalker (and who predicted there is NO Way BoE would cut rates last week…when I predicted the BoE would cut rates) is following me again - and is now back on JD Sports chat. Whatever JO says she says the opposite to try to gain my attention. When will she get the message that I’m not interested…and to back off?!!!

@Trisor 'I've raised this with IR and it was confirmed that service will be kept till transition in 2027 and that Capita are maintaining pricing discipline on contract bids as a key priority and apparently this is an example of this.'

The above comment from Capita - courtesy of Trisor - tells us all we need to know. If there is less than target profits to be made, then forget about it! Revenue is vanity, profit is sanity.

I note that Serco's share price has barely moved to date i.e. after Serco announced it had 'won' the contract. Enough said.

@dealmaker1 All very fair points. To say JD Sports is 'undervalued' is an understatement...it's as cheap as chips. Quite a few points to add, but in the interest of short and sweet, the GBP is weaker vs USD and likley to remain that way, which is obviously good for JD Sports.

Personally, I will buy more JD Sports shares over the next week at these low levels.

@FalcolnFlyer03 I really don't know what you're on...but either way you'd make for a good rap singer you will eh lad. Lol

@Trisor - SavageGarden must be really upset that the Capita share price has been on the up for the last month. He must be hopping mad over that...and the fact his sweetheart Aimless has dropped him like a hot potato!

Funny how SavageGarden appears 'out of the blue' to 'reassure' Capita investors in one way or the other with his wind-up comments and negative commentary that the sky is about to fall on AH and Capita!

Unfortunately for SavageGarden he cannot comment negatively about Capita as it's share price has been on the rise for the last month, which explains why he has been so quiet! SavageGarden cannot stand the market has started to wake up to the fact that the Capita share price is seriously under-valued and the future looks bright indeed. SavageGarden cannot accept it...or the fact that BoE had no choice but to cut rates! Lol

@FalcolnFlyer03 '...might be a short seller covering nxt few weeks, could be FOMO run up it's screaming 93p still'

Not sure what you're looking at but your above comment doesn't seem relevant to JD Sports...? Unless you're making a joke of some sort?!

@Trisor As usual SavageGarden can read but cannot interpret economic data. It’s a pathetic sight to see…that and his licking of Aimless’ boots! Lol

SavageGarden you are wrong, wrong, wrong! You are economically illiterate. Stick to your day job.

@Trisor SavageGarden wrong in his prediction on BoE.

Not only that but Aimless has broken-up with SavageGarden and turned from the dark side to the light and is now invested in Capita. No more boot licking from SavageGarden on Aimless’ boots for now. At least after their public break-up Aimless has shiny black Dr Marten boots to show for it…whereas SavageGarden still has a black (and forked) tongue!

It is likely the BoE cuts rates next time (or the time after that) as thanks to Labour Govt anti-growth and anti-business economics EG clean energy, and double hit on businesses of NIC tax increases and increase in minimum wages) stagflation (typically characterised as low growth, high inflation and high unemployment) could arrive far sooner and become more ‘embedded’ than predicted.

Positive numbers, indicators and forecasts are needed to deter another rate cut. However the way this socialist Labour Govt acts (tax, spend, repeat…) a recovery play is not anticipated by by almost all economists.

At least further BoE rate cut/s this year are a licence to print money in the stock market!

Yes it was 7-2.

I predicted a rate cut of minimum 25 basis points quite a while back as per my (many) previous posts on the subject.

Meantime SavageKeyboard and AimMaster continued to bat my predictions away and were adamant there would be no change in BoE rate for a raft of daft reasons! I wouldn’t trust either of them to run a bath, let alone rely on their economic forecasts…and don’t get me started on their ‘analysis’ of Capita!

AH will use sale proceeds of Capita One wisely. No need to pay down almost all debt. Best to use at least half of the sale proceeds for investment in people and AI and technology to enhance service and support proposition. Remember over £250 million in cost savings to come!

Despite BoE decision due today where almost all stocks are up, Capital share price trend has been up for the last month. However still an excellent buy at current price.