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@Surin. Don't worry whether or not Wood is a bargain for Sidara. Graff has assured all Wood investors far and wide that there are several rival bidders chomping at the bit, waiting, ready to pounce, and make a bid for Wood for 60-99p. I for one can't wait...! Meantime for some reason Graff seems intent on 'educating' everyone here about how man never set foot on the moon. Graff believes in conspiracy therories...hmmm, Graff says there are several bidders waiting to buy Wood...?! But wait, where are these rival bidders...could it be that Graff has made the rival bidder/consiracy theory up..?! Could it be that Graff has joined Icecool in fantasy-land...?!

Graff - any updates on your rival bidders? Before it's too late and Wood is sold to Sidara, can please you ask one, just one...of the 'several rival bidders' to make aplay and throw a mere 35p into the ring...?! Graff? Graff? Where art thou Graff...?!

JD Sports Q4 2025/26 trading update is set for next week Wednesday 21 January. Based on my research, I expect a good update all round. GLA

@TomBeef To keep your headline in perspective (and for balance purposes) '£9.95bn in Assets' is not quite the case...there is far more to it. A pretty decent chunk of these 'assets' is actually 'intangible assets' (the valuation of which is subjective to say the least), less liabilities (almost always not subjective!), and the more important criteria of 'Net Assets' is much less than your headline of '£9.95 bn in assets'.

Anyway, your headline makes JD Sports look entirely undervalued, however, as with most headlines there is much more to the story...and JD Sports is no exception!

For the record, I do think JD Sports is currently undervalued and that will be proven to be the case over the next 12-18 months. IMO

@ccgiles Every stock has its low point. YouGov must be at or very near at it's low point IMO. If it drops to £2.40 - it's no big deal...pennies and pence really. Early bird investors look for growth and value combined, and for me YouGove is one of a few stocks that meet that criteria. If you think YouGov is at the low(ish) point in it's cycle, then this is a nice investment to hold and forget about over the next 12-24 months. That said, you mentioned your average is £3.85, so you can either continue to average down, or sit and wait...it depends on your apetite for risk. Also, it is important to maintain a portfolio over many stocks. Do not put all your cash into one stock. I am always pragmatic with all my stocks/investments and call them as I see them. My prediction is that within the next 3 months, YouGove will start to climb back in terms of share price increase and this will continue over the next 12-18 months. However, like everyone, I do not have a crystal ball so DYOR & IMO and all that.

@Apendragon Correction Again (been one of those days!) You bought 80,000 YouGov shares at £5.20 per share (£416,000), and stupidly decided to sell them all on 13 November for a mere £2.52p per share (£201,600)...You made a LOSS £214,400!!! Ouch. Well done. Lol

Please teach us mere mortal investors more...tell us when to buy and sell YouGov shares. Not!

@Apendragon. Correction: You bought 80,000 JD Sports shares for the princely sum of £5.20 per share (£416,000 total all in) and then you made a chump decision to sell them all for a mere 84p per share (£67,200 total all out)...a TOTAL LOSS of drum roll please...-£348,800!!!

If your own tripe posts are to be believed of course.

Everyone here laughs at you, not with you!

@Apendragon. You are quite the joker...you made a very poor decision to buy £80,000 JD Sports shares for the princely sum of £5.20 per share and then you made a chump decision to sell them all for a mere 84p per share. Lol! Everyone here laughs at you, not with you!

The Wood-Sidara sale is old hat now. Anyone interested in Wood as an investment has already done so and happy with their level of investment/risk so unlikely to leap in share price until court approval (if approved) is announced. At that point late investors will pile in to scrap over the last few pennies profit. Hence better opportunities elsewhere...it's hard not to make profit in the rising FTSE 100 market!

@Romanby Graff is 100% sure there are rival bidders chomping at the bit to buy Wood. Graff needs to have a word in their collective ears and tell one of them to throw 35p on the table to get the bidding going! As for the court hearing, indeed courts can approve or decline at the stroke of the pen for any 'reasonable reason' whatsoever. Let's hope it's the former...otherwise Wood (and Wood investors) are in serious trouble!

@CUPHALFULL One day is neither here not there. The fact is that Prudential investors have enjoyed an upwards trend since it hit the low of £6.00 12 months back. Today it is circa £11.60. GLA

@PI_Winner Each to their own. However, I do find that some LSE discussion chat rooms can be of interest regardless of RNS and other events. One of my best investments was made visiting a certain LSE discussion chat room and one post prompted me to investigate further, as I result I invested heavily and made a small fortune in a very short space of time. All down to one post from a random poster on a stock. Who would have thought?! Either way, lesson learned.

I sense that Mobico's Germany issue is nearer to completion. Hold tight or build slowly on dips, as positive news on Germany will result in an immediate jump of 5-10p. Mobico is a clear turnaround currently in play IMO. The early bird always catches the worm. GLA

At least CH fronts up to Macys' interview...however, tame that interview may be. The fact is that CH is far more communicative than most CEOs, which is a positive for Zephyr investors. The last RNS was quite positive, with connectivity (which ought to be in the near-ish future), marketing etc.

@GRaff Any word from your sources about when one or more of your 'several rival bidders' will finally stump up and snap up Wood for '60-99p'? Maybe you can ask one of them to start the ball rolling with an opening offer of 35p...?

@Apendragon You better hope for a far bigger drop than a few pennies to make up for your loss when you bought 80,000 YouGov shares at £5.20 per share, and stupidly decided to sell them all on 13 November for a mere £2.52p per share (the JD share price was £2.52 on 13 November)! Ouch. Lol

@IThinkSometimes Indeed. I suppose if you turn up the radio to max at least before the speakers start to vibrate too much, and think of England...then maybe in a Ford Focus you can arrive from point A to B quicker. Alternatively, buy a bumper sticker that says 'My other car is a Porsche'...! Lol

@FF Good to hear - happy trading. This past 12 months have been excellent for the vast majority of investors. As for the Claude butler bike...not quite, but I used to have a Raleigh Chopper bike when I was 10-12 years. I wish I still had it - be worth a bit now in original condition, but more importantly it held great memories! Bikes races, bike swaps...I was always Officer Jon Baker in CHiPs! Lol

@Apendragon on 13 November you posted: 'Sold my entire holding today - c80k shares. Not a great results, my average was in the 520s.'

You made a very poor decision to buy JD Sports at £5.20 and sell at .84p (the JD share price on 13 November). The above explains your very negative attitude with your posts. You'd be better off taking up a hobby and drown your sorrows that way, rather than spouting off with sour grapes. You sound like a kid who keeps throwing his toys out the pram. Time to grow up. Get over it and move on.

@FF If you want to buy more Wood shares cheap - rather than post how Wood will definately sell to Sidara etc. You'd better off posting how you think the deal is doomed and court decision to grant sale is likely not to be granted as it is not in the national interest, engergy security etc. or court will refuse as Wood shareholders have been mis-informed and mis-led by Wood management badly over recent times etc. That could help drive the 'fear factor' that the Wood sale is not guaranteed (which it isn't BTW). Food for thought. Anyway, good luck and I hope for your sake the Wood-Sidara deal closes and your dream to own an Aston Martin comes true. If not, I hear the Ford Focus is not too bad (gets you from A to B)...every cloud has a silver lining and all that. Lol

Alternatively, you may what to re-consider as to whether or not you should put all your eggs in one basket. The all or nothing approach doesn't always work out well especially when it comes to the stockmarkets. Just saying.

I expect Christmas sales period to be up on a lik-for-like basis, both in store and online across all of UK, Europe and US. Hence slight increase in expected profit...with the usual caveat of quite year ahead expected. JD Sports RNS on Chriistmas/Trading update will create an initial spike of 5-15p.

Lots will depend on the macro economic climate and low unemployment. While interest rates and unemployment remain low(ish), sales will overall remain steady on a like for like basis for 2026.

Senior management changes at JD Sports are almost meaningless. The retail sector is always changing and evolving - it is the nature of the retail sector...all par for the course.

Bank of America's downgrade of JD Sports and Adidas from Buy to Neutral reflected it's attitude on the sportswear retailers based on Q3 trading results. That is always the issue with most analysis', predictions/attitudes - they are almost always based on historic accounts and information, so need to be taken with a pinch of salt. Further BoA's analysts said the '20-year casualisation trend was largely complete'. Good grief...clearly BoA's analysts have litlle to no idea about the longevity nor the potential of the sports and leaisure fashion sector.