Those are the issues, strong pound, lack of emerging market growth. I do feel however that this is a jewel of a brand. I never buy for takeover speculation but the Chinese food chain is not trusted (acquired Smithfield Foods) and US companies would pay top dollar for this (acquired Cadbury).
China needs export infrastructure and branding, they are the 2nd biggest and still growing market, they need the veil of a brand like this to move beyond local farmers meeting local demand. They are ending stockpiling because they too are struggling with overseas markets to some extent. Lowering imports is step 1 that's where we are now hence the fall in T&L share price. Step 2 is reverse this scenario by creating western processing business. Acquiring T&L would be smart.
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-11-05/china-may-phase-out-sugar-stockpiling-program-ndrc-says-1-.html
Stock prices are present value of future earnings. The biggest electronics retailer in the world is down 30% pre market in the USA (Best Buy) gotta have earnings that justify the price. Only thing I'm inspired to buy in this space is Amazon.
Cold snap today down to around the 80f mark.
Water a bit cold and reasonable sea breeze so the fish are safe today.
Dipped in here today and a bit of Barrick in the USA plus NUGT (day trade).
Hope you're good. Time for tea.
Am I right in thinking we are being asked to convert for £1 per subscription share when these same shares can be bought on the open market for 85 pence.
Down day for market ........
HIGHLIGHTS
· Pro forma revenues up 25% to $265.7 million
· Pro forma net income up 32% to $53.2 million
· Pro forma EBITDA up 42% to $157.0 million
· Pro forma EBITDA margin up to 59% from 52%
· 2012 contract wins of 569MW and contract extensions of 724MW
· Fleet at year end 1,311MW up 46% year on year
· Order backlog of 11,592MW-Months, up 80% year on year
o Order backlog of 14,651MW-Months as of 15 March 2013
· Global hub strategy completed during 2012
· Strong start to 2013 with 281MW of new business and 80MW of contract extensions
· Total dividend remains at 10 pence per share
· Fleet capex raised to $225 million reflecting confidence in market dynamics
http://otp.investis.com/clients/uk/aprenergy/rns/regulatory-story.aspx?cid=311&newsid=330924