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Donkey,

very surprised that you sought my opinion on ryanair and not your esteemed brother,the Doomster, he being the biggest plonker on LSE and you being the biggest bore. I would not pay too much attention to his historical predictions ,which I am sure you are familiar with from Ryanair board , as these were introduced purely for levity purposes.

When taking his advise just bear in mind that the Doomster and the Market enjoy a perfect 100% negative correlation relationship which means that whatever he recommends you have simply to adopt the polar opposite position.

"my prediction is its way past your bedtime "

Explains a multitude. As you don't even know what the term " prediction " means it would be asking too much to expect you to give any BIRG predictions.

Donkey,

when did the altzheimers set in ?

I see the tip of your other third is looking interesting - Poolbeg - pity about Unidentified Flying Objects

GG,

I suppose the div ( and share buy back) will depend on the PBT figure - 3Bn and you could be looking at distribution of 900million - 84c per share to be split between div and buy back assuming 35%pay out ratio. .Unlikely that pay out will be above 35% but there has been talk of returning capital to shareholders.

"People must be waiting to buy at 9.25 on monday " Why wait to buy on monday when you could have bought at 8.40 today and possibly less tomorrow. You are the the stupid one - perhaps you are confusing your sales with your buys. Mind you this doesn't tie in with your criticism of observe selling at 7.50 and SP thereafter hitting 10 plus!

Anyone with the slightest modicum of sense, even a cuckoo, would adopt Clouseau's encouraging comments before you are suffocated in cynicism from that rear view mirror.

Is the board going to have the benefit of your wisdom re the BIRG predictions ? Don't be shy !

So the Cuckoo's investment strategy is to buy at 9.25 when you can readily buy today at 8.40. You dont have to prove you have the IQ of a cuckoo - already well proved to the board.

When is the board going to have the pleasure of a cuckoo's predictions for the BIRG results.? Don't disappoint us.

I am sure Lug's would approve of your policing of the board. However, I would imagine Inspector Clouseau would encourage you to spend more time looking through the front window as it presents a much bigger picture to the very restricted view from the rear view mirror which only leads to cynicism.

Barclays PBT = 6.557 Bn - down 7%. Attributable profits = 4.274Bn -down 15%.

BIRG Predictions ;

PBT = 2.15 Bn. Distributions = 600 mill with dividend = 425 mill ( 40c per share) and buy backs of 175mill.

SP to hit 9.25 following results.

Believe when they announced most recent results max pay out ratio to be 40%.

HSBC announce results tomorrow morning.

Barclays announce annual results tomorrow morning and Lloyds announce theirs on 22 feb.

Nat West announced profits last week of 6.2 Billion (above expectations) and a div of 11.6p .Their pay out ration was above 50% of PBT figure.

Words of wisdom from "Simply Wall Street".

Rewards ; Trading at 65% below our estimate of Fair Value.

Earnings grew by over 455 in past year.

Risk analysis ; Earnings forecast to fall by 0.03% pa in coming years. to me that is static earnings.

Unstable dividend paying track record. ???

Donkey; how about response to my 2 queries ;

- should 1 be removed from board for boring the asses of posters.

- your 3 predictions for BIRG as at 28 February.

Traded at €20.41 today. best ask at close = €21.

Now who predicted the Bankruptcy of the Wd No 1 Airline, even if it was 3 years ago ??

Heading for the clouds, in more ways than one. Brokers TP of €25 on the way.

Is there any possibility ,Doomster, you might revert to the BIRG Board and write them off as an Investment.

Ever since you praised them back around march 2023 they have been on a downward spiral. Some things never change.

Sloopyy,

afraid you have lost me.

looks like 3 posts removed today including 1 of my 2 posts today with a different subject heading to "Wd No 1 Airline per Mkt Capitalisation".

I think perhaps you had better look to your good mate , TAUP Doomster, for the removals.

Doomster,

There is no doubt but the cream always rises to the top.

Ryanair today crashes through the magical €20 barrier and trades at €20.12 leaving it's previous all time high in it;s wake and leaviNg YET AGAIN ANOTHER OF YOUR IDIOTIC PREDICTIONS IN TATTERS. I see your recommended a/line model IAG down at 1.71 this morning, moving further away from their all time high of 5.22 , which they MIGHT REACH by 2034 with result no RETURNS FOR YOU for at least 15 years, and that is the OPTIMISTIC OUTLOOK.

Even the JUDICIARY have total faith in Uncle Mikey,with Ryanair winning EU court case against Dutch State aid of 3.4 Billion to KLM to keep them afloat.

Definitely worth your while to invest in a bottle of the best champers out there to celebrate this milestone, together with the FACT that it is the largest Airline in the WORLD by Market Capitalisation. You will have the added benefit of taking your mind off your wonder share ,the Doomed Boohoo. You said this would shoot through 60p last march - why is it still at 34p ?

What is your prediction for the FTSE 2024 DOG of the year ?

The Jonah !

Donkey,

an innocent question - can you be removed from the Board for boring the ASSES of posters.

182.1 million passengers carried in year to 31 Jan 2024-up 10%.

Share trading today at €19.97 - 3 cents off the magical €20.

Not bad for a "bankrupt" company.

Cuckoo,

surprised you didn't reference the Ryanair board with your timetable. For accuracy's sake there was no 14.22 post.

As regards my posts the content is factual with the exception of centurion and plonker, being opinions.

Should you wish to examine the Doomster's history 2 characteristics stand out :

- his contempt for anything Irish - you may find this acceptable. I don't.

- when confronted with irrefutable facts his stock response is lie(s) / pure drivel. You may accept this. I don't.

This is the Jonah who appears on the BIRG board end march/early april, when SP close to €10, with his appearence likely to result in death knell of BIRG being posted. SP subsequently plummets ,for whatever reason(s).

One's wallet is safer at the end of the guillotine than listening to his idiotic garbage, which is more suited to the racetrack than in the market.

Doomster,

proving once again to the Board the fact that you are a Centurion - were you brought up on barley,oats and rye to serve as bread with porridge as an appertif and bacon once a week and the occasional egg. I have heard of a cup/mug of tea but a pint !!1. You are the one to introduce the racism with your "being irish has no hope of survival .... declare Bankruptcy ". THOSE ARE YOUR VERY WORDS POSTED IN 2020. You may not realise it but Bankruptcy may be a worse financial position for a corporate body than being acquired by junior bondholders. Corporate body maybe taken over by junior bondhoiders PRIOR to Bankruptcy. Also I can assure you there are no LIES in my posts - simply FACTS which simply serve to prove and highlight your supreme investment ignorance, to your huge embarrassment and resultant zero credibility.

- are you denying that IAG must appreciate by 190% to reach their prior SP high of £5.22 from their current £1.80 ?

- are you denying that E Jet must appreciate by 132% to reach their prior SP high of £12.70 from current £5.48.

-are you denying that Ryanair's current mkt value of over €22Billion is greater than the combined market values of IAG plus E Jet plus Lufhtansa plus Air France ?

- are you denying that you predicted the BANKRUPTCY of RYANAIR in 2020 ?

-are you denying that you predicted that Ryanair would run out of cash by June 2020.

- are you denying that you predicted in 2020 that Ryanair would be taken over by junior bondholders..

-are you denying that you have inferred that BOTTLE is a most important investment characteristic that any investor should possess.

-are you denying that you warned Investors to be very wary of Euro markets because of the additional 0.005% stamp duty cost involved ?

To add insult to injury you now highlight the fact that you are a follower of the Motley Fool - PROVES EVERYTHING.

I shall leave your idiotic moronic predictions on the irish economy and banks for another day. I would be concerned you might do something drastic.

Would you agree that any individual ,being presented with the above FACTS could only come to a single rational conclusion which is he must be dealing with a total and utter plonker.

You may consider the research amateur , but a Professional Investor will gladly accept such/any research when it results in FACTS being presented to him.

The fact that your postings are so comical may bring you some joy.

Sloopy,

so Ryanair closed at €19.56, having traded a high as €19.65. up 4.04% on the day ! Mkt cap of 21.5 Bn.

Do you think that the market have reinforced their opinion that Ryanair is the go to Airline in the aviation sector, irrespective of that the cynics or doomsters might preach.

the Doomster should open the champagne bottle tonight.

As regards investment returns I wonder if he is experiencing nightmares for not having invested in BIRG/AIB and Ryanair rather than Boo /IAG/EJ/RR etc etc.