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By StockMarketWire | Fri, 11th December 2015 - 07:43 Petra Diamonds has recently closed its second tender of H1, with 606,080 carats sold yielding USD86.2m in revenues, including the sale of the 23.16 carat pink stone from Williamson for USD10.05m and the unsold parcels from the Company's first tender of H1. All goods were sold, with the exception of ca. 3,200 carats with an estimated value of around USD166,000. Pricing on a like for like basis was flat in comparison to Petra's first tender of FY 2016, however the expected improvement in product mix has favourably impacted the average value per carat achieved for each of the Company's operations. http://www.iii.co.uk/stockmarketwire/282672/pdl-issues-results-second-fy-tender?context=LSE:PDL
Just spotted this article about HSBC and how they operate, thought it very insightful as to how these guys operate... http://www.iii.co.uk/articles/282269/hsbc-tips-20-shares-rebound?context=LSE:PDL With regards to us at Blinky...I wish we could find out what honestly is going on here. Any one know when our next update is? GLA
Re your comment below... My thoughts - DITTO ! I Will hold till the bitter end now...see what transpires long term as fund definitely being mulipulated IMHO ...you only have to look at the share price trades etc etc ! I still wisely / foolishly ( delete as you feel appropriate ) believe in the concept of the company.... But time will tell. GLA and have a great weekend. It's only money and in today's world if your not in a war zone, have a roof over your head, clothes on your back and food to eat...well...were honestly doing ok! Just my thoughts anyhow.
it's in both of Tosco's RNS, those figures! Is it just simply a mistake in ther template? I've given up second guessing this share! GLA...got a feeling we'll find out soon.....
Rusty, My sentiments too are that we have gone back to the drawing board, ditched the old and are in the process of intregating all the new stuff, all be it, some of it still in test mode etc at the moment. But it's a squeaky clean foundation, can't say more than that, and hopefully a market leader on this front. Yes, might as well say it's a start up company but with a big difference, it's got cash In the bank. Anyhow, no nasty surprises, basically in line with what was promised, so that's good enough for me. Will continue to hold, place on the backburner and wait. I'm still intrigued by Tosco's holding and co, personally feel they wouldn't of got involved it they didn't see potential and, more importantly, dosh! Good luck folks, I'm off for afternoon tea in Liverpool, wonder if I'll get JAM with my scone? Ha ha..
Anyway, that said, the good news is that once all this configuration testing has been completed, we can expect to see the full benefit of all those extra partnerships boosting liquidity of demand and supply in the RhythmMax exchange. In other words, I would expect to see a higher monetisation percentage of the impressions queries, going upwards towards 1%, and – hopefully – beyond. (At the AGM, someone mentioned a monetisation % target of around 3% or 4% - that would represent more than six or seven times the current level of sales revenue in absolute terms) Yes, I know this is another ‘jam tomorrow’ story. But the potential is huge nonetheless. Remember, with overheads fixed, there is an ‘operational gearing’ effect which comes into play as our sales revenues increase. Today’s results show that gross margins have held around the 40% mark. (And, imho, that gross margin % would likely increase as sales ramp up, since a small part of the TAC (traffic acquisition costs) may be semi-fixed costs). Hence the comment from today’s press release about the current low rate of monetisation as “Representing an inherent growth opportunity for the company, as additional Demand integrations {and, surely, the configuration testing of these} are completed”. I agree - there is great potential to boost the percentage of impression queries that are monetised, once the integrations – and configuration tests thereon – have been completed. And the ‘operational gearing’ effect of this would have a dramatic effect on the bottom-line. This thinking also explains why I do not wish for a take-over of our company at this time. As I
Anyway, that said, the good news is that once all this configuration testing has been completed, we can expect to see the full benefit of all those extra partnerships boosting liquidity of demand and supply in the RhythmMax exchange. In other words, I would expect to see a higher monetisation percentage of the impressions queries, going upwards towards 1%, and – hopefully – beyond. (At the AGM, someone mentioned a monetisation % target of around 3% or 4% - that would represent more than six or seven times the current level of sales revenue in absolute terms) Yes, I know this is another ‘jam tomorrow’ story. But the potential is huge nonetheless. Remember, with overheads fixed, there is an ‘operational gearing’ effect which comes into play as our sales revenues increase. Today’s results show that gross margins have held around the 40% mark. (And, imho, that gross margin % would likely increase as sales ramp up, since a small part of the TAC (traffic acquisition costs) may be semi-fixed costs). Hence the comment from today’s press release about the current low rate of monetisation as “Representing an inherent growth opportunity for the company, as additional Demand integrations {and, surely, the configuration testing of these} are completed”. I agree - there is great potential to boost the percentage of impression queries that are monetised, once the integrations – and configuration tests thereon – have been completed. And the ‘operational gearing’ effect of this would have a dramatic effect on the bottom-line. This thinking also explains why I do not wish for a take-over of our company at this time. As I
On iii board I thought worth sharing... Today’s press release declares that we now have 30 billion impression queries daily going through the RhythmMax exchange, but, we are told, less than 0.5% (one half of one per cent) of these impressions queries are being monetised. So I ask: Why is this percentage so low? And is this good or bad news for us? First, note that the Overview section of today’s press release summarises the impressive scale of the integrations achieved during H12016: - 16 DSPs (demand side platforms, these are all listed by name; also ‘strengthened demand relationships” with some 60 or so “new video, mobile and display partners”; and - on the supply side - “284 new publisher partners” have been added. All of which is, of course, good news – And it is also clear from this press release that there are more partnerships and integrations on the way. But we must ask: With all the extra liquidity of demand and supply that these new integrations and partnerships imply, why is the monetisation percentage of the 30 billion or so daily impressions queries so low – it is now, we are told, less than 0.5% (i.e. one half of one per cent)? The short answer to the question is given in that same Overview section: “While many of the above integrations are complete, only a handful are fully operating, with the remainder undergoing configuration tests to bring mobile, video, native and connected TV ad formats online”…. Yes, but what does this statement mean? I had to google ‘configuration testing’ to understand this. I invite readers of this post to comment on my interpretation, but my take is that completing the integrations is not quite the end of the story. – You also have to test out all the main combinations of demand and supply data, software, load factors, and hardware that may arise before the new integration can go ‘live’. To use a car analogy: If I were to design and build a completely new type of car, I would first have to run extensive tests on its reliability – to debug it - before mass producing and selling it to the public. I do feel that the earlier press releases should have mentioned that ‘configuration testing’ is yet another additional stage to be completed after the integrations. Especially since these configuration tests take up extra time and resource before the integrations can go fully operational. Anyway, that said, the good news is that once all this configuration testing has been completed, we can expect to see the full benefit of all those extra partnerships boosting liquidity of demand and supply in the RhythmMax exchange. In other words, I would expect to see a higher monetisation percentage of the impressions queries, going upwards towards 1%, and – hopefully – beyond. (At the AGM, someone mentioned a monetisation % target of around 3% or 4% - that would r
Hope the comment I posted below fulfills your criteria of some positivity? Keep the faith! You never know, one day we might get a nice scone with JAM and Cornish clotted cream....now...that would be worth the wait! Ha ha... Night folks & good luck.
I particularly liked theses two paragraphs from today's call... Blinkx's (BLNKF) CEO Brian Mukherjee on Q2 2016 Results - Earnings Call Transcript | Seeking Alpha We made and we’ll continue to make or redirect investments in products, technology, sales and marketing specifically to fortify the growth segments of our business. For example, we invested approximately $16 million in R&D during the period, including staff, hardware and software that enabled us to build and quickly ramp the RhythmMax platform, which already is processing over 40 billion requests per day, easily ranking within the top-10 and perhaps even top-5 in the world. We plan to continue to build on this solid foundation going to the second half of this year and beyond. As I said, we remain bullish about the industry that is expected to double to over $100 billion, this is U.S. Digital Advertising over the next five years which grew from 15 to 50 in the last five and expected to double to 100 over the next five. And we feel that we have built the foundation for the Company and from here on out all of our attention is going to be focused on execution and return to profitability and growth. Full transcript:- http://seekingalpha.com/article/3692836-blinkxs-blnkf-ceo-brian-mukherjee-on-q2-2016-results-earnings-call-transcript?page=2
Seconded, sums it up nicely for me. Think the BB will probably have quite a few choice remarks today, so I will stay out of it. GLA
next week, yes, hopefully we might see some light at the end of this very dark tunnel. P.s. My spirits have been lifted and I'm very OPTImistic about the long term prospects of a new share on the AIM I've recently purchased. Can't give any more clues, but in the top ten risers! Not ramping, please, as usual, DYOR, but I've made a cracking profit already which covers my losses here. Definitely not ramping new share but just trying to point folk towards a share that's holdings its own & increasing daily. Anyhow, please DYOR & I wish us all good luck, we need some on this casino called AIM and we're definitely overdue some good fortune! Night folks & GLA
Should read Sharing the info with us all
Much appreciated all the hard work you've put in and sharing the info was th us all. Good luck
Off their website:- BRAND Through agencies, blinkx works with some of the largest brands on the planet, helping to connect them with their target audiences, delivering the right message through the right device at the right time.http://www.blnx.com/about/overview SO CAN THIS BE REFLECTED IN THE S/P PLEASE?
I'd take 50p.......PLEASE! I'd only be 50% down then! Yes, I still hold shares here in the hope that, if not this year, then perhaps next year they might finally get everything integrated, all those acquisitions...and the s/p will flourish once more. I'm prepared to wait to the bitter end....heyhoe...what's a few more years? Groan.... Ok...what I actually mean is this time next year Dell Boy. GLA, the long termers here need it ( no offence to anyone new ) but this has been one xxxx share to own! For all my negativity, sorry, but it's the hand I've been dealt, but...I wouldn't hesitate to buy in at this knock down s/p if I was new to this share. I do believe the company will turn itself around, all be it taking a long time, but I'd buy in as a punt no hesitation IMHO. Let's just say I got my entry point completely wrong, won't do that again ( hopefully ).
If you think I'm giving up my 80+ % profit in three months from pastures new and buying more Blinky...I'm afraid you will be sadly disappointed! It's about time my luck changed, never had a profit like that before in such a short time scale so I'm keeping hold of it. At one point I'd lost 80% here, it's only about 75 % now! Hey hoe...swings and roundabouts. Just so relieved my portfolio finally looking positive because Blinky put a damper on things and stress levels went sky high! I just feel a bit more relaxed now, can let this simmer on the back burner. I still hope and pray Blinky can pull it off, but if all else fails I will pull my 25% out by the end of the year. ( that's if there's 25% left ! ). GLA & have a good weekend.
Glad to hear you doing ok. Yes, I'm very OPTI mystic about my new share.... Was 2nd highest Share Riser here on LSE yesterday by about 25% in one day! Yippee! Can't give any more clues.... Ha ha Have a great weekend & GLA
I think you've hit the nail on the head for me. Yes, it's Tosca and Griffiths that are keeping me here, otherwise I'd of cashed in and placed my money to work for me elsewhere.. I'm not ready to throw in the towel... GLA
Hi, I'm still in. To be perfectly honest, I haven't a clue these days where this is going...well....been like that for ages really! I was so enthusiastic about this in the early days, did all my research, believed in the company etc etc. I've seen this share fall on good news and devastated by the "kid", that TW, brought over! I don't follow any news in particularly now for this share, I just watch the S/P from a distance and remind myself never to be emotionally tied to a share in the future. Its my humble opinion, it's all a casino now, you pick some good ones and lose on others. Sorry can't give any insight, it's just my opinion.. Will continue to hold long term, and try and ignore for now and pray it comes back to its former glory. What was it I used to say, bounced twice, let's pray for third time lucky... You never know... I'm intrigued by Tosco though! GLA