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25% up in the year wihout holding any 'sin' stocks - no tobacco, no alcohol, no gambling etc. and never placed a short in my life. It is possible people. Think about it.

Suppose a man is seriously injured in a car accident. Whilst the majority of people would want him to pull through the shorters would place a bet on him dying and if he does die they make money. If he recovers and lives the shorters lose money. It is ethically and morally wrong. Benefiting from the failure of others. We should all want companies to succeed and do well to help the wider economy if nothing else. Only an insane person would even suggest this company is over-valued. I have seen plenty of small AIM shares collapse due to shorters influence and runs on the company. Premier oil nearly folded last year when the SP plunged to 20p. Opening a short should not automatically cause a drop in the SP. Do fundamentals and the wider market index not matter? If shorting was so hunky dory why was it banned during the credit crunch? For what it's worth I can confirm the FCA are looking into this share and the shorters' actions very carefully. Information has been passed on...

Yes CVSG is a good find and is so small that most have not heard of it. It mainly provides vet services and cremation on pets. It also just serves to strengthen my point. Lets have a quick look at CVSG and compare some figures with PETS. Market cap £888M [Pets £828M] Revenue £200M [Pets £800M] Profit £7M [Pets £80M] - yes net income for CVSG is barely £7m Assets £200M [Pets £1.3Bn] EPS 16p [Pets 15.3p] **P/E ratio 86 [Pets 11]** - seriously? Need I go on? FCA - 'fair and regulated market' (?!) If any share should be shorted it should be CVSG NOT Pets!

It is ILLEGAL to MANIPULATE/CONTROL the share price of a company which is what is going on here. Are you saying Pets will be going bust any time soon? There is no justification here whatsoever for what has gone on with the SP. 'Shorting' is just a cover up and a name used to hide the disgraceful practice of SP manipulation. It stinks. End of.

There is so much wrong with the SP movements here - unreal. A real minefield of manipulation hard to explain on a board like this. This is a fundamentally sound company in a relatively defensive sector where the vets and grooming business is booming by 40-50%+ and is more than enough to offset any flat/low growth in merchandise. Shorters basically breed on fear and will attack an SP if they feel a major profits warning is coming or if a company has huge debt and may go under e.g. Afren, Gulf Keystone, Xcite Energy etc. These were high-risk oil&gas shares with massive debts and high interest bond payments. The situation could not be more different here with assets >£1.3Bn and net debt at only £140M and around 1.5x EBITDA. History has shown us spending will hold up here even if the economy slows. Director buys, broker upgrades, oversold RSI, a FTSE at all time highs yet the SP here is down 40% in a year and 20% in the past month alone. Results on 25th were expected to reveal a profit warning and the SP was priced in for one - despite FY revenues and profits both being up the SP fell in the morning to 154-155p! In a fair and regulated market such a share would normally rise by up to 10% within hours of such good results - 'relief rally'. At the end of the day the market 'decides' the SP of a company based on fundamentals such as the P/E ratio (very low in this case ~ 10; historical average is 18 = SP of 270p) and the SP moves up and down based on wider market trends. In this case the shorters have trodden on the SP completely going against the rising wider market whilst placing an illegal 'clamp' on the SP to prevent any major rises. It is blatant. Wild SP movements intra-day on very little volume on the back of a flat market. What is a fair SP here? Given current EPS of 15.3p, a booming vets+grooming sector and a historical P/E of 18 one could argue as high as 275p (which it was this time last year)

Note how the SP has tried to break free several times today but is brought back down ILLEGALLY by the shorters. Great for day traders of which I may be one....

Good find stupot. Heavy shorting is certainly the word. The current P/E is far off the average for this share. Rory - what is your position in relation to this share?

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Pets At Home Group Director Deals AllBuysSellsExercisesAwards Declared Type Director Pos. Volume / Price Value 30/05/17 BUY Sharon Flood NED 30,373 @ 164.62p £50,000 22/03/17 BUY Mike Iddon FD 45,996 @ 184.30p £84,771 13/02/17 BUY Dennis Millard NED 5,673 @ 188.60p £10,699 03/06/16 BUY Dennis Millard NED 8,000 @ 261.02p £20,882 12/09/14 BUY Paul Moody NED 27,470 @ 179.25p £49,240

http://shorttracker.co.uk/company/GB00BJ62K685/all

2 growth stories for your retirement portfolio Pets at Home (LSE: PETS) the UK’s leading specialist retailer of pet food, accessories and veterinary and grooming services, reported a 7.2% increase in revenue and a 3.2% increase in profit before tax for FY17. The company is rolling out various vet-related formats including Pets at Home, Vets4Pets, The Groom Room and Barkers. This year, Pets is planning to roll out a further 10 superstores, 40-50 vet practices and the same number of grooming salons, for predicted totals of 444, of 478-488 and of 340-350 respectively. This portfolio is the largest in the country and bigger than the next five companies combined. Therefore, Pets commands a competitive monopoly. The company aims to put “pets before profits,” a principle that should protect quality of service. A good reputation pays dividends itself and with a 9% net income margin, the company is soundly profitable. The future looks interesting for this mid-cap group, with the £47.1m profit generated at joint ventures in 2017 projected to near-double to £80m in the coming years.** Merchandise like-for-like sales were weak last year at 0.8%, but revenues from services increased 7.8% indicating the more profitable grooming and veterinary businesses could generate the best return on investment over the next few years. Cash generated from operations was nearly identical to last year at £110.9m, while a higher level of free cash flow facilitated more acquisitions, despite an 11% increase in capital expenditure. Net debt fell from £161m to £151m, so the company looks financially secure enough to maintain expansion. The company has increased EPS at a compound annual growth rate of 6.04% over the last four years. Valued at a PE of 10.7, the shares seem to represent growth at a reasonable price. A 4.6% yield comfortably covered by free-cash-flow gives Pets at Home a shot at beating the market, in my opinion. *The pet market is expected to expand 4.5% over the next five years, so the macro situation seems to favour Pets. http://www.fool.co.uk/investing/2017/05/31/2-growth-stories-for-your-retirement-portfolio/

Institutional shareholders MOVERS TOP HOLDERS Holder Shares bought Shares held Schroder Investment Management Ltd. +6.36m 32.31m Norges Bank Investment Management +4.35m 19.48m Nordea Bank SA +4.06m 4.06m Old Mutual Global Investors (UK) Ltd. +2.68m 60.01m Ibercaja Gestión SGIIC SA +1.22m 1.22m Data from 31 Dec 2016 - 30 May 2017

Date Broker Recomm. Current Price Price when issued Old target price New target price Notes 30 May 2017 Shore Capital Buy 161.10 162.80 - - Retains 30 May 2017 Beaufort Securities Buy 161.10 162.80 - - Retains 26 May 2017 HSBC Hold 161.10 164.00 180.00 180.00 Retains 25 May 2017 Shore Capital Buy 161.10 160.60 - - Reiterates 3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation: iii Norges Bank 4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):iv N/A 5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: v 26 May 2017 6. Date on which issuer notified: 29 May 2017 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: vi, vii *Above 4%*

Broker BUY ratings Director buys People buying like oldbadger RSI rising Upcoming dividend Yet SP falling What a great regulated and fair market this is! Well done FCA. All the shorters are doing is allowing people like oldbadger and myself to buy in at rock bottom prices whilst picking up a juicy 5% dividend. Keep up the manipulation shorter boys.

RSI has jumped from 22 to 38 in the past week so a lot of people buying in here. Now correct me if I'm wrong but that many buys should see a rise in the SP right? We all know why that did not happen.....

Appears this share has not been this low for 3 years. With no debt, decent portfolio (Flutiform in particular) and £90m in cash seems under-valued.

Something significant happened at 1556 today. FCA were you watching?? Have to spoonfeed people these days...

We have taken action and the fun will begin very soon. Very soon...

I can confirm that some detailed information has been passed on to the FCA this afternoon. I will not rest until the shorting scum burn.

I urge all holders to read my posts below and contact the FCA about this developing scandal. There is no excuse today for the SP behaving as it is. Results are out and they amashed all expectations. No excuse at all for this. Call them or email them and do it now. It is not hard to get through. Shorting companies can not be allowed to place a clamp on the SP and toy with the SP as they like.