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I'm not overfamiliar with the R&Q situation but they are a general insurer aren't they? LGEN exited general insurance about 10 years ago and given the competitiveness and lack of profits in that space in recent years I can't see them being to eager to go back in.
Sounds pretty good to me. Very complimentary business which expands the business in North American. It further strengthens the partnership with Nike and Adidas but increases the profile of the business in the retail model stopping them going direct to market as well.
Nice rise today on the back of the broker upgrade (Jefferies raises Beazley price target to 975 (915) pence - 'buy').
Sometimes it takes the market a while to figure things out. There are a lot of good opportunities out there at the moment which are attracting attention and money.
But that is the whole premise of investing; you believe that the market has undervalued the share so you have bought it and will (hopefully) sell it for a profit. Patience my friend, people will wake up and share will re-rate if the fundamentals remain the same. BEZ are coining it in at the moment and that won't go unnoticed for long.
Huge buyback today according to the RNS:
"On 28/03/2024, the Company announces the purchase of 5,059,772 Ordinary Shares at a price of 893.62p. The shares purchased will be held in Treasury."
£45m in one day.
The market makes will ensure it falls by the size of the divi on Ex-divi day, so approx 4.5% using the current share price.
After that, it's anyone's guess, but if the buyback continues to hoover up a lot of the shares from any sellers and inflation continues it's downward trajectory then we shouldn't go much lower (barring a pandemic/war/financial crisis etc)
Superb set of results. I would have liked a slightly higher divi but pleased with the buyback announced.
Dare I say it, this is a real British stock market success story; BEZ is a hugely profitable business, a market leader, a global business and is growing rapidly. What's not to like?