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There's been an interesting fall over the last few days - may be insiders know something - if so, does this count as market manipulation/insider trading?
UK AIM market is awash with insider trading
The UK AIM market is broken and no one believes in it these days. It has mostly been used to raise funds for small (and often broken) companies. INSPECS should move to FTSE market if they want to be recognised.
The market also relies on regular info (company news, analyst notes, briefings, recommendations) to promote interest in stock. All attention is on the US AI and technology market at the moment with investors diverting funds to these stocks where better short term money is to be made. Nothing will happen here until Q2 but at this price the company is ridiculously undervalued. Previous fair price was £1.15. They will have lost Ted Baker contract becos they have gone into administration and the high priced fashion market is under pressure at the moment, but this is a solid company and can easily win new supply
partnerships
To many games on the London Stock Exchange -that's why many LSE companies are delisting or listing on other exchanges. The LSE is dead.......
Https://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/calculating-intrinsic-value-inspecs-group-050003392.html
Key Insights
* Using the 2 Stage Free Cash Flow to Equity, INSPECS Group fair value estimate is UK£1.15
* Current share price of UK£0.92 suggests INSPECS Group is potentially trading close to its fair value
* Industry average discount to fair value of 24% suggests INSPECS Group's peers are currently trading at a higher discount
Key issue with SPECS though is investor interest
You're right about the lack of liquidity and this is certainly not a day or short term trade share, but when the share price movements can be big and happen quickly. I was fortunate, I bought a ton of shares when the MD's wife did at 42p and sold most of then at 120p. I'm back in now at 55p becos I think this is a great company and possibly a takeover target in 2 to 3 years time (or maybe soon after they bring their own production plant online). That's just my personal opinion of course
I agree with your sentiment regarding IPO's.
Many if the IPO's on the UK stock market have been inflated rip-offs.
Indeed I have an ongoing compensation case against SVS Securities with the FCA for over inflating IPO prices and mis-representing stock values dating back to the 2008. SVS is only one of many - with many still active today.
There is little incentive for any stock to list on the UK stock exchange and I would recommend any investor stays clear of any new IPO as the Uk market is full of cowboys
Don't forget the MD's wife bought several hundreds of thousands of pounds worth of shared on last dip, They're not going to through their money away
There seems to be no advantage to any company listing on the UK stock market. The US is a much more positive and supportive market. Too many negative games on the London market
This is a ludicrous drop on great trading results in difficult times. Revenues remained even, whilst large chunks of debt paid off and plant investments still on track and within budget.
A great buying opportunity
I thought this BoD would be different becos of their shareholder engagement and open communication. To be fair they have always hinted at fund raising in the past.
It's very cynical though to give a positive update and then follow it with a share issue announcement after hours a few days later.
Problem i have with these small explorers - is that continually fund raise whilst paying themselves a handsome salary and share options. They can't lose and only have to keep the gravy train going for 5 years to retire rich
This has lost 90% of its July 2021 share value. 566p in August 21 - now 69p !!
I can't imagine many CEO's or management teams keeping their jobs in other companies with 90% share destruction !!
Smart for himself or his shareholders?
I've worked for a company that wanted external shareholders money, but they didn't care a damn about them
Oh dear - 'B' shares - sounds like SMS is a control freak that has no place in a publicly listed company like this. Unfortunately control freaks (who are not team players) usually end in failure
Makes you wonder if the S4 Board thinks there's still worse to come. It's a great time for directors to be buying and incentivizing employees with shares rather than large salary increases. Does SMS still have his marbles or has he disappeared into 'don't care land'
SMS needs to step aside and let new blood run the company. What does a dinosaur like SMS know about digital marketing? ChatGPT can provide better campaigns at one-hundredth of the price of companies such as S4. SMS's biggest mistake is focusing on digital when it should be multi-media advertising campaigns. Most digital companies have the intelligence to design and run their own campaigns using the multitude of software tools around them...
Sorry to say I am invested here, but I'm not invested in SMS and blind faith in him won't produce a share rise. As demo'd today, he believes you grow a company through acquisition rather than growth to the bottom line. Possibly one of the biggest con-men going with an ego the size of the statue of liberty
Today's trading update didn't deserve the resulting response from the market.
True, the figures were unexciting and flat from 2022, but they're still bringing in a healthy revenue and making a decent profit. Average share price was 137p in 2022, so now at 50% lower with stable trading results in a tough market.
I can only assume that trading houses are taking their money out because there are better growth opportunities elsewhere over the next 6 to 12 months. But this is still a seriously undervalued stock. I welcome counter views in case I've missed something
Not sure why you have a lot of respect for him. His 'reputation' clearly preceded his ability to deliver. Myabe he was just a small part of a better team at WPP. Maybe his living of his salary now and not the share price
You don't often get such a large company run as badly as this. Time for SMS to stand down
I agree - and i've worked in China for 3 years (before Covid) and seen the pace of growth there. There is no way we're going to wean ourselves off of petrol. But it doesn't matter what I think, its whether the stock market believes and responds to such statements.