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Not sure why you think this is a dog, or indeed why you believe there is a lack of growth.
It's annoying when the SP falls below what you paid, I personally am down on paper 2.35% on 3195 shares. It happens, but when I consider my reason for aquiring the stock, nothing has changed except the SP has fallen. It dosen't change the stocks fundamentals.
It has a dividend yield around 5.27% which is well above average, and for the most part is pretty reliable.
The current P/E ratio of 5.68 which may mean it offers good value, and in my opinion it does.
It has a net profit margin of around 6.01% which when compared with peers in its sector, I must admit isn't fantastic.
However it has a plowback ratio of around 70.09%, which the latest information I have shows is used to fuel growth of 10.53%.
When looking at its net debt and its enterprise value, the debt is higher than I would like, but AV. has sufficient cash to service the debt, and the level of debt is by no means unusual in this sector.
Would I hold this stock as more than about 5% of my portfolio, no I wouldn't, but there are very few that I would.
Its one of the two stocks I hold in the 'Life Insurance' sector, and over the next 10 years I expect to see inflation beating returns.

Nice little 1.3% rise at the moment.

As I thought, gradually drifting upwards again.

Porsch certainly favors the Us markets judging by his/her posts.
The US market has done very well, too well I suspect. Take Tesla as an example it trades at a P/E of just over 374. Now I think its good, with a founder of exceptional insight, but its not that good.
The US markets are I suspect going to end in tears, just a shame it will as always reflect on the UK markets.
Personally I don't hold any stocks in the US markets, and will hold off adding any until the dust settles.

Sorry, I thought you were referring to the bid and ask prices, not your own personal buy(ask) and sell(bid) price.

I do like UKW for a mix of reasons, I think there is little doubt that renewables will perform well short, medium and long term.
I am not sure all will survive though and think there will be aquisitions and mergers in the years ahead, so I'm hedging my bets a little. I also hold TRIG to around the same number of shares as UKW, and also SSE and BP.
I am surprised that at the moment UKW is slightly outperforming TRIG, but think it should even out over time.
I think BP. will eventually also be a major player, and they have a lot of real estate at strategic locations that could provide a nice network of charging stations.
I think any of the 4 I've mentioned should do very well.
Although as I ststed I am not interested in the placing, I think it very likly I will at some point be increasing my holding over and above the usual divident re-investment.

23/11 about 16.35hrs, reasonably large transaction showing 413738 shares bought @ £1.306 (£540340).

Late buy showing on 23/11 about 17.56hrs. Value of transaction 2m.
Reasonably large buy worthy of note.

The half year report looks pretty much as expected, everything seems on track, no obvious surprises.
Underlying operating profit increased by 4%.
Interim dividend 14.5p. (Ex div on 16th December. Paid 1st Feb)

Nice steady 2.9% rise in the SP today.

The lawsuit could go on for some time I suspect, meanwhile I'll keep taking the dividends.
I'm sure in time it will all blow over, once settled people have short memories.

I think Asia in general will offer greater growth than the West over the next decade, and HSBC is, I think, well placed to give investors access to these markets.

Its been over 50p recently, but this time it may hold above this level.
If there is some positivenews regarding Covid, or the UK economy, it should rise a little more.
Likewise if (and I apreciate why it might not happen) there is a base rate rise, it should rise a little.
If one or more of the factors listed happens, I don't think mid 50s are unrealistic in the next 6 months.

TRIG and UKW.
TRIG looks the better of the two;
TRIG: ROE - 8.6%, Dividend - 5.1%, Dividend cover - 1.72, EPS - 11.4p, Pre Tax profit per share - 7.15p.
UKW: ROE - 4.68%, Dividend - 5.33%, Dividend cover - 0.92, EPS - 6.55p, Pre Tax profit per share - 5.32p.

I own both stocks but on most of their financials TRIG looks better, yet is lagging slightly behind.

It was catching up nicely with UKW.

Any reason for the small drop in price today?

Looks like the SP is edging ever closer to the 52 week high of 9.9920

Well we now have a new 52 week low, but it didn't stay there for long.
Happy to hold for the dividend, and wait for the SP to rise.

Who?

If FDA approval for CimetrA™ is secured, and I think that is very possible, sentiment will improve and we may see a small increase in the SP to 2.65p.
If the FDA approval materialises into sales, which again I think is very possible, I believe the slightly improved value of MXC, plus further improved sentiment, may see the SP rise into the 3p - 3.2p range.
If I'm wrong and the FDA approval is witheld, expect to see the SP fall to the 2p - 2.2p range fairly quickly.