RE: Same old question16 May 2025 14:10
Winstanley
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I fully share your opinion. ITV as a business looks interesting, it generates profits as a company and through dividends, it shares them with shareholders. The price of shares is a secondary matter. As for me, as I am constantly accumulating shares - the cheaper the better. In my opinion, the most frustrated are those who do not have these shares or short-term players speculating on the market who also have small capital, forcing quick movements and volatility of investment. I am satisfied with the dividend reinvested in shares, knowing that in due time we will see solid increases in the value of shares. These increases reward patience, and with today's undervaluation of shares will probably cause the price to increase well above the market averages. Because statistically this is how this market works. And by the way, my divi currently constitutes about 17% of all shares held. As for me, not bad because it means that having 490k ITV shares, I received about 82k from the company in the form of dividends. And all this since February '22, starting to modestly and cautiously invest in these shares. As for the takeover, my earlier forecasts (2023/2024) assumed the potential of this transaction to occur at the end of 2025 or at the turn of 2026 at the earliest. I still believe that ITV has no need to be hurry, because in the current financial and market situation, each passing quarter will steadily build its value and position on the market. Sooner or later, the value of the shares will have to go out to the book value. The later this happens, the stronger the dynamics of the movement will be and the share price will reach a higher level. ITV is a strong player on the market with its position. And this, together with the improvement of its financial situation, will attract increasingly larger players, aware that the elapsed negotiation time means the need to increase the value of the offer and the risk that other players will join the game. And here in today's situation I believe that when - if the first offer is made, it will very quickly turn out that the interest in taking over part of ITV's assets or in the merger is much greater than anyone might expect. The obstacle, and at the same time the advantage of this whole game is the large fragmentation of ITV shares. On the one hand, it determines in my opinion the behavior of the last few years, that is, the grinding of shares at one price level. This is to serve the calm accumulation of shares in strong hands, without alarming small investors with the possession of larger blocks of shares by new players. On the other hand, this apparent grinding of shares at one level is to cause and causes a gradual decrease in interest in ITV shares by small players and their sale. From another perspective, free float at over 70% means that no one will sell their skin cheaply, because in the event of a vote, a majority must be achieved quickly, and this is no longer a vote, for example, on ...