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@MikeS02 - I am with you around not liking buybacks and rather have the Divi however what is impossible to evidence is what would the share price be today if the buy backs never happened over the last 12 months. Could we be sitting here in the 140s and not 150s. We will never know!

Yes was a very positive update and expansion into AUS will be welcomed if they can repeat what has been done in UK.

Hi Brighty

I am long here and love the optimism. We discussed target prices a little while ago here. I think in the end the consensus was they were rubbish! :) I would take anything over 200p again. We briefly had it last year. Would like it again before the year is out! Then we can talk about 250, 300 and 320 :)

Yep pretty much that is is it. if you have an issue you go to the trouble to write a reivew.

Does anyone ever go into a Bank, get served, walk out with noting going wrong and thought "I must rate that on Trustpilot" !!

Love your posts Mr Wolf. Keep sharing your views.

Another couple added this morning as well.

I would take 45p (but hope just for your sake its +100p!!!!)

Well that didnt last long!

Finally back over the Q1 results day high. Took nearly a month!!!

Can it hold over 160 at close. Still a little way to go to get to the 162.26 high we see on Q1 results day.

It has jumped a bit more than has been this morning. Was reading some comments that a Biden speech re being confident of avoiding a default boosted the Dow and Financial Stocks.

Wall Street stocks advanced on Wednesday as investors grew more confident the White House would reach a deal with Congress to avoid a government default.

Wall Street’s benchmark S&P 500 closed 1.2 per cent higher on Wednesday, driven by gains in the financial and energy sectors, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite rose 1.3 per cent.

The KBW regional banking index gained 7.3 per cent, with lender Western Alliance surging 10.2 per cent after reporting late on Tuesday deposit growth in the current quarter.

Any of the regular TA posters got any thoughts on where we are at. Its not doing very much at the minute and always welcome the TA view.

I am with you Badjob. Share Price doesnt seem to have any relation to the business model/profit these days where Barclays stands. Just a number that people trade against!

I am only in for just over half of what what Reducer has so Trucks your 100k is significant. I am certain one day you will get your reward! Whats your average?

Badjob - I know this is simple, but 4 quarters like today with no scandals/fines and this will keep moving north IMO and get to c200 by end of year (maybe higher) Could even get a nice boost if a higher interim divi is announced.

Superb set of results. However, I have learnt over the years that the market doesn't often respond the way I expect following results announcement.

If this is not up today then I am not sure what it will take!

All done for this round of buy-backs.

The Company announces that, following the purchase of these shares, the share buy-back programme announced on 16 February 2023 has completed. Since the commencement of the buy-back, the Company has repurchased for cancellation 343,041,720 ordinary shares in aggregate at a volume weighted average price of 145.7549p per ordinary share for a total consideration of approximately £500 million.

Thanks Ivy, hadnt seen that. Pretty sure that would be it.

Food on the up and Petrol on the down (by a fair bit as well) is my take!

Ignore that! Thats why he is an expert I am not!

From what I have learnt, if you would have purchased at 180p when he said, you would have had the following

First Return of Capital (March) - 158p
Second Return of Capital - 55p
Plus Current Share Price - 19p

So a total of 232p for the 180p investment!