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Hi fleccy, yes I agree, I would have preferred Vodafone to concentrate on reducing their debts and increasing their profits, rather than a merger with 3, i was hoping for a bump up on the sp, rather than expecting it, but let's see if they can make it work

Hi Dan, like many others i was hoping confirmation of the merger would have given this share a good bump up, but it is what it is, let's hope we will start to see this climbing again in 2025, i'm still hoping to get my 86p last purchase back, but it looks like we will have to wait a bit longer, hopefully not too long though

best of luck mate

Well i care, in the longer term i would prefer a dividend no higher than 8% and a rising sp, when the sp is supressed for a longer period and the yield get's to a high level like 10% you have to question how long it's sustainable for, would love to see this back up around £2.40 again by next exdiv, but this is not the only share that's struggling at the moment

I expect Garonne has got a big smile on his face 😀 let's hope 2025 is a bit kinder to us

PRK1, what you expect from Vodafone and what you actually get here are two very different things, i hope you don't have to learn the hard way

Oh right you are going on 72000 shares not £72000 pounds. My mistake sorry

How do you make out that you get 15000 a year dividend on 72000

I don't know savage, but I hope this isn't the share where he experiences his first loss 😢

If the big players thought this was going to be such a bargain, why is it still trading at 69.80, something to think about ? but let's wait and see, don't go booking your World cruise just yet, but fingers crossed here

An excellent result seeing the increase here today, let's hope it can build on it and £2.50 plus before next April's exdiv, that will restore my faith in lgen my largest share holding once again, it's been down in the doldrums since the Liz truss fiasco

good to all holders here

Well it's difficult to argue with Mole man's reality checks while this is still trading at around 70p, but wouldn't it be good to see this back to a £1, then we can smile about it

GLA

Good evening Gary, that's very interesting to hear, i know Aviva have just put in a bid to buyout dlg but their first offer has been turned down, theirs been several rumours over bids for mng over the last few years, so better to be in rather than out of this one and of course an excellent dividend payer, it does make me a bit uneasy sometimes though as i may be a bit too heavy on insurance/pension shares, so for that reason i sold my phnx shares recently before it started dropping down too low, but currently still in aviv/lng/mng, the recent budget as thrown a spanner in the works again with interest rate drops likely to happen at a slower rate, pushing my persimmon shares back into the red again, so more recently i have just bought into Taylor Wimpey and ukw

best of luck to you mate, and hopefully 2025 will be even more rewarding for us all

NervousNelly, Thanks for your reply, and yes i do agree with most you said, but just speaking for myself, this is already my largest single share and i'm already as heavy as i wish to invest in this one, so for myself yes the dividends are good, but i have to add the declining share price has been disappointing over the last few years, but let's see where we are before next April's exdiv, if the share price increases over time then all is well, if i'm comparing this with my Aviva shares that i bought for around the £3.80s which are now on the way back to £5 or my international funds which have grown around 80% over the last 5 years then it's not so great, don't get me wrong i do have a few other shares that are more disappointing than this one, but it would be good to see this back around £2.50 plus again, i have been invested here on and off, more on since 2016, and don't expect growth from this share, but don't like seeing it dropping so much for such a long period either, I think higher interest rates are holding this back at the moment, maybe 2025 will be a better year for lgen

best of luck with your investments

68 for me please roofer

thanks

Father, dividends are never guaranteed no matter what they say, and if the sp continues to drop it's always a possibility, I don't think it's nonsense at all, but hopefully we won't go there and we will see a decent rise in the sp before next April

Soton, you really do believe in Santa 🧑‍🎄 that would be worth popping the champagne 🍾 for lol

2022 lgen share price £3.08 and it's slowly been dropping and dropping currently £2.21, sadly this has gone into the dog category, hopefully we will see a decent rise in the sp before next April's exdiv or i can see a dividend cut on the cards

come on lgen, you used to be such a good share even paying out during the Pandemic, what went wrong ?

Cheap, absolutely agree with you mate, past performance does not guarantee future performance, and that's why i'm still 50% invested in UK dividend shares, trying to predict what will happen in the next 5 years is beyond me, you never know maybe even Vodafone might shock us by changing direction and the mng sp has jumped up several times on rumours of a take over, maybe the next time it will be a genuine one, but either way let's hope we will all benefit from the dividends and hopefully a rising sp

best of luck all

Cheapsharesboy, The perfect share for me is one that pays a good dividend and an increasing capital, currently i only have one share that matches that description, and that's Aviva, helped by the fact i bought the shares in the 380s several years ago, unfortunately most of my other shares are giving dividends in one hand and then taking it away with capital erosion, quite happy with this share though as i have an average of 2.02 and hopefully we will see it near the 240 mark by next exdiv

one other point is my international funds, such as legal & general international index, legal & general USA index, fundsmith, just to mention a few of them, have a growth of over 80% over the last 5 years, my portfolio is a split 50/50 UK shares and international funds, and over the last 5 years the international funds have out performed my UK shares, but which will be the most rewarding in the next 5 years remains to be seen

GLA, and hopefully we will get a Santa rally

90p will do me then 50% will be sold off instantly, maybe more, let's hope there's not more disappointment