RE: SIS13 Jan 2017 14:31
Alf,
As I have said before I think SIS has an absolutely fantastic opportunity as a premium product in a growing market in which they have minimal international market share. It is just whether the team can maximise the revenue / profit opportunity and provide some of the benefit to shareholders - I still believe this is a perfect takeover stock for a company with infrastructure and existing retail relationships to take this to a higher level.
But sold my shareholding and stopped buying product after the recent LTIP, setting low targets - especially in Sept 2016 when they are virtually sure of the 2016 number. No surprise the 30% growth rate in 2016 is exactly the maximum limit of the LTIP, I expect the numbers could have been even better but easy to ship early Jan as absolutely no point in achieving 31%.
On sponsorship I think image rights mean they have limited opportunity to directly associate themselves with individuals, the PR from the direct Cavendish association has been non existent for years. Not mentioned is that hey are supporting the telegraph cycling podcast which has a massive audience in uk, aus, America etc - this is a great move as this is cult listening for a cycling fan.