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Stand back i've found an absolute bargain>>>>>>>>>     

dave leach - 30 Apr 2007 21:39

well i've not found it but a respected hemscott poster has got me in, had a good few grands worth today at 22.5p. Let me present the facts:

The stock ticker is EDD (Education Development)
1.Historic pe ratio less than 10 (yes, i know that is cheap)
2.No debt
3.Cash in bank.
4.It pays a healthy dividend.
5.Directors have bought and hold alot of stock.
6.To top it off this little undiscovered gem announced a big earnings enhancing deal last Thursday which was overlooked on a bad market day.

Now they should be on for around 2.7-3p earnings when they announce results the end of May (expect the shares to be much higher as it seems one or two have started buying after this one has been brough to their attention. The deal they announced last week is a pretty damned impressive one and earnings are really expected to motor which should see earnings around the 4p mark. Now the overlooked thing here is the cash on their books. They have 2.3 million pound in the bank which given they are only valued at 11.9 million really brings down the pe ratio. This one is worth at least 2/3 times the current value, this is a bread and butter earning sector, by jove though it's a cheap one.

dave leach - 02 May 2007 11:55 - 18 of 21

just noticed LTHM has arrived on my watchlist as it's near a breakout, first look says the pe is 4 acc to ADVFN. They did 2.9 mill pre-tax for the interims, market cap 46 mill, seems again they have loads of cash on the books and are due 10 mill from a disposal. I've not bought yet, it's moving up today, can anyone look at the figs to see what they think.

goldfinger - 02 May 2007 13:36 - 19 of 21

Id be carefull with advfn figures Dave.

Far better to use Digitallook.com which is more or less always up to date.

Latham as been a good stock for me in the past purely as a NAV play as it had acres and acres of land not re valued in the accounts for years. Thats been gradualy realised as land was sold for development, disposals have also paid off.

The forward P/E to end of March 2007 is 14.2 based on forecasts of 16p per share.

Be carefull "never ever trade what you see but what you think", (not Tenby Deckchair) nudge nudge, wink wink. LOL.

See you across the road.

partridge - 02 May 2007 13:46 - 20 of 21

Try the LTHM thread Dave for background. IMO they should do well for timber supplies to 2012 Olympics construction work (based in Home Counties, with depots in London, and squeaky clean on origin of timber supplies).Nice solid company but DYOR.

Madison - 03 May 2007 00:06 - 21 of 21

ST - no need to argue as you simply enlarged on my poorly put point! Likewise I am no tax expert but it seemed to me that there was likely to be a lot of mileage in the sp before that became an issue.

GF - thanks for your comments. Will post if I can come up with any useful info. As for spoiling a party, a good debate is always welcome! Incidentally City & Guilds is a registered charity so not I'm sure what to use to compare them with EDD.

Cheers Madison
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