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Coffee Heaven - A heavenly share for penny punters ? (COH)     

overgrowth - 06 Oct 2003 22:47

underground01_2.jpgA busy day in the Warsaw Underground ! Not just another coffee shop chain - this one is a brand leader and is only trading in Eastern/Central Europe (i.e. the countries recently admitted to the EU destined for substantial business growth). The company is creating new outlets at a fair old pace and take a look at their website - these are quality stores in high-profile locations like major airports, railway stations etc. Website: http://www.coffeeheaven.eu.com

APRIL 2006 TRADING UPDATE!!! Total Gross Revenues for 12 months to 31st March up 66% to £6.3M (2005: £3.8M) Lots more info. on new markets and stores click here to read the full details. Stores: 43 (up from 32) stores currently trading (Poland: 30 (up from 23), Czech Republic: 6 (Up from 2), Latvia: 7 with a further 5 units under construction including Bulgaria and sites secured in Romania (subject contract). Bulgaria & Romania are seeking to join the EU from January 2007. Sites located in key high street, shopping malls or Airport locations. Company growth target: increase number of units by at least 20 units to some 63 units by 31 March 2007. Aim being to achieve this level of growth within present Cash resources.Cash balances at 31 March 2006 were approximately £2.9M (2005: £0.7M). Debt was nil (2005: £ 2.5M): Nil Debt! Positive EBITDA: For the year ending 31 March 2006, Group EBITDA expected to be firmly positive after charging UK and new market development costs but before exceptional costs relating to the cancellation of bonds (previous Debt). Forecasts: Based on present trading conditions and current exchange rates we anticipate indicative sales of £9.3M for the year to 31 March 2007. This includes indicative sales of £0.4M from Bulgaria, which will be reported but not consolidated. From Richard Worthington (Chairman and Chief Executive): ‘The new financial year has started well. There is no doubt that the significant economic improvement in our markets is feeding through to consumer confidence and spending. The strength of the coffeeheaven brand ensures we are ideally positioned to benefit from our customers' increasing prosperity.’

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AdieH - 25 Aug 2007 09:44 - 2013 of 2037

Results due 14th September, will be interesting to see what the LFL sales are and if any news on further roll out... Looks like 34p is the resistance level will be interesting to see if the sp can move north in the current climate...

AdieH - 11 Sep 2007 20:05 - 2014 of 2037

Results due tomorrow, nice tick back up last couple of days hopefully some good news tomorrow if no news and just update on current financial situation then we may see it sleep back a little. Here's hoping for good news. Regards.

stockdog - 11 Sep 2007 23:10 - 2015 of 2037

AdieH - I thought results Friday? See MAMTraders' Thread for Monday 10th September.

AdieH - 12 Sep 2007 07:34 - 2016 of 2037

I do apologise SD you are correct... D'oh....

trigger45 - 17 Sep 2007 09:02 - 2017 of 2037

As no one has commented on the results I may as well post my take on things.

Still very much a long term hold with perhaps a a little pain in the short term. Many investors were perhaps hoping for an aggressive roll out of stores but the fact remains RW continues to be cautious in this area.

For those of us who have been invested from the early stages nothing has really changed and I feel critism on this point is a little unfair as this stratergy has always been the case.

Hopefully for those with patience we will be well rewarded by the fact that they are determined to secure the best sites for the best price at the expense of an aggressive roll out.

I also like the the incentive for employees to be able to buy a stake in the company as this must be almost unheard of in the countries in which they operate.

Still very happy to hold.

proteus - 17 Sep 2007 19:16 - 2018 of 2037

One comment on roll out.
If you divide the roll out costs by stores openings in the period you get / store :-

2005 2360
2006 5290
2007 3570

Doesn't look as though he's going for growth at any cost!

cynic - 04 Dec 2007 13:47 - 2019 of 2037

here's another one that some touted as being the next to conquer the world ..... i recollect (modestly) that i tended to disagree!

evilratboy - 04 Dec 2007 13:54 - 2020 of 2037

Unfortunately if people looked into the balance sheet of a company like this they could have avoided the pain. however most people just buy stock on hype and speculation.

cynic - 04 Dec 2007 14:05 - 2021 of 2037

i can't read balance sheets or any of that sort of stuff ...... however, the whole concept of franchising overseas etc never stood up when there was no proven and solid base to support in UK

from 10/7/07
"i have said it before, it gives me concern (or it would do if i was investing my money) that COH does not seem to have a solid homebase, yet it thinks it has the knowledge and strength and financial and organisational skills to open up willy-nilly abroad ...... feels to me like a great leap of faith for both the management and the investors!"

streeky - 24 Jan 2008 15:57 - 2022 of 2037

the management have huge experience in eastern europe and zero experience in uk ,plus the uk market is saturated.streeky

streeky - 24 Jan 2008 15:57 - 2023 of 2037

the management have huge experience in eastern europe and zero experience in uk ,plus the uk market is saturated.streeky

cynic - 24 Jan 2008 16:06 - 2024 of 2037

the management would look to have zero idea of how to run a company successfully anywhere

AdieH - 31 Jan 2008 11:50 - 2025 of 2037

Do you know anything about the chairman Richard Worthing? I would suggest you do a google search and check out his history with Estee Lauder and then do a search on Bill Curry and check out his history too... They don't need a solid base in the UK they are not interested in the UK as its saturated and the idea for COH came out a visit to Poland by Richard Worthington. Do your research and then your comments won't look so silly. Regards a very happy holder of COH...

AdieH - 31 Jan 2008 11:55 - 2026 of 2037

Worthington, I do apologise.

AdieH - 02 Mar 2008 12:53 - 2027 of 2037

Very quite this thread, is it the hang over from our friend and his rantings... Starting to pick up again after the recent falls, any comments?

MERVILLE - 03 Mar 2008 20:24 - 2028 of 2037

SELL!!!!!

Mj22 - 03 Mar 2008 22:16 - 2029 of 2037

Why invest in the uk at the moment? what is the exchange rate doing? does not the 10% deflation in the pound have an effect on this companies value when it trades in the euro?

AdieH - 09 Mar 2008 09:08 - 2030 of 2037

Merville care to expand on that well informed post... I love these people...

trigger45 - 21 Mar 2008 06:50 - 2031 of 2037

Muppet springs to mind AdieH.

AdieH - 04 Apr 2008 13:56 - 2032 of 2037

Indeed trigger when you take into consideration that Mr Currie has just topped up by 3 million shares, me thinks this guy knows what he's doing especially being an ex fund manager... The saying goes follow the director buys/sells...
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