red = 25dma
green = 50 dma
black = 200 dma


The Telegraph says the banks like Southern Cross Healthcare, and so it seems to have an almost endless supply of new capital. It recently secured �300m to fund acquisition plans. It also develops its own sites and hopes to add 1,000 beds this year. A good operator with a proven model, Southern Cross is well worth buying.

annual reports etc available from www.schealthcare.co.uk


have just bought for myself at 355

As far as profitability goes, in terms of percentage gained, it gas a lot to do with it - because I am making a comparison.

I repeat: dump this one and buy URAMIN.

eggs and baskets come to mind ...... am more than happy to keep running my profit here until there is compelling reason to bank the (large) profit ...... if i did not already hold sufficient UMN and/or was short of funds, there are other stocks in my portfolio which i would dump prior to SCHE

?????????????? Is an orange superior or inferior to a melon? ...... but clearly you can't read either ..... i already hold a sufficiency of UMN

You still haven't been able to explain why you feel UMN is (supposedly) inferior to SCHE.

Is this because URAMIN is by far the better prospect ????

Oh and by the way, URAMIN went up another 3.43% today.

I GIVE UP!
The two companies are not comparable ...... one (UMN) is performing well, but a speculative mining E&P company nonetheless, whereas the other (SCHE) is a proven solid performer in with whom the City is clearly in love

Sounds like you need to take a 'rest up' in of those Southern Cross Healthcare care homes and long term care beds.

will have to book early as their occupancy rate is very high!

Hi cynic, is that dramatic looking markdown due to not all traders prices opened yet, or is it genuine.

Its all right, it just answered itself.

SCHE can be surprisingly volatile at times

oily .... hope you approve of today's performance ..... this stock just gets better and better, even without specific news to boost ..... as i keep saying, "This is a top quality company in the growing dying business!"

Hi, sorry didn't buy the other week as totally locked in on TMC, HAWK, and GGG at the moment. Sold all my crap last month and re assessed where I was going. As you can see with TMC why I'm not selling at the moment, however I have SCHE on my watchlist now and hope to take advantage soon. Oh and yes, nice jump.

Love him or hate him, Mr C talks a lot of sense in my view.

Bought into SCHE last week on the back of some profits from CNE (yes, there's still money to be made with Cairn) and am pleased at this current move upwards.

fez ...... time to go eat your hat i think (see post 27 and others) .... lol!

fez ,,,,, i don't hear from you ..... are you choking?

for those who have the majority of their portfolio in quality rather than spivvy stocks, i would suggest that this (or imminently) is a good time to invest here ...... the company has everything going for it - just do your own reading - and it is a better than evens bet that the weakness over the last couple of days is mere profit taking as peeps take some precautionary moves against general market weakness.

fyi .... i first bought in january and then took profits at the beginning of March ..... bought back in in April at 10% more than i had sold at with slightly more than my norm, but even this is now showing a substantial return .... sp has currently dipped below both 25+50 dma, but rsi is indicating o'sold

Cynic - I fall into the category of buying quality (I hope!) and this looks a class act in a growth sector. What puzzles me about the last published interim figures is the charge for "minimum future rental increases" of over 19M in 26 weeks, which largely wipes out trading profit. There is also a balance sheet liability of over 80M for the same purpose.Appreciate this is a non cash item, but if you can explain why it is needed in layman's terms I would be grateful. Lots of companies lease/rent properties subject to rent reviews, but can't ever recall seeing this item before.

don't know guv ...... confess i have trouble understanding the Beano let alone sets of accounts ...... for sure SCHE is an agressively acquisitive company and any leases they have quite probably have upwards only revisions in there ..... it could be that they already know approx market rentals and are providing for same and/or its good and acceptable accountancy practice to minimise tax liabilities.

meanwhile, good to see sp challenging 50 dma from below

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