I bought into these on January 3rd for the dividend. Probably boring to a lot on investors, but with a yield of 9.3%, they are worth a look for income seekers.

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I've bought in to these again this morning.

Looks to be a good time. Ex-divi mid June and a c6% div yield coupled with capital growth (hopefully).

JP Morgan Cazenove Overweight 153.63 - - Reiterates

Hmmm....that doesn't allow much scope for improvement.

Harry - that's misleading - they haven't quoted a target price - 153.63 is the price at the time of the rating.

They are reiterating their TP from 04th March (221p).

04 Mar 14 Smiths News PLC JP Morgan Cazenove Overweight 153.63 236.00 221.00 Reiterates

Joined you here skinny in @ 153.0

Interims on 23rd.

Cheers nice chart.

HARGREAVE HALE LIMITED > 5%

Interesting ,,, why the huge fall from Jan skinny ??

In 2 stages and I'd like to know as well.

Yes so would I.

Come on skinny....chop chop. lol

Who gives a toss. Trade the chart :O)

Read up the thread, I think I've documented all relevant reporting - the rest is down to market sentiment!

Had a read on Digital Look ,much the same as skinnys links above to the LSE ,
fall looks overdone ......

Going well and nicely in the money already! Looking to take profit around the 210p level ;o)

Im in this morning , anyone know why sometimes trades you have made show up on stockwatch and sometimes they don't ?

More than a million traded might be delayed :-)

The PLUS market ceased in 2012ish - I'm not sure if there is another interface for trading shares other than the LSE - which would explain your 'missing' trade.

Oh i'm just slightly off that skinny :)
Maybe it'll show up later as a sell

Which does go to show how inaccurate buy and sell figures are especially on a thinly traded stock like this .

Broker Views going back to start of calendar year............

Date Company Name Broker Rec. Price Old target price New target price Notes
02 Apr 14 Smiths News PLC JP Morgan Cazenove Overweight 162.63 - - Reiterates
14 Mar 14 Smiths News PLC Liberum Capital Buy 162.63 - - Reiterates
04 Mar 14 Smiths News PLC JP Morgan Cazenove Overweight 162.63 236.00 221.00 Reiterates
07 Feb 14 Smiths News PLC Liberum Capital Buy 162.63 - 241.00 Reiterates
16 Jan 14 Smiths News PLC JP Morgan Cazenove Overweight 162.63 236.00 236.00 Reiterates
15 Jan 14 Smiths News PLC N+1 Singer Hold 162.63 200.00 200.00 Reiterates