Their current price makes me wonder - particularly foreign institutions wanting a big fat foothold in the UK?

R.

results out 8 March, ex-divi on 17th March. See lloydstsb.com investor relations.

Thank you

They should have been reported and ex-div by now but for some
reason they have stalled this year - possibly due to change of
chief financial officer/director Ceefax have the report due
on 8th March - way late compared to the other banks! Thanks to
Namreh3 for ex-divi date - saves me going looking for it!!

stockbunny........They'll save quite a bit of dosh by delaying the divi. makes the year 54 weeks long.

Good point.....

I could be fibbing, stockbunny. as always DYOR!! (as if i would fib!)

Yup.. thanks for the tip..But if the results are late it figures...

The potential for an overseas bidder to come in must put a strong base on the price at around these levels.

Quite possibly, it's curious the whole sector is pretty average
share price wise yet the results all round are pretty impressive!!
Personally I'm interested in seeing what the results bring...

I'm in for the divi at these prices, 23.5p is over 5% and (if it's held) there must be some pretty active buying prior to ex-div date later this month especially by the income funds. I'm hoping to get in at this level (I bought again at 437 the other day) and pick up the divi and sell again near or even above this level in the next three months. Of course the best laid plans....

Sounds good to me - be lucky!!!

This all sounds peachy but just a few short weeks ago LLOY were hovering around the 400p mark. These levels (10%) uplift seem expensive even if divi factored in. Perhaps at 400p they were extremely cheap and now just moderately so. Any more thoughts ?

Some Income funds are ditching these shares as divis are tipped to be cut signicantly. Capital is needed to grow the business!

Clapp Trapp........Dad. Divi will be held as long as its covered 1.5 times which it is. They've got plenty of capital following NZ sale.

DAVES DAZZLERS, 04 MARCH 10.00AM WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME ANY OF YOU WALKED IN TO THE BANK THERE EMPTY ,ENOUGH SAID ,TAKEOVERTARGET,YOU BETTER BELIVE IT?...

LLOYDS TSB DOWN THE PAN?. 04 MARCH.

such fantastic insight from DD. Happy LLOY up substantially this am. More pearls of wisdom please.

nemreh, having been in this buisness eight years and my i say done good,i think my statement is spot on,having recently been part of a group of investors who bought lloyds tsb purely as a growth stock for 3.66,15 months ago we feel a bit disappointed at the current shareprice of 4.40 as we are looking for a 45% / 55% premium on the bought price,we are not intrested in big divi payers, if we where we would go off shore,,,,i am sure there will be more pearls of wisdom regards dd.............................................................

But in the meantime as we wait for the price to rise, 500p would
do me nicely, (lol) it is nice to soak up the dividend....

Absolutely SB. Do you consider LLOY to be potential buyer for EGG from PRU?