Again huge buys after hours.Why?

Sunday Telegraph said sell the downturn is affecting the banking sector in London and will reduce passenger numbers.

I have bought sgc to add to the portfolio. Nice yield and a target of about 155

Market up 200p oints and Sgc down 10p...

mitzy, it is important to stand back, be objective and to take emotion out of the picture

good luck to you Snip its difficult sometimes.

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I`m having a great time today. I look after a large sipp for my husband and am pleased to say that it is back in profit. SGC is just a tiny addition to it but oaks grow from acorns.

EDIT: maybe some explanation needed. I see a base forming at around 120 so I am bottom fishing

Well done snip up 12% today.

hi no surprise. I don`t day trade any more, used to in the past, dow and ftse. Just boring investing and sometimes selling these days. I am fully invested now as cash only gets 0.1% and I see good value and yields in lots of stocks but am playing the safe stocks route

I am a TA person and used to have flashing screens but have cut back everything except for ss eod

I will probably keep sgc after 155, it is just that 155 is the first target so nice to quote. I have 21 stocks, 4 large gilts and 1 pib in the portfolio. I sold a short dated gilt a few days ago and went on a share spending spree.

sharescope end of day.

I am in again today

TA suggest a fall to 90p be careful out there.

not much spent and risk/reward is good for me

Nice rebound in sp pm.

looks good

and out with profit for another wee while, maybe, maybe not

SGC Stagecoach Group PLC. TA looks good for a short to medium term breakout.



1 Year chart



FUNDIES.

Stagecoach Group PLC

FORECASTS 2011 2012
Date Rec Pre-tax () EPS (p) DPS (p) Pre-tax () EPS (p) DPS (p)

Panmure Gordon
07-03-11 BUY 193.00 22.40 7.15 192.00 22.00 7.70
Shore Capital
04-03-11 BUY 200.20 23.00 7.20 199.20 23.00 7.80
Peel Hunt
03-03-11 BUY 195.77 22.37 6.50 191.20 21.61 6.50
Arbuthnot Securities
01-03-11 SBUY 198.05 22.30 7.20 196.28 21.90 7.90
Charles Stanley Securities
09-02-11 ADD 195.50 21.27 2.30 182.30 20.10 7.33
The Royal Bank of Scotland NV
25-01-11 HOLD 200.27 22.02 7.15 198.73 21.80 7.86
Charles Stanley
20-01-11 HOLD 185.00 21.00 7.20 200.00 22.00 8.00
Collins Stewart
24-12-09 HOLD
Nomura Research Institute [R]
01-07-09 BUY 173.00 19.30 6.60

2011 2012
Pre-tax () EPS (p) DPS (p) Pre-tax () EPS (p) DPS (p)

Consensus 195.78 22.08 6.33 193.86 21.74 7.54
1 Month Change -0.31 -0.01 0.06 0.09 0.04 -0.02
3 Month Change 4.74 0.26 -0.73 -0.84 -0.25 -0.07


GROWTH
2010 (A) 2011 (E) 2012 (E)

Norm. EPS -19.12% 19.33% -1.58%
DPS 82.91% -40.85% 19.13%

INVESTMENT RATIOS
2010 (A) 2011 (E) 2012 (E)

EBITDA 286.40m 302.92m 307.17m
EBIT 203.20m 194.74m 192.83m
Dividend Yield 5.05% 2.99% 3.56%
Dividend Cover 1.73x 3.49x 2.88x
PER 11.44x 9.59x 9.74x
PEG -0.60f 0.50f -6.16f
Net Asset Value PS -14.28p 22.82p 35.61p

OUTLOOK. 7/03/2011

Outlook

Overall current trading remains good and we believe the prospects for the Group remain positive.

Here we are to excelent pieces of news....

http://www.investegate.co.uk/Article.aspx?id=201103240716215408D

and

http://www.investegate.co.uk/Article.aspx?id=201103240720125410D

good move upwards today.

Tuesday will bring us full-year results from rail and bus operator Stagecoach . At the time of its pre-close update in April, things were looking good, with like-for-like revenue growth expected in all four of the company's divisions. The US transport division, which accounts for more than 10% of overall business, is forecast to grow its revenues by 14%, which is the strongest of them all.

So what's Stagecoach looking like as an investment? The dividend for the year is expected to come in at only around 3%, but the shares have fallen this year, and despite having put in a good three-year performance, they're on a price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio for the year of under 10, which is not stretching.