Its come along way since these were a pair of old boots,just bought today mid 280s,spent a few pounds in there of late,so why not!

Interim Management Statement

Highlights for the 15-week Period
· Cycling: continued growth against a tough comparative; Children's Bikes the standout performer
· Car Maintenance: strong performance in all categories; fitting of parts reached record levels
· Car Enhancement: continued decline in Sat Nav and Audio, offset by an excellent Car Cleaning performance
· Travel Solutions: good performance driven by Travel Equipment, Child Car Seats and a new seasonal gift offering
· Online Retail: growth of 16.5%, representing a record 12.9% of total Retail sales
· Autocentres: positive momentum maintained with improved LfL performance, aided by lower-margin tyres

Stop to 435.60 to lock in +10

LATEST BROKER VIEWS

Date Broker New target Recomm.
21 Jan N+1 Singer 540.00 Buy
21 Jan Cantor... 500.00 Hold
20 Jan Liberum Capital 600.00 Buy

There is always one :0)
21 Jan JP Morgan... 440.00 Neutral

HFD have had a good run so have banked a respectable profit but shall def keep on my watchlist for a future foray

I have little doubt HFD will benefit from what could potentially be explosive growth in the use of dash-cams. TV programmes featuring these together with insurers offering 10% discounts for having the gadgets fitted will help drive sales.
Commenting almost 12 months ago Alec James, product manager at Halfords, said: “We've seen interest in dash-cams double over the past year, with a corresponding increase in sales but this may be the tip of the iceberg.

What a twit :- Halfords mechanic caught speeding in car in for MOT

Preliminary Results: Financial Year 2015

Business Highlights
· A strong broad-based sales performance; driven by new products and brands, compelling offers and improving customer service
· The Getting Into Gear strategy continues to progress well
· 46% of colleagues through Gear 2 training with customer feedback scores rising further
· 45 stores refreshed and Cycle Republic launched
· Jill McDonald joins as CEO in May 2015

Financial Highlights
· Group revenues exceeded £1bn, a year ahead of plan
· Retail LFL growth of 7.0% and Q4 +7.5%, the 11th successive quarter of growth
· Online Retail sales exceeded £100m; growth of +14.3% (Q4: +12.6%)
· Group EBITDA up 8.7% with EBITDA margin improvement
· Basic earnings per share up 13.8%
· Proposed full-year dividend per share of 16.5p up 15.4%
· Net Debt reduced to £61.8m, with Net Debt to EBITDA (52 week) at 0.6:1

Investec Buy 489.05 545.00 560.00 Retains

Canaccord Genuity Buy 489.05 550.00 550.00 Reiterates

N+1 Singer Buy 489.05 540.00 540.00 Retains

Liberum Capital Buy 489.05 600.00 600.00 Reiterates

Cantor Fitzgerald Hold 489.05 500.00 500.00 Reiterates

Trading Statement

Take your pick!

Canaccord Genuity Buy 469.25 640.00 640.00 Reiterates

Cantor Fitzgerald Hold 469.25 565.00 565.00 Reiterates

JP Morgan Cazenove Neutral 469.25 460.00 460.00 Reiterates

StockMarketWire.com

Halfords Group, a UK retailer of motoring, cycling and leisure products and a leading independent operator in garage servicing and auto repair, has announced that for the for the 26 weeks to 2 October 2015 revenue was up 1.8%.

All retail categories grew except cycling, due to weak sales in July and August. Motoring performed well, especially car maintenance with sales up 6.5%.

The interim dividend per share was up 5.66p, up 2.9%. Profit in 2017 is expected to be broadly unchanged on next year, with growth thereafter.

Jill McDonald, chief executive, commented: "In the first half the motoring side of the business performed well and in-store service sales grew strongly, reflecting our focus on this key area of differentiation.

"The Cycling performance in the second quarter was disappointing and, given the seasonal mix towards cycling during the summer, this contributed to the decline in Group profitability for the period. Looking forward, there are plenty of reasons for us to remain confident that the cycling market will continue to grow over the long-term.

"Today I am announcing a new Group strategy called Moving Up A Gear. After three years of investing to stabilise the foundations, improve service levels and grow sales, Halfords is now a fundamentally strong business, operating in markets with good growth prospects.

"However the modernisation process is not yet complete. Under the new strategy we will continue to invest to move from fixing the basics to enabling sustainable growth. There are a number of significant opportunities for further improvement, which include the leveraging of customer data and analytics, relentless innovation, a better shopping experience, enhanced customer service and services, and a fulfilment infrastructure for modern times."



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this one proving to be a pain but i wonder if, like WOS, the fall is o'done

Trading Update http://www.moneyam.com/action/news/showArticle?id=5197239

Liberum Capital Sell 354.65 300.00 300.00 Reiterates

Peel Hunt Hold 354.65 350.00 350.00 Reiterates

Investec Buy 354.65 460.00 460.00 Reiterates

for my sins, i've got this in my sipp where it is (almost of course) nursing a beastly loss
while it's good to see sp bounce 10%, it remains a very long way south of its all-time highs

at least the leisure industry (cycling) is becoming ever more popular

Now at three year low where it bounced of 300p. Trading Statement Thursday so maybe worth a punt initial target 340p then 380p to close gap if not a dead cat bounce.

LATEST BROKER VIEWS

Date Broker New target Recomm.
8 Jul Investec 390.00 Buy
5 Jul JP Morgan... 360.00 Neutral
5 Jul Liberum Capital 290.00 Sell
2 Jun Beaufort... N/A Buy
2 Jun HSBC 480.00 Buy
2 Jun JP Morgan... 380.00 Neutral
2 Jun Citigroup 430.00 Neutral
1 Jun Haitong... 391.00 Neutral
25 May HSBC 490.00 Buy
24 May Canaccord... 405.00 Buy
Broker Recommendations for Halfords Group

A couple of lines in this weeks Shares mag Chris - Drizzly conditions will have been unfavourable for Halfords(HFD) cycling sales, though potentially a boom for its car maintenance categories.