Had these on my watch list when they were tipped in a newspaper a couple of months ago at about 1.20.

Todays fall looks a bit overdone so I have bought a few at 57p

Gone SHORT on Technical grounds. Looks
range bound and is heading towards base of
range. Target 90p.

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Moneysupermarket's financial performance in the first quarter was in line with the Board's expectations.

Internet revenues and EBITDA for Q1 were respectively 14% and 12% ahead of the same period last year.

Visitors to the Moneysupermarket.com website were 15% ahead with visitors increasing across the Money, Insurance and Home Services verticals while Travel visitors were 11% lower.

The Group continued to be cash generative and as at the end of March 2012 had cash balances of £36.6m.

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MoneySupermarket.com has conditionally agreed to acquire MoneySavingExpert as a going concern from founder Martin Lewis, for consideration of up to £87m.

MoneySavingExpert operates one of the UK's leading personal finance and personal finance journalism websites which was established in 2003 by personal finance journalist Martin Lewis.

According to Google Analytics, the MoneySavingExpert website attracted approximately 39 million unique visitors and approximately 277 million page impressions in the year ended 31 October 2011.

In the year ended 31 October 2011, MoneySavingExpert reported revenues of £15.773 million (2010: £11.361 million) and EBITDA of £12.642 million (2010: £8.379 million).

Citigroup note:
"Moneysupermarket’s (MONY) shares have drifted back over concerns around the launch of Google’s new service. Further, while the MSE acquisition is clearly complex, we estimate it should be c.16% accretive to our FY13E numbers. This combined with a 10% fall since the end of April leads us to upgrade the shares to Buy (Neutral), 145p target price unchanged.
Competitive market but immature: The launch of the Google price comparison engine (leveraging Beatthatquote) has added another player into a competitive market. That said, we continue to believe that many of the MONY’s markets remain immature which is born out by double digit growth rates in online/new switchers in Savings and Loans over the past 3 years. It is too early to establish if Google can gain traction but we believe the immaturity of the market should enable MONY to continue to grow well.
MSE transaction financially sound but strategically complex: We estimate the MSE transaction is accretive, our EPS estimates post completion should move to 7.8p, 9.5p and 10.5p (i.e.16% accretive in 2013E – first full year). Further, while we understand the opportunity to drive more content direct to site and for MSE to leverage MONY’s partner relationships the challenge will be maintaining the perception of MSE’s independence in the eyes of its other customers and 5m email subscribers.
Valuation remains attractive: Following their fall, MONY’s shares are increasingly attractively valued in our view, particularly if we include the MSE acquisition which we expect to complete in September (post OFT approval). Further, having made a good start to the year, we expect the H112 results to be robust, meaning we continue to see upside to estimates for FY12. With the shares on 14.7x 2013E EPS (12.7x on a proforma basis) and a dividend yield of 5%, we continue to see good upside and so upgrade the shares to Buy (Neutral), our DCF derived TP remains unchanged at 145p.

Anticipated acquisition by Moneysupermarket.com Group plc of the business of moneysavingexpert.com
The Office of Fair Trading is considering whether arrangements are in progress or in contemplation which, if carried into effect, will result in the creation of a relevant merger situation under the merger provisions of the Enterprise Act 2002 and, if so, whether the creation of that situation may be expected to result in a substantial lessening of competition within any market or markets in the United Kingdom.

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Shareholders in Moneysupermarket.com Group have voted at an EGM to approve the proposed acquisition of the MoneySavingExpert business.

The vote was overwhelming with 99.98% of shareholders in favour of the resolution.

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Moneysupermarket.com, the UK's leading price comparison site, had half year revenues of around £102m in the first six months of the year, which is 15% ahead of the same period last year.

Group trading in the second quarter remained good and this period included the sponsorship of Britain's Got Talent.

The Board anticipates results to be in line with expectations with adjusted EBITDA at approximately £28.5m, 24% better than in the first six months of 2011.

The company says that its financial position remains strong with cash balances at 30 June 2012 of £36.7m.

MoneySupermarket.com Group PLC announces its interim results for the 6 months to 30 June 2012.

Financial highlights
· Adjusted revenue increased by 15% to £102.2m (2011: £88.8m).

· Adjusted EBITDA increased by 25% to £28.7m (2011: £23.0m).

· Adjusted gross margin improved to 71.7% (2011: 71.4%).

· Cash balances of £36.7m (2011:£32.2m) at 30 June. The Group continues to be highly cash generative, and converted 106% of EBITDA to cash.

· Interim dividend increased by 20% to 1.8p per share.

Operational highlights
· Market-leading position and share maintained in competitive marketplace.

· Continued structural growth in our online markets and targeted investment in technology and brand building helping to improve conversion rates.

· Marketing investment +8% with adjusted revenues +15%:

o New TV campaign introduced £1,000 household savings message.

· Digital investment is already benefiting the business:

o Internal team of over 50 people continues to improve SEO (unpaid 'natural' search). SEO revenue +29%.

· Proposed acquisition of MoneySavingExpert.com (MSE) for up to £87m approved by shareholders subject to OFT approval:

o Trusted MSE website, Forum and Newsletter (received by 5m users) performing well post announcement of acquisition.

Outlook
Trading in July has been in line with expectations with revenues approximately 10% ahead of the same period last year. The Board remains confident in the prospects for the full year.

MoneySupermarket.com Group PLC - Proposed Acquisition of MoneySavingExpert
19 September 2012

Moneysupermarket.com Group PLC (the "Company") confirms the satisfactory completion of the UK merger control process in respect of its proposed acquisition of MoneySavingExpert ("Acquisition").

The two principal conditions for completion of the Acquisition have now been met. The Company expects the Acquisition to complete on 21 September 2012."

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Moneysupermarket.com confirms that with effect from 31 December 2012 David Osborne has ceased to be a director of the Company.

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Moneysupermarket said it expects its full-year adjusted revenues to rise 15% to £204.5 million, with adjusted EBITDA up about 26% to £66 million, after a satisfactory fourth quarter.

The results included contributions from MoneySavingExpert.com, which was acquired in September last year. It contributed about £1.8 million to revenues and £2.8 million to adjusted EBITDA.

Of the fourth quarter, Moneysupermarket said revenues were about 18% of the same period in 2011, and excluding MoneySavingExpert.com they were up about 14%.

"Revenue in savings was impacted by lower competition among banks for retail deposits, many of which sought low cost funding from the Bank of England's 'Funding for Lending' scheme rather than from retail deposits," the company said.

"Group EBITDA was more than 30% ahead of the same period last year. Excluding MoneySavingExpert.com, Group adjusted EBITDA rose slightly ahead of revenues," it said.

Moneysupermarket will include about £10.6 million from HMRC in its 2012 accounts. The money was related to HMRC's BAT recovery method.

It has also written down its investment in Financial Services Net Limited, but trading had been impacted by the lower importance of such direct match names in natural search algorithms.

"Consequently the Group will recognise an impairment charge in the region of £4.2m in its financial statements which has not been included in calculating adjusted EBITDA above."

Almost back to a five year high!

Moneysupermarket.com Group PLC preliminary results for the year ended 31 December 2012

Financial highlights
· Adjusted revenue increased by 15% to £204.8m (2011: £178.5m);

· Adjusted EBITDA increased by 26% to £66.5m (2011: £52.5m);

o Adjusted EBITDA margins increased by 3% to 32%;

· Adjusted gross margin increased to 74.1% (2011: 71.9%);

· Excellent cash conversion - 97% of EBITDA converted to cash;

· Cash balance of £18.7m (2011: £35.0m) at the year-end reflecting the acquisition of MoneySavingExpert.com; the Group is debt free;

· Dividend increased by 27% to 5.74p;
o Final dividend increased 30% to 3.94p per share (2011: 3.03p);

· £10.6m (2011: £nil) net credit in statutory profit following agreement of new VAT recovery method with HMRC;
o Credits of £4.5m and £1.9m recognised for 2012 and 2011 respectively, in lower irrecoverable VAT charge.

Operational highlights
· Market leading position and share maintained in competitive market place;

· Continued structural growth in our online markets and targeted investment in technology and brand building helping to improve conversion rates;

· Marketing investment (offline and online) up 4% with adjusted revenue up 15%;
o Digital investments made benefitting the business.
o New TV campaign launched introducing £1,000 household savings message.

· Acquisition of MoneySavingExpert.com (MSE) for up to £92.5m completed on 21 September 2012;
o Initial payment of £65.5m; deferred consideration up to £27.0m;
o Strong trading since acquisition.

Outlook
Group trading including MoneySavingExpert.com has been solid in the first two months of the year. Revenue was up 11% and EBITDA up more than 30% against the same period last year.

Within MoneySupermarket most areas of the business continue to make good progress, with the exception of our Savings channel which continues to be significantly impacted by the Government's Funding For Lending scheme. MoneySupermarket's EBITDA to date is ahead of last year and in line with management's expectations, with margins continuing to be healthy, albeit reflecting a number of investments we are making in the business. MSE trading has broadly reflected that seen within MoneySupermarket.

Despite the slowdown in Savings, the buoyancy of the Group's other revenue streams mean that our expectations for the Group for the year remain unchanged.

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Moneysupermarket.com's first-quarter performance was in line, it said, with revenues and EBITDA up, respectively, 13% and 31%.

The company said trading in the first weeks of the second quarter was in line with the trends seen in the first three months, and that it was confident in its outlook.

"The board's expectations for the year remain unchanged," it said.

Group administrative costs were in line with the run rate in the second half of 2012, whilst distribution costs were broadly in line with the first quarter 2012.

Excluding the contribution from MoneySavingExpert.com Group revenues and EBITDA for the first quarter were 10% and 11% ahead of the same period last year, respectively. Visitors to MoneySupermarket.com were 8% ahead of the same period last year.

Trading in the first weeks of the second quarter has been in line with the trends seen in the first quarter of the year.

The Board remains confident in the outlook and overall the Board's expectations for the year remain unchanged.

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MoneySupermarket.com said group performance remains in line with the boards expectations and that group revenues are up more than 10% year to date.

Having reviewed its performance, MoneySupermarket.com has decided to pay a special interim dividend of 12.92p per ordinary share.

"The special interim dividend is being used to return funds to shareholders and reflects the Board's confidence in the ability of the business to generate cash on an on-going basis," it said

Moneysupermarket.com Group PLC [MONY] ex-divi 12th June '13 (12.92 p)

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Moneysupermarket.com said it expects half-year revenues to be in the region of £112 million and adjusted EBITDA to be about £40 million, respectively up 10% and 29% on the prior same period.

"Group trading in the second quarter was slower than the first quarter," the company said.

This was mostly because of a lower rate of growth in the Insurance vertical, arising substantially following changes made by Google to its natural search algorithms, reducing our visitors and revenues from natural search in the month of June in the highly competitive insurance search area.

As has happened in the past, now the algorithm changes have settled down we are working on regaining our positions in natural search in insurance.

The Group's financial position remains strong. As at 30 June 2013 the Group had cash balances of £26m. The Group will make a special dividend payment of £70m to shareholders on 26 July, as previously announced.

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Westhouse Securities has downgraded its recommendation on Moneysupermarket.com (LON:MONY) to "neutral" from "add", post the company's pre-close trading update, seeing the recent share price outperformance as providing investors with an opportunity to take profits. The City broker has left its price target unchanged at 210 pence per share. The broker said: We are pleased to note that MONY's performance for the half year is in line with expectations, believe it will successfully adapt to meet recent Google algorithm changes and expect an update on this front at the interim stage. We are not changing our full-year forecasts ahead of the interims, but see scope for profit taking following recent share price strength (+11% since we moved to Add on 21 June). We are not changing our 210p target price, but we have decided to moderate our recommendation to Neutral following this rise.
Separately, Canaccord Genuity and Investec both reaffirmed "buy" recommendations on the price comparison website operator, leaving their price targets unchanged at 213 pence and 225 pence per share respectively. Meanwhile, Numis reiterated its bearish "sell" call and maintained its 150 pence per share price target. In terms of the wider view, Broker Forecasts consensus data highlights that 70 per cent of brokers rate the shares of Moneysupermarket as a "buy", 20 per cent as a "hold" or "neutral" and 10 per cent as a "sell"

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Moneysupermarket's first-half pretax profit rose to £19.8 million, from £11.6 million. Revenue edged up to £112.3 million, from £102.2 million.

The company, which compares prices, is to pay an interim dividend of 2.16p a share, from 1.8p. It was also issuing a special dividend for the first half of 12.92p.

Looking ahead, Moneysupermarket said revenue in July was flat year on year against a strong July last year when the new advertising campaign was launched.

"This year's new campaign launches in August. The Board remains confident in the long term prospects for the Group underpinned by the continued structural growth opportunities in the price comparison marketplace," the company said.

CEO Peter Plumb described the half-year performance as good.

"The benefits of our increasingly diversified business are evident. We grew our Insurance, Home Services and Travel businesses which more than offset lower demand in our Money business where savings revenues continue to be impacted by the Government's 'Funding for Lending' scheme which is reducing what savers earn on their deposits," Plumb said in a statement.

Canaccord comment:
"While Moneysupermarket has delivered stellar H1 growth, this has been more to do with the MSE acquisition than underlying performance. The good news is that the H2 comparables in Money are much easier, while in Insurance, its website is being reconfigured so that it should move up the natural search rankings. However, challenges remain, not least a sharp YoY decline in motor and home insurance premiums in H1 (which may reduce the savings from switching). And H2 has not started well, with July revenues “flat” year on year. This has been impacted by the later launch of a new TV campaign in August 2013 (vs July in 2012), but we think this puts some pressure on forecasts. We are downgrading our FY13 EBITDA from £83.5m to £79.8m (Bloomberg consensus £81.0m). This drives PBT (norm) down from £75.9m/11.0p to £72.2m/10.4p (subject to tweaking post analysts meeting).

Adjusted for the special dividend, Moneysupermarket shares are up 45% this year, driven by January upgrades and the 12.92p special dividend. The downgrades are clearly disappointing, and on revised numbers, the shares are on a FY13 PER of 20.3x and 14.6x EV/EBITDA. We maintain our 113p TP (13.5x FY14 EV/EBITDA and 3.4% dividend yield) and move from Buy to HOLD."