Could someone please advise me what the opening price was for this share after the 3 for 1 consolidation on the old colt shares. Many thanks

Good news out this morning..

Solid progress at Colt

MoneyAM

COLT Telecom said revenue increased by 1.3% to 416.2m, up 4.5% constant currency.

For the quarter ended 31st March 2009 data revenue grew by 3.7% to 199.7m and grew by 7.5% on a constant currency basis.

Managed Services revenue grew by 32.7% to 37.3m and grew by 38.8% on a constant currency basis.

Gross margin before depreciation remained constant at 38.9%.

EBITDA increased by 6.8m or 9.4% to 78.9m.

Profit before tax and exceptional items increased by 8.5m to 17.1m.

Free cash outflow fell from 16.5m to 11.1m and capital expenditure decreased from 67.5m to 49.6m.

The Group's financial position has improved significantly, with cash and cash equivalents of 458.1m and net funds of 195.9m at the end of the quarter, including proceeds of 199.1m from the Q1 Open Offer.

Rakesh Bhasin, CEO, said: 'Despite ongoing tough trading conditions, I am pleased to report another solid quarter of progress reflecting the resilience in COLT's business model.

'With the proceeds of the Open Offer, COLT now has a significantly improved financial position and we were able to repay all of our outstanding debt in April.'



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Pro TAer Zak Mir as just posted this analysis on COLT and its very bullish...


Zak Mir


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Posts: 786
Re: colt telecom
#444924 - 01/05/09 08:07 AM Edit Reply Quote



Now well above the 200 day moving average at 90p, it does not seem to early to suggest that the 6 month target here is former initial 2008 support at 140p.

Post Extras:

Here's the latest analysis (all figures in euro incl. market cap):

Market cap: 965m
Net Cash: 196m
EV: 769m
Ebitda 320m
EV/Ebitda 2.4

EBITDA(1) increased by EUR6.8m or 9.4% to EUR78.9m
* Profit before tax and exceptional items increased by EUR8.5m to EUR17.1m
* Free cash outflow(2) decreased from EUR16.5m to EUR11.1m
* Capital expenditure decreased from EUR67.5m to EUR49.6m



The Group's financial position has improved significantly, with cash and cash
equivalents of EUR458.1m and net funds of EUR195.9m at the end of the quarter,
including proceeds of EUR199.1m from the Q1 Open Offer.

Brokers are strongly behind COLT.. from Digital Look

What The Brokers Say

Strong Buy 4
Buy 1
Neutral 1
Sell 1
Strong Sell 1

Shares in Colt Telecom (COLT.L) rise 6.1 percent as the pan-European telecoms specialist reports its first-quarter figures that beat analyst expectations, prompting Merrill Lynch to repeat its "buy" recommendation.

The Luxembourg-based company boasts first-quarter revenue of 416.2 million euros up 1.3 percent, and earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation of 78.9 million euros, up 9.4 percent, while profit before tax, excluding exceptionals, rose by 8.5 million euros to 17.1 million euros.

"With net cash on the balance sheet (after raising equity last quarter) Colt looks well placed to whether the downturn and should react positively today," says Merill Lynch in a note.

Colt Telecolm colt does lightening strike twice, we had a 40 point increase going on for a 50% gain from the ascending triangle formation earlier this year and just look how the pattern is repeating again, its just like a coiled spring ready to unwind.....

Going well at the moment, one of the best TA set ups ive seen for a few months.

Moving up like split -hit.

From Investor Inteligence this morning....

Colt Telecom, a security which we highlighted just recently as a buy, also extended the breakout into a 52-week highs. With that, more longs may be opened..

Nice to see investors inteligence tipping this one....



Scanning through other breakout candidates, we still favour Colt Telecom as a buy.

Here the stock remains on a firm uptrend after a price breakout, and should stay bullish for the time being. The pattern of rising lows favours an eventual sharp rally.

Tipped today by Collins Stewart broker with a 167p target 20.8% upside.


Colt Telecom Group SA Communications Buy 167 138.3 20.8% Collins Stewart

From pro TAer Zak Mir late yesterday.....

Zak Mir



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Posts: 1185
Re: colt telecom
#459149 - 05/01/10 04:43 PM Edit Reply Quote



Above the 20 day moving average at 130p COLT should hit the top of a rising March price channel at 160p - on a 2 - 3 month view.

Colt Telecom Group SA (COLT LN) was raised to "Overweight/In-Line" from "Equal-weight/Attractive" at Morgan Stanley. The target price is 170p.

Saw this headline on Bloomberg, posted yesterday.

Very bullish article from US TA web site..

http://quote.barchart.com/texpert.asp?sym=COLT.LS&code=BSTK

New Broker upgrade......

Colt Telecom Group SA Communications Add 152 133.4 13.9% AlphaValue

target 152p 13.9% upside.

MeetingZone adds COLT VoIP to its conference service platform
25 January 2010 - COLT, a leading European provider of business communications, today announced it is providing IP connectivity to support MeetingZone's audio conferencing facilities in the UK and Europe. As the UK's largest independent conference and collaboration service provider, MeetingZone will be adding COLT's SIP Trunking service, COLT VoIP Access, to its audio conferencing services in order to deliver high quality, scalable voice services whilst keeping network and bridging costs to a minimum.

Line quality and availability is crucial in a conference call environment. Market demand for conferencing services is continuing to grow rapidly and MeetingZone has selected COLT to deliver a scalable VoIP solution that can handle this growth in business, whilst maintaining the quality, availability and reliability which its customers expect.

Steve Gandy, chief operating officer, MeetingZone said, "It is important to our strategy that we continue to outperform the market growth rates with a quality service at the right price. We are always looking for ways to be more efficient, but without compromising quality and business-grade VoIP can help us do that. In the conference calling environment, users do not tolerate service failure as they might with public VoIP services.

"We chose COLT as they could deliver a complete VoIP solution, which worked with our bespoke call management software and delivered the service experience and other benefits we required," Gandy added. "Looking to the future, COLT's European footprint was also an important factor as it means they can easily support MeetingZone's expansion into the rest of Europe. Over time we also hope to offer different connection options to our customers such as direct IP connections to our services."

Rob Jupp, head of SME Division at COLT UK, added, "Voice is still the most significant communication tool we use each day and with travel budgets being slashed and many companies taking steps to reduce their carbon footprint, the use of conferencing facilities is on the up. Business-grade services, such as COLT VoIP Access, can help conferencing providers meet market demand for quality, lower cost and more flexible solutions. We expect many providers will be following MeetingZone's lead in the next year."

COLT VoIP Access allows businesses to converge their voice and data networks and route all telephone calls via an IP network and a single access connection. This provides a lower total cost of ownership, improved flexibility in call management and business continuity. By providing a more flexible and effective approach to convergence, COLT VoIP Access helps customers leverage their investment in IP PBX infrastructure and provides a flexible roadmap for unified communications.

- Ends -

Notes to the editor
COLT has certified leading IP PBXs, including those by Avaya, Nortel, Alcatel Lucent and Cisco, to work with VoIP Access as part of an ongoing certification programme.

About MeetingZone
MeetingZone is the UK's largest independent conferencing and collaboration service provider and offers customers a high performance, low-cost personalised audio and web conferencing service. With operations in Europe and North America, MeetingZone's HQ is located at Thame, Oxford. The company was formed in 2002 by Steve Gandy and Tim Duffy, who collectively have over 30 years experience in the technology and telecoms sector. MeetingZone's customers include many of the FTSE 500 companies in the financial, retail, IT, pharmaceutical and legal sectors. MeetingZone appeared (Sept 2009) in the Sunday Times Microsoft Tech Track 100 list of the fastest growing technology companies in the private sector and was listed in the Deloitte Technology Fast 500 EMEA 2009 (Nov 09) fastest growing technology companies. For more information please visit: www.meetingzone.com

Hit support at 125p on technical grounds.

On fundies one broker Buy thats been missed.....

COLT Telecom Group SA

FORECASTS
2009 2010

Date Rec Pre-tax () EPS (p) DPS (p) Pre-tax () EPS (p) DPS (p)

Astaire Securities
26-01-10 BUY 88.71 10.40 105.69 11.86

2 broker notes out late yesterday which by all means were pretty positive. Im sure the results are friday so the brokers must have some confidence that they will be good........

COLT Telecom Group SA

FORECASTS
2009 2010

Date Rec Pre-tax () EPS (p) DPS (p) Pre-tax () EPS (p) DPS (p)

Investec Securities
23-02-10 HOLD 73.64 8.72 89.23 10.01

Collins Stewart
23-02-10 BUY