(Anyone lucky enough to buy my 2003 share of the year enjoyed a roller-coaster. At one time Holllis Eden on Nasdaq reached 5 bagger status before falling back. i recommended selling at 2.25 bagger time but hey not bad!)
I don't expect this year's one to be quite so dramatic but here's hoping! I think it could easily be a bagger+ though!
Gladstone is a relatively little known software stock with solutions for internet and broadband that appears to be ahead of its competition. The market cap is 5.8 million but the total assets are 8 million. Anyone sneaking out results in Xmas week might well cause suspicion but GLD's were really good. It has turned a 1 million+ loss into a small profit and there is a lot more to come as the company has now a strong customer base. It looks like they are on the acquisition trail as a close reading of recent statements shows a Director taking a more active role in the search but they could easily become a target themselves. They have cut costs too and a very confident board paint a rosy but not rose-tinted picture of the outlook. A reorgnisation of the share capital will reduce the shareholder base from 8000 to nearer 2000. A sensible move as some paid several pounds a share in the dotcom days and they are now to be offered a return wothout costs on their investment.
At 12.75p they are in a narrow trading range which has lasted most of 2003 but when or if they breakout a substantial upside move is on the cards.
Undervalued. Buy.

Looking good! Sit back and watch the continued upsurge

nice chart.............wary of this as it was a malcolm craig tip on C5 text a few years ago and it bombed. things seem to have changed though...reasonably tight spresd for now for such a wsmall cap co......will deffo keep on my watch list

Hi Superrod, understand your caution but much slimmed down since those days and now profitable little business on a tiny market cap. Nice trading update recently.

Chart is looking very nice - set to make another new high?

30p very soon as results will please.

Hope so mackem but we have hit another quiet phase just as the chart was ready to burst. Patience, but no worries, value will out and I still think sooner rather than later!

Right again Hawick - chart still as strong as ever after another spurt upwards!
Looks like it could continue up to 30p

PS what's your share of the year for 2005????

This has been up all year slowly but surely - should be in the 30's after the figures come out.

LOL beaufort (but will see if i can come up with one if people want, a few candidates around!!).
Just one word of caution, yesterday's move might have been a few T-20s speculating on good results and one or two days after the numbers might be volatile, but the results will be great and 30p is a very reasonable - indeed modest - target over the coming months.

Agreed Hawick - the price might come off a bit after the results - I suppose the key will be what the projections are for 2005 - if predicted EPS is about 3p, then the 30p SP level ought to be reasonably secure.

eps of 3p and shareprice of 30p is actually not reasonable - it is way too low, especially when considering this company is in growth stage.
Similar companies showing growth are on p/e's of 20-30 - not 10!

Just look at that chart! Progress after the results all depends on the outlook.

Beaufort this might demonstrate better why i, like you, am excited by the chart!

Nothing between 28p and 1. Glad I didn't hold these early in 2002!!
That's a very long upswing from MAy 2003.
Still a long way to go, although they have basically doubled so far this year.

Now up to 26p, the SP curve is going almost straight up now.

Good results - pretty much inline. Bit of a sell-off this morning (perhaps not surprisingly). We await predictions for y/e Aug 2005.

Question is, is this sell off a good time to stock up on some more ?

Real robust set of numbers. As anticipated with a bullish outlook too! Bit of buy on rumour sell on fact today and t-20s, exactly as i forecast a few posts ago! Very happy!

WOuld hope to see some broker projections soon for 2005 and 2006.

SP holding up reasonably well considering. Most of recent gains being retained.