On 3rd July PFC announced that it was trading well ahead of expectations. Not surprisingly, sp jumped but has now fallen back pretty much to the same level as before the announcement.

While perhaps not as exciting as finding the next Cairn, remember that in the goldrush days, it was rarely the prospectors who made the money, but rather the suppliers of the spades and tents and stuff - e.g. Levis if memory serves me aright.

Alf? Are you still holding these ?

sure am buddy, but not currently at a profit :-)

Needs to close the week above 1250 I think before its worth getting in. First target from there 1408. Worth watching I think.

i know PFC is a really good outfit, but it has underperformed for no great reason for at least the last year

Deutsche Bank has lifted its recommendation for oilfield services group Petrofac from 'hold' to 'buy', saying that the stock's current price is overly discounting risks.

"Sentiment [...] has arguably bottomed and with a return to good growth likely to become more visible in 2014, trading on 8.5 times estimated fiscal year 2015 earnings, we upgrade to 'buy'," said Research Analyst Sebastian Yoshida.

Full year results - 26th February.

StockMarketWire.com
Analysts at Investec have made a number of recommendation and price target changes after revisiting their stance on the oilfield services sector. The broker said that, despite rising costs and ongoing pressures around cashflow, it believes capital expenditure will continue to rise in the oil sector, albeit at a slower but more sustainable rate than seen in previous years. We believe the Oilfield Services (OFS) sector's long-term secular growth story is still intact and valuations are not stretched, analysts said in a note to investors. The broker highlighted "buy" rated Petrofac (LON:PFC) and Kentz (LON:KENZ) as its top picks. In terms of changes, Investec has upgraded Lamprell (LON:LAM) to "hold" from "sell" and Wood Group (LON:WG.) to "buy" from "hold" but downgraded AMEC (LON:AMEC) to "hold" from "buy". Price targets have been increased to 155 pence a share (from 145 pence), in the case of Lamprell, but cut to 720 pence (from 900 pence) for Wood Group and to 1,065 pence (from 1,300 pence) for AMEC.

PFC have been having a good few days, and not without reason and none too soon either
however, unless you're already a holder (i am), i would question the logic of diving in until there was a decisive break through 1300, being the current 200 dma level

BIG BIG :-)

up another 20p this morning on latest rns, on what is a very shitty start generally

told you all to pay attention!
:-)

Profits warning! http://www.moneyam.com/action/news/showArticle?id=4807607

..You were saying Alf -):

that was a shitbag happening :-((

There was a similar dive in SP last November, so a recovery play on the cards for this one in the future no doubt.

You're right Stan. I was just looking at that, but that was based on the expected figures being 'flat to very modest growth'. The figures came in worse than expected and together with the summer lull in the markets, I have a feeling this is due to fall yet further. On my watch list.

Absolutely HC.

I have these down as IMS on 15th - so I assume they have brought it forward? (I don't closely follow these).

as i've got this one i fear i shall just have to sit tight

just noticed...........

cynic - 07 Mar 2014 15:56 - 548 of 555
told you all to pay attention!
:-)

pay attention is rising

You forgot to say....... profit warning on the way

another sit tight then will be

damn right i did :-)
were i cassandra, then perhaps i would have foreseen a profit warning coming several months along the way and taken the appropriate action
unfortunately, not even you with all your loudly and self-promoted wisdom and expertise, could let alone did see it coming either :-)


but yes, i shall indeed just sit tight