II Editor
04 Apr 2017
NEW ARTICLE: ASOS booming, but shares slump "LSE:ASC:ASOS scorched a three-year high Monday, hitting 6,147p ahead of these interim results. Said results were overall pretty impressive, but a few perceived negatives meant shares in the internet fashion giant slumped as much as 7% ..."[link]
aemouse
19 Mar 2017
Sheer Lunacy Market Capital: £5 billionPE Ratio: 201Debts: £430 millionPRE Tax Profit: £43 million (Aug 16)What on earth - how do you explain that?
II Editor
14 Oct 2016
NEW ARTICLE: The week ahead: Pearson, ASOS "Education group Pearson will open the corporate week with its nine month trading update, followed by results from online fashion retailer ASOS.Monday 17 OctoberEducation group LSE
SNearson will open the corporate week with its nine-month ..."[link]
II Editor
06 Oct 2016
NEW ARTICLE: 15 stocks with substantial upside " With the @GB:UKX:FTSE 100 near an all-time high and economic data strong, the UK's reaction to Brexit has shocked many City pundits. But, as we edge closer to "B-day" - or at least when Article 50 is triggered next year - and continue to ..."[link]
II Editor
28 Sep 2016
NEW ARTICLE: Big upgrade for ASOS ""We're all looking for our own LSE:ASC:ASOS" an investor told me recently at a company presentation in the City. It's true: the AIM darling has shot the lights out since its IPO in 2001 and patient investors have made a mighty dime. But it's not ..."[link]
II Editor
12 Jul 2016
NEW ARTICLE: 'Exceptional' trading rockets ASOS to 24-month high "Shrugging off fears of a Brexit-inspired slowdown, LSE:ASC:ASOS kicked trading up a gear in its third quarter, accelerating sales growth beyond City expectations. With its Chinese business finally closed, bosses have now upgraded sales forecasts ..."[link]
II Editor
08 Jun 2016
NEW ARTICLE: Hunting for the best shares on AIM "This month marks the 21st birthday of the Alternative Investment Market (AIM), London's junior exchange for growing companies. In its relatively brief life AIM has been buffeted by booms and crashes in sectors like technology and commodities, but ..."[link]
II Editor
12 Apr 2016
NEW ARTICLE: ASOS develops swagger after great results "After a series of profit warnings tipped LSE:ASC:ASOS into freefall in 2014, plenty of brainstorming and cash have made the online fashion retailer for trendy twenty-somethings a much better proposition. Indeed, zonal pricing and a new mobile app ..."[link]
Tenobas
09 Feb 2016
The ASOS bag count In my daily travels on the Tube I count ASOS bags:Results (small sample!):November 1December 2January 0TBC
II Editor
14 Jan 2016
NEW ARTICLE: Record-breaking ASOS worth more? "Against the well-versed industry pressures affecting all clothing retailers this past year, LSE:ASC:ASOS hasn't done too badly. Margins are still recovering after a couple of years of heavy investment, but warehouse and technology improvements ..."[link]
Tenobas
05 Jan 2016
Trading update What will the trading update bring?Negative points:@ despite the press talking about the shift to online the figures for Next show that it is not happening in clothing. (Unless all the growth is in new entrants.)@ The warm weather has impacted sales and ASOS is in danger of being left with unsold stock having less experience of these things than the majors. Certainly looking at asos.com there are lots of woolly hats featuring heavily.Positive points:+ The younger end of the market might not resemble the other parts.+ There seem to be rumours of ASOS doing well in London.Until recently I would have expected a very up-beat trading update. Now I am not so sure.
II Editor
20 Nov 2015
NEW ARTICLE: Stockwatch: Is this the next ASOS? " Is "the next ASOS" taking shape? LSE:ASC:ASOS soared from 50p in 2005 to 7,050p by early 2014, and at 3,200p it now trades on a multiple of 55 times forward earnings - having averaged 85 times in 2014 - while paying no dividend. Capitalised near ..."[link]
II Editor
18 Nov 2015
NEW ARTICLE: ASOS worth 40% more "After two years of heavy investment in its technology and warehouse systems, LSE:ASC:ASOS looks ready for a return to double-digit earnings growth. Trading looks solid ahead of the crucial Christmas period and a recent fashion preview sent pulses ..."[link]
II Editor
06 Nov 2015
NEW ARTICLE: Stockwatch: A share built for growth "Is momentum still on the upside at SuperGroup (SGP)? The mid-250 shares in this fashion retailer best known for its Superdry brand have more than doubled this year from 770p to test 1,600p after a strong trading update for the company's ..."[link]
II Editor
20 Oct 2015
NEW ARTICLE: ASOS surges as buyers dive in "After a string of profit warnings last year and a shaky start to 2015, LSE:ASC:ASOS appears to have put its troubles behind it. Just one month after founder and boss Nick Robertson stepped down, the online fashion retailer has turned falling ..."[link]
