ellamark
20 Apr 2018
Barclays stockbrokers Has anyone any idea how many Barclays Stockbrokers customers Hargreaves picked up after the launch of Barclays “Smart” Investor?
macbonzo
19 Jan 2018
Re: Takeover Have you any idea of the shambles iii has become since TDW took over the brokerage services. The site is down for hours every day, it takes 20mins to get through on the phone and takes many week to transfer accounts. Maybe the rise is a reflection of people leaving iii to join HL?
Kingel
19 Jan 2018
Re: Numis upgrades Hargreaves Hargreaves Lansdown was the standout gainer as Barclays analysts reiterated their 'overweight' stance on the stock and lifted the price target to 2,100p,
Goooner
19 Jan 2018
Takeover This share continues its upward climb with nothing on the fundamentals to substantiate it. Unless the market has got wind of a possible takeover this is an easy short at these levels.Discuss ?!
II Editor
18 Jan 2018
NEW ARTICLE: Trends and Targets for 19/01/2018 " FTSE FOR FRIDAY (FTSE:UKX) & BITCOIN (again) "A Bitcoin for your Birthday?" Why spend 11,700 dollars on something which is worth 9,400 dollars by the end of this sentence! "Oh look, someone just paid 12,530 for one while someone sold one for ..."[link]
MKKK
18 Jan 2018
Re: Numis upgrades Hargreaves Just been looking back at a June 2016 post by someone reacting to referendum politics. i wonder if he found a better home for the £200k he withdrew from HL on his analysis of the situation as he believed it to be. He'd be doing exceptionally well if it outperformed this company...
gamesinvestor
30 Nov 2016
Re: Peter Hargreaves........Gerald Ratner mo... "I am not helping a company whose major shareholder and founder helps fund evil people such as Farage."psmith -- I see you have strong views on the matter of Brexit.Consider this :-Jean Claude Juncker makes Nigel Farage look like a saint.I'm not invested in Hargreaves, and use another broker, but I can't argue with the outstanding success of the company under Peter's watch. I suspect it will continue to do very well. This dip may well be a good entry point.However, and respecting your views, if you want to switch brokers, A.J. Bell is not a bad choice and has a lower cost structure than Hargreaves.Games -- the real evil stems from un-elected organisations manipulating it's member states.
Kingel
14 Oct 2016
Numis upgrades Hargreaves Numis Securities upgraded its rating of Hargreaves Lansdown (HL) despite the wealth manager reporting a slowdown in growth in the three months to end of September.Total assets under the company’s administration rose 9.5% to a record £67.6 billion boosted by the post-Brexit vote rally in stock markets.However, the shares fell 3.1% or 38p to £11.98 as new client numbers rose by 20,000 during what is the company’s first quarter, down 17% from the 24,000 gained in the first three months of 2016. New business inflows of £1.1 billion were also 22% lower than the £1.4 billion recorded in January to March.Nevertheless, Numis analyst James Hamilton lifted the stock from ‘hold’ to ‘add’ with a target price of £13.96, noting the 15% increase in first quarter revenues to £90.6 million and the long-term prospects for the business.‘We expect substantial industry growth due to the increase in self investment and the shift from defined benefit pensions to defined contribution pensions,’ he said. ‘We also expect auto-enrolment to significantly increase the proportion of the population with money to manage, most of which will have to be done through self-invest platforms like Hargreaves Lansdown due to the scale of these pension assets.’ Hargreaves ‘dominates a growth industry’ and its scale drives efficiency and profitability, he added.[link]
Kingel
16 Sep 2016
Liberum lowers Hargreaves Lansdown Liberum Capital has downgraded its rating for Hargreaves Lansdown (HL) saying the risk-reward payoff for the stock broker becomes ‘unfavourable’ as another interest rate cut looms. Liberum analyst Justin Bates lowered his recommendation from ‘buy’ to ‘sell’ with a target price of £11.76. ‘There is no doubting the formidable track record and strength of the Hargreaves Lansdown business model,’ he said.‘However, trading in a price/earnings of 36x, with the prospect of consensus downgrades and significant industry headwinds, we view the risk/reward as unfavourable. We estimate a further cut in the base rate, to 0.1%, would result in an additional 5% per annum hit to earnings per share. Our forecasts are already 10% below consensus in full year 2018. The shares are +27% since last June. We move to “sell”.’ The shares fell nearly 5% or 66p to £12.68.[link]
jdhm
07 Sep 2016
How to succeed Encouraging to see a well organised succession and consistent results despite ups and downs of last year. [link]
psmith64
30 Jun 2016
Peter Hargreaves........Gerald Ratner moment Does anyone else think Peter Hargreaves may have just started the downfall of Hargreaves Lansdown ?After actively supporting the Vote Leave campaign and being its biggest donor with over £ 3 million that is not going to sit well with many.I wrote his company a letter last night explaining why I am taking my £ 200 K under investment with them because I am not helping a company whose major shareholder and founder helps fund evil people such as Farage.I doubt I will be the only Remain supporter with a Hargreaves Lansdown account feeling like this.What got in the mans head after what all the economists said about vote leave.......a real kick in the teeth for the many that use his company[link]
Kingel
23 May 2016
Shore Capital Shore Capital is sticking with its ‘buy’ rating on Hargreaves Lansdown (HRGV) despite a dip in inflows for the online stockbroker.Inflows fell to £2.3 billion in the four months to the end of April, down from £2.8 billion over the same period last year. Shares in the business fell 3.9% to £12.50 yesterday.Analyst Paul McGinnis said it was a 'solid' update 'following a relatively muted ISA season for the industry as a whole (no doubt the plunging equity markets in the first six weeks of the year weren't massively helpful)'.‘We upgraded to “buy”...on 15 February following the interim results. This was mainly due to the huge potential we see in the company’s cash deposit service due to launch in [the second half of the year], albeit unlikely to be a major profit contributor until at least year end June 2018. While [the latest] statement provided no progress update on this initiative this remains at the core of our positive view.’ [link]
JR710
03 May 2016
The Petition is gaining support Apologies for board hopping but-The petition is going quite well; ~4400 signatures so far. Although it really needs a turbo boost.[link] petition was stalled in parliament since 12th Aug 15; finally green lit on 12th feb 2016.The FCA don't even reply on the matter, now is your chance to have your say.If you hate seeing buys reported as sells etc!!!!!!Has already been sent to Martin Lewis, Daily Mail, Moneyweek & Watchdog.My local MP supported this petition by writing to the petitions committee to help un-stall it.There’s 650 MP’s in Westminster, So have you written to your MP? 649 to go!If this petition doesn’t reach 10,000; then imo we might as well have not bothered as it will almost certainly be filed B1N; @ 10,000 the government should respond. We are currently getting approx. 100 new signatures a week, but need 3x that amount to reach the target with only 15 weeks to go.At 5000 I will send this to the PM & the chancellor as well as my MP again.So – If you haven’t yet signed or indeed have but haven’t passed it on to others, then now’s the time to do so. If each person who has signed can get just one other person to sign then we will double the total immediately. I have posted to all aim listed gas n oilies, currently doing the footsy 100. But I can only do so much to push this. Really need you guys & gals to help. Thanks to all who have signed so far.We really need a social / media savvy individual to help generate more interest in this.
Kingel
27 Feb 2016
Hargreaves Lansdown: little upside to price target The proposition offered by online stockbroker Hargreaves Lansdown (HRGV) continues to strengthen but there is little upside to the share price.Jefferies analyst Phil Dobbin retained his ‘hold’ recommendation and increased the target price from £10.73 to £12.03. The shares rose 1.9% to £12.61 yesterday.‘We have trimmed our forecasts to reflect the impact of volatility on stockbroking commission and increased costs to reflect spend on new initiatives becoming business-as-usual costs in the future,’ he said.‘We feel that Hargreaves’ strong client and asset retention explains its high valuation. On a rolled-forward discounted cashflow, we derive a price target of £12.03, leaving virtually no upside form the current share price.’Dobbin added that general risks to the price target ‘derive from market performance and volatility, net flows, platform pricing and regulation’.[link]
Still learningafterallthistime
22 Feb 2016
Loss of top rate benefit Does anyone think that there is more to come from this? I'm wondering if they've had the last minute rush already for people to take advantage, or whether they might benefit from a last minute charge. i suspect they'll get a last minute charge, but the shares are up quite strongly. Thinking of buying some but fear that the fillip from a surge of cash could be negated but more market turmoil, esp as the SP has recovered so much. Views? SL
