A shares analyst has named Purplebricks as a “not with a bargepole” investment.
Alan Oscroft, writing on the Motley Fool website, said that his best stock tips of the year had all been “sells” which were “focused on steering clear of duff recovery prospects”.
After Metro Bank and UK Oil & Gas, Oscroft said of Purplebricks that it inspires slim confidence as an investment.
He wrote: “My third ‘not with a bargepole’ tip is Purplebricks (LSE: PURP), whose shares have lost 35% of their value since I wrote about the estate agent in January.
“At the time, we were already looking at a fall of around 70% since Purplebricks shares hit an all-time high in 2017, after it became clear the firm had severely overstretched itself.
“But the big problems for me were, and remain, that Purplebricks is still in net spend mode, is still set to record a loss this year, and I can’t even attempt to put a rational valuation on the shares.
“There’s a tiny profit forecast for the year to April 2021, which gives us a price-to-earnings ratio of 95 – but that’s a meaningless valuation at this stage, and confidence in it can at best be slim.”
Purplebricks is due to announce its half-year results tomorrow.
https://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/best-stock-tips-2019-163052910.html
Comments (8)
Share price currently at the heady heights of 105p.
Some might say that tomorrow’s figures release will be akin to a re-run of Jackanory – and we all know the story that should be told.
Only in this version, The Emperor’s winky (credit: Robert May) is in full view of the crowd.
I am guessing sub 90p at some point tomorrow
Its share price has continued to fall since 2017 and bad news is on the horizon by the market and a big question mark over regulators investigations yet to be announced.
There you go
My valuation was always 36p and as a highly speculative investment at that.
It can’t have been a good half year
I hear some LPE’s are taking home less than £1000 a month at the mo
they would have been better off working for McDonalds where they would at least earn more than minimum and would get overtime, leave and pension without the headache of not know what their next pay check will be
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