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11-01-2008, 06:52 PM
#721
Even I'd agree they have lifted their game but from such a low base isn't much reason to celebrate. They never seem to get their stars to align and luck, unfortunately, has very little to do with that.
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11-01-2008, 07:11 PM
#722
Originally Posted by hiawatha
RBD is largely bollocks.
That's what I was saying too!
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11-01-2008, 07:47 PM
#723
Originally Posted by hiawatha
[Originally Posted by hiawatha
I don't know how to edit quotes.]
hiawatha
Aww you kidder you
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11-01-2008, 09:06 PM
#724
Originally Posted by hiawatha
"Sale & lease back" has been a textbook method of financing ever since I can remember, so it's hardly 'dumb'. The reason for the decline in the share price is not that, but rather the lack of success of their foray into Australia, coupled with strong competition in the local pizza market.
hiawatha
Sale and lease back is the dumbest method of raising finance ever. The banks lend money cheaper than sale and lease back regardless of the market cycle. Property increases in value by about 10% pa on average plus the landlord has his cut, the banks are about five pc below all that at any given time. Macdunk
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11-01-2008, 10:58 PM
#725
Originally Posted by hiawatha
I know how to edit quotes. At least, I've just worked it out. However, I'm not so small minded as to want to bother.
hiawatha
Oh I already knew you weren't small minded when you slapped your "bollocks" on the post
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11-01-2008, 11:08 PM
#726
Originally Posted by hiawatha
Maybe. But what does it do to a company's capital gearing ratio?
I appreciate someone might think "Capital Management" is bollocks but this company's gearing ratio would have been just fine if it's long term cash flow exceeded dividends. Be of assistance if some more of its investments actually managed to exceed cost of capital too. The sorts of areas where bollocks stuff like strategy, operational excellence, CEO selection, board quality and all the rest come in.
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12-01-2008, 09:17 AM
#727
It is actually a good business model to sell the building and lease it back, cos RBD is not a property business but rather a food business. The problem is that the incompetant management team blew it all away going into Aussie with blindfolds on. Did they not learn from mistakes of other NZ companies who when galloping overseas and lost all the marbles?
Last edited by Dr_Who; 12-01-2008 at 09:19 AM.
Having got ourselves into a debt-induced economic crisis, the only permanent way out is to reduce the debt – either directly by abolishing large slabs of it, or indirectly by inflating it away.
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12-01-2008, 09:23 AM
#728
Originally Posted by hiawatha
[I appreciate someone might think "Capital Management" is bollocks but this company's gearing ratio would have been just fine if it's long term cash flow exceeded dividends.]
Well, may be it would have. However, I was thinking of what the company's gearing would have looked like after it had borrowed large amounts from the the bank, as Macdunk suggested, to finance the Victorian purchases.
hiawatha
When you borrow money to buy a new business the new business is supposed to show enough profit, and a bit more to cover that cost. If not then you dont do it. When you own a business property that increases in value by over 10% per year giving you free rental for a cost of on going maintanance its cheaper to borrow against it than sell and lease back.
Its also a folly to sell then lease back then spend one million dollars a store doing them up. The deals were done by total business incompetants, who obviously were out of their depth better employed boiling the chook out the back. Anyone that argues against that has never been in business with no practical knowledge of business reality. Macdunk
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12-01-2008, 11:00 AM
#729
RBD the BARGAIN
MEANWHILE good to see hiawatha, Halebop, lizard & new boy Dr Who back talking as usual in circles about the past of RBD its what going to happen from now on which is the concern and including DIVIDENS..
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12-01-2008, 11:33 AM
#730
Originally Posted by BRICKS
MEANWHILE good to see hiawatha, Halebop, lizard & new boy Dr Who back talking as usual in circles about the past of RBD its what going to happen from now on which is the concern and including DIVIDENS..
That BRICKS is the one statement that you have made that makes sense well done. The only problem is have they still got the decision makers that have run the company down to this low level still making decisions. If the answer is yes then dont hold your breath. The company was in a good position before it sold its property, and headed for Australia. A good little company with a roof over its head, is better than a bad big company with no material assets.
Macdunk
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