GEM - G8 Education - Childcare Operator

[blocker3]

Looks like a tad of profit taking over the last 2 trading days

[blocker3]

Company info must be soon

[Joshuatree]

For what its worth.In the latest AFR Smart Investor; their annual"Hot stocks" picks where 12 "experts" pick their 2 best ideas for the year, two have picked GEM

Rev $491m up 79%
EBIT $107 m up 117%
NPAT $53m up 70%
EPS 16.15c up 43%

[babymonster]

impressive result..

[babymonster]

Why the sp drops?

[noodles]

Why the sp drops?

Didn't meet expectations?

[babymonster]

Didn't meet expectations?

i think the EPS was expect to be above 20c.. gee.. that's harsh..

[winner69]

i think the EPS was expect to be above 20c.. gee.. that's harsh..

Profit was $53m but .....


The result came in below the consensus among analysts surveyed by Bloomberg of net profit of $63.8 million for the 12 months ended December 31.

Revenue rose 79 per cent to $491.3 million, which missed expectations of revenue of $510 million.


Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/business/g8-ed...#ixzz3RrQUZoV1

[winner69]

i think the EPS was expect to be above 20c.. gee.. that's harsh..

Been some dilution since anybody said 20 cents

On current number of shares EPS is 14.8 cents

The reported number of 16.15 is based on a weighted average number of shares.

What you reckon for next year babymonster

[babymonster]

at this rate of expansion and increase salary and admin cost, I think the EPS will be even lower.. hopefully they will slow down a bit and focus on increase revenue and profit from centres they acquired.