I am intrigued by the shape of the chart - as it seems to have bottomed out, and is now rising on more positive newsflow. There was one division which got investors very excited, but has not lived up to expectations, hence why the share price has bombed out over the last two years This is not a company I'm terribly familiar with, but it seems to be a UK-based precision plastics company.
Last year's results were published in mid October, so that's likely to be the schedule for this year too. I shall look forward to pulling apart the company's accounts for the year ended 31 July 2014. That's a good indicator, and sure enough the divi yield here is poor at only 0.75% forecast. You usually find that companies which report aggressively on profit tend to have low dividend yields (since they're not actually generating much cash, they can't pay a decent dividend). However, if you're prepared to accept the company's aggressive reporting of profit, then the forward PER is in the high teens, so not good value on that basis even. Therefore in my view this share is being priced at an artificially high valuation by the market, and I wouldn't touch it at anywhere near this price.
See my previous article here for more detail on that vital point. Great care is needed with this share, as in my opinion the reported results considerably overstate profit - this is because a large amount of internal costs by-pass the P&L, and are instead capitalised into intangible assets on the Balance Sheet. The company also reports net cash of £7m at 31 July 2014. There's an in line with expectations trading statement from this company today.
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