tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post1474424463335485425..comments2023-11-05T06:26:51.316-05:00Comments on Gannett Blog: By the numbers | GCI sets new 52-week highJim Hopkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16712746705871119746noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-69526289911454870822012-09-10T23:30:18.110-04:002012-09-10T23:30:18.110-04:00Your yield is the rate of return on the dividend. ...Your yield is the rate of return on the dividend. Or what production you get per acre from your crop. <br /><br />Net profit is what you get from selling shares.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-68348236189932737062012-09-10T21:02:49.130-04:002012-09-10T21:02:49.130-04:00Your yield is zero unless you sell.Your yield is zero unless you sell.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-50955360877129062912012-09-10T20:04:33.018-04:002012-09-10T20:04:33.018-04:00Your sarcasm, 7:03, will come back to bit you. New...Your sarcasm, 7:03, will come back to bit you. Newspaper/news organization stocks will never recover to anything like they were before 2008. The business is done. Over. The digital future pays dimes. Maybe.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-4740143385092092902012-09-10T19:18:06.858-04:002012-09-10T19:18:06.858-04:00this says it all:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S...this says it all:<br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8H2FIf1oH4Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-58864868279357459052012-09-10T19:03:23.478-04:002012-09-10T19:03:23.478-04:00True dat. But even at today's "inflated&q...True dat. But even at today's "inflated" price $0.80 / $16.30 = 4.9 percent annual yield. So how much is your money market paying?<br /><br />I'll give way now so some official from one of GCI's union shops can tell me that I'm evil. Jay-zus -- is that Pete Seeger's banjo I hear in the background?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-39837214609617955392012-09-10T18:23:30.024-04:002012-09-10T18:23:30.024-04:006:05 You own it at $16.30, although your basis is ...6:05 You own it at $16.30, although your basis is far lower. Jim Hopkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16712746705871119746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-23491014563290513072012-09-10T18:21:19.458-04:002012-09-10T18:21:19.458-04:00I should have written "...gives me nearly a 2...I should have written "...gives me nearly a 20 percent yield on that $4.05 per stub price." Haste makes waste -- in typing as well as financial thinking, heh heh.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-43503277355718659772012-09-10T18:19:33.883-04:002012-09-10T18:19:33.883-04:00This post does a far better job than most of findi...This post does a far better job than most of finding bad news within the good. Congratulations. FYI: I own a boatload at $4.05 and the current annual dividend payout of 80 cents hives me nearly a 20 yield on that $4.05 per stub price. So, you see, it all depends.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-80819827411550902872012-09-10T18:01:40.617-04:002012-09-10T18:01:40.617-04:00This ratty stock sells for a multiple of 9, which ...This ratty stock sells for a multiple of 9, which tells you that the smart money considers the stock a risky bet. GCI has benefited from the rising tide of a resurgent stock market. To an unknown extent, the stock has risen on speculation that a Warren Buffett will buy some Gannett newspapers or that Gannett will put them up for sale (as it should have done in the early 2000s at their peak value.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com