Week ahead: McBride, Hays, Hargreaves Lansdown

28th Aug 2009 12:21

Only four days of trading next week due to the bank holiday on Monday. McBride, the own private label household and personal care products supplier, will unveil its final results on Thursday, expecting to show underlying profits of no less than £35m after better than expected fourth quarter revenues.Analysts KBC Peel Hunt is expecting full year profit before tax to increase by 38% to £29.5m, with EPS up 34% to 11.8p. "McBride is firmly on the recovery path, with improving sales, margins and cash flow. We believe the shares have further to run as," says KBC. Recruiter Hays is also out with finals on Thursday. The group said in June that it had another tough quarter with demand continuing to weaken in both its temporary and permanent placement businesses. In the quarter ended June 2009, the group saw a reduction in net fees of 37% (40% on a like-for-like basis) versus last year. The difference between the headline and like-for-like growth rate is due to the more favourable Euro and Australian dollar exchange rates.Hargreaves Lansdown expects full-year results to be ahead of market expectations on Wednesday, as the stock market recovery since March boosted fourth quarter performance at the investment management firm.Revenues for the 11 months to 31 May 2009 were around 10% ahead of revenues for the same period in the previous year, leading the group to believe its full-year pre-tax profit will slightly exceed the most optimistic broker forecast of £69.1m.Monday August 31INTERIMSMcInerney HoldingsTuesday September 01QUARTERLY PAYMENT DATEJPMorgan Claverhouse Inv TrustFINALSDaniel Stewart Securities, Dechra PharmaceuticalsAGMSRaven Russia, The Black Sea Property FundTRADING ANNOUNCEMENTSSafestoreFINAL DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATEInvestment Company (The)Wednesday September 02INTERIMSAblon, K3 Business Technology GroupINTERIM DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATEBritish Portfolio Trust, New Europe Property Investments, NicholsINTERIM EX-DIVIDEND DATEAlphameric, Arbuthnot Banking Group, ARM Holdings, BBA Aviation, British Smaller Technology Companies VCT 2, Capita Group, Cineworld Group, CRH, Croda International, FBD Holdings, Friends Provident Group, Greggs, Henderson Group, Hiscox, Hochschild Mining, International Personal Finance, Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group, John Wood Group, Legal & General Group, LPA Group, Morant Wright Japan Income Trust, Paddy Power, Portmeirion, REA Holdings, Robinson, Rotork, Serco Group, T Clarke, TUI Travel, UK Select Trust Ltd., XP PowerQUARTERLY EX-DIVIDEND DATEM&G Equity Inv Trust Income Shares, Premier Energy & Water TrustFINALSEaga, Hargreaves LansdownAGMSDSG International, e-Therapeutics, Endace, Global MENA Financial Assets Ltd., Innovision Research & Technology, Invista Foundation Property Trust, Oryx International Growth Fund Ltd.FINAL DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATECohortFINAL EX-DIVIDEND DATEAcorn Income Fund Ltd., BHP Billiton, Electric & General Inv Trust, HMV Group, ILX Group, John Swan, JPMorgan Elect Managed Growth Shares, Maxima Holdings, Micro Focus International Plc, New Century AIM VCT, Personal Group Holdings, Umeco, VPThursday September 03INTERIMSAbbey Protection, Hellenic Carriers, KBC Advanced Technologies, Playtech, Premier FarnellFINALSGo-Ahead Group, Hays, McbrideAGMSCarclo, Foresight 3 VCT, Foresight 3 VCT 'C' Shares, Gartmore Irish Growth, HMV Group, Jarvis, Talisman VCTFINAL DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATEIomart, SSL InternationalFriday September 04INTERIM DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATERAB Capital, Thomas Cook GroupEGMSNew Europe Property InvestmentsAGMSEnergiser Investments, Hartest Holdings, M&G High Income & Growth Units, M&G High Income Inv Trust Income SharesFINAL DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATEAtlantis Japan Growth Fund, Cranswick, QinetiQ Group, RPC Group