Friday broker round-up UPDATE
28th Mar 2014 12:35
888 Holdings: Deutsche Bank lowers target price from 166p to 160p retaining its hold recommendation. Aberdeen Asset Management: JP Morgan cuts target price from 529p to 509p and stays with its overweight rating. Advanced Medical Solutions: Investec shifts target price from 121p to 129p, while down
Read moreAvon Rubber H1 profits set to balloon
28th Mar 2014 11:46
Strong sales of gas masks and a recovery in the dairy industry are set to inflate profits at Avon Rubber. Avon said first half commercial sales of masks and protective breathing equipment to fire services and industry were strong, helping it to reduce reliance on US Department of Defense (DoD) cont
Read moreThursday broker round-up UPDATE
6th Mar 2014 09:10
Advanced Medical Solutions: Investec ups target price from 97p to 121p and keeps a buy recommendation. African Barrick Gold: Investec increases target price from 132p to 206p, but still recommends selling. Arcontech: Northland shifts target price from 0.20p to 0.24p and keeps a buy recommendation.
Read moreThursday broker round-up UPDATE
6th Feb 2014 09:23
ARM Holdings: HSBC reduces target price from 1120p to 1080p and stays with its overweight rating. Avon Rubber: WH Ireland raises target price from 650p to 765p and stays with its buy recommendation. Balfour Beatty: Liberum Capital ups target price from 300p to 350p retaining its buy recommendation
Read moreMonday broker round-up UPDATE
3rd Feb 2014 09:18
Advanced Computer Software: Panmure Gordon shifts target price from 132p to 139p and keeps a buy recommendation. AGA Rangemanager: Canaccord Genuity initiates with a target price of 300p and a buy recommendation. Avon Rubber: Canaccord Genuity initiates with a target price of 720p and a hold recom
Read moreMonday broker round-up UPDATE
13th Jan 2014 09:04
Admiral Group: Citi ups target price from 1220p to 1256p and reiterates a neutral rating. Afren: Nomura increases target price from 170p to 210p and stays with its neutral rating. Alternative Networks: Westhouse Securities increases target price from 445p to 540p reiterating its add rating. Amlin
Read moreTuesday broker round-up UPDATE
10th Dec 2013 09:43
Amlin: Westhouse Securities moves target price from 470p to 480p and reiterates an add rating. Antofagasta: Credit Suisse reduces target price from 900p to 750p, while upgrading to neutral. UBS cuts target price from 845p to 765p retaining its neutral rating. Ashley House: WH Ireland moves target
Read moreAlent non-exec rapidly grows holding with three share purchases
21st Nov 2013 16:22
Lars Forberg, a Non-Executive Director of Alent, this week topped up his stake in the company with three rounds of share purchases. The group, which supplies consumable specialty chemicals and engineered materials, reported that Forberg bought 49,000 shares at 311p for £152,390 on November 18th, fo
Read moreWednesday broker round-up UPDATE
20th Nov 2013 08:46
Afren: Liberum Capital raises target price from 197p to 232p and maintains a buy recommendation. AstraZeneca: Berenberg cuts target price from 3472p to 3430p reiterating a hold recommendation. AVEVA Group: Liberum Capital reduces target price from 2350p to 2250p and keeps its hold recommendation.
Read moreAvon Rubber lifts profit and dividend
20th Nov 2013 07:43
- Dividend lifted 20 per cent - Strong Protection & Defence, weaker Dairy - Confident of progress at both divisions Rubber-based products manufacturer Avon Rubber booked a strong set of full year results and expects to make further progress in both its Protection & Defence and Dairy divisions in 20
Read moreMonday broker round-up UPDATE
30th Sep 2013 08:23
African Minerals: Canaccord Genuity raises target price from 330p to 370p and keeps a buy recommendation. Avon Rubber: WH Ireland ups target price from 530p to 590p keeping a buy recommendation. WH Ireland takes target price from 530p to 590p and reiterates a buy recommendation. Barratt Developmen
Read moreWednesday broker round-up UPDATE
18th Sep 2013 08:28
African Minerals: Canaccord Genuity reduces target price from 410p to 330p, while its buy recommendation remains unaltered. Amlin: Goldman Sachs moves target price from 405p to 420p and reiterates a neutral rating. Andor Technology: Investec takes target price from 360p to 410p leaving its buy rec
Read moreAvon Rubber slips on US milk farm depression
16th Aug 2013 09:40
A depressed US dairy industry has hit Avon Rubber in the first 20 weeks of its second half-year but were compensated by strong military growth. The small cap company said the US dairy market remained slowed by falling milk prices and high feed costs, causing farmers to reduce spending on consumable
Read moreFriday broker round-up UPDATE
16th Aug 2013 08:52
African Minerals: Barclays initiates with a target price of 220p and an underweight rating. Aviva: Exane downgrades to neutral with a target price of 403p. Avon Rubber: Investec ups target price from 470p to 500p, but downgrades from add to hold. AZ Electronic Materials: Deutsche Bank reduces tar
Read moreRespiratory devices engineer Avon Rubber acquires VR Technology
26th Apr 2013 13:29
Respiratory protection manufacturer Avon Rubber has acquired the business and assets of VR Technology, a provider of diving rebreather systems and dive computers. The group said that VR Technology's products and technologies would enhance Avon's current and planned product ranges while increasing
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