Wednesday broker round-up
14th Dec 2016 17:55
(ShareCast News) - Hargreaves: Barclays reiterates overweight with a target price of 1560p. Barclays: Exane BNP Paribas downgrades to neutral, 245p target. Domino's Pizza: Berenberg reiterates buy with a 425p target. Booker: Goldman Sachs reiterates buy with a 200p target. Paysafe: Barclays keeps
Read moreSector movers: Travel and utility stocks gain, oil drags
27th Sep 2016 16:37
(ShareCast News) - Defensive issues paced gains on Tuesday, with personal goods manufacturers and gas, water and multiutilities leading the pack. Yields on longer-dated Gilts were lower again on Tuesday as investors grew somewhat more concerned over the potential ripple effects of the tensions surro
Read moreCarnival boosts full-year EPS guidance
26th Sep 2016 14:39
(ShareCast News) - Carnival saw net revenue yields grow near the top end of the company's guidance for the third quarter of its fiscal year, as management boosted its full-year guidance for earnings per share and sounded an optimistic note on its bookings for the next fiscal year. Commenting on the
Read moreCarnival confirms quarterly dividend payment, appoints P&O's Deeble to board
14th Jul 2016 14:36
(ShareCast News) - Cruise and ferry service operator Carnival has declared a quarterly dividend of $0.35 per share and announced Helen Deeble will join the board of directors. Helen Deeble, chief executive of Carnival's P&O Ferries division and with over three decades of experience in retail, shi
Read moreTravel&leisure stocks and financials lead gains
1st Jul 2016 14:43
(ShareCast News) - Travel stocks led the way higher at the end of the week as the Footsie advanced towards its largest weekly gain since December 2011, with stock in TUI at the top of the leaderboard but with shares in InterContinental Hotels Group and Carnival close behind as they recovered from fa
Read moreCredit Suisse sees rising odds of Brexit 'lite', lowers year-end Footsie target
27th Jun 2016 11:36
(ShareCast News) - Credit Suisse marked down its year-end target for the Footsie but was not overly pessimistic, emphasising that it saw rising odds of a 'Brexit lite', versus a hard Brexit which would include invoking Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty, although in the opinion of its analysts there wa
Read moreLeave vote would have limited impact on FTSE, says SpreadCo analyst
21st Jun 2016 13:12
(ShareCast News) - Although consensus is that the FTSE 100 will rally if voters in the UK opt to remain in the European Union on Thursday and sell off on a Leave vote, the overall impact of an exit on London stocks may be limited, said SpreadCo analyst David Morrison. "The damage to the FTSE100 as a
Read moreFTSE 100 movers: Property drags on buoyant mining
11th May 2016 13:32
(ShareCast News) - The FTSE was underwater but working it was back to dry land late on Wednesday, as the index's raft of heavyweight miners were buoyed by commodity prices. With an hour's trading left in the day, the blue chip index was down 0.1% at 6,150, with property developers causing the bulk o
Read moreCarnival confirms 17% increase in quarterly dividend
14th Apr 2016 13:12
(ShareCast News) - Carnival has declared a 17% increase in its quarterly dividend to $0.35 per share after its recent strong results. First-quarter results at the end of March showed net revenue yields were up 5.7% in constant currencies, beating the 3.5%-4.5% guidance issued in December, while adju
Read moreCarnival makes a splash with improved earnings guidance
30th Mar 2016 15:10
(ShareCast News) - First quarter results from Carnival made a splash as sales and earnings beat expectations and the cruise operator ran up higher guidance for the full year. As well as lower fuel prices, advance bookings for the rest of 2016 were said to be "well ahead" of the prior year at "slight
Read moreWednesday preview: Carnival report first quarter earnings
29th Mar 2016 15:47
(ShareCast News) - Cruise operator Carnival is expected to report an increase in first quarter earnings on Wednesday as bookings rise. Numis predicts underlying earnings per share of $0.32, compared to $0.20 the previous year. "We believe that industry fundamentals are improving but maintain our H
Read morePound weakens on EU referendum uncertainty as Boris Johnson backs Leave
22nd Feb 2016 08:44
(ShareCast News) - Sterling fell to a seven-year low on Monday as several leading Tory figures stated their opposition to David Cameron's proposal to remain in a reformed European Union. Several ministers, including some of the prime minister's closest friends, have so far said they would campaign
Read moreCarnival cruising towards attractive value but Zika a concern, Numis says
3rd Feb 2016 07:47
(ShareCast News) - Shares in Carnival continues to take on water on Wednesday after sinking almost 8% the day before due to investors reading across from the disappointing results of rival Royal Caribbean Cruises and fears around the Zika virus. Royal Caribbean fell 15% and Norwegian Cruise Lines 8.
Read moreCarnival cruises into profit thanks to low fuel prices
18th Dec 2015 17:03
(ShareCast News) - Lower fuel costs pumped up Carnival Corporation in its last quarter, allowing the cruise line to turn a profit. Shares in the firm rose on the news, pushing its year-to-date gain to 15%, despite the news of lower ticket sales. The company - which operates the Carnival, Cunard, Ho
Read moreCarnival raises full-year guidance
22nd Sep 2015 19:08
(ShareCast News) - Cruise-line operator Carnival lifted its full-year earnings forecasts after putting in a record performance for the three months to the end of August. Earnings per share reached $1.75 up from $1.58 in the same three months of 2014 and versus the $1.63 which analysts had penciled i
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