Directors dealings: Compass Group's North American COO unloads over a quarter of his stake
29th Sep 2016 17:53
(ShareCast News) - Compass Group's chief operating officer for North America, Gary Green, unloaded over a quarter of the stock he held in the catering services outfit. Green off-loaded 100,000 shares in the catering group at an individual price of 1,498.33p, for a total disbursement of £1,498,330.31
Read moreJPMorgan upgrades Compass to 'overweight'
14th Sep 2016 08:29
(ShareCast News) - JPMorgan Cazenove upgraded Compass Group to 'overweight' from 'neutral' and lifted the price target to 1,580p from 1,380p. "With the 20.5% year-to-date rally predominantly reflecting 12.3% FX upgrades, a marked underperformance since July, and the stock still trading in line with
Read moreMonday broker round-up
5th Sep 2016 15:25
(ShareCast News) - BAE systems: Goldman Sachs reiterates buy with a target price of 671p. Morrison: Jefferies maintains buy with a 210p target. Compass Group: UBS keeps at neutral with a 1485p target. Rio Tinto: Macquarie reiterates outperform with a 2900p target. Cobham: Goldman Sachs keeps at n
Read moreCompass confident after third quarter growth
28th Jul 2016 09:15
(ShareCast News) - Compass posted a third quarter trading update on Thursday, and said it continues to have a good year, with organic revenue growth of 5.6% for the nine months to 30 June 2016. The FTSE 100 firm said its focus on growth is driving strong levels of new business wins and retention rem
Read moreBroker tips: Aveva, Compass, Petra Diamonds
8th Jul 2016 10:40
(ShareCast News) - Aveva Group's shares jumped on Friday as Numis reiterated a 'buy' rating and target price of 1,910p. The information technology group said it could benefit from a potentially sizeable currency gain for the full year due to weakness of sterling since the EU referendum. The company
Read moreCompass target price lifted and 'buy' rating maintained by Canaccord
8th Jul 2016 09:33
(ShareCast News) - Compass Group's 'buy' rating was left unchanged and its target price was lifted to 1,645p from 1,425p by Canaccord Genuity on Friday. Canaccord said it was upgrading its forecasts and target price on the catering company to reflect the benefits from a weaker sterling post-Brexit a
Read moreCompass' ratings affirmed by Fitch
16th May 2016 16:22
(ShareCast News) - Food-services company Compass' long-term issuer default rating and senior-unsecured rating of 'A-' have been affirmed by Fitch Ratings, which cited its steady demonstrated operating performance. Fitch said Compass's outlook was stable. The credit-ratings firm further noted Compas
Read moreBroker tips: Antofagasta, ITV, Compass
12th May 2016 15:39
(ShareCast News) - Antofagasta's shares were under pressure on Thursday after Canaccord Genuity cut its full year earnings forecast for the miner. Canaccord said the company's first quarter production for copper, gold and molybdenum were below its estimates. "First quarter cash costs also disappoin
Read moreThursday newspaper share tips: Easyjet, Compass
12th May 2016 15:17
(ShareCast News) - The best is behind us in Easyjet shares as the cycle in the sector turns towards a typical phase of excess capacity, The Daily Telegraph's Questor column said. Increased capacity is naturally only a good thing if demand is growing just as quickly, otherwise it ends in tears as the
Read moreFTSE 100 movers: Compass marches north, grocers retreat on consumer crunch
12th May 2016 14:53
(ShareCast News) - The FTSE 100 index started weakly, built up steam and then lost it again on Thursday, sitting 0.8% lower at 6,113.32 late in session. Despite gold losing some of its lustre, Randgold Resources topped the pile while precious metals giant Fresnillio was another on the leaderb
Read moreBroker tips: Cape, Compass Group, Barratt Developments
11th May 2016 12:37
(ShareCast News) - A recent pull-back in the shares of Cape may have thrown up a "window of opportunity" for investors, Numis said. At the company's last annual shareholders' meeting, management reiterated its expectations for the industrial services provider's full-year 2016 performance. The compa
Read moreNumis reiterates 'hold' rating for Compass
11th May 2016 09:38
(ShareCast News) - Numis reiterated a 'hold' rating and target price of 1,150p for Compass after the food service company reported its first half results. Compass said underlying revenue grew 5.8% to £9.7bn in the six months to 31 March driven by a strong performance in North America. Increased sal
Read moreRevenue and earnings up at Compass
11th May 2016 07:56
(ShareCast News) - Underlying revenue grew 5.8% at foodservice and support firm Compass Group in its first half, it reported on Wednesday, with the figure totalling £9.7bn in the six months to 31 March. The FTSE 100 firm posted two profit figures - one before, and one after the restructuring which w
Read moreTuesday broker round-up
16th Feb 2016 17:53
(ShareCast News) - Mattioli Woods: Canaccord upgrades to buy,640p target and N+1 Singer upgrades to buy with a target of 630p. Connect Group: Shore Capital upgrades to buy. Servelec: invetec reiterates buy with a target of 400p and N+1 Singer keeps at buy, 360p target. Acacia Mining: JP Morgan sta
Read moreThursday broker round-up
4th Feb 2016 16:07
(ShareCast News) - Coca-Cola HBC: Barclays downgrades to underweight with a target of 1325p. TalkTalk: Goldman Sachs downgrades to neutral with a target of 271p. Paragon Group: JP Morgan downgrades to neutral and sets a 380p target. Antofagasta: Investec reiterates sell with a target of 305p. Ang
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