Friday broker round-up
9th Sep 2016 13:37
(ShareCast News) - Merlin Entertainments: UBS reiterates buy with a target price of 540p. Fenner: Jefferies maintains buy with a 205p target. Randgold Resources: UBS upgrades to buy with a 9750p target. Lloyds: Berenberg reiterates hold with a 55p target. BAE Systems: Goldman Sachs keeps at buy w
Read moreMerlin Entertainment shares dip on new Alton Towers ride scare
1st Sep 2016 13:43
(ShareCast News) - Shares in Merlin Entertainments dropped sharply on Thursday afternoon as reports of a Smiler roller coaster scare at its Alton Towers theme park, which only recently reopened after a crash that left five customers seriously injured. The Smiler rollercoaster was stuck with its pass
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12th Aug 2016 09:36
(ShareCast News) - Britvic: Berenberg reiterates buy with a target price of 775p. RSA Insurance: Deutsche Bank maintains hold with a 525p target. GlaxoSmithKline: JP Morgan reiterates neutral with a 1900p target. Amec Foster: Goldman Sachs stays at buy with a 691,1p target. A.G. Barr: Berenberg d
Read moreMerlin sees boost to FY results on back of sterling slump
28th Jul 2016 08:26
(ShareCast News) - Madam Tussaud's and Legoland owner Merlin Entertainments said the recent slump in the pound against euro and US dollar could help full year results if exchange rates remained unchanged. The company said it generated more than 70% of its profits outside the UK and the weaker curren
Read moreLondon leisure market remains challenging, says Merlin Entertainments
19th May 2016 07:09
(ShareCast News) - Although market conditions in London remain challenging, theme park operator Merlin Entertainment said trading in 2016 has been "broadly" in line with expectations. The operator of theme parks and leisure attractions including the Legoland, Madame Tussauds and London Dungeon chai
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22nd Apr 2016 15:08
(ShareCast News) - Acacia Mining: Jefferies reiterates buy with a 390p target and Citigroup stays at neutral with a target price of 340p. ITV: UBS stays at sell with a 230p target. Easyjet: Credit Suisse keeps at outperform with a target price of 2137p. Lloyds: Deutsche Bank keeps at buy with a t
Read moreMerlin Entertainments faces 'very large fine' for Alton Towers Smiler crash
22nd Apr 2016 13:30
(ShareCast News) - Merlin Entertainments, the operator of Alton Towers theme park, has admitted breaking health and safety laws over the Smiler rollercoaster crash last June that left five passengers with life-changing injuries. Appearing at a North Staffordshire Justice Centre in Newcastle-under-Ly
Read moreThursday broker round-up
25th Feb 2016 13:08
(ShareCast News) - Petrofac: Jefferies upgrades buy with a target price of 855p, JP Morgan reiterates overweight with a target of 944p and Citigroup stays at buy. Merlin Entertaiments: Panmure Gordon reiterates buy with a target price of 480 and Shore Capital stays at hold. Wentworth Resources: Inv
Read moreMerlin Entertainments faces prosecution over Alton Towers crash
25th Feb 2016 11:05
(ShareCast News) - The UK Health & Safety Executive said it will prosecute Merlin Entertainments over the rollercoaster crash at its Alton Towers theme park last June, when five people were seriously injured. The HSE informed Merlin on Thursday that it will prosecute the company for breaching health
Read moreGloss taken off Merlin Entertainments results by roller-coaster prosecution
25th Feb 2016 07:43
(ShareCast News) - Profits were virtually flat for Merlin Entertainments in 2015 despite a slowdown at its theme parks division following the Alton Towers crash in June, with a later announcement that the company was to be prosecuted for the incident taking the sheen off results. The Health & Safety
Read moreMerlin Entertainments poaches CFO Nesmes from Dechra
16th Feb 2016 07:28
(ShareCast News) - Merlin Entertainment was confident it had made a strong choice on Monday, in appointing Anne-Françoise Nesmes to its board as Chief Financial Officer from 1 August. The FTSE 100 attractions and leisure operator of brands including Sea Life, Legoland and Madame Tussauds said Nesmes
Read moreFTSE 100 movers: Jakarta bombs force IHG to fall
14th Jan 2016 14:18
(ShareCast News) - After a mostly positive week, the FTSE 100 was down 100.16 points (1.68%) to 5,860.81 by mid-afternoon Thursday. InterContinental Hotels Group led the fallers, with TUI AG also featuring in the bottom 10 after a series of bomb blasts rocked Jakarta. A Canadian and an Indonesian w
Read moreFTSE 100 movers: Pharma rallies on Morgan Stanley note, but Sage slumps
2nd Dec 2015 14:07
(ShareCast News) - London's FTSE 100 was up 0.3% to 6,415.44 at 1420 GMT, with pharmaceuticals pacing the advance. Shire, GlaxoSmithKline and AstraZeneca were the standout gainers as the sector got a boost from a note by Morgan Stanley, which double upgraded AZN to 'overweight' from 'underweight' an
Read moreWednesday newspaper share tips: Conflicting views on Merlin Entertainments
2nd Dec 2015 11:30
(ShareCast News) - All eyes were on Merlin Entertainments in the papers on Wednesday. The theme parks group confirmed on Tuesday it is likely to end its rollercoaster year on a stable footing with full year profit forecasts expected to meet lowered expectations despite the continued significant weak
Read moreBroker tips: Babcock, Petra Diamond, Merlin Enetertainments
1st Dec 2015 15:07
(ShareCast News) - Babcock is in a sweet-spot strategically, given its growing market and "solid" barriers to entry, but at present there are "too many risks for comfort" around the investment case, analysts said. In a research mote sent to clients, Citi analysts Ed Steele, Marc van'T Sant and Avina
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