Thursday tips round-up: Britvic, Northern Foods, LSE
16th Jul 2009 06:12
Britvic's shares are now trading on a September 2009 earnings multiple of 11.5 times, falling to 10.4 times next year. With analysts expected to upgrade their forecasts, the current multiple will fall as consensus forecasts rise. The shares are also yielding 4.4pc, which is well worth having. Shares
Read moreFTSE 250 movers: Drinks stocks move both ways
15th Jul 2009 09:32
Shares in Britvic are fizzing again after the soft drinks firm yesterday said full year results would exceed expectations, but shares in IRN-BRU maker AG Barr are looking a bit flat. Shares in Burberry are lower even after the luxury clothing group revealed an 8% rise in first quarter sales and sai
Read moreWednesday tips round-up: Britvic, Mothercare, BG
15th Jul 2009 06:37
The sun shines, ergo, the drinks companies do rather nicely. When the group in question, Britvic, owns the Robinson squash brand and Wimbledon turns out to be more entertaining than usual, you would expect it to release good news to the market. Britvic is likely to have a good time of it over the
Read moreTechnical Analysis: Retailers continue to buck the FTSE
10th Jul 2009 15:23
Despite indifferent retail sales data in the past few months the retail sector continues to buck the market. Over the past 30 days retailers like Mothercare, Marks and Spencer and Home Retail Group have made significant gains, in excess of 5% and when comparing the retail sector to the FTSE100 over
Read moreAim shares suspended after results delays
29th Jun 2009 16:24
A number of AIM companies have seen their shares suspended today as they fail to publish their results for the year ending December 2008. Metic Group said due to the delays caused by the ongoing restructuring activity, its full year results will be issued no later than Wednesday 8th July 2009. Tra
Read moreWednesday tips round-up: Aveva, Holidaybreak, Albemarle & Bond
27th May 2009 06:41
Engineering software group Aveva is a good, solid group and those worried about keeping their equity safe should consider the company a decent punt. For that reason the Independent is still a buyer though it cautions that the gains seen over the last few months may not be repeated. Buy. Aveva is a
Read moreThursday tips round-up: Experian, Britvic, Cape
21st May 2009 06:07
Experian may sit in the support services sector but its share price - up 80 per cent from last year's low - makes it look more like a bank. At 493p, up 7p, or 12 times current-year earnings, the shares have begun to price in recovery but should advance further as economic signals improve. Buy on wea
Read moreInternational sales lift Mothercare profits
20th May 2009 07:34
Baby care retailer Mothercare hiked dividends by 20% as full-year profits surged ten-fold following record performance from its international division. Pre-tax profits jumped to £42.2m from £4.5m last year on revenue that increased 6.9% to £723.6m. Total dividend was raised 20.8% to 14.5p. Like-fo
Read moreWednesday preview: Mothercare, Experian, Britvic
19th May 2009 15:28
Back in the last century Mothercare was an ailing brand, lumbering along as part of Storehouse, the group which also included British Home Stores. Since returning to the stock market as an independent entity the babycare products retailer has transformed itself into a high flyer, with the shares tra
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