Tuesday broker round-up
19th Jul 2016 12:59
(ShareCast News) - Micro Focus: Barclays reiterates overweight with a target price of 2150p. Aggreko: HSBC maintains reduce with a 900p target. ARM: Citigroup reiterates neutral with a 1700p target. IAG: HSBC reiterates reduce with a 300p target. Pearson: Goldman Sachs reiterates sell with a targ
Read moreBroker tips: William Hill, RELX, Ashmore Group
15th Jul 2016 13:12
(ShareCast News) - William Hill's shares fell on Friday as Canaccord Genuity reiterated a 'hold' rating and cut its target price to 301p from 340p. The betting group has warned about a poor results from horse racing at Cheltenham, tighter regulation, and teething problems with its strategy of taking
Read moreUBS initiates RELX at 'buy'
15th Jul 2016 09:31
(ShareCast News) - UBS initiated its coverage of RELX Group on Friday with a 'buy' rating and a 1,600p price target. "Having conducted a deep-dive analysis of the group, our valuation implies a 17% total shareholder return (including buybacks)," the bank said. "A shift to recurring electronic reven
Read moreBarclays upgrades Informa, sees good entry point
27th Apr 2016 09:21
(ShareCast News) - Barclays upgraded Informa to 'overweight' from 'equalweight' and lifted the price target to 750p from 630p, saying the recent underperformance provides a good entry point. Informa shares have underperformed the FTSE 100 by 8% since the start of this month, but outperformed by 6% s
Read moreRELX reaffirms full-year outlook
20th Apr 2016 11:18
(ShareCast News) - RELX reaffirmed its full-year outlook on Wednesday, saying it will deliver another year of underlying revenue, profit and earnings growth in 2016 as it continues to executive on its strategy. In a very brief trading update ahead of its annual general meeting, the business informat
Read moreSunday newspaper round-up: Budget, Sainsbury's, Virgin Media, Reuters
13th Mar 2016 15:18
(ShareCast News) - George Osborne look to grab as much as £20bn to fill shortfalls in his Budget this Wednesday, making deep cuts in public spending, an increased insurance premium tax and other new or increased duties and taxes, while also looking to cut taxes for North Sea oil producers. The Sunda
Read moreAshtead's CEO buys £248k in shares after strong third quarter
1st Mar 2016 17:25
(ShareCast News) - Ashtead's chief executive Geoffrey Drabble bought £248,130 worth of shares after the company reported a strong third quarter. Drabble purchased 30,862 shares at 804p each. Senior independent director Ian Sutcliffe also increased his stake, buying 12,250 shares at 810p each at a t
Read moreFriday broker round-up
26th Feb 2016 14:05
(ShareCast News) - Burberry: Nomura upgrades to buy with a target price of 1500p. Anglo American: Canaccord downgrades to sell with a target price of 350. South32: UBS reiterates neutral with a target price of 67p, Citigroup stays at buy, 75p target and Exane BNP Paribas keeps at outperform, 70p ta
Read moreRELX full year profit rises, to buy back more shares
25th Feb 2016 08:02
(ShareCast News) - Business information and analytics company RELX posted a rise in 2015 revenue and operating profit as it announced a total of £700m in share buybacks for this year. For the year ended 31 December, the group saw underlying revenue growth of 3% to £5.97bn, reflecting continued good
Read moreFriday newspaper share tips: Travis Perkins and RELX two long term investments to consider
23rd Oct 2015 11:21
(ShareCast News) - The Times' Tempus has a bit of advice for people who haven't invested in Travis Perkins already - it might be time to buy long term. The building materials group said on Thursday that its full-year earnings are likely to be at the lower end of market expectations due to weakness i
Read moreRELX Group reaffirms full-year outlook
22nd Oct 2015 07:22
(ShareCast News) - Media group RELX, formerly known as Reed Elsevier, posted a 3% jump in underlying revenue growth in the first nine months thanks to a strong performance from its risk and business information unit, as it reaffirmed its outlook for the full-year. RELX posted underlying revenue grow
Read moreFTSE 100 movers: Lloyds tipped to be dividend heavyweight, Rolls-Royce dips despite new contracts
24th Sep 2015 13:54
(ShareCast News) - The FTSE 100 peaked at around 0915 BST, but then declined 64.83 points (1.07%) to 5967.41 by mid-afternoon Thursday. Lloyds Banking Group surged on the news that fund manager Alex Wright tipped the bank to become a dividend heavyweight over the next two years. That sent stock pric
Read moreShare tips: Relx, Bank of America and Credit Suisse
24th Jul 2015 11:25
(ShareCast News) - The company formerly known as Reed Elsevier, Relx is one of the most reliable stocks on the market, The Times' Tempus said, although undeniably expensive. The B2B publisher's strong cashflow allows a substantial shares buyback programme, £500m this year and it is set to continue t
Read moreRELX Group reports in line half-year figures
23rd Jul 2015 11:50
(ShareCast News) - Professional data, news and analytics tools provider RELX Group saw profit growth jump ahead of sales in its first set of consolidated results ahead of the merge of its Dutch and UK parent companies. Underlying revenue growth for the first six months of the year hit 3% to reach £
Read moreFriday broker round-up
17th Jul 2015 16:13
(ShareCast News) - Anglo American: SocGen reiterates hold but trims target to 950p from 1090p. ARM Holdings: Investec reiterates buy and 1,140p target. Barclays: Investec downgrades to sell with 265p target. Capita: Morgan Stanley ups target to 990p from 950p and reiterates underweight. RBS: Inve
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