Goldman foresees 'strong recovery' in UK housing market
12th Mar 2014 13:16
Goldman Sachs has upgraded Crest Nicholson from 'buy' to 'conviction buy', saying that the focus of the UK housebuilding sector is shifting from earnings to dividends after a strong reporting season. "Eight of the 12 UK housing-related companies under our mid-cap coverage have recently reported res
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12th Mar 2014 09:03
Ashtead Group: Citi raises target price from 850p to 1075p keeping a buy recommendation. Barratt Developments: Goldman Sachs reduces target price from 527p to 502p and downgrades to neutral. British Land: Jefferies downgrades to hold with a target price of 707p. Brooks Macdonald Group: Canaccord
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11th Mar 2014 09:03
Aviva: RBC Capital takes target price from 400p to 550p upgrading to neutral. Nomura increases target price from 489p to 625p and reiterates a buy recommendation. Balfour Beatty: Citi raises target price from 220p to 310p maintaining a neutral rating. Goldman Sachs reduces target price from 335p to
Read moreMonday broker round-up UPDATE
10th Mar 2014 08:43
African British Foods: UBS raises target price from 2890p to 3300p and keeps a buy recommendation. BBA Aviation: Citi ups target price from 335p to 385p and reiterates a buy recommendation. Capita Group: Liberum Capital increases target price from 880p to 1100p upgrading to hold. Centrica: Credit
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7th Mar 2014 09:39
AGA Rangemaster: N+1 Singer ups target price from 175p to 192p and maintains a buy recommendation. Aggreko: JP Morgan lowers target price from 1542p to 1536p and maintains a neutral rating. Goldman Sachs increases target price from 1876p to 1950p and keeps a buy recommendation. Numis upgrades to re
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4th Mar 2014 09:37
Abcam: Numis cuts target price from 560p to 510p downgrading from add to hold. Amlin: Deutsche Bank shifts target price from 484p to 491p and keeps a hold recommendation. Arrow Global: Canaccord Genuity shifts target price from 300p to 309p maintaining a buy recommendation. Numis moves target pric
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3rd Mar 2014 08:21
African Barrick Gold: Citi increases target price from 120p to 179p, but still recommends selling. African Minerals: Citi cuts target price from 300p to 260p leaving its buy recommendation unchanged. Aggreko: Deutsche Bank reduces target price from 1870p to 1400p and downgrades to hold. Anglo Ame
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28th Feb 2014 09:51
Barratt Developments: Liberum Capital ups target price from 430p to 468p and keeps a buy recommendation. Deutsche Bank takes target price from 394p to 452p and retains a buy recommendation. Citi raises target price from 390p to 460p and maintains its buy recommendation. Bodycote: FinnCap increases
Read moreRightmove full-year profits up as web traffic soars
28th Feb 2014 08:15
Property website firm Rightmove said 2013 full year pre-tax profits were up to 97m pounds from 83.2m boosted by a 17 percent jump in revenues to 139.9 pounds. It said the outlook for 2014 continued to be positive as consumers and customers "become ever more digital" and could be boosted by a recove
Read moreFTSE 250 movers: Centamin jumps on reports of Egyptian law changes
24th Feb 2014 15:01
Shares of Centamin rose strongly on reports the Egyptian government's redrafted investment laws will prevent challenges from third parties on deals formed between the government and investors. According to Reuters, the news came from a cabinet source. Currys and PC World owner Dixons Retail has co
Read moreBroker tips: HSBC, Bovis Homes, Rightmove
24th Feb 2014 11:43
HSBC´s management made good progress in 'right-sizing' the lender´s operations given the current capital regime and the bank continued to be well-capitalised under the new basel framework for regulatory capital, Canaccord Genuity explained to clients in a note on Monday. Nonetheless, the broker cut
Read moreRightmove downgraded to 'hold' at Canaccord
24th Feb 2014 09:51
Property website Rightmove has a very clear business model and is benefitting from two favourable tailwinds; namely the secular shift towards online property advertising and the positive impact which the housing market recovery is having on advertisers, analysts at at Canaccord Genuity pointed out o
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24th Feb 2014 08:15
Associated British Foods: Numis downgrades from reduce to sell with a target price of 2240p. Panmure Gordon raises target price from 2500p to 2760p and maintains a hold recommendation. Jefferies increases target price from 2450p to 2600p and keeps a hold recommendation. Aviva: JP Morgan shifts targ
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27th Jan 2014 09:30
Aberdeen Asset Management: Espirito Santo cuts target price from 573p to 514p and keeps a buy recommendation. Morgan Stanley reduces target price from 492p to 393p and stays with its equal-weight rating. Amino Technologies: N+1 Singer shifts target price from 89p to 93p and reiterates a hold recomm
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19th Dec 2013 08:27
AstraZeneca: Alphavalue lowers target price from 3169p to 3087.7p and downgrades from reduce to sell. British American Tabacco: Panmure Gordon reduces target price from 3800p to 3200p and downgrades from buy to hold. Britvic: Investec ups target price from 600p to 672p and maintains a hold recomme
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