Friday broker round-up UPDATE
12th Jul 2013 08:11
Ashmore Group: Morgan Stanley cuts target price from 444p to 420p and leaves its equal-weight rating unchanged. JP Morgan ups target price from 339p to 377p maintaining a neutral rating. AstraZeneca: Jefferies reduces target price from 3560p to 3400p, while keeping its hold recommendation. Aviva:
Read moreTuesday broker round-up UPDATE
18th Jun 2013 08:19
Alternative Networks: Westhouse Securities upgrades from neutral to add with a target price of 350p. Andes Energia: Westhouse Securities initiates with a target price of 60p and a buy recommendation. Andor Technology: Investec reduces target price from 525p to 360p downgrading from buy to hold. A
Read moreWednesday tips round-up: Centamin. Robert Walters, Lonrho
10th Apr 2013 07:36
Egypt-focused gold miner Centamin yesterday unveiled a better than forecast increase in production which - if sustained - could see the company beat its own guidance for the year. Unfortunately, it continues to be dogged by legal squabbles in the North-African country and a judicial process which is
Read moreTuesday broker round-up UPDATE
9th Apr 2013 08:10
African Barrick Gold: Westhouse Securities upgrades from sell to neutral with a target price of 195p. Borders & Southern: Sanlam Securites shifts target price from 86.60p to 87.40p and leaves its buy recommendation unchanged. Britvic: Nomura raises target price from 480p to 540p keeping a buy reco
Read moreSunday share tips: Lonmin, Marshalls, Robert Walters
7th Apr 2013 23:04
The current head of engineering at Anglo American´s platinum operations, Ben Megara, will take over troubled miner Lonmin in July. He has inherited a basket case. The company´s production was shuttered for six weeks last year, due to 'wild-cat' strikes at its main Marikana mine, which was only solve
Read moreWednesday broker round-up UPDATE
27th Feb 2013 08:11
: Panmure Gordon reduces target price from 2159p to 1742p and reiterates its hold recommendation. Antofagasta: JP Morgan cuts target price from 1485p to 1400p, while retaining its overweight rating. Barclays: Numis raises target price from 351p to 400p and upgrades to buy. BT Group: UBS moves tar
Read moreRobert Walters upbeat after transitional year
26th Feb 2013 08:04
Recruitment firm Robert Walters said full year profit was hurt by a decline in permanent global financial services recruitment but net fee income rose after growth in Asia-Pacific. Pre-tax profit halved to £7.7m for the year ended December 31st 2012 from £15.1m the year before. Revenue for the year
Read moreMonday broker round-up UPDATE
4th Feb 2013 07:17
Antofagasta: Nomura lowers target price from 1400p to 1250p and keeps a neutral rating. Aviva Group: Barclays cuts target price from 317p to 302p leaving its underweight rating unaltered. Beazley: Berenberg starts with a target price of 217p and a buy recommendation. Big Yellow Group: UBS reduces
Read moreWednesday broker round-up UPDATE
9th Jan 2013 09:11
African Barrick Gold: Deutsche Bank reduces target price from 520p to 490p and reiterates a hold recommendation. Nomura cuts target price from 525p to 435p and downgrades from buy to neutral. African Minerals: Deutsche Bank increases target price from 606p to 620p and maintains a buy rating. AMEC:
Read moreTuesday broker round-up UPDATE
8th Jan 2013 07:19
Anglo American: Deutsche Bank reduces target price from 2270p to 2230p and maintains its buy recommendation. Aquarius Platinum: Deutsche Bank ups target price from 73p to 76p, while the buy rating remains unchanged. ARM Holdings: Credit Suisse raises target price from 645p to 780p and reiterates a
Read moreThursday broker round-up UPDATE
22nd Nov 2012 07:19
Alternative Networks: Westhouse Securities downgrades from buy to add, target price of 280p kept. Babcock International: UBS downgrades from buy to neutral. Barr (AG): N+1 Singer raises target price from 402p to 525p and upgrades to buy. Belvoir Lettings: Seymour Pierce raises target price from 9
Read moreFriday tips round-up: Victrex, Norcros, Robert Walters
5th Oct 2012 06:45
The Times' Tempus column says it is time to take some profits in chemicals company Victrex. The high-peformance plastics maker yesterday confirmed that it has started construction on a new plant that will double its capacity to produce PEEK, a polymer used in planes, trains and cars, as well as oil
Read moreThursday broker round-up - UPDATE
4th Oct 2012 07:57
BHP Billiton: Morgan Stanley cuts target from 2,180p to 2,100p, overweight rating kept. BTG: Deutsche Bank raises target from 384p to 394p, buy rating kept. Capita: Panmure Gordon keeps hold rating and 620p target. Carillion: Seymour Pierce keeps buy rating and 395p target; Panmure Gordon maintai
Read moreAsia Pacific continues to hinder Robert Walters
4th Oct 2012 07:34
Recruitment firm Robert Walters said net fee income for the third quarter ended September 30th was little changed as weakness in Asia Pacific weighed on otherwise strong growth particularly in the Americas and South Africa. Group net fee income rose to £48.5m during the quarter from £48m the same t
Read moreFriday tips round-up: RSA, Robert Walters
3rd Aug 2012 07:04
Tempus in the Times wonders aloud about what exactly is an exceptional event, after noticing that insurance firm RSA has stripped out the impacts of Britain's wettest ever June and two Italian earthquakes from its first half results. Aren't these exactly the events insurers are meant to deal with? N
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