FTSE 250 movers: Indivior given shot in the arm, Softcat clawed
18th Dec 2018 14:54
(Sharecast News) - London's FTSE 250 was up 0.76% at 17,548.78 in afternoon trade on Tuesday, as Indivior led the pack after reporting that strong sales have kept it on track with full year expectations.
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18th Dec 2018 13:51
(Sharecast News) - Intu Properties: Credit Suisse downgrades to underperform with a target price of 100p.
Read moreStagecoach swings to loss but still beats expectations
5th Dec 2018 07:20
(Sharecast News) - Stagecoach Group issued its interim results for the half-year ended 27 October on Wednesday, reporting a fall in revenue to £1.23bn from a restated £1.79bn a year earlier.
Read moreFive days of misery as South Western Railway guards walk out
23rd Oct 2018 10:14
(Sharecast News) - Commuters at the UK's busiest railway station face five days of misery from Tuesday morning, as South Western Railway guards stage a massive strike.
Read moreStagecoach starts year in low gear, but in line
19th Sep 2018 08:32
(Sharecast News) - Train and bus services operator Stagecoach Group had a mixed start to its trading year, with London buses and North American revenues both in reverse.
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26th Jul 2018 13:01
(Sharecast News) - Beazley: Berenberg upgrades to buy with a target price of 640p.
Read moreStagecoach to trial UK's first full-sized driverless bus
23rd Jul 2018 15:13
(Sharecast News) - Stagecoach will trial a full-sized driverless bus for the first time later this year, following successful tests of driverless pods in Greenwich.
Read moreLondon open: Stocks edge higher ahead of employment data
15th Feb 2017 08:46
(ShareCast News) - London stocks edged higher in early trade, taking their cue from a positive session in the US, where equities were boosted by unexpectedly hawkish comments from Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen, as investors eyed some key figures on unemployment and wages. At 0825 GMT, the FTSE
Read moreStagecoach exits Twin America joint venture.
15th Feb 2017 07:09
(ShareCast News) - Passenger transport operator Stagecoach Group confirmed on Tuesday that it has sold its interest in the Twin America joint venture for an undisclosed sum. The FTSE 250 firm said Twin America was a joint venture between Stagecoach North America and City Sights, which began operatin
Read moreWednesday broker round-up
11th Jan 2017 13:32
(ShareCast News) - Burberry: Barclays upgrades to Overweight and lifts target price from 1450p to 1760p. AstraZeneca: UBS maintains Buy, keeps target price of 5,000p. Spectris: Bank of America Merill Lynch upgrades to Buy with a target price of 2600p. Unilever Plc: UBS maintains Buy with a target
Read moreStrike action and TfL switcheroo unlikely to hit UK train ratings, Fitch says
13th Dec 2016 15:23
(ShareCast News) - With UK train companies' debt coming under the investor microscope, ratings agency Fitch Ratings said the current uncertainty in the rail market and various industrial strikes were unlikely to have an effect on their credit ratings. Incumbent rail operators rated by Fitch include,
Read moreStagecoach focuses on future as UK bus backdrop worsens
7th Dec 2016 07:06
(ShareCast News) - Train and bus operator Stagecoach has lifted its interim dividend and tried to put the emphasis on the future to keep investors chipper as current profits and earnings fall in the face of what it said was a continuing "challenging and uncertain" political and economic environment.
Read moreWednesday preview: Stagecoach reports first half results
6th Dec 2016 13:21
(ShareCast News) - Stagecoach reports its first half results on Wednesday with analysts expecting similar revenue trends as reported at the September trading update. In its 28 September statement, the transport operator reported mixed trading in its divisions. Like-for-like revenue fell 1.9% year-o
Read moreUnseen debts may derail UK bus and rail bidding plans
24th Nov 2016 13:13
(ShareCast News) - Some big changes may be coming to the way companies bid for big UK rail and bus franchises, HSBC has predicted. The bank, which downgraded Firstgroup to a 'reduce' rating but kept a 'buy' on both Go-Ahead Group and National Express, has taken a deep dive into the bus and rail oper
Read moreStagecoach shares up despite bus and coach declines
28th Sep 2016 08:03
(ShareCast News) - Passenger transport operator Stagecoach Group published an update on its current trading on Wednesday, ahead of a series of meetings with analysts. The board said its expectation of the FTSE 250 group's adjusted earnings per share for the year ending 29 April 2017 had not changed
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