Directors dealings: Supergroup founder Dunkerton pares stake
20th Jan 2017 15:51
(ShareCast News) - Supergroup founder Julian Dunkerton sold a hefty amount of shares in the £1.25bn market cap fashion retailer, even as its shares continued to trade near their record highs. Dunkerton, who is also the FTSE 250-listed company´s product and brand director hived off 392,156 shares at
Read moreSuperGroup hikes dividend as Christmas sales accelerate
12th Jan 2017 08:41
(ShareCast News) - Amid troubled times for some more established clothing retailers, SuperGroup, the owner of the Superdry fashion brand, lifted its interim dividend by a quarter after a half year where sales and profits grew strongly in the UK and gained traction in the US and China. And in the 10
Read moreSupergroup surges as it posts jump in H1 sales, says FY profit will meet views
10th Nov 2016 07:47
(ShareCast News) - Supergroup shares surged on Thursday after the FTSE 250 owner of clothing brand Superdry reported a bigger-than-expected jump in first-half revenue and said it expects full-year profit to be in line with market expectations of £84.6m. In a trading update for the 26-week period to
Read moreClothing retailers' sales decline again, Kantar criticises discounting
17th Oct 2016 15:04
(ShareCast News) - UK clothing retailers have seen sales fall for four months in a row, according to a survey published on Monday that criticised the industry's habit of over-buying and deep discounting. Since June saw the first fall in the value of the UK fashion market, data from Kantar Worldpanel
Read moreFriday newspaper share tips: Experian, Supergroup
15th Jul 2016 08:56
(ShareCast News) - There's more to go for at Experian, The Daily Telegraph's Questor said, pointing to the recent successes by the company when it comes to product innovation and cultivating more communication between its business units. That innovation is serving the company well, allowing it to gr
Read moreThursday broker round-up
14th Jul 2016 11:01
(ShareCast News) - Poundland: HSBC reiterates hold with a target price of 222p. Burberry: UBS keeps at buy with a 1650p target. Acacia: Jefferies reiterates buy with a 640p target. Genel: UBS stays at neutral with a 130p target. Asos: Goldman Sachs downgrades to neutral with a target price of 510
Read moreSupergroup ahead at year-end as faux-Japanese fashion flies
14th Jul 2016 08:36
(ShareCast News) - Supergroup, owner of the faux-Japanese fashion brand Superdry, announced full-year results for the 53 weeks to 30 April on Thursday. On a comparable 52-week basis, revenue was up 21.3% to £590.1m, and underlying gross margin improved 60 basis points to 61.5%. Underlying operating
Read moreBroker tips: UK retailers, Petrofac, Whitbread
5th Jul 2016 10:02
(ShareCast News) - Liberum revisited its stance on UK general retailers on Tuesday in light of the more uncertain outlook following the vote to leave the European Union. The brokerage said it was more cautious on the generalists, given their UK exposure and in many cases high exposure to US dollar i
Read moreLiberum downgrades Pets at Home, upgrades Supergroup post Brexit
5th Jul 2016 09:15
(ShareCast News) - Liberum revisited its stance on UK general retailers on Tuesday in light of the more uncertain outlook following the vote to leave the European Union. The brokerage said it was more cautious on the generalists, given their UK exposure and in many cases high exposure to US dollar
Read moreSuperGroup surges as fourth quarter boosted by Idris and sportswear
12th May 2016 08:28
(ShareCast News) - SuperGroup lifted its full year profit guidance after a powerful fourth-quarter where retail sales from the street fashion group surpassed last year's strong performance. The company, which operates under the Superdry clothing label and associated retail chain, said profit for the
Read moreFTSE 250 movers: Board expectations lift AVEVA, Meggitt
19th Apr 2016 14:07
(ShareCast News) - The FTSE 250 was keeping its head above water on Tuesday afternoon, as oil prices continued their recovery. Engineering data and design software provider AVEVA was among the top risers, after the firm indicated its results to 31 March were likely to be broadly in line with expecta
Read moreFTSE 250 miners: Metals and oil stocks rebound
12th Feb 2016 15:08
(ShareCast News) - The FTSE 250 was in the black on Friday, with the index up 231.28 points (1.52%) to 15,410.08 by mid-afternoon. Miners featured at the top of the risers list as metal prices rebounded, with shares in Vedanta Resources up nearly 8% as a result. The company also said it is cutting
Read moreLondon midday: Rolls Royce leads gains ahead of US data
12th Feb 2016 11:41
(ShareCast News) - London-listed shares were moving higher at the end of the week as Rolls Royce dismissed worries about an impending rights-issue and after better-than-expected results out of German lender Commerzbank helped to buoy sentiment towards the bank sector across the Continent. As of 11:5
Read moreSuperGroup founder sells 4m shares, reportedly to fund divorce
12th Feb 2016 11:04
(ShareCast News) - The founder of SuperGroup - the company behind the popular Superdry fashion brand - has sold 4m shares due to "personal circumstances" amid reports he plans to use the proceeds to fund his divorce. The shares were sold at 1,200p each via an accelerated bookbuild placing to institu
Read moreFriday newspaper round-up: SuperGroup, Google, Sainsbury's, Barclays
12th Feb 2016 07:13
(ShareCast News) - Jamie Dimon has tried to put out a fire in financials stocks, spending more than $26m to buy half a million shares in JPMorgan Chase, the bank he has run for a decade. The purchase - confirmed in a filing on Thursday evening - is the first big open-market purchase Mr Dimon has mad
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