Friday broker round-up
13th Mar 2020 13:17
(Sharecast News) - Balfour Beatty: UBS upgrades to buy with a target price of 350p.
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20th Feb 2020 13:40
(Sharecast News) - Travis Perkins: Citigroup upgrades to buy with a target price of 1,900p.
Read moreSpectris sees less China activity due to COVID-19 as FY profits rise
20th Feb 2020 08:06
(Sharecast News) - Instrument maker Spectris reported a rise in operating profit and ?175m special dividend, but said it was seeing less activity in China due to the coronavirus and anticipated "challenging" markets in the first half of the current year.
Read moreSpectris to divest EMS B&K joint venture
17th Jan 2020 09:00
(Sharecast News) - Instrumentation and controls company Spectris announced on Friday that, together with Macquarie Corporate Holdings, it has agreed to divest the EMS Brüel & Kjær joint venture to Envirosuite.
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10th Jan 2020 12:57
(Sharecast News) - Polymetal International: Berenberg upgrades to buy with a target price of 1,480p.
Read moreBank of America downgrades Spectris due to macro headwinds, trims target
8th Jan 2020 16:20
(Sharecast News) - Spectris was more cyclical than most investors might think, analysts at Bank of America cautioned as they downgraded their recommendation on the shares in anticipation of a slowdown in demand in the company's end markets over the first half of 2020.
Read moreSpectris reports flat LFL sales amid deteriorating markets
19th Nov 2019 09:17
(Sharecast News) - Spectris on Tuesday said its like-for-like sales for the four months ended 31 October remained flat due to tough comparatives from the year before and automotive difficulties.
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11th Oct 2019 12:40
(Sharecast News) - Whitbread: Deutsche Bank downgrades to sell with a target price of 3,650p.
Read moreSpectris sells BTG unit to Voith for €319m
19th Sep 2019 07:56
(Sharecast News) - Instruments and controls company Spectris said it had sold its BTG unit to German paper supplier Voith for €319m (£283m) in cash as it moved to focus on high-growth end markets.
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19th Jun 2019 13:04
(Sharecast News) - Just Eat: UBS downgrades to neutral with a target price of 650p.
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7th Jun 2019 12:58
(Sharecast News) - Compass Group: RBC Capital Markets downgrades to sector perform with a target price of 1,800p.
Read moreBerenberg starts 'outstanding' Spirax-Sarco at 'buy'
16th May 2019 15:44
(Sharecast News) - Berenberg started coverage of "outstanding" Spirax-Sarco Engineering at 'buy' on Thursday as it took a look at the capital goods and industrial engineering sector.
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16th May 2019 13:02
(Sharecast News) - Grainger: Numis downgrades to add with a target price of 295p.
Read moreDirector dealings: Incoming Spectris CFO's spouse snaps up shares
1st Mar 2019 15:43
(Sharecast News) - The spouse of Spectris' new chief financial officer Derek Harding purchased 4,000 ordinary shares in the FTSE 250-listed measuring devices maker.
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19th Feb 2019 12:48
(Sharecast News) - Asiamet Resources: Berenberg reiterates buy with a target price of 13p.
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