Tesco Bank pulls out of mortgage market

21st May 2019 07:05

(Sharecast News) - Tesco's banking arm has quit mortgage lending and will try to sell its £3.7bn of existing mortgages, blaming persistently difficult market conditions for the decision.

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Friday broker round-up

17th May 2019 13:35

(Sharecast News) - Thomas Cook: Citigroup downgrades to sell with a target price of 28p.

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Hot Easter helps drive stronger UK grocery sales, Kantar says

30th Apr 2019 08:05

(Sharecast News) - Grocery sales growth increased in the past three months as warm weather prompted shoppers to spend a record £2.5bn during the Easter week.

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Tesco publishes prior full-year results on a post-IFRS 16 basis

29th Apr 2019 07:37

(Sharecast News) - Tesco on Monday published its revised results for the year ending in March to reflect the transition to the new accounting standards for leases, known as IFRS 16.

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Tuesday broker round-up

23rd Apr 2019 12:19

(Sharecast News) - Smurfit Kappa: Goldman Sachs downgrades to sell with a target price of 2,475p.

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Tuesday broker round-up

16th Apr 2019 12:44

(Sharecast News) - Galliford Try: Peel Hunt downgrades to hold with a target price of 700p.

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Thursday broker round-up

11th Apr 2019 11:58

(Sharecast News) - Ocado: HSBC downgrades to reduce with a target price of 900p.

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Tesco profits jumps as turnaround nearly completed

10th Apr 2019 07:20

(Sharecast News) - Tesco reported a 28.8% jump in full-year pre-tax profit on Wednesday as revenue grew and the company sounded an upbeat note on the outlook.

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Wednesday broker round-up

3rd Apr 2019 13:41

(Sharecast News) - Anglo Pacific Group: Berenberg initiates at buy with a target price of 226p.

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Tesco looks better value than rivals, Goldman reckons

3rd Apr 2019 12:02

(Sharecast News) - Tesco shares outperformed on Wednesday as Goldman Sachs sang the grocer's praises following the first quarter in a year where its sales have outshone all its Big Four rivals.

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Asda and Aldi overtake supermarket rivals - Kantar

2nd Apr 2019 08:03

(Sharecast News) - Asda moved up to become the second largest supermarket in Britain in recent weeks, while discounter Aldi overtook Morrisons in terms of shopper numbers.

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Tesco trials plastic-free packaging for fruit and veg

25th Mar 2019 12:12

(Sharecast News) - Tesco is launching on Monday a trial to remove plastic packaging from fruit and veg in its aim to cut down on plastic pollution.

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Supermarkets benefit as shoppers stockpile food for no-deal Brexit

5th Mar 2019 08:49

(Sharecast News) - One in ten shoppers claim to have started stockpiling food to prepare for a no deal Brexit, according to the latest industry data, while Sainsbury's sales continued to fall.

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Tesco 'sitting pretty' amid Sainsbury-Asda merger developments, says Jefferies

20th Feb 2019 16:38

(Sharecast News) - Jefferies stood by its 'buy' rating of Tesco on Wednesday, commenting that the case for investing in the company's shares remains unchanged after the Competition & Markets Authority's airing of "extensive" concerns over a proposed £13bn merger between Sainsbury's and Asda.

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Tesco leads big four as vegan trend boosts sales - Kantar

5th Feb 2019 08:04

(Sharecast News) - Tesco, Asda and Morrisons led the way as sales of fruit and vegetables in supermarkets grew as 'Veganuary' took hold, but Sainsbury's had a dry January even though the sector's alcohol sales fizzed higher.

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