Canaccord Genuity raises target price on XPS Pensions

17th Oct 2023 12:30

(Sharecast News) - Analysts at Canaccord Genuity upped their target price on consulting and administration business XPS Pensions Group from 251.0p to 262.0p on Tuesday, citing "positive momentum" that had carried over into the first half of the new trading year.

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XPS Pensions agrees sale of NPT to SEI for up to £42.5m

14th Jul 2023 09:57

(Sharecast News) - XPS Pensions Group said on Friday that it has entered into an option agreement to sell XPS Pensions (Nexus) Limited - principal employer and scheme funder of the National Pensions Trust (NPT) - to SEI, for up to £42.5m.

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XPS Pensions lifts full-year revenue expectations

22nd Mar 2023 09:06

(Sharecast News) - XPS Pensions said on Wednesday that full year-revenues were set to be ahead of consensus expectations following a strong end to the year.

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Monday broker round-up

29th Oct 2018 13:34

(Sharecast News) - Just Eat: Peel Hunt downgrades to sell with a target price of 520p.

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XPS Pensions to expand public sector work with Kier Pensions acquisition

18th Sep 2018 12:38

(Sharecast News) - Pensions actuarial, consulting and administration business XPS Pensions Group has, subject to certain conditions, agreed to acquire the assets of Kier Pensions Unit from Kier Business Services - a division of Kier Group - it announced on Tuesday.

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UK shale gas firm IGas climbs as CEO indicates confidence

16th Jan 2014 16:19

IGas Energy, a British onshore oil and gas explorer and developer, was one of the top risers on AIM on Thursday as Chief Executive Andrew Austin dipped into the market. Austin shelled out £0.4m on 300,000 shares at 135.38p, even though the shares are trading around all-time highs. The purchase in

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Small caps round-up: AEA Tech, Expansys, HgCapital ...

17th Aug 2012 13:37

Trading since April 1st at AEA Technology Group has remained challenging, as expected, but the energy and sustainability consultancy stressed that good progress is being made in the implementation of the business plan. Discussion over the firm's strategic options to realise its value are on-going wi

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Small Caps round-up: eXpansys, Oxford Biomedica, Dawson International

8th Aug 2012 10:15

eXpansys, the online electronics retailer has delivered a 33 per cent increase in turnover in the 12 months to the end of April. Total revenues for the year were 108.5m pounds, up 24pc on a like-for-like basis. Profits before tax were 4.3m pounds, a rise of 27pc on the prior year. The market had cle

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Small caps round-up: Expansys, Scancell, Inspired Energy...

17th Apr 2012 11:18

Expansys, the eCommerce company, has struck lucky in Istanbul. Its subsidiary PJ Media has won a contract to supply the official online store for Vodafone Turkey. By 11:06 eXpansys had gained 8.6%. Scancell Holdings, the developer of therapeutic cancer vaccines, has announced it has recruited enoug

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Small caps round-up: K3, Densitron, Innovation...

1st Mar 2012 10:30

Software firm K3 Business Technology Group has received a number of indicative proposals at levels materially higher than the current share price, which it will explore these under a formal sale process and is now consequently in an offer period. Shares in the firm leapt 21.75 percent to 187.50p.

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Asian Citrus non-exec squeezes the funds to buy shares

28th Feb 2012 16:00

A non-Executive Director of Asian Citrus, an AIM-100 Chinese orange grower, has bought 256,000 shares for himself and his wife. Peregrine Moncreiffe and his wife, Miranda Moncreiffe, purchased the shares at an average price of 37.95p each for a total of £97,152. Winterthur Pension Management, in

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Expansys sees 30% sales growth

10th Jan 2012 10:50

Expansys, the online electronics retailer, has climbed 6% this morning on news its November and December sales are 30% ahead of the equivalent period of 2010. The growth has come from the firm's own brand websites and particularly in the Asia and US divisions. Expansys's Chief Executive, Anthony C

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eXpansys posts half year profit

14th Dec 2011 07:19

Online wireless and consumer technology retailer eXpansys reported a half year profit compared to a loss during the same six months a year earlier after strong growth particularly in the US and Asia. The group, which sells smartphones, laptops and cables, said pre-tax profit came in at £0.8m for th

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Dragon's Den's Peter Jones puts up the money

15th Aug 2011 13:17

Dragon's Den entrepreneur and business tycoon Peter Jones has used some of the proceeds of his sale of one of his telecoms businesses, Wireless Logic, to buy more shares in the online consumer electronics business eXpansys He bought 35,634,200 shares at 2.42p. Jones, the non-executive deputy cha

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EXPANSYS bosses buy into rally

27th Jul 2011 15:45

Directors at EXPANSYS have been clubbing together to buy big stakes in the ailing online smartphone retailer, taking advantage of a continuing rally. Bob Wigley took the biggest stake, taking about 6.6m shares at 1.49p a time and lifting his stake to 8.4m shares, about 0.73% of the company. Brian C

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