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Stock pick for 2021: Eurofins Scientific
Wednesday 23 Dec 2020Paris-listed Eurofins Scientific (ERF:EPA) is the world leader in food, biopharmaceutical and cosmetics product testing and environmental laboratory services. It employs over 48,000 people in more than 800 laboratories across 50 countries. Roughly half of annual turnover comes from food and...
Stock pick for 2021: JD Wetherspoon
Wednesday 23 Dec 2020Hospitality has borne the brunt of the economic impact from the coronavirus pandemic and businesses in the sector have seen an unprecedented drop in income with people either blocked under Government restrictions or too nervous to go to the pub or to a restaurant. The future of many firms in the...
Stock pick for 2021: BHP
Wednesday 23 Dec 2020If 2021 is the year of global economic recovery, then one of the best placed stocks to capture that upside could be FTSE 100 miner BHP ( BHP ) . The £98 billion market cap company is one of the world’s biggest producers of iron ore and copper, two metals considered to be economic bellwethers. Iron...
Buy into the structurally-driven Ideagen growth story
Thursday 17 Dec 2020Whatever the relationship between the EU and UK on 1 January 2021, organisations will still need ways to manage the complex maze of bureaucracy and red tape. AIM-quoted Ideagen ( IDEA:AIM ) is a provider of governance, risk and compliance information management software tools to what it describes...
GlaxoSmithKline vaccine delay and Novacyt's new virus strain test
Thursday 17 Dec 2020GlaxoSmithKline ( GSK ) £14.00 Gain to date: 6% Original entry point: Buy at £13.21, 5 November 2020 Novacyt ( NCYT:AIM ) 870.2p Gain to date: 37.7% Original entry point: Buy at 632p, 8 October 2020 Although delays to vaccines are common, given the positive slew of positive news over the last few...
More upgrades from trusty consumer favourite UPGS
Thursday 17 Dec 2020UP Global Sourcing ( UPGS ) 115p Gain to date: 22.7% Original entry point: Buy at 93.7p, 27 August 2020 Since publishing its full-year results in early November, UP Global Sourcing ( UPGS ) , or Ultimate Products as it is better known, has seen continued strong demand for its homewares from online...
Earnings expectations are rising for FTSE 100 bottler Coca-Cola HBC
Thursday 17 Dec 2020Investors seeking to refresh portfolios ahead of an anticipated global recovery in the New Year should buy shares in Coca-Cola HBC ( CCH ) , the soft drinks bottler with leading market shares and a geographically diversified distribution footprint. A consumer defensive with formidable cash...
Higher margins should drive big share price gains for DiscoverIE
Thursday 10 Dec 2020Electronics engineer DiscoverIE ( DSCV ) has been on quite a journey in recent years, pulling itself up the supplier value chain by executing a clear strategy. This ambitious adventure is far from over. We believe the company’s success will soon lead to its share price trading beyond 750p for the...
The fund making a positive change to investors’ savings
Thursday 10 Dec 2020Baillie Gifford Positive Change (BYVGKV5) 338.2p Gain to date: 59.2% Original entry point: Buy at 212.5p, 7 May 2020 Many investors shun funds in the belief they will get a better return from picking individual stocks. Baillie Gifford Positive Change (BYVGKV5) is proof that funds can deliver...
Begbies Traynor prepares for wave of insolvencies
Thursday 10 Dec 2020Begbies Traynor ( BEG:AIM ) 89p Gain to date: 1.1% Original entry point: Buy at 88p, 19 December 2019 While a 1% gain is normally little cause for celebration, given the events of the past year and the fact the FTSE All-Share is nursing losses of more than 8%, we’ll take a small gain as a win...