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Hilton on a growth rack
Thursday 06 Apr 2017275,213 tonnes This is the total amount of meat processed by Hilton Food Group ( HFG ) over the course of 2016. It was a 9% increase on 2015 and marked the the highest growth level since 2009, as carnivores in the UK, Ireland and Australia tucked into more meaty dishes. Panmure Gordon analyst Peter...
Bull case on XLMedia
Thursday 06 Apr 20172,300 websites Approximately 2,300 websites are used by XLMedia’s ( XLM:AIM ) publishing division to drive users to its clients’ gambling and social gaming platforms. Berenberg, which rates the shares a ‘buy’ with a 150p price target, reckons only a 100 of these are generating substantial revenue...
Support Services
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Construction Stocks
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WS Atkins succumbs to $2.6bn approach
Thursday 06 Apr 2017Canadian group SNC-lavalin has proposed to pay £20.80 per share for engineering consultancy WS Atkins ( ATK ) . This values the firm at $2.6bn and supported a 27.3% rise to £19.50, suggesting the market does not expect rival bid interest. Atkins’ board seems satisfied with the proposal, saying it...
100p uplift: Hargreaves Services’ planning joy
Thursday 06 Apr 2017The granting last week of planning permission to convert an old mine site into a property development adds 100p to Hargreaves Services’ ( HSP:AIM ) net asset value, says N+1 Singer. The broker’s new intrinsic value for the business is now 460p which compares to the trading price of 333.5p as of 4...
87.5% earnings downgrade for AO World
Thursday 06 Apr 2017Slower than expected UK sales growth, pressure on profit margins and guidance for no change in trading patterns near-term has led stockbroker Numis to dramatically slash forecasts for fridges-to-washing machines seller AO World ( AO. ) . It has reduced EBITDA (earnings before interest, tax,...
Most popular exchange-traded funds in March 2017
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Best performing stocks in FTSE All-Share Index so far this year
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12.5%: Percentage of Lloyds’ loans deemed ‘high-risk’
Thursday 30 Mar 2017Lloyds Banking Group ( LLOY ) is not as safe as investors may think, according to investment bank Berenberg. The latter is worried about Lloyds’ increasing exposure to high-risk consumer loans and says investors should sell their shares in the bank. Lloyds’ plan to buy MBNA’s UK credit card...