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Five: Quarters of EPS declines in US
Thursday 03 Nov 2016Earnings per share (EPS) at US-listed businesses look set to end a year-and-a-quarter losing streak, according to results announced so far. Around 75% of companies which have already reported third quarter earnings beat expectations, according to Valentijn van Nieuwenhuijzen, head of multi asset...
2m tonnes: Stobart biomass target
Thursday 03 Nov 2016Engineering and infrastructure play Stobart ( STOB ) says it is on track to deliver 2m tonnes of waste wood biomass fuel by 2018. Biomass is a key part of Stobart’s aim to deliver £40m in earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) from its Energy and London Southend...
1.1m carats: Petra’s diamond production
Thursday 03 Nov 2016Diamonds may be a girl’s best friend but they have not been particularly accommodating to shareholders over recent years. Signs that might be about to change came from Petra Diamonds ( PDL ) last week as shares surged on news of a 1.1m carat diamond haul at the west Africa-focused miner in the last...
13: Lucky for Rentokil
Thursday 27 Oct 2016Thirteen acquisitions added 13% to Rentokil’s ( RTO ) top line in the third quarter as the pest control specialist’s growth starts to take off under chief executive Andy Ransom. Third quarter revenue growth, excluding contributions from newly-acquired units, increased 3.1% at constant exchange...
39% - Bellway London home sales via Help to Buy
Thursday 27 Oct 2016Home builder Bellway ( BWY ) says selling volumes and prices in the London market are being supported by Help to Buy, a government incentive scheme for first-time buyers. Around 39% of Bellway’s customers which made reservations in the capital used the scheme according to Ted Ayres, chief executive...
2: Profit warnings predicted by Shares
Thursday 27 Oct 2016In a week littered with profit warnings, two of the biggest fallers will have been well known to Shares readers. Antenna systems specialist Laird ( LRD ) plunged 50% after it admitted full-year forecasts were too optimistic. Shares 25 August headline was Laird Facing Profit Shock . Back in May, we...
£14.2bn: Pensions black hole
Thursday 27 Oct 2016Is the gaping deficit on BT’s ( BT.A ) pension liabilities, according to calculations by analysts at investment bank UBS. This implies that the black hole has increased 42% since the £10bn figure disclosed by trustees at the telco’s last triennial valuation in June 2015. Inflation assumptions and...
40%: Cyber crime
Thursday 27 Oct 2016This is the staggering scale of cyber crime in the UK, 40% of all crime committed and involving 5.8m recorded incidents last year to 31 March 2016, according to official estimates from the Office of National Statistics (ONS). One in 10 Brits have been a victim of online scams, virus raids, ID theft...
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