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Week Ahead - Weather report crucial to Fuller’s results
Thursday 17 Nov 2016Friday 25 November The fairly mild autumn weather should be good for pub operators as it may have extended the appeal of using beer gardens. It may also help to partially offset the spell of bad weather during the summer. We’ll find out when Fuller, Smith & Turner ( FSTA ) reports half year...
Week Ahead - Royal Mail (RMG) 493p
Thursday 10 Nov 2016Thursday 17 November Royal Mail ( RMG ) trades close to a third cheaper than rivals in the logistics sector, according to Cantor analyst Robin Byde, at around 11 times earnings. A half-year results update (17 Nov) promises to reveal whether the market’s caution on the stock is merited or not. ‹...
Week Ahead - Majestic Wine
Thursday 10 Nov 2016Thursday 17 November Marked down to 282.5p, Majestic Wine ( WINE:AIM ) needs to restore confidence with forthcoming interims (17 Nov). Downgrades have shaken investors’ faith in the Naked Wines owner, yet Liberum Capital is a buyer with a 380p price target, arguing results ‘should contain signs...
Week Ahead - Taylor Wimpey
Thursday 10 Nov 2016Monday 14 November Investors will be watching closely to see if Taylor Wimpey ( TW. ) can match the positive noises from several its housebuilding peers after they shrugged off any impact from the Brexit vote. Alongside half year results on 27 July the company said it was ‘encouraged’ by the first...
Week Ahead - HBSC
Thursday 03 Nov 2016Monday 7 November HSBC ( HSBA ) , the UK’s largest-listed bank, is looking to break a three-year sequence of earnings downgrades as it reports third quarter results. Solid market positions in geographies where interest rates are rising could provide a boost to HSBC’s net interest income. ‹ Previous...
Week Ahead - ITV
Thursday 03 Nov 2016Thursday 10 November The focus will be on advertising revenue when ITV ( ITV ) updates on third quarter trading (10 Nov). The free-to-air broadcaster saw its shares come under pressure after pay-TV rival Sky ( SKY ) warned of soft advertising revenue in its own trading update on 12 October. ‹...
Week Ahead - Sainsbury's
Thursday 03 Nov 2016Wednesday 9 November Sainsbury's ( SBRY ) interims will be closely watched for an update on the integration of Argos, the audacious deal designed to morph Sainsbury’s into a multi-product, multi-channel business fit for the future. ‹ Previous 2016-11-03 Next ›
Week Ahead - Royal Dutch Shell
Thursday 27 Oct 2016TUESDAY 1 NOVEMBER Royal Dutch Shell (RDSB ) is set to update on third quarter trading the same day as rival BP ( BP. ) (1 Nov) with focus on its dividend. Shell has not cut its payout since the Second World War but has not been able to fund the dividend from organic cash flow for years. ‹ Previous...
Week Ahead - Next
Thursday 27 Oct 2016WEDNESDAY 2 NOVEMBER Expectations are subdued ahead of former retail sector darling Next’s ( NXT ) third quarter update on 2 November. Q3 was the clothing-to-homewares colossus’ best performing quarter last year, so comparatives are testing. ‹ Previous 2016-10-27 Next ›
Week Ahead - Debenhams
Thursday 20 Oct 2016THURSDAY 27 OCTOBER The market will be watching full year numbers from department store Debenhams ( DEB ) closely to see if, like a number of its peers, the company took any hit from the UK’s ‘Indian Summer’. The company already looks ill-equipped to handle the transition to online shopping. The...