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Week Ahead - Lloyds Banking
Thursday 20 Oct 2016WEDNESDAY 26 OCTOBER Lloyds Banking Group ( LLOY ) will be the first of its domestic focused banking peers to report on third quarter trading when its statement is released on 26 October. Investors are likely to focus on dividend guidance, with the stock currently yielding 6%, and post Brexit-vote...
Week Ahead - Cobham
Thursday 20 Oct 2016WEDNESDAY 26 OCTOBER Aerospace and defence firm Cobham ( COB ) is set to update on trading on 26 October ahead of the introduction of a new management team. The arrival of new finance director David Mellors and new chief executive David Lockwood in the coming months may see expectations rebased. ‹...
Week Ahead - Rentokil Initial
Thursday 13 Oct 2016WEDNESDAY 19 OCTOBER A trading update (19 Oct) will provide more clues on results from Rentokil’s ( RTO ) return to a more disciplined business model. Rentokil has offloaded less attractive business units like its Initial facilities management unit and the troubled parcels firm City Link, leaving...
Week Ahead - Softcat
Thursday 13 Oct 2016WEDNESDAY 19 OCTOBER Concerns about IT infrastructure budgets are feeding through to reseller Softcat ( SCT ) . Yet the company adapted superbly during the last financial meltdown. Key performance indicators (KPIs) to watch are overall customer numbers (are they consistently rising?), gross profit...
Week Ahead - ASOS
Thursday 13 Oct 2016TUESDAY 18 OCTOBER Web-based fast-fashion wonder ASOS’ ( ASC:AIM ) full year results (18 Oct) should make pleasing reading with Shore Capital forecasting pre-tax profit of £63.1 million (2015: £46.1 million). While UK apparel retailers are finding the going tough, ASOS is an international retailer...
Week Ahead - Sky
Thursday 06 Oct 2016Thursday 13 October Reporting results for its fiscal first quarter (13 Oct), pay TV giant Sky needs to show it can offset big inflation in the cost of Premier League football rights through cost savings. The numbers also face the shadow of tough comparatives against the previous 53 week financial...
Week Ahead - Nanoco
Thursday 06 Oct 2016Tuesday 11 October Strategic issues are likely to drive the direction of the share price when cadmium-free quantum dots technology developer Nanoco ( NANO:AIM ) reports full year results 11 October. Speeding the route to market and commercialisation is the key focus, so a second major licensing...
Weak Ahead: Non-Farm Payrolls
Thursday 06 Oct 2016Friday 7 October US employment and economic performance is under the spotlight (Oct 7, 13.30 BST) as the Bureau of Labor Statistics releases monthly non-farm payrolls (NFPs) data. Economists polled by Market Watch estimate around 169,000 new jobs were created in the country during September...