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Get on board as Dr Martens gets back into its stride

Thursday 28 Aug 2025

Dr Martens (DOCS) 88.6p Market cap: £847.5 million Life as a public company for iconic British shoe brand Dr Martens (DOCS) has been far from smooth sailing. The comapny promised healthy profit margins, mid-teens revenue growth and ‘operational excellence’ when the company floated in January 2021...

The systematic approach adopted by Meon Adaptive Growth looks a winning strategy

Thursday 28 Aug 2025

ISFL Meon Adaptive Growth (BMQ8V53) 149p Assets: £53.1 million Size isn’t everything. It may only have around £50 million in assets but ISFL Meon Adaptive Growth (BMQ8V53) has a recent track record which would put larger counterparts to shame. Over the last three years the fund is up 56.9% versus...

Personal Group shares hit three-year high on positive trading

Thursday 21 Aug 2025

Personal Group (PGH:AIM) 361p Gain to date: 27% When we recommended workplace benefit and health insurance provider Personal Group (PGH:AIM) just over a month ago little did we think it would have gained quite so much in quite so little time. The stock price is now back to the highs of 2022, which...

Smiths News shares are in bargain basement territory

Thursday 21 Aug 2025

Smiths News (SNWS) 55.2p Market cap: £135.7 million The UK’s leading newspaper and magazine distributer Smiths News (SNWS) has clear value credentials with the shares trading on a miserly 2026 PE (price to earnings) ratio of 5.2 times and a twice covered dividend yield of 10.7%. Perceptions that...

Specialist infection prevention firm combines growth and income upside

Thursday 21 Aug 2025

Tristel (TSTL:AIM) 356p Market cap: £172 million Cambridgeshire-based Tristel (TSTL:AIM) is a specialist in infection prevention whose products are used in the high-level disinfecting of medical equipment. While its primary focus is on acute treatments, which typically take place in major hospitals...

Nvidia pauses for breath as investors await earnings

Thursday 21 Aug 2025

Having become the world’s first $4 trillion company in July, shares in Nvidia (NVDA) have stalled slightly of late as the market awaits the company’s second-quarter earnings. Due out on 26 August, these will cover the three months to 31 July, and investors will be looking for the company to back up...

Anpario can nourish portfolios with growth and income

Thursday 14 Aug 2025

Anpario (ANP:AIM) 384.6p Market cap: £79.2 million Consistently beating analysts’ expectations is usually a recipe for share price gains and it is a trend which has been in evidence for some time at Anpario (ANP:AIM) . Yet the natural sustainable feed additives specialist has seen its shares ease...

Buy AVI Global to take advantage of its double discount

Thursday 14 Aug 2025

AVI Global (AGT) 260p Market cap: £1.1 billion With stock markets trading near all-time highs, it might seem like there are few bargains to be had. That is rarely the case. We believe the 136-year-old AVI Global Trust (AGT) is a great way to get exposure to undiscovered quality assets, trading at a...

Why we believe investors should stay invested in Oracle

Thursday 14 Aug 2025

Oracle (ORCL:NYSE) $252.68 Gain to date: 52.3% Markets were slow to pick up on Oracle’s (ORCL:NYSE) cloud computing growth opportunity but investors are making up for it now. WHAT HAS HAPPENED SINCE WE SAID BUY? The stock has doubled since April, including a 22% jump in the wake of impressive...

Scottish Oriental Smaller Companies offers quality and growth at a 12% discount

Thursday 07 Aug 2025

The Scottish Oriental Smaller Companies Trust (SST) 298p Market cap: £343 million Investors seeking exposure to smaller Asian companies operating in the world’s fastest-growing economies and with the potential to become much bigger businesses should buy The Scottish Oriental Smaller Companies Trust...

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