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Kainos up 50% since we said to buy, helped by knock-out trading update
Thursday 30 Jul 2020Kainos ( KNOS ) £10.75 Gain to date: 49.7% Original entry point: Buy at 718p, 19 December 2019 Digital transition company Kainos ( KNOS ) had struck a tone of cautious optimism through lockdown, but its latest trading blew the cautiousness out of the water and set the share price alight. ‘We expect...
Our ‘buy’ call on resilient Texas Instruments gets off to solid start
Thursday 30 Jul 2020Texas Instruments (TXN:NDQ) $132.12 Gain to date: 15.5% Original entry point: Buy at $114.42, 21 May 2020 We called US-listed Texas Instruments (TXN:NDQ) a resilient technology business for a diversified investment portfolio in our original analysis in May, and it has lived up to that reputation...
Coca-Cola shares are trading at a rare bargain level
Thursday 30 Jul 2020Shares in beverages behemoth The Coca-Cola Company (KO:NYSE) plunged with the wider market in March. Yet despite recovering from their 52-week low of $36.27, they remain some 20% off their $60 one-year high, having failed to join in with the rally led by the US technology giants and other stay-at-...
Recent share price dip is nothing to worry about with Tristel
Thursday 30 Jul 2020Tristel ( TSTL:AIM ) 427p Loss to date: 12.9% Original entry point: Buy at 490p, 27 February 2020 It’s not often you see shares in a company fall on a statement that says full-year results will be ahead of market expectations. Sadly that is what happened with infection prevention specialist Tristel...
Keep buying AG Barr as latest update is very encouraging
Thursday 30 Jul 2020AG Barr ( BAG ) 437.21p Loss to date: 12.5% Original entry point: Buy at 499.5p, 7 May 2020 We said to buy the Irn-Bru maker in May, believing that its share price didn’t warrant being so low. A new trading update confirms that the initial lockdown period wasn’t good for sales, which shouldn’t be a...
Knights set to lure top lawyers and their clients from rival law firms
Thursday 30 Jul 2020The crisis has created something of a structural shift in the legal sector, with many traditional Top 100 law firms having to ask partners to put up cash to keep their businesses going. This has provided legal and professional services business Knights ( KGH:AIM ) with a unique opportunity to tempt...
ASML up 30% in three months, but more to come
Thursday 23 Jul 2020ASML (ASML:AMS) €342.9 Gain to date: 29.6% Original entry point: Buy at €264.6, 23 April 2020 The global microchip industry seems to be in rude health judging by ASML’s second quarter figures on 15 July. There was certainly no hint of any threat of orders being delayed this year because of the...
Tune into Focusrite for big growth potential
Thursday 23 Jul 2020F ocusrite ( TUNE:AIM ) is a world leader in audio technology with investment in its software offering set to boost returns. The shares have performed well as the company has been among the beneficiaries of the enforced stay at home trend created by Covid-19. As a result, they are not cheap on 26...
Begbies hikes dividend after solid year
Thursday 23 Jul 2020Begbies Traynor ( BEG:AIM ) 99p Gain to date: 12.5% Original entry point: Buy at 88p, 19 December 2019 Insolvency and business recovery firm Begbies Traynor ( BEG:AIM ) pleased the market on 21 July with an 8% increase in the dividend after posting in-line results for the year to 30 April. Revenues...
The stock thriving from a boom in alternatives and ESG investments
Thursday 23 Jul 2020In the last five years chief executive Tony Dalwood and his team have utterly transformed investment company Gresham House ( GHE:AIM ) . The company has amassed £3.3 billion of assets under management (AUM) and established itself as a specialist alternatives asset manager with a strong focus on...