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Housebuilders’ strength is good for services firm Nexus
Thursday 13 Jul 2017A resilient housebuilding market bodes well for engineering services group Nexus Infrastructure ( NEXS:AIM ) which counts Countryside Properties ( CSP ) , Taylor Wimpey ( TW. ) and Redrow ( RDW ) as customers. Nexus owns Tamdown which builds roads, undertakes earthworks, creates drainage systems...
The healthcare firm poised to boot Royal Mail out of the FTSE 100
Thursday 06 Jul 2017Relatively unknown £4.3bn cap NMC Health ( NMC ) could potentially knock postal service Royal Mail ( RMG ) out of the FTSE 100 at the next reshuffle in September. NMC, which is the largest private healthcare provider in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), is now worth more than Royal Mail (£4.2bn)...
XP Power has potential to beat earnings forecasts
Thursday 06 Jul 2017We believe XP Power ( XPP ) is an under-appreciated growth story. It has a super income track record with plenty of scope for capital returns. The £464m power switching components supplier has paid out 444p per share in dividends over the past 10 years, including 2016’s 71p payout, up from 66p in...
Hitch a lift with Eddie Stobart
Thursday 29 Jun 2017We reckon Eddie Stobart Logistics’ ( ESL:AIM ) growth plans could prove very rewarding for shareholders. Floating on the stock market in April, the company has already communicated a clear growth strategy which involves focusing on existing and new contracts, as well as e-commerce services...
Get in quick with this small cap investor
Thursday 29 Jun 2017Want to get paid while someone else does the hard work? If so, take a look at Gresham House Strategic ( GHS:AIM ) , an investment company with a difference. It focuses on smaller firms and takes large concentrated bets on stocks. It presently owns stakes in 11 companies and just under 40% of its...
More upside left in Sopheon’s lifecycle
Thursday 22 Jun 2017Surrey-based Sopheon ( SPE:AIM ) is transforming. It supplies software that streamlines the research and development process for clients and provides product lifecycle management tools. The company used to be a provider of process automation products but has emerged as an innovation management...
Make hay from currency fluctuations with Record
Thursday 22 Jun 2017Would you like to own shares in a company that is sitting on piles of cash, is prepared to return it you at regular intervals and has also been growing at a fair lick? We give you Windsor-based Record ( REC ) . The company helps large institutional investors such as pension funds reduce the risk of...
Ramsdens looks like a superb investment
Thursday 15 Jun 2017Fancy the chance to buy a profitable, growing business quite cheaply and get a nice income on top? If so, act now and buy shares in pawnbroker, jewellery retailer and currency exchange company Ramsdens ( RFX:AIM ) . It has an undemanding equity rating, trading on a mere 11.3 times forecast earnings...
Compass could keep your portfolio on track
Thursday 15 Jun 2017At a time when the UK economic and political outlook is uncertain, investing in a big multi-national with a consistent track record of success is a sensible approach. Catering giant Compass ( CPG ) fits the bill. The £27 billion cap operates in more than 50 countries, in more than 50,000 locations...
Gold miner is fixed and ready to roar
Thursday 08 Jun 2017Gold miner Avesoro Resources ( ASO:AIM ) appears to have fixed its operational and financial pressures and now has an ambition to run a series of mines producing a combined 500,000 ounces of gold a year. Buy the shares before the broader market cottons on to the rebirth of the business and its...