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Genus is on the cusp of a transformation to sustainably higher profitability
Thursday 17 Jul 2025GENUS (GNS) Price: £21.80 Market Cap: £1.45 billion Leading global animal genetics company Genus (GNS) is on the cusp of fully commercialising its proprietary PRP (PRRS or Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome virus-resistant pig) technology. This could be transformational for farmers in...
Guard your hard-earned wealth with STS Global Income & Growth
Thursday 10 Jul 2025STS Global Income & Growth Trust (STS) Price: 242p Market cap: £285 million Rising market volatility, Donald Trump’s tariffs and US equity valuations at nosebleed levels are among the risks facing patient portfolio builders at present, which suggests to Shares this is a sensible time to invest...
Gaming Realms in on a roll and remains a buy
Thursday 10 Jul 2025Gaming Realms (GMR:AIM) 52.2p Market Cap: £152.7 million Gain to date: 59% It has been just over a year since we flagged AIM-listed games distributor Gaming Realms (GMR:AIM) for its underappreciated growth prospects driven by the expansion of the popular Slingo brand. For the uninitiated, Slingo...
Building products firm Genuit has great growth potential
Thursday 10 Jul 2025Genuit Group (GEN) 373p Market cap: £928 million At the beginning of March, we highlighted three mid-cap stocks which for one reason or another were trading well below what we believed was their intrinsic value and therefore had the potential to generate significant gains for investors. One of...
Why Telecom Plus would make a great addition to any portfolio
Thursday 03 Jul 2025Telecom Plus (TEP) £19.40 Market cap: £1.55 billion On the face of it, Telecom Plus (TEP) is a dull utility business. So far, so boring. Dig a little deeper, however, and you’ll find a genuine FTSE 250 diamond in the rough. This is a true income and growth company. Many businesses make such claims...
Why investors should treasure TJX Companies
Thursday 03 Jul 2025TJX Companies (TJX:NYSE) $123.40 Market cap: $137.6 billion A year-to-date share price pause for breath at TJX Companies (TJX:NYSE) presents investors with the chance to buy a world-leading discounter and high-quality compounder with years of market share gains, earnings growth and progressive...
Sportswear titan Nike has reached an inflection point
Thursday 03 Jul 2025Nike (NKE:NYSE) $71.04 Loss to date: 10.5% We highlighted sportswear giant Nike’s (NKE:NYSE) recovery potential at $79.43 in March, observing that the sneakers-to-soccer balls behemoth was in the early stages of a turnaround under new chief executive Elliot Hill, though we did also warn this...
XPS Pensions can continue to grow faster than the market expects
Thursday 26 Jun 2025XPS Pensions (XPS) 363p Market cap: £756 million We have written about XPS Pensions (XPS) several times in the past, most notably in June 2024 when, after posting double-digit revenue growth in 2023, the firm ‘did the double’ by reporting a second year of double-digit growth. Fast-forward to June...
Hold tight on ME Group International after it invites bids
Thursday 26 Jun 2025ME Group International (MEGP) 226p Gain to date: 41.5% We identified instant service equipment maker ME Group International (MEGP) on 29 February 2024 as a compelling investment opportunity based on the company’s dominant market position and strong growth prospects from the roll-out of its Wash.ME...
Discover why EPAM is a growth stock at a ‘value’ price
Thursday 26 Jun 2025EPAM (EPAM:NYSE) $168 Market cap: $9.24 billion Today every business is a technology business, but there are millions of organisations out there struggling to get the best out of modern tech. What the internet started, things like AI (artificial intelligence), automation, cloud computing, data...