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Consumer goods goliath Haleon offers growth at a reasonable price
Thursday 19 Jun 2025Haleon (HLN) 390.9p Market cap: £35.6 billion Geopolitical turbulence and Donald Trump’s tariffs mean uncertainties abound for investors, with the outlook for global markets and economies likely to remain unclear for some time to come. Given this backdrop, savvy portfolio builders should increase...
Buy NextEnergy Solar for its dividend compounding potential
Thursday 19 Jun 2025NextEnergy Solar (NESF) 71p Market cap: £324 million Specialist solar energy and energy storage fund NextEnergy Solar (NESN) is one the biggest yielders in the FTSE 350 index offering a prospective yield of nearly 12%. Often a double-digit yield is a warning signal of a looming dividend cut but...
Why tricky call on Entain lands on stick, not twist
Thursday 19 Jun 2025Entain (ENT) 848.8p Gain to date: 34.6% A recent spike in Entain’s (ENT) share price sparked some interesting conversation here at Shares. Up 12% since 13 June, the jump puts paper gains at more than 33% on our original Great Idea from 5 September 2024. There were several potential catalysts that...
Buy Hilton Food for its meaty global growth potential
Thursday 12 Jun 2025Hilton Food (HFG) 870p Market cap: £779 million A share price pause for breath at Hilton Food (HFG) presents a buying opportunity for investors seeking a high-quality international business with defensive attributes, robust cash generation and a tasty long-term growth runway. This meat and fish...
Mitie was right to swoop on Marlowe with opportunistic bid
Thursday 12 Jun 2025Mitie Group (MTO) 140p Gain to date: 33% Since we recommended facilities management specialist Mitie Group (MTO) in April 2024, the firm, under the leadership of chief executive Phil Bentley and his team, has gone from strength to strength. One year into its three-year plan for ‘facilities...
Choose Guinness European Equity Income for pure exposure to the region
Thursday 12 Jun 2025Guinness European Equity Income (BVYPP13) £28.38 Assets: £63 million (as of 6 June 2025) After the market volatility caused by president Donald Trump’s Liberation Day trade tariffs, investors have been slowly but steadily ‘de-dollarising’ or moving money out of US assets, be that shares, bonds or...
Why we would stick with hVIVO despite share price fall
Thursday 05 Jun 2025hVivo (HVO:AIM) 10.53p Loss to date: 62.6% We highlighted CRO (contract research organisation) hVivo (HVO:AIM) in September 2024 for its leading position in the fast growing HCT (human challenge trials) market. Industry experts forecast the market will grow from its current size of between $100...
Barrick Mining is more than just a ‘gold play’
Thursday 05 Jun 2025Barrick Mining (ABX:TSE) C$27.57 Market cap: C$48 billion One of the world’s biggest gold producers, Barrick Mining Corporation (ABX:TSE) , also known as Barrick Gold, has seen its share price rise 21% this year, but we believe there is a great deal more upside to come. The gold price has doubled...
Nvidia stands out as a unique investment case, here’s why
Thursday 05 Jun 2025Nvidia (NVDA:NASDAQ) $137.38 Market cap: $3.35 trillion Keeping things simple when it comes to investing is sound advice. We can all be guilty of overcomplicating things on occasion, and sometimes the best investments can be right there in your own portfolios, meaning buying more of a stock you...
Capture the long-term outperformance of small caps through Artemis UK Future Leaders
Thursday 29 May 2025Artemis UK Future Leaders (AFL) Price: 368p Market cap: £112 million A wide 15% discount to net asset value (NAV) at the recently-renamed Artemis UK Future Leaders (AFL) presents a compelling entry point for investors keen to capture the long-term outperformance of small caps and back the top-...