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Great Ideas Update
Elementis sparks earnings upgrade on speedy deal progress
Thursday 27 Apr 2017Elementis ( ELM ) 312.7p Gain to date: 33% Original entry point: Buy at 234.5p, 10 November 2016 Broker N+1 Singer has upgraded Elementis’ ( ELM ) 2017 profit and earnings per share forecast by 5% as the $360m acquisition of SummitReheis has completed three months earlier than expected. Analyst...
SciSys bats off Brexit threat
Thursday 27 Apr 2017SCISYS ( SSY:AIM ) 100p Loss to date: 9.5% Original entry point: Buy at 110.5p, 6 April 2017 Shares in the IT services and projects supplier went within a whisker of our stop-loss after a press reports suggested Brexit could scupper further European Space Agency (ESA) work. SciSys’ ( SSY:AIM )...
St James’s Place continues to impress
Thursday 27 Apr 2017St James’s Place (SJP) £11.12 Gain to date: 44.5% Original entry point: Buy at 769.5p, 7 July 2016 Wealth manager St James’s Place ( STJ ) is going from strength to strength, with another record quarter seeing net inflows up 46% to just under £2bn. This brings its group funds under management to £...
GB’s quality shines
Thursday 27 Apr 2017GB GROUP ( GBG:AIM ) 341.75p Gain to date: 35.1% Original entry point: Buy at 253p, 27 October 2016 The most important point of GB’s ( GBG:AIM ) year end update is the profit beat, adjusted operating profit of £17m versus £16.4m consensus. That’s a 19.5% operating profit margin, a full percentage...
Take profits following Jimmy Choo jump
Thursday 27 Apr 2017Jimmy Choo ( CHOO ) 185.75p Gain to date: 39.7% Original entry point: Buy at 133p, 8 December 2016 Our bullish call on luxury shoe retailer Jimmy Choo ( CHOO ) is now a handsome 39.7% in the money. News (24 Apr) the British luxury brand has put itself up for sale, a move backed by majority...
SDX gas-fired after discovery
Thursday 27 Apr 2017SDX Energy ( SDX:AIM ) 67p Gain to date: 75% Original entry point: 38.23p, 2 February 2017 Our original article on SDX Energy ( SDX:AIM ) on 2 February cited broker Cantor Fitzgerald as saying investors could double their money within a year on this stock. We’re already three quarters of the way to...
Tesco turnaround continues
Thursday 20 Apr 2017Tesco ( TSCO ) 178.5p Gain to date: 8.5% Original entry point: Buy at 164.45p, 25 Aug 2016 Our bullish call on Tesco ( TSCO ) remains in the money and full year results (12 Apr) revealed good progress with the grocery giant’s recovery. Although pre-tax profit fell 39% to £145m after a £235m hit for...
Great Ideas Update – Distil
Thursday 20 Apr 2017Distil ( DIS:AIM ) 2.95p Gain to date: 102% Original entry point: Buy at 1.46p, 23 February 2017 Alcoholic drinks minnow Distil’s ( DIS:AIM ) share price has doubled to 2.95p since our bullish February call. That’s far exceeded our expectations, both in terms of speed and size of profit. We suggest...
Chrome price still shining for Tharisa
Thursday 13 Apr 2017Tharisa ( THS ) 142.5p Gain to date : 83.9% Original entry point : Buy at 77.5p , 29 September 2016 South African miner Tharisa ( THS ) says chrome prices are holding up better than some people might have expected. Low stockpiles in Chinese ports saw chrome soar to $390 per tonne late last year...
FreeAgent impresses with latest results
Thursday 13 Apr 2017Freeagent ( FREE:AIM ) 117.5p Gain to date : 1.3% Original entry point : Buy at 116p , 16 February 2017 Considering first half results had been signed-off before FreeAgent’s ( FREE:AIM ) November 2016 IPO, the second half is the company’s first real test as a public company, and it has impressed...