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Visa seen posting 18% increase in third-quarter earnings
Thursday 24 Jul 2025The message from Wall Street so far this earnings season seems to be the US economy and the consumer are doing all right. Jamie Dimon, head of JPMorgan Chase (JPM:NYSE) and someone who has warned of investors being complacent about the market and the risks to the economy, even admitted things were...
Can MONY maintain momentum with its first-half results?
Thursday 17 Jul 2025Moneysupermarket owner MONY Group (MONY) is due to report first-half year results on 21 July. Investors will be looking to see whether the price comparison site can continue the strong trading momentum demonstrated in February when the company reported record group revenue of £439.2 million for the...
Netflix set to smash second-quarter earnings forecasts
Thursday 10 Jul 2025Global content and streaming service Netflix (NFLX:NASDAQ) is due to report its second-quarter earnings on 17 July after the market close. Analysts expect the firm to report an adjusted profit of $7.05 per share, up 44.5% from $4.88 per share reported in the same quarter a year ago. Alicia Reese,...
Investors to take their direction from leading housebuilder Barratt Redrow
Thursday 10 Jul 2025It has been a mixed reporting season for housebuilders so far this summer, with Bellway (BWY) reporting better-than-expected completions and pricing while MJ Gleeson (GLE) talked of a housing market ‘lacking confidence’ and with no signs of a short-term catalyst for a substantial improvement. Just...
Cintas on a roll going into final quarter results
Thursday 03 Jul 2025For the uninitiated, business service group Cintas (CTAS:NASDAQ) has provided everyday items such as workwear, mops and cleaning products to over a million US businesses since the 1930s and today also serves customers in Latin America and Canada. While that might sound dull, Shares estimates the...
Can Vistry finally put its ‘annus horribilus’ behind it?
Thursday 03 Jul 2025Few people will have been happier to see the back of 2024 than Greg Fitzgerald, chief executive of affordable house builder Vistry Group (VTY) . After three profit warnings, the final one on Christmas Eve no less, and a set of results which missed expectations by a country mile, leading to the...
How Constellation Brands can shake off its heavy hangover
Thursday 26 Jun 2025Beers, wine and spirits producer Constellation Brands (STZ:NYSE) is suffering from a nasty hangover with its shares down almost 40% over one year amid concerns over a tough macro environment for its core Hispanic consumer. Also weighing on sentiment are worries over the impact of Trump’s tariffs on...
Babcock doubles in less than six months as expectations for military expenditure build
Thursday 19 Jun 2025Equity investors have used defence stocks to go on the offensive in recent months as geopolitical tensions flare and governments around the world reappraise their national and international security spending. This year, four of the 10 best performing FTSE 350 stocks come from the defence industry,...
Tesco’s trading update may hold the key to full-year expectations
Thursday 05 Jun 2025It has been an unusually unsettled time for shareholders in the UK’s largest supermarket group, with the shares falling heavily in mid-March after rival Asda warned it would start another price war. The stock tumbled again in mid-April when the company revealed operating profit for the current...
British American Tobacco has been a stalwart for investors so far this year
Thursday 29 May 2025It has been a good 2025 so far for shareholders in dull defensive stocks like British American Tobacco (BATS) , as markets get whipsawed one way and another by on-off tariff announcements and trade deals. At the time of writing, BAT shares are up 430p or 15% year-to-date, on top of which the firm...