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Stocks to watch over the next 7 days: Barclays, Reckitt, Coca-Cola, Pepsi and big tech
Thursday 20 Apr 2023Barclays to kick off key reporting season with UK banks under a cloud The recent crisis in the sector has raised questions about financial stability The collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and the resulting fallout in the banking sector is not the best backdrop for the UK banks as they get set to...
Stocks to watch over the next 7 days: 888, Entain, WH Smith, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company and Netflix
Thursday 13 Apr 2023Contrasting fortunes for 888 and Entain shareholders ahead of big updates William Hill's £19 million fine for gambling protection failures adds to compliance issues at new owner, 888 Online gambling and gaming company 888 Holdings ( 888 ) will release full year results and a first quarter trading...
Stocks to watch over the next 7 days: Tesco, Everyman Media, Bang & Olufsen and Infosys
Thursday 06 Apr 2023Tesco The UK’s largest grocer is performing well in the cost-of-living crisis Supermarket group Tesco ( TSCO ) is unlikely to upset the applecart when it reports full-year earnings on 13 April. Trading in the third quarter to 7 January was strong, with group sales up 5.7% helped by a 7.9% surge...
Stocks to watch over the next 7 days: Saga, Enquest, Constellation Brands and Levi Strauss
Thursday 30 Mar 2023Saga investors have to hope earnings are on course The share price has been unusually volatile since the interim results Rather like its cruise-ship customers, shareholders in over-50s financial services and leisure group Saga ( SAGA ) will be hoping everything is plain sailing when the firm...
Stocks to watch over the next 7 days: Fevertree, Kingfisher, Nike and General Mills
Thursday 23 Mar 2023JD Wetherspoon Investors will be looking for signs pubs group's sales momentum is poised to pick up in the second half Pubs group JD Wetherspoon ( JDW ) is scheduled to release first half results to 29 January 2023 on 24 March. The shares have had a strong run since last October gaining around 38%...
Stocks to watch over the next 7 days: Fevertree, Kingfisher, Nike and General Mills
Thursday 16 Mar 2023Fevertree Can the posh mixers maker regain some fizz when it posts 2022 results? After enjoying years of fizzing earnings upgrades and share price gains off the back of its 2014 stock market listing, posh mixers maker Fevertree ( FEVR:AIM ) has gone flat in recent times. In January the company...
Stocks to watch over the next 7 days: Direct Line, Deliveroo, FedEx and Adobe
Thursday 09 Mar 2023Direct Line Can the insurer win back the market’s support after dividend fiasco? Having paid out over £1.5 billion to shareholders in the last decade, including during the pandemic, Direct Line ( DLG ) was a well-liked and widely-owned stock. However, after dropping a bombshell in January with the...
Stocks to watch over the next 7 days: Admiral, Ashtead, Brown-Forman and Crowdstrike
Thursday 02 Mar 2023Admiral Investors are hoping the insurer doesn’t deliver the scale of bad news served up by Direct Line Over the past year, a nasty profit warning by Direct Line ( DLG ) , the cancellation of its dividend and suspension of a share buyback programme have put the shivers into anyone holding shares in...
Stocks to watch over the next 7 days: Persimmon, Taylor Wimpey, ITV, Rivian and Salesforce
Thursday 23 Feb 2023All eyes on earnings and dividends as housebuilders report next month Investors will be hoping activity picks up and payouts are at least maintained After analysts at Deutsche Bank recently cut their recommendations on four leading housebuilders, investors will be keen to hear from Persimmon ( PSN...
Stocks to watch over the next 7 days: Lloyds, Rolls-Royce, Nvidia, Home Depot and Walmart
Thursday 16 Feb 2023Lloyds The bank is expected to report strong earnings but loan activity may have weakened in the final quarter When Lloyds ( LLOY ) updated the market on trading for the nine months to September 2022, there was no hint of the turmoil which was about to erupt in financial markets or the sudden spike...