James Fisher & Sons – Trading Update shows market beat on improved margins, shares 388p, average TP 513p
Mark Watson-Mitchell – 29.01.2026 Engineering services group James Fisher and Sons (LON:FSJ) has this morning declared a bullish Trading Update that should help to push its shares much higher than the current 388p. The average of analyst views suggests 513p a share as the Target Price. The Business James Fisher and Sons is a leading provider of unique marine solutions in Energy, Defence and Maritime Transport. The Group pioneers safe, innovative solutions that solve compl
ASA International – profits set to double for 2025, shares ‘cheap as chips’ at 206p, TP 370p
Mark Watson-Mitchell – 29.01.2026 In todays’ Q4 2025 Trading and Business Update from ASA International (LON:ASAI) it has noted that its Management anticipates its full-year 2025 net profit will double to approximately $57m, up from $28.5m in 2024, driven by strong loan portfolio growth to $628.4m as at end-December, a 13% increase from the previous quarter and a 37% rise year-over-year, with client numbers growing by nearly 100,000 in the fourth quarter. The company also
Marston's - to add good cheer for investors, shares 60p, TP 80p
Mark Watson-Mitchell - 28.01.2026 Ahead of today's AGM, Marston's (LON:MARS) , the brewery group, issued a First Quarter Trading Update for the 17-week period to Saturday, 24th January. For that period, the Group made a few major points: • Strong trading performance over the festive period where like-for-like sales increased by 4.0%, with growth of 5.6% across the five key festive dates, reinforcing the strength of Marston’s community-based estate during peak trading occasio
Gulf Marine Services – more good news, order book stretching as its prospects grow, shares 22.20p, TP 32p
Mark Watson-Mitchell – 28.01.2026 The business of Gulf Marine Services (LON:GMS) keeps expanding. The leading provider of self-propelled, self-elevating support vessels to the offshore energy industry, has this morning announced that it has received a variation order from a major National Oil Company (NOC) in the Middle East for extension to an existing contract for two of its vessels, to provide for up to an additional six years of contract duration across the two vessels,
Time Finance - excellent Interims show shares too cheap to ignore at 53p, TP 112p
This morning Time Finance (LON:TIME) has reported strong interim results for the six months to end-November 2025, with own-book new business origination up 48% to £62.6m and a record gross lending book of £235.3m. Revenue increased by 4% to £18.8m, and profit before tax rose 10% to £4.3m, with a PBT margin of 23%. Earnings per share grew 7% to 3.47p, and net assets increased by 9% to £75.0m. The company also saw a reduction in net deals in arrears to 4.5% and net bad debt wri
