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SigmaRoc – Finals due next Monday will be impressive, shares 126p, on 11.2 times current year earnings, TP 216p

Mark Watson-Mitchell - 12.03.2026 Next Monday, 15 th March, SigmaRoc (LON:SRC) will report its results for the year to end-December 2025. They should be very good, showing an almost 36% increase in pre-tax profits, on the back of a near 8% rise in revenues. Those results and the accompanying statement could well help the European group’s shares, now 126p, move back above this year’s High of 153p. The £1.39bn-capitalised group’s declared Mission is to supply essential mine

James Fisher - its market is the Blue Economy as it gears up its Commercial Sales, shares 499p, TP 580p

Mark Watson-Mitchell - 12.03.2026 Canny followers of the shares of James Fisher & Sons (LON:FSJ) have this morning had an excellent buying opportunity following the group announcing its 2025 Final Results. In reaction, t he group's shares fell by some 36. 58p to a Low of 467.42p, before bouncing back up to the current 499p - a level at which new investors should be scrambling to get aboard the £250m-capitalised group's equity. James Fisher Defence - deep saturation In fac

Zotefoams – strong Finals due next Tuesday, shares 392p, on 9.6x current year earnings, TP 606p

Mark Watson-Mitchell - 11.03.2026 Next Tuesday morning, 17 th March, Zotefoams (LON:ZTF) will announce its 2025 results and they should be impressive with a 35% improvement in profits. The group is a global leader in the development, manufacture and distribution of supercritical foams. Its materials are aimed at core applications across industry sectors such as Aviation and Aerospace, Mass Transportation, Medical, Sports & Leisure, Construction & Insulation, and Industria

SRT Marine Systems - Company cleared by Philippines - Interims due next Monday, 16th

Mark Watson-Mitchell - 11.03.2026 SRT Marine Systems (LON:SRT) , my favourite global provider of intelligent maritime surveillance systems for sovereigns and maritime navigation safety, has declared some very good news. It has been announced, this morning, that the Philippines Ombudsman Complaint has been Cleared & Dismissed. SRT Marine Systems (LON:SRT) , my favourite global provider of intelligent maritime surveillance systems for sovereigns and maritime navigation safety

James Fisher & Sons – Finals due this Thursday, shares wrongly priced at 513p, TP 585p

Mark Watson-Mitchell A year ago, on Thursday 20 th March, I featured the shares of James Fisher & Sons (LON:FSJ) when they were trading at 323p, declaring that they were ‘a cracking portfolio must.’ They have since been up to 534p, a very useful 65% gain over the last year . This £259m-capitalised group is a global company that provides services such as engineering, inspection, installation, commissioning, operations, maintenance, lifting and handling to the oil and gas, m

Costain Group - Order Book now up to record £7bn (£5.4bn), £189m cash on balance sheet, shares up 10% at 186.60p

Mark Watson-Mitchell - 10.03.2026 This morning Costain Group (LON:COST) has reported a strong performance for 2025, with adjusted operating profit increasing by 9.3% to £47.1m and an improved adjusted operating margin of 4.5%. Revenue for the year was £1,045.7m, down from £1,251.1m in FY 24, primarily due to a reduction in the Transportation sector offset by growth in Natural Resources. The company achieved a record forward work position of £7.0bn, representing a 30% increa

Share Buy-Back delight - as the markets collapse today buying-back will be massive

Mark Watson-Mitchell - 09.03.2026 It is reasonable to expect brokers to be busy today helping to 'mop-up' the markets in the shares of companies currently undergoing 'share buyback schemes' - especially as London's equity market collapses in response to the machinations of the US former peacemaker now warmonger. I was reading comments over the weekend about this furore and its effects - with one commentator stating that investors should be buying gold and definitely not bu

Trustpilot Group – further growth to come, Finals next week, shares 157.30p offering quick upside, SQC TP 195p

Mark Watson-Mitchell – 09.03.2026 On Tuesday, 17 th March, Trustpilot Group (LON:TRST) will be declaring its Final Results for the year to end-December 2025. The group, which is capitalised at £616.5m, is a leading global review platform dedicated to building trust between consumers and businesses. Trustpilot, which is the worldʼs largest open customer feedback platform, has the vision to be the universal symbol of trust. How many times do we look online for various goods

Mark Watson-Mitchell

Director of SQC Research

Mark, who has over sixty-three years’ experience in the UK stock market, established SQC Research in 1993. He previously worked for four stockbroking firms and an investment fund management business. Prior to SQC Research he published financial and investment magazines and newsletters.

His writing portfolio has covered weekly feature articles on smaller companies for the Financial Weekly, Shares Magazine, Fleet Street Letter, USM Investor, Portfolio Intelligence, UK-Invest and other investment websites including watshot.com, and a number of monthly publications including Fleet Street Letter, Penny Share Focus, Penny Share Guide and the New Issue Share Guide.

His regular appearances on BBC TV, Bloomberg TV, CNBC, The Money Channel, Channel Four and BBC Radio always featured smaller companies and he also made several appearances on

Channel 4's 'Show Me The Money'.

Mark, who has held several directorships in AIM and other quoted companies, is now also a very regular contributing author to the UK Investor and masterinvestor.com websites.

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