Miscellany

Alphawave IP – is a bidding war likely to follow on from US semiconductor group Qualcomm considering making an offer, shares 117p, brokers Target Price 160

07.04.2025 This was certainly no April Fools joke! After a bit of a bid-buzz last Monday, 31st March, some five times the number of...

The Property Franchise Group – next Tuesday’s finals could show doubled profits, shares now 420p, brokers Target price 589p

03.04.2025 Look out next Tuesday morning, 8th April, for the 2024 results from The Property Franchise Group PLC (LON: TPFG) , they should...

James Fisher & Sons – this marine solutions group which is now on a strong recovery push, announces its Finals on Thursday, its shares at 337p look cheap, brokers TP 510p.

17.03.2025 A month ago, this group’s shares were up to 358p each, since when they have eased back to just 325p, that was on Thursday of...

Netcall – increasing ARR bodes well for this software group, with its shares now 114p, I set a Target Price of 138p

06.03.2025 Yesterday morning’s Interim Results from the leading provider of intelligent automation and customer engagement software,...

Conduit Holdings – yesterday’s results knocked the shares down 10% to 400p, however the group is strong enough to take its knocks and still move forward, brokers TP 630p

20.02.2025 Californian Wildfires, Hurricanes Helene and Milton, Baltimore Bridge – all have in the last year or so been disaster scenes...

ICFG – after reverse takeover, market newcomer specialist in emerging country microfinance, looks to have multi-national expansion potential with 1.4bn ‘unbanked’, shares now just 49p

13.02.2025 After a somewhat lengthy process, the 2022-quoted Main Market listed shell Fintech Asia (LON:FINA) has acquired a very...

TPXimpact – this is a price recovery situation, now oversold at 26p, its shares have a broker’s TP of 65p – now is the time to slip into a few for the bounce

12.02.2025 On Thursday of last week the technology-enabled services group TPXimpact Holdings (LON:TPX) issued a Q3 Trading Update which...

Gold is trading an all-time high in all major currencies, with tariff fears, a weaker US dollar and bond yields all contributing, now Chinese insurance companies and Germany are also having an effect

11.02.2025 Overnight the price of gold futures rose to over $2,953 an ounce, with a growing number of global pressures adding to demand...

GlobalData – this group could shortly be moving from AIM up to the Main Market, which will bring in a new wave of investors, its shares are now 198p, with analyst price aims up to 300p

10.02.2025 This business intelligence group is shortly to move from AIM up to the Main Market. That progression for GlobalData...

tinyBuild – yesterday’s Trading Update for 2024 show a fast-recovering video games publisher ready to be excited by release of new titles, shares 6.3p going to 10p in due course

07.02.2025 Capitalised at just £24.78m, tinyBuild (LON:TBLD) really is a tiny company that is building up. Based in the States, with...

Ingenta – 2024 Trading Update gives good feel for the publishing software group’s current year, shares now 67p brokers TP 260p

07.02.2025 This morning’s Trading Update from Ingenta (LON:ING) covers the period to end-December 2024, the subsequent broker analysis...

Yesterday’s Trading Statement from CT Automotive throws up some strong guidance of a recovering business, making its shares at 33.5p an attractive proposition, analyst’s TP is 100p.

30.01.2025 Before the end of April this year, we should be able to see the Final Results for the year to end-December 2024 for CT...

Mark Watson-Mitchell takes an overview of the market, gold, interest rates and house prices and comes out mostly bullish

17.01.2025 Have you noticed just how our UK equity market has been firming up since just before last Christmas? The FTSE 100 Index was...

As Next sends some shivers through the retail sector due to higher wage and other costs, we look at some UK giants due to update investors this week – Marks, Tesco, Greggs, Sainsburys and Hilton Food

08.01.2025 Are we soon going to see a rage of major discount sales hitting the UK High Streets and shopping centres? Footfall in the...

Velocity Composites – this aerospace sector supplier will end years of losses in 2025, its target is to quadruple turnover to £100m by 2028 on a 10% margin, ahead of its finals its shares are a steal

07.01.2025 Velocity Composites – this aerospace sector supplier will end its years of losses in 2025, its target is to quadruple turnover...

Mark Watson-Mitchell takes a look at the Hilton Food Group and likes its progressive long-term prospects, shares now 916p, TP 1,250p.

23.12.2024 In the second week of January, I will be looking out for the Full Year Trading Update from the innovative Hilton Food Group...

One Health Group – ‘Bringing healthcare closer to you’ – the shares are looking extremely appealing, with increasing sales, profits and cash, shares 210p, brokers TP 292p

20.12.2024 This morning’s Interim Results from the Aquis-quoted One Health Group (AQSE:OHGR) should inspire investors enough to be...

Frasers Group and boohoo Group – the fight goes on – skullduggery suggested, property sale problems – and a ‘fly on the wall’!

18.12.2024 One of my early Christmas wishes is to be a ‘fly on the wall’ of a certain office in Manchester. At the end of this week,...

Will a Santa Rally complete a year of impressive returns for investors?

With Christmas just weeks away and the festive party season now in full swing, investors have an extra reason to celebrate this year: it...

Oxford Metrics – providing a bridge between the physical and digital world, this cash loaded group’s shares are trading at 60p, while analysts look for 95p

If you want a ‘smart’ investment for 2025 then look no further than Oxford Metrics (LON:OMG). This week the £76m-capitalised group...

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