Sunday newspaper share tips
Each week we round up the Sunday newspaper share tips and the views of the mid-week tipsters too.
For the Mail on Sunday's stock picks read the Midas.
And check out the mid-week share tips.
The Sunday Telegraph
The commercial property sector has taken a hammering in recent months with the FTSE Real Estate Index shedding nearly 20% since the start of the year. But despite the fall in the value of the sector, the value of shops and offices has continued to rise, even if only modestly. The Investment Property Databank - the main index for the market - notes that underlying property values rose 0.3% in May and have increased by 8.6% year-on-year.
The UK's biggest real estate investment trust, Land Securities, is renown for having one of the best management teams in the business, but its shares have fallen from 2333p to 1768p on the back of the negative sentiment in the sector. There are still questions over the future of commercial property prices amid rising interest rates and as retailers feel the pressure. Land Securities is heavily exposed to the retail sector, but its prime locations such as the Bullring shopping centre in Birmingham and The Buchanan Galleries in Glasgow mean it should be able to withstand a crisis on the high street. The fall in share price looks overdone. Buy.
Scottish drugs firm Prostrakan appears to be making good progress with product sales up 15% in the first half of the year, boosted by the take-up of three recently launched drugs - Tostran, Rectogesic and Droperidol. The firm has also signed a distribution agreement with Italy's Keryos, plugging the final gap in its pan-European sales network.
It is also seeing continued regulatory progress on a number of development projects and recently secured a £50m debt package. Investing in small-cap drug firms is rarely painless but Prostrakan specialises in developing and commercialising drugs, rather than researching entirely new treatments.
This should make it a safer bet than the average small pharmaceuticals group. Plus Morgan Stanley has a target price of 153p on the shares - almost double its current 83p. Buy.
Aim-listed Aurum Mining specialises in gold and copper prospects in the former Soviet Union. The group is in the late stages of construction of its Andash mine in the Kyrgyz Republic, with production set to commence later this year and reaching full production two years later. Analysts at independent researcher Edison Investment Research expect a significant rerating of the group's shares as commercial production draws nearer.
The company should also benefit from near record copper and gold prices, while it has also been at the centre of market speculation regarding a possible takeover approach from KazkahGold. Worth a punt at 106.5p.
Shares in shop and office fit-out firm Interior Services Group (ISG) have fallen by around 7% in recent weeks amid a round of profit taking. But the group, which was behind the refurbishment of the Royal Festival Hall on London's South Bank, remains bullish. A trading statement last week reassured of rising turnover and improving margins, while its order book has been strengthened by recent new contracts with Standard Chartered, Scottish Widows, Ascot Racecourse and Eurostar.
Meanwhile, recent acquisitions are thought to have boosted earnings forecasts. With the company's directors boosting their stakes in the firm last week, now may be the time to follow their lead. Buy at 331.5p.
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