Sunday newspaper share tips
Each week we round up the Sunday newspaper share tips. Read the latest tips and archive of Financial Mail's top stock-picker: Midas archive.
The Sunday Telegraph
Tanfield, which provides zero-emission electric vans and trucks to household names such as Sainsbury's and DHL, by all rights should thrive in the current market. Soaring petrol prices and the drive to be greener are clear advantages for the group's proposition.
Yet the Aim-listed firm has been hit by a 27% fall in its share price since the start of the year, despite a series of recent positive statements.
Management sought to allay investor fears at the end of last week that there was no basis behind its stock market troubles, assuring that December was in fact a record month for group with orders smashing forecasts.
It appears to have been more a victim of investors betting on its shares falling, which has exacerbated the decline. But all the signs suggest it will prosper and is a good opportunity for the long-term investor.
Investors who bought into the company six months ago will be looking for Experian to undergo its own credit check. Organic growth for the three months to December came in at just 2%, against some analysts' forecasts of 4% and an equivalent of 9% last year. There is too much potential for bad news to buy into the shares now. Sell.
Car dealership Lookers failed to slam the brakes on the tumble in its share price this week when it tried to convince investors that it should not be a casualty of the credit crisis. Despite little sign of recovery in the motor market the company is sitting on rising interest costs due to recent acquisitions. Hold.
Axon Group, the IT services business, has been hit hard by fears that its contracts are about to dry up as the broader economy falters. A trading statement in November said that the group was still on track to meet the expectations of analysts, leaving the company trading on about 10 times forecast earnings. Buy.
The Sunday Times
Investors in the Man Group may be nervous after the mixed messages in the largest listed hedge-fund group's trading statement 10 days ago. Last year was torrid for many hedge funds and this year may be tougher, but Man looks well positioned. Man also has about $900m in spare cash after spinning off MF Global. Some analysts have a target price of 700p and Man looks like a pretty compelling growth story.
Premier Foods seems pathetically short of friends. The shares, above 330p less than a year ago, stood at 140p at the end of last week. Capital spending, restructuring costs, tax and topping up its pension fun is likely to gobble up all but 165m of the company's operating profits this year. While there is no doubt that Premier's share price was over-inflated in the immediate aftermath of the RHM deal, it seems things are bad but not that bad.
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