Newspaper and magazine share tips
Each week we round up share tips from national newspapers and investment magazines. For the Mail on Sunday's stock picks, read the Midas column
Tips: we round up all the latest share tips from newspapers and magazines.
FRIDAY
HSBC Infrastructure company (HICL) is a closed end investment company that invests in infrastructure assets – primarily in the UK. However, it is looking to expand its international portfolio and because of the nature of its investments, the fun has a good reliable cash flow.
The Times
Before it became a property developer, Helical Bar's business was reinforced steel, yesterday full year results show that it has produced a total return of minus 6% in the 12 months to March 31. At 335p, down 2½p, buy.
Less than five months ago Goals Soccer Centres was scaling back its growth plans, however it now plans to open 16 sites by the send of 2011. Goals has plenty of scope to grow, and the cash flow and balance sheet to do so. At 189p, or 13 times 2009 earnings, buy.
Investors Chronicle
The Restaurant Group is plagued by a weakening consumer backdrop, airport concessions and falling like-for-like sales. Despite a decent dividend yield, the company is set to see its earnings potential come under pressure. Sell.
THURSDAY
The Daily Telegraph
Even though the problems facing the banking sector are not entirely over, Standard Chartered is relatively insulated from the fallout that Western Banks. Despite some volatility ahead the shares are still trading on a current year multiple of 14.2 times, falling to 133 in 2010. Buy.
The Times
Sportingbet is inching its way to a settlement with the US Department of Justice of its former activities in America. Despite the recent rally in shares – which, at 62.5p, have nearly doubled since January – the prospect of a settlement in the near future and expansion into new markets makes the shares worth holding on to.
Hampson Industries, in the West Midlands, is feeling the knock on from the ailing American car industry. Despite being the world leader in composite tools, the shares at 98.5p, down 8.5p, or six times earnings, are no more than a hold.
Shares Magazine
Nautilus Minerals, the Subsea metals explorer, economics do not currently stack up but there is still like in Nautilus as it finds a way to take mining underwater. For now its $215m cash position and favourable shareholder register should ensure the company stays on track to try and crack a new take on the mining industry. Buy.
Wednesday
The Times
Yesterday Pennon, the FTSE owner of South West Water, announced yesterday that it would increase its full-year dividend by 6%. Shareholders may favour Pennon over its peers because it is exposure to waste management, an unregulated niche where profits are fast rising. Despite not knowing the outcome of the impending Ofwat review, the shares are a .
Hamworthy, the Poole based company that develops technology to transport liquids at six, said that new orders had tumbled from £117m to £61m over the past six months. The timing of a recovery is uncertain, but at 233½p up 22½p, or less than eight times earning and yielding nearly 4%, the gloom is priced in. Hold.
The Daily Telegraph
Pennon's shares go ex-dividend on August 12, so there's still time to buy the share and bank this payment. The final dividend will be paid on October 7. The shares are trading on a March 2010 earnings multiple of 13.2 times and yielding 4.5% and they remain a buy.
Barclays avoided handouts from the Treasury – so they must be pretty confident that their balance sheets are not in danger of crumbling. However, there is still a high-level of uncertainty. Avoid.
Tuesday
The Daily Telegraph
Despite commodities staging their biggest monthly rally in May since July 1974, the Questor column is unconvinced that industrial metals and oil prices can rise much higher at the moment. It is advisable to play the long-term trend in food prices by investing in an exchange-traded commodity that tracks an agriculture index. ETF Securities Agriculture (AGAP) is a long-term buy.
The Times
Phoenix IT's shares have more than halved since Nick Robinson was unexpectedly reinstated as chief executive in November. However a solid 4% dividend yield on the shares adds allure. Buy on weakness.
Hansteen isn't just an anagram of industrial property developer Ashtenne, its run by the same executive duo. Although it's timing isn't good, its shares are 79.5p up 1p, trading below their 2005 issue price. However, it's a speculative buy.
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