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  • Broker tips: Paragon, AJ Bell, Admiral, Informa

    Tuesday 29 Jul 2025

    (Sharecast News) - Shore Capital downgraded Paragon Banking on Tuesday to 'hold' from 'buy' despite what it called a "robust" third-quarter trading update, as it argued the shares were up with events.

  • JPMorgan reinstates coverage of Informa at 'overweight'

    Tuesday 29 Jul 2025

    (Sharecast News) - JPMorgan Cazenove reinstated coverage of Informa on Tuesday with an 'overweight' rating following a period of restriction.

  • Shore Capital downgrades Paragon Banking, says shares up with events

    Tuesday 29 Jul 2025

    (Sharecast News) - Shore Capital downgraded Paragon Banking on Tuesday to 'hold' from 'buy' despite what it called a "robust" third-quarter trading update, as it argued the shares are up with events.

  • Shore Capital raises questions about sustainable growth at Greggs

    Tuesday 29 Jul 2025

    (Sharecast News) - Shore Capital has kept a 'hold' rating on Greggs after the bakery chain's interim figures showed "very challenging trading", raising questions about whether UK high streets have reached "peak Greggs".

  • Berenberg hikes target price on AJ Bell following 'strong' Q3

    Tuesday 29 Jul 2025

    (Sharecast News) - Analysts at Berenberg hiked their target price on online investment platform operator AJ Bell from 420.00p to 490.00p on Tuesday as it praised the group's "strong" Q3 performance.

  • Citi downgrades Admiral to 'neutral' from 'buy'

    Tuesday 29 Jul 2025

    (Sharecast News) - Citi downgraded Admiral on Tuesday to 'neutral' from 'buy' as it pointed to 13% expected total return.

  • Deutsche Bank starts Tesco at 'buy', Sainsbury's at 'hold'

    Tuesday 29 Jul 2025

    (Sharecast News) - Deutsche Bank initiated coverage of Tesco and Sainsbury's on Tuesday with 'buy' and 'hold' ratings, respectively, as it said it was constructive on the food retail sector.

  • Broker tips: Judges Scientific, Quilter, NatWest

    Monday 28 Jul 2025

    (Sharecast News) - Analysts at Berenberg slashed their target price on Judges Scientific from 10,600.00p to 7,900.00p on Monday following the trading update last week.

  • Shore Capital says NatWest's return targets are unsustainable

    Monday 28 Jul 2025

    (Sharecast News) - NatWest shares were pulling back slightly on Monday after a strong performance on Friday following a set of stronger-than-expected first-half results, but it wasn't enough to change Shore Capital's 'hold' rating on the stock.

  • Deutsche Bank upgrades Quilter, hikes price target

    Monday 28 Jul 2025

    (Sharecast News) - Deutsche Bank upgraded Quilter on Monday to 'hold' from 'sell' and hiked the price target to 165p from 110p as it re-evaluated the investment case.

  • Berenberg lowers target price on Judges Scientific

    Monday 28 Jul 2025

    (Sharecast News) - Analysts at Berenberg slashed their target price on Judges Scientific from 10,600.00p to 7,900.00p on Monday following the trading update last week.

  • Broker tips: Wizz Air, Volution Group, Softcat

    Friday 25 Jul 2025

    (Sharecast News) - Wizz Air shares soared on Friday after Barclays upgraded the airline to 'overweight' from 'equalweight' and lifted its price target on the stock to 1,500.00p from 1,100.00p, "substantially reflecting" a higher assumed mid-term EBIT margin, increased from 6.5% to 7.8%.

  • Barclays upgrades Wizz Air to 'overweight', shares soar

    Friday 25 Jul 2025

    (Sharecast News) - Wizz Air shares soared on Friday after Barclays upgraded the airline to 'overweight' from 'equalweight' and lifted the price target to 1,500p from 1,100p, "substantially reflecting" a higher assumed mid-term EBIT margin, increased from 6.5% to 7.8%.

  • Panmure Liberum upgrades Softcat to 'buy'

    Friday 25 Jul 2025

    (Sharecast News) - Panmure Liberum upgraded Softcat to 'buy' from 'hold' on Friday to reflect the recent share price fall and five positive takeaways from its fireside chat with the company, which demonstrated that customer advocacy is strong, structural growth drivers have a long way to go and Softcat could ultimately benefit from Microsoft's incentive changes.

  • RBC predicts end-market recovery for Volution, ups target price

    Friday 25 Jul 2025

    (Sharecast News) - RBC Capital Markets has raised its target price for Volution Group from 700p to 740p after the ventilation products maker's better-than-expected second-half performance, keeping an 'outperform' rating on the stock.

  • Broker tips: Informa, Aberdeen

    Thursday 24 Jul 2025

    (Sharecast News) - Analysts at Berenberg hiked their target price on publishing and events group Informa from 930.00p to 1,030.00p on Thursday following the group's H125 results a day earlier.

  • Berenberg raises target price on Informa

    Thursday 24 Jul 2025

    (Sharecast News) - Analysts at Berenberg hiked their target price on publishing and events group Informa from 930.00p to 1,030.00p on Thursday following the group's H125 results a day earlier.

  • JPMorgan reiterates conviction on overweight-rated Aberdeen

    Thursday 24 Jul 2025

    (Sharecast News) - JPMorgan Cazenove reiterated its conviction on Aberdeen on Thursday, having recently upgraded the shares to 'overweight' and placed them on 'positive catalyst watch' ahead of the first-half results on 30 July.

  • Broker tips: Admiral, Personal Group

    Wednesday 23 Jul 2025

    (Sharecast News) - Analysts at Berenberg raised their target price on insurance group Admiral from 3,550.0p to 3,850.0p on Wednesday after the UK's Financial Conduct Authority published the initial findings of its premium finance market review.

  • Canaccord Genuity raises target price on Personal Group

    Wednesday 23 Jul 2025

    (Sharecast News) - Analysts at Canaccord Genuity raised their target price on Personal Group from 316.0p to 368.0p on Wednesday following the firm's interim results.

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