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: Read the latest share tips from magazines and newspapers
Friday
The Times
Cobham, the aerospace and defence group, has developed a strategy worthy of the best military tacticians: secure a strong market share in a fast-growing niche with high margins. Even so, at 187.5p, or nine times the 2010 earnings forecasts of Evolution Securities, hold on.
Yesterday Millennium & Copthorne Hotels claimed that it is trading inline with delayed plans, though second-quarter profits down by more than half. Despite a strong asset base there will be better times to buy. Pass.
Investors Chronicle
British American Tobacco has scope for further efficiency gains and there is the chance of a possible forcast update. Despite a decline in cheaper brands and the ever present regulatory threat, the share price has risen steadily in recent weeks. Buy.
Paragon is set for tough times. Rising interest rates will hammer borrowers and the housing market is still weal. Despite limited competition and paying out a reduced dividend, Paragon's profits are forecast to collapse. Sell.
THURSDAY
The Daily Telegraph
Ferrochrome demand has slumped by so much over the last year that producers have slashed output by a staggering 90%. International Ferro Metals' shares pay no dividend, so it is not suitable for investors focusing on income, but it offers great long-term growth prospects. Buy.
Hilton Foods Group, produces steaks, lamb and beef roasting joints and value ranges such as streak mince meat. The shares are trading on a December 2009 earnings multiple of 9.7 yielding 4.9% Buy.
The Times
A fall of more than three quarters in the sales of a company's biggest product in the space of three months might usually be considered disastrous. Not in Shire Pharmaceuticals, the FTSE 100 drug maker, where despite revenues falling, Shire's shares rose by 4%. At 919p, or 15 times earnings, buy on weakness.
StatPro sells computer programs that allow professional investors to analyse the performances of their portfolios and calculate returns. At 98.5p, the shares trade at 11 times 2009 earnings. Hold.
Wednesday
The Times
Cookson Group has been through the mill. Shares in the Steel industry supplier are down 60% on the year. It has radically reshaped the company structure to gear a recovery in US and European steel production. However, at 365p, or 18 times 2010 earnings, and with no dividend offer, those merits are priced in. Pass.
Despite decisive action from William Hill's chief executive, Ralph Topping, he still has his work cut out. However, a 10% slide in the share price to 168p, or less than eight times earnings and yielding 5.4%, makes a good point to buy.
The Daily Telegraph
Last weeks 4 for 11 rights issue at 150p a share at Rexam last week seems to have had some success in protecting its credit rating. Investors currently holding Rexam shares should take up its rights issue and have until August 18 to do this.
Yesterday's trading update from RM, IT provider for schools, was reassuring. Even thought the shares edged lower after the results statement, they are still ahead of the recommendation price. Buy.
TUESDAY
The Daily Telegraph
HSBC did not need to take governmental funds when other institutions were crumbling and yesterday's first-half report was relatively reassuring. However, investors should avoid shares in HSBC for now, playing the banking sector through Standard Chartered which is highly geared to most of the long-term growth markets in the world. Avoid.
Networking giant Cisco Systems posts its fourth-quarter numbers tomorrow. The company is widely considered as a barometer of corporate technology spending. The shares, which trade on a July 2010 multiple of 17.2 times but pay no dividend, remain a buy.
The Times
On the face of it, yesterday's second-quarter numbers from 888 Holdings, the internet casino and poker operator, make for grim reading, with operating income down 12% to $60.9m (£36m) year-on-year. Although the economic downturn continues to hit consumer spending on gambling, 888's efforts, allied to consolidation moves in the sector, make the shares worth holding.
Companies like Senior have been affected by the postponement of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner. The aerospace engineer should make about $800,000 (£472,000) from each, theoretically. If you think the Dreamliner will go into mass production soon, it's a buy.
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