Ricardo (RCDO)

Sector:

Support

Index:

FTSE Small Cap

 502.00p
   
  • Change Today:
      0.000p
  • 52 Week High: 610.00p
  • 52 Week Low: 404.00p
  • Currency: UK Pounds
  • Shares Issued: 62.22m
  • Volume: 6,204
  • Market Cap: £312.34m
  • RiskGrade: 242

Thursday broker round-up UPDATE

Date: Thursday 27 Feb 2014

LONDON (ShareCast) - Balfour Beatty: Berenberg moves target price from 340p to 350p and stays with a buy recommendation.

Bodycote: FinnCap places both its target price (prev.: 620p) and its hold recommendation under review. Investec raises target price from 770p to 810p and keeps a buy recommendation. Numis upgrades from add to buy with a target price of 770p.

British American Tabacco: Canaccord Genuity reduces target price from 3000p to 2900p and stays with its sell recommendation.

Capita Group: Investec increases target price from 1000p to 1100p and reiterates a hold recommendation. Numis raises target price from 992p to 1152p retaining its hold recommendation.

Carillion: Berenberg ups target price from 360p to 380p and maintains a buy recommendation.

Chemring Group: Investec takes target price from 280p to 300p and stays with its buy recommendation.

Digital Barriers: Investec reduces target price from 246p to 155p, while its buy recommendation is kept.

Direct Line Group: Deutsche Bank takes target price from 265p to 300p and retains a buy recommendation. UBS raises target price from 259p to 281p and keeps its buy recommendation. Credit Suisse ups target price from 255p to 277p and stays with its neutral rating.

Domino's Pizza: Panmure Gordon raises target price from 553p to 665p and retains its buy recommendation.

First Quantum Minerals: Numis takes target price from 1200p to 1300p upgrading from hold to add.

Genus: Liberum Capital reduces target price from 1550p to 1400p, while leaving its buy recommendation unchanged.

Go-Ahead Group: Jefferies increases target price from 1825p to 2425p maintaining a buy recommendation.

Henderson Group: Jefferies ups target price from 130p to 175p and retains an underperform rating. Citi moves target price from 226p to 237p and reiterates a neutral rating. Barclays revises target price from 205p to 215p, while leaving its underweight rating unaltered.

Heritage Oil: Canaccord Genuity ups target price from 265p to 280p and maintains a buy recommendation.

Hiscox: Westhouse Securities raises target price from 630p to 650p staying with its neutral rating.

H&T Group: N+1 Singer downgrades to hold with a target price of 164p. FinnCap raises its target price to 170p, while leaving its hold recommendation unchanged.

IDOX: FinnCap downgrades from buy to hold with a target price of 42p.

ITV: Westhouse Securities takes target price from 205p to 220p keeping an add rating. Berenberg ups target price from 155p to 175p, but still recommends selling. Barclays lowers target price from 210p to 209.9p and retains an equal-weight rating. Investec moves target price from 180p to 190p and stays with its hold recommendation.

Jupiter Fund Management: Numis ups target price from 420p to 465p and keeps an add rating.

Kazakhmys: Investec places both its target price (prev.: 158p) and its sell recommendation under review.

Kier Group: Numis raises target price from 1950p to 2125p leaving its add rating unchanged.

Ladbrokers: Citi cuts target price from 125p to 110p and maintains a sell recommendation.

Promethean World: Investec moves target price from 30p to 41p, while downgrading from buy to add.

Reed Elsevier: Investec places its target price (prev.: 950p) under review maintaining its buy recommendation.

Regus: Panmure Gordon downgrades from buy to hold with a target price of 250p.

Ricardo: Investec ups target price from 750p to 800p and maintains a buy recommendation.

Rio Tinto: Liberum Capital raises target price from 3450p to 3600p, while downgrading to hold.

Royal Bank of Scotland: Investec places its target price (prev.: 345p) under review, while keeping its sell recommendation.

RSA Insurance: Barclays shifts target price from 99p to 102p and reiterates its equal-weight rating. Numis downgrades from hold to reduce with a target price of 85p.

Safestore Holdings: Citi ups target price from 215p to 260p retaining a buy recommendation.

Segro: Jefferies raises target price from 317p to 340p and keeps a hold recommendation.

Spirent Communications: Investec places its target price (prev.: 85p) under review keeping a hold recommendation. Numis moves target price from 105p to 120p and retains an add rating.

Taylor Wimpey: Deutsche Bank shifts target price from 155p to 158p and reiterates a buy recommendation.

Travis Perkins: Citi increases target price from 1910p to 2040p, while downgrading to neutral.

UDG Healthcare: Investec places its target price /prev.: 305p) under review, while upgrading from reduce to hold.

WEIR Group: Deutsche Bank takes target price from 2200p to 2350p and maintains a hold recommendation. Barclays raises target price from 2475p to 2700p and keeps an overweight rating. UBS increases target price from 2500p to 2650p retaining its buy recommendation.

Whitbread: Numis raises target price from 3600p to 4000p and maintains a buy recommendation.

WPP Group: Investec places both its target price (prev.: 1469p) and its buy recommendation under review. Numis reduces target price from 1572p to 1482p and keeps an add rating.

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Note 1: Prices and trades are provided by Digital Look Corporate Solutions and are delayed by at least 15 minutes.

Note 2: RiskGrade figures are provided by RiskMetrics.

 

Ricardo Market Data

Currency UK Pounds
Share Price 502.00p
Change Today 0.000p
% Change 0.00 %
52 Week High 610.00p
52 Week Low 404.00p
Volume 6,204
Shares Issued 62.22m
Market Cap £312.34m
RiskGrade 242

Ricardo Star Ratings

Compare performance with the sector and the market.
more star ratings
Key: vs Market vs Sector
Value
83.23% below the market average83.23% below the market average83.23% below the market average83.23% below the market average83.23% below the market average
42.86% below the sector average42.86% below the sector average42.86% below the sector average42.86% below the sector average42.86% below the sector average
Price Trend
34.22% above the market average34.22% above the market average34.22% above the market average34.22% above the market average34.22% above the market average
12.00% above the sector average12.00% above the sector average12.00% above the sector average12.00% above the sector average12.00% above the sector average
Income
13.46% below the market average13.46% below the market average13.46% below the market average13.46% below the market average13.46% below the market average
3.12% above the sector average3.12% above the sector average3.12% above the sector average3.12% above the sector average3.12% above the sector average
Growth
45.08% above the market average45.08% above the market average45.08% above the market average45.08% above the market average45.08% above the market average
27.27% above the sector average27.27% above the sector average27.27% above the sector average27.27% above the sector average27.27% above the sector average

What The Brokers Say

Strong Buy 2
Buy 2
Neutral 2
Sell 0
Strong Sell 0
Total 6
buy
Broker recommendations should not be taken as investment advice, and are provided by the authorised brokers listed on this page.

Ricardo Dividends

  Latest Previous
  Interim Final
Ex-Div 14-Mar-24 02-Nov-23
Paid 11-Apr-24 24-Nov-23
Amount 3.80p 8.61p

Trades for 16-May-2024

Time Volume / Share Price
09:30 120 @ 502.00p
09:30 920 @ 504.00p
09:30 390 @ 508.00p
09:28 2,000 @ 507.46p
09:09 65 @ 508.00p

Ricardo Key Personnel

CEO Graham Ritchie

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