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Dreamtime for Games Workshop investors
GAMES WORKSHOP (GAW) – Retail Price: £177.93 +10.6% P/E: 29.4x Market Cap: £5.8bn Yield: 1.8% The FTSE 100 fantasy miniatures
Halma surges on interim results
HALMA (HLMA) – Industrials Price: £37.00 +11.7% P/E: 35.3x Market Cap: £13.9bn Yield: 0.8% We consider Halma to be one
Beauty Tech Group raises outlook for 2025
Skin care specialist Beauty Tech Group (TBTG) raised its 2025 outlook after recent trading exceeded forecasts. The firm said performance
Investors disappointed by Dr Martens
Bootmaker Dr Martens (DOCS) disappointed investors with its latest trading update which showed it making slow progress. Having set out
Jet2 climbs on earnings and buyback
JET2 (JET2) – Travel & Leisure Price: £13.48 +3.5% P/E: 5.9x Market Cap: £2.59bn Yield: 1.47% A double helping of
Market snaffles up Genus upgrade
GENUS (GNS) – Pharmaceuticals Price: £25.27 +6.4% P/E: 39.8x Market Cap: £1.59bn Yield: 1.38% Animal genetics firm Genus has released
Small-cap guru says selling ‘exhausted’
ROCKWOOD STRATEGIC (RKW) – Investment Trusts Price: 277p -1.2% NAV: 270p Market Cap: £139m Yield: 0.3% This specialist trust runs
Gear4Music on song with interims
GEAR4MUSIC (G4M) – Retail Price: 324p +0.3% P/E: 14.2x Market Cap: £68m Yield: n/a AIM-listed online music retailer Gear4Music once
Diploma delivers the goods again
‘Quality compounder’ Diploma (DPLM), which distributes industrial goods, is a steady long-term performer and its FY25 results have duly delivered.
Crest Nicholson lowers outlook
CREST NICHOLSON (CRST) – Construction Price: 148p -9.5% P/E: 16.7x Market Cap: £372m Yield: 2.2% Housebuilder Crest Nicholson, which seems
Finsbury Growth & Income still lagging
FINSBURY GROWTH & INCOME (FGT) – Investment Trusts Price: 800p -1.2% NAV: 923.5p Market Cap: £1.2bn Yield: 2.23% October’s FGT
Infrastructure trusts in £5.3 billion merger
HICL INFRASTRUCTURE (HICL), THE RENEWABLES INFRASTRUCTURE GROUP (TRIG)– Investment trusts HICL Price: 110p -6.5% Market Cap: £2.25bn Yield: 6.5% TRIG
DCC confirms big payday
DCC (DCC) – Business Services Price: £50.67 +1.1% P/E: 15.4x Market Cap: £4.9bn Yield: 1.4% Not new news but DCC
Bid chat lifts laggard WPP
WPP (WPP)– Media Price: 300p +3.9% P/E: 6.9x Market Cap: £3.1bn Yield: 8.4% Shares in serial underperformer WPP popped this
Genuit hit by slowdown in orders
GENUIT (GEN)– Industrials Price: 313p -12% P/E: 17.5x Market Cap: £880m Yield: 3.6% To start with, today’s trading update from
Bernstein to step down at Crystal Amber
CRYSTAL AMBER FUND (CRS) – Investment Trusts Price: 151p +0.4% NAV: n/a Market Cap: £95m Yield: n/a The board of
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