All Analysts articles – Page 36
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NewsM&C20 'posts' and increase in Royal Mail bonanza week
The M&C20 index enjoyed a bounce this week after four consecutive weeks of decline, rising 2.9% to end on 1,152
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French: Costa reaching saturation in UK
A leading analyst has said that he believes Costa is approaching saturation in the UK whilst the international business is being deprived of the investment needed to capitalise on the growth opportunity
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Growing confidence represents investment opportunities
A leading analyst has said that growing consumer confidence and an improving sector profile is presenting investment opportunities and names The Restaurant Group aned Greene King as his two conviction plays on relative outperformance versus the rest of the sector
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NewsJack: Spirit is undervalued
Leading sector analyst Douglas Jack has said the time is right to buy shares in Spirit Pub Company, which he says are “undervalued”
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Leading analyst Jamie Rollo looks ahead to JD Wetherspoon’s Q1 interim management statement on 6 November, predicting a “solid” trading update “with few surprises”
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NewsCollyer downgrades forecast for Marston's
Leading analyst Geof Collyer has downgraded his forecast for Marston’s after its update yesterday, saying the company has a “dull medium term outlook relative to most peers”
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Simon French, analyst at Panmure Gordon, looks ahead to Marstons’ pre-close interim management statement next Wednesday (9 October)
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NewsM&C20 suffers third consecutive decline
The M&C20 suffered its third consecutive decline this week, down 2.3% to 1,122 - a fall that wiped £240m off the value of the 20 companies represented in the index
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Domino's showed 'decent progress'
A leading analyst has issued a Hold recommendation for Domino’s Pizza after its Q3 results yesterday, predicting 11% profit growth this year and saying the UK business appears to be in good shape, although he expressed disappointment about the reduced UK openings target
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Collyer plots Enterprise equity 'rehabilitation'
Leading analyst Geof Collyer has raised his Target Price for Enterprise Inns to 205p, predicting a return to absolute EBITDA growth - the “final step” in the story of its equity rehabilitation - earlier than expected in FY2016
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Jack: Domino's lfls ahead of expectations
Leading analyst Douglas Jack of Numis has issued a Buy recommendation for Domino’s after its trading update this morning, saying that its Q3 like-for-likes were ahead of his expectations
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NewsJack cuts Marston’s forecast
A leading analyst has cut his 2013E forecast for Marston’s by 3% following Mitchells & Butlers’ (M&B) poor September update and the pick-up in disposal activity
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NewsCollyer: M&B needs to deliver on its business re-engineering
A leading analyst has said there is now now a lot riding on the Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) chief executive Alastair Darby’s commitment at the company’s final results in November to some harder targets now that he has been in situ for over a year
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Rollo upgrades Enterprise Inns
A leading analyst has upgraded his price target for Enterprise Inns from 140p to 200p and said he thought there was a good chance that the group’s like-for-like sales will be positive in H1 2014 and sees its 19 November final results as a key catalyst
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NewsWeak M&B performance impacts M&C20
The 1% decline in Q4 like-for-like sales reported by Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) this week impacted the M&C20 Index, which fell by 1.3% to 1,148.32, to marginally underperform the FTSE all share, which declined by 0.9% to 1,014.49
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French downgrades M&B EPS forecast
Leading analyst Simon French has downgraded his earnings-per-share forecast for Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) following a “disappointing” trading update
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French: Market likely to remain sceptical on Domino’s
A leading analyst has said that until there is greater certainty around its operation in Germany the market is likely to remain sceptical as to Domino Pizza Group’s long-term potentia
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Jamie Rollo, analyst at Goldman Sachs, looks ahead to the upcoming Q4 update from Spirit Pub Company (22 October).
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Rollo predicts 10% EPS growth for Whitbread
Leading analyst Jamie Rollo predicts Whitbread will see its earnings per share grow 10% to 89.6p at its H1 results on 22 October, and says the shares need forecast upgrades
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Batram: Marston’s set for solid finish
A leading analyst has sauid that he expects Marston’s to report a solid finish to its financial year with good progress made on its disposal programme