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2020 pick Luceco up nearly 28% in a month
Thursday 30 Jan 2020LUCECO ( LUCE ) 148p Gain to date: 27.6% Original entry point: Buy at 116p, 19 December 2019 Confirmation that electronics components and LEDs firm Luceco ( LUCE ) has traded ahead of expectations during 2019 is a clear sign of the margin improvement potential we highlighted in our original article...
Computacenter could beat earnings forecasts
Thursday 30 Jan 2020COMPUTACENTER ( CCC ) £17.98 Gain to date: 48.5% Original entry point: Buy at £12.10, 2 May 2019 The prospects for FTSE 250 IT re-seller Computacenter ( CCC ) just get better and better, and this is being reflected in a big rally in the shares. The US arm has turned a corner, Germany is strong and...
Cost shock triggers Hotel Chocolat share pullback
Thursday 30 Jan 2020Hotel Chocolat ( HOTC:AIM ) 430p Gain to date: 1.5% Original entry point: Buy at 423.5p, 19 December 2019 The latest update from premium chocolatier Hotel Chocolat ( HOTC:AIM ) was slightly mixed but we still remain positive on the company, which is one of our ‘ 10 winning stocks for 2020 ’...
SThree holding up well despite cautious outlook
Thursday 30 Jan 2020SThree ( STEM ) 365p Gain to date: 25.9% Original entry point: Buy at 290p, 23 May 2019 Specialist staffing business SThree ( STEM ) delivered strong full-year results with net fee income up 5% to £342.4m and operating profit up 9% to £60m. Growth in net fees came in spite of a fall in permanent...
FTSE 250 gambling group GVC continues to deliver strong numbers
Thursday 23 Jan 2020GVC ( GVC ) 895.6p Gain to Date: 7.5% Original entry point: Buy at 833p, 17 October 2019 Ladbrokes and Coral Sports owner GVC ( GVC ) released a post close trading update on 17 January, guiding for full-year earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) to be towards the top...
Don't buy Joules as a recovery play just yet
Thursday 16 Jan 2020JOULES ( JOUL:AIM ) 178.5p STOPPED OUT Original entry point: Buy at 258p, 31 January 2019 Unfortunately our bullish call on premium British lifestyle brand Joules ( JOUL:AIM ) hasn’t worked out. A slump in the share price has triggered our 200p stop loss following a poor Christmas trading update...
Reach shares soar nearly 50% in a month
Thursday 16 Jan 2020Reach ( RCH ) 143p Gain to date: 45.8% Original entry point: Buy at 98.1p, 5 December 2019 We identified the old Trinity Mirror Group, now called Reach ( RCH ) , as an outstanding value opportunity on 5 December 2019. Negative investor sentiment had resulted in the shares trading at a valuation...
Bank the 80% profit on Learning Technologies
Thursday 09 Jan 2020LEARNING TECHNOLOGIES ( LTG:AIM ) 136.2p Gain to date: 81.6% Original entry point: Buy at 75p, 25 April 2019 Doing number crunching analysis is something investors can control but getting the timing right on a stock purchase takes a bit of luck, and we admit to enjoying our share of good fortune...
Johnson Service is up 64% since we said to buy in March
Thursday 09 Jan 2020Johnson Service ( JSG:AIM ) 212p Gain to date: 64.3% Original entry point: Buy at 129p, 7 March 2019 Shares in Johnson Service Group ( JSG:AIM ) started the year strongly, hitting a 10-year high after chief executive Peter Egan raised earnings guidance for 2019 for the third time. Thanks to strong...
Reasons to keep buying shares in Tesco
Thursday 12 Dec 2019TESCO ( TSCO ) 243.2p Gain to date: 2.7% Original entry point: Buy at 236.9p, 23 May 2019 In anticipation of a tough summer compared with last year’s abnormally strong sales, in the spring Tesco ( TSCO ) reduced its number of product lines and put more resources into its own-brand offerings, but...