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Week Ahead
Stocks to watch over the next 7 days: Direct Line, Deliveroo, FedEx and Adobe
Thursday 09 Mar 2023Direct Line Can the insurer win back the market’s support after dividend fiasco? Having paid out over £1.5 billion to shareholders in the last decade, including during the pandemic, Direct Line ( DLG ) was a well-liked and widely-owned stock. However, after dropping a bombshell in January with the...
Stocks to watch over the next 7 days: Admiral, Ashtead, Brown-Forman and Crowdstrike
Thursday 02 Mar 2023Admiral Investors are hoping the insurer doesn’t deliver the scale of bad news served up by Direct Line Over the past year, a nasty profit warning by Direct Line ( DLG ) , the cancellation of its dividend and suspension of a share buyback programme have put the shivers into anyone holding shares in...
Stocks to watch over the next 7 days: Persimmon, Taylor Wimpey, ITV, Rivian and Salesforce
Thursday 23 Feb 2023All eyes on earnings and dividends as housebuilders report next month Investors will be hoping activity picks up and payouts are at least maintained After analysts at Deutsche Bank recently cut their recommendations on four leading housebuilders, investors will be keen to hear from Persimmon ( PSN...
Stocks to watch over the next 7 days: Lloyds, Rolls-Royce, Nvidia, Home Depot and Walmart
Thursday 16 Feb 2023Lloyds The bank is expected to report strong earnings but loan activity may have weakened in the final quarter When Lloyds ( LLOY ) updated the market on trading for the nine months to September 2022, there was no hint of the turmoil which was about to erupt in financial markets or the sudden spike...
Stocks to watch over the next 7 days: Coca-Cola, Moneysupermarket, Airbnb and TUI
Thursday 09 Feb 2023Moneysupermarket could be in demand Consumers are increasingly looking to switch products and economise where they can Given there has been no sign of a let-up in the ongoing cost-of-living crisis, we suspect price comparison website operator Moneysupermarket.com ( MONY ) would have had a strong...
Week Ahead
Thursday 02 Feb 2023Watches of Switzerland Watches investors are looking for another robust update from the specialist retailer A third quarter update (9 February) from Watches of Switzerland ( WOSG ) provides a window to see if the luxury watch retailer continued to trade positively over Christmas and New Year. On 14...
Week Ahead: BT, Shell, Amazon, Meta and more
Thursday 26 Jan 2023BT The telecoms group needs to start providing some answers if it is to keep shareholders on side Telecoms group BT ( BT.A ) has a mountain to climb if it is going to keep shareholders satisfied with its third quarter update on 2 February and its promised price hike. The firm’s Q2 results raised...
Week Ahead: Associated British Foods, Johnson & Johnson and more
Thursday 19 Jan 2023Associated British Foods Can fashion retailer Primark deliver a Christmas gift to investors? Grocery brands-to-fashion conglomerate Associated British Foods’ ( ABF ) forthcoming trading update on 24 January will be closely watched by the market as its budget clothing chain Primark becomes one of...
Previews: Taylor Wimpey, Burberry, US banks and Netflix
Thursday 12 Jan 2023Taylor Wimpey Housing developer is seen delivering on its targets Housebuilder Taylor Wimpey ( TW. ) is expected to report full-year operating profits of around £920 million, in line with market forecasts, despite a ‘challenging’ market in 2022. However, the real focus in its 13 January trading...
Much for Marks & Spencer still to do
Thursday 17 May 2018Given bleak high street conditions and the market share gains being secured by online pure-play retailers, expectations are subdued ahead of Marks & Spencer’s ( MKS ) full year results (23 May). Investors will be looking to see if the changes by CEO Steve Rowe, supported by non-executive...