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Buy payments challenger Equals as it passes the 2020 test
Thursday 29 Apr 2021For most firms, 2020 was difficult enough, dealing with the impact of Covid on their business and managing the shift to remote working. For electronic banking and international payments firm Equals ( EQLS:AIM ) , which offered among its many services pre-paid foreign exchange cards for travellers...
RWS merger continues to pay off in spades
Thursday 29 Apr 2021RWS ( RWS:AIM ) 696p Gain to date: 30.3% Original entry point: Buy at 534p, 23 December 2020 Leading language services and technology group RWS ( RWS:AIM ) reported good progress on the integration of SDL at the interims (22 April), saying it had identified over £32 million annual cost synergies,...
The oil and gas stock shooting higher as new discovery confirmed
Thursday 22 Apr 2021Touchstone Exploration ( TXP:AIM ) 101.6p Gain to date: 95.4% Original entry point: Buy at 52p, 25 June 2020 It has been a volatile few weeks for small cap oil and gas play Touchstone Exploration ( TXP:AIM ) as it announced mixed news from its Ortoire block in Trinidad & Tobago. However,...
Elementis is still a buy despite takeover disappointment
Thursday 22 Apr 2021Elementis ( ELM ) 137p Gain to date: 8.8% Original entry point: Buy at 125.9p, 18 February 2021 Reports that chemicals group Elementis ( ELM ) had been the subject of a takeover deal that could value it at over 200p per share proved unfounded. Late on 20 April its US-listed rival Innospec revealed...
The little known company that’s gone up by 88% since October
Thursday 22 Apr 2021Treatt ( TET ) £11.45 Gain to date: 88.6% Original entry point: Buy at 607p, 29 October 2020 Our belief that it would be premature to take profit in extracts and ingredients manufacturer Treatt ( TET ) in January has been vindicated with the shares extending their recent gains off the back of...
It’s a great time to feast on McDonald’s shares
Thursday 22 Apr 2021On 29 April McDonald’s will release its first quarter earnings and if analysts are right, the numbers will be good. Earnings of about $1.80 per share is predicted, based on Refinitiv forecast data, which would smash the same period in 2020 where it reported $1.47 per share and put the burger giant...
Tracsis springs to life on summer shows optimism
Thursday 22 Apr 2021Tracsis ( TRCS:AIM ) 820p Gain to date: 30.2% Original entry point: Buy at 630p, 23 December 2020 Investors are getting far more confident that big events will get back going again this summer as the UK’s vaccine rollout filters through the population, and investors have been snapping up Tracsis (...
This engineering stock is racing higher after yet more earnings upgrades
Thursday 22 Apr 2021DiscoverIE ( DSCV ) 797p Gain to date: 32.8% Original entry point: Buy at 600p, 10 December 2020 Electronics engineer DiscoverIE ( DSCV ) is riding high after its latest trading update drove material upgrades to analysts’ earnings forecasts. The company designs and manufactures bespoke kit for...
Virgin Wines’ shares are cheap for an online retailer and it is profitable
Thursday 22 Apr 2021If you missed out on the pandemic-driven share price gains at Naked Wines ( WINE:AIM ) fear not, for another listed online wine retailer offers a tasty proposition and fruitful growth prospects. Open a position in Virgin Wines ( VINO:AIM ) at 224p, where the stock market newcomer trades at a steep...
Fidelity Asian Values is in a sweet spot so buy now
Thursday 15 Apr 2021After several years of returns in Asian stock markets being driven by large-cap growth stocks, emerging markets in Asia are showing signs of a rotation towards value and small caps, something which has put investment trust Fidelity Asian Values ( FAS ) in a sweet spot. With its value style and...