Broker Recommendations
Broker tips: Ceres Power, Fuller, Smith and Turner
Analysts at Liberum lowered their target price on pub landlord Fuller, Smith and Turner from 820. 0p to 700. 0p on Friday, stating London was likely to drag on the group's recovery efforts.
Broker tips: Hipgnosis Songs Fund, Hastings, Taylor Wimpey
Analysts at Liberum slightly raised their target price on intellectual property investor Hipgnosis Songs Fund from 116p to 130p on Thursday, stating the group was in the right place at the right time.
Broker tips: PureTech Health, Petropavlovsk, Relx
Analysts at Liberum raised their target price on biotechnology company PureTech Health from 450. 0p to 490. 0p on Wednesday, stating the firm had made some "underappreciated" progress.
Broker tips: Fevertree, BT, Centrica
Analysts at Berenberg raised their target price on drinks maker Fevertree's shares from 2,250. 0p to 2,350. 0p on Tuesday after the group managed to consistently achieve "impressive" off-trade sales growth since the pre-lockdown stockpiling period.
Broker tips: FirstGroup, Tate & Lyle, Indivior
Analysts at Canaccord Genuity upgraded their stance on transport operator FirstGroup from 'hold' to 'buy' on Monday but noted that timing remained uncertain despite the firm's good value.
Broker tips: Computacenter, Rentokill, Melrose Industries
Analysts at Berenberg hiked their target price on computer services provider Computacenter from 1,700p to 2,450p on Friday, stating its conviction was at all-time highs.
Broker tips: Close Brothers, Begbies Traynor
Analysts at Berenberg slightly lowered their target price on merchant bank Close Brothers from 1,170 to 1,100 on Thursday but stated the group appeared to be "weathering the storm".
Broker tips: Easyjet, Atalaya Mining
Analysts at Berenberg lowered their target price on low-cost carrier Easyjet from 850. 0p to 800. 0p on Wednesday but upgraded their recommendation for the group's shares to 'buy' as a result of flyer confidence creeping up.
Broker tips: AstraZeneca, Asos, Future
JP Morgan analysts reiterated their 'overweight' stance and 9,500. 0p target price on shares of AstraZeneca following the release of early clinical trial data for its Covid-19 vaccine candidate, AZD1222, the day before.
Broker tips: Reckitt Benckiser, DCC, Standard Chartered
Analysts at Deutsche Bank upped their target price on consumer goods company Reckitt Benckiser from 7,400. 0p to 8,400. 0p on Monday, highlighting the group's "enduring fame".
Broker tips: Marlowe, Marshalls
Analysts at Berenberg took a fresh look at property manager Marlowe on Friday, stating that the group was worthy of attention following the completion of its recent £40m placing.
Broker tips: Fevertree, GVC Holdings
JPMorgan Cazenove downgraded its rating on shares of posh tonics maker Fevertree to ‘underweight’ from ‘neutral’ on Thursday following "significant" outperformance year to date.
Broker tips: DFS Furniture, Ferrexpo
Analysts at Berenberg hiked their target price on retailer DFS Furniture from 175. 0pto 210. 0p after hosting a fireside chat with chief executive Tim Stacey and chief financial officer Mike Schmidt.
Broker tips: Netcall, Connect Group, Restaurant Group
Analysts at Canaccord Genuity slightly raised their target price on software firm Netcall from 54. 0p to 57. 0p on Tuesday after the group's 2020 underlying earnings came in "comfortably ahead" of estimates.
Broker tips: Ryanair, Wizz Air, Royal Mail
JPMorgan Cazenove upgraded its stance on shares of Ryanair on Monday, arguing that the budget airline is a long-term winner in European aviation with its "fortress balance sheet" and ultra-low costs.
Broker tips: Avast, Smith & Nephew, Vistry
Peel Hunt upped its price target on cybersecurity company Avast to 355p from 322p on Friday, citing higher revenue expectations as people spend more time on their computers due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Broker tips: Hargreaves Lansdown, Non-Standard Finance
Analysts at Berenberg hiked their target price on asset manager Hargreaves Lansdown from 1,705p to 1,830p on Thursday, stating the firm had experienced a "step-change in customer growth" during the UK's Covid-19 lockdown.
Broker tips: Boohoo, WPP, Hill & Smith, Rio Tinto
Shore Capital downgraded Boohoo to 'sell' and said the company's share price did not reflect the risks created by allegations of mistreatment of workers in its supply chain.
Broker tips: LondonMetric, GVC, Hikma Pharmaceuticals
Analysts at Liberum raised their target price on British property company LondonMetric from 180. 0p to 210. 0p on Tuesday, stating the group's valuation was supported by a 4. 0% dividend yield.
Broker tips: IHG, DS Smith, Energean
Analysts at Berenberg took a fresh look at British hospitality giant InterContinental Hotels Group on Monday after the company's most recent quarterly performance came in "a little weaker" than expected.