Press Tips
Sunday share tips: Fevertree Drinks, Conviviality, Merchants Trust
Fevertree Drinks shares are now one to 'avoid' said the Sunday Times' Inside the City column, having increased almost 2000% from its flotation four years ago at 134p. Co-founder Charles Rolls sold a 2. 6% stake last week, which saw the share price drop 5% to 2,807p. The company therefore has £3. 2bn market cap, but turned over £170. 2m in 2017 and generated £56. 4m in profit.
Sunday share tips: John Laing, Trinity Exploration
In his Inside The City column for the Sunday Times this week, John Collingridge noted how turbulent stock market can be unforgiving for heavily discounted rights issues, focussing particularly on John Laing’s issue earlier this month.
Sunday share tips: FirstGroup, Tesco
In his Inside the City column for the Sunday Times, John Collingridge was focussed on passenger transport operator FirstGroup, noting that the question of debt remained a feature in almost any conversation about the firm.
Sunday share tips: Assura, Sky, Augmentum Fintech
Shares in Assura were a 'hold' for Questor in the Sunday Telegraph, the property group with a £1. 4bn market value from investing in GP surgeries. However, the stock trades for 22. 5 times current-year forecast earnings and a premium to net asset value, which does mark an ideal entry point for new investors, though a 4% dividend yield is more attractive.