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Henry Boot Encouraged By UK Planning Improvements As Business Performs Well

BROKER RATING CHANGES: Four Brokers Cut Weir Group Price Target

Tuesday broker round-up UPDATE

Afren: FinnCap ups target price from 130p to 140p keeping a hold recommendation. African Barrick Gold: Westhouse Securities raises target price from 115p to 170p, while downgrading to sell. Associated British Foods: Numis downgrades to reduce with a target price of 1845p. Panmure Gordon ups target

Broker tips: Aberdeen, AG Barr, Henry Boot, Dechra

Canaccord Genuity reiterated a 'buy' rating and target price of 440p for Aberdeen Asset Management after the investment company said that underlying profits should still come in at the higher end of analysts' forecasts despite volatile markets in the fourth quarter. "The current dynamics of slowly

Broker snap: WH Ireland hands Henry Boot a 'buy' rating

Property company Henry Boot was given a 'buy' rating from WH Ireland Research after reporting a hike in first half earnings. Operating profit rose to £7.8m from the prior year's £5.9m and pre-tax profit jumped to £7.4m from £5.5m as earnings per share increased to 3.6p from 2.2p. "Following a goo

Monday broker round-up UPDATE

African Barrick Gold: Citi takes target price from 93p to 119p, but still recommends selling. African Minerals: Citi increases target price from 320p to 330p and maintains a buy recommendation. Antofagasta: Citi shifts target price from 780p to 790p, while its sell recommendation remains unchanged

Henry Boot lifts dividend after first half profits jump 34 per cent

Henry Boot hiked its interim dividend payment after profits rose 34 per cent to 7.4m pounds in the first half of the year. The company, which is involved in land, property, construction and plant hire, said the results were helped by a £15m sale of land to a housebuilder following its acquisition o

Friday broker round-up UPDATE

Afren: Canaccord Genuity cuts target price from 220p to 190p, while leaving its buy recommendation unaltered. AVEVA Group: Liberum Capital initiates with a target price of 2350p and a hold recommendation. Carillion: Numis reduces target price from 350p to 315p, while its hold recommendation remain

Sector movers: Construction stocks gain after US housing data

Ongoing improvement in the US housing sector - as evidenced by some strong American home-price data on Tuesday - prompted a sharp rise in the construction and materials sector in London. The S&P/Case-Shiller 20-City Composite Home Price Index, which monitors prices in 20 major cities across the Sta

Monday broker round-up UPDATE

Bioquell: Investec shifts target price from 136p to 141p and keeps a hold recommendation. blinkx: Canaccord Genuity moves target price from 125p to 135p reiterating its buy recommendation. Britvic: Panmure Gordon increases target price from 380p to 460p and retains a hold recommendation. BT Group

Wednesday broker round-up UPDATE

Amara Mining: Westhouse Securities lowers target price from 124p to 110p, while reiterating a buy recommendation. Ashtead: Canaccord Genuity ups target price to 170p and keeps a buy recommendation. Bellway: Deutsche Bank revises target price from 1381p to 1395p and reiterates a hold recommendation

Sector movers: Construction stocks lifted by decent US data

Construction and materials stocks were making strong gains on Thursday afternoon after some decent economic data from the US boosted the outlook for demand. American jobless claims and a key manufacturing survey came in better than forecasts today, sending London's benchmark index up over 1.0%. Mea

Henry Boot sees annual revenue fall

Property development firm Henry Boot said revenue for the year ended December 31st 2012 will be around 100m pounds, down from 114.6m pounds the previous year while group pre-tax profit will be in line with company forecasts. The valuation of the group's property portfolio is anticipated to be bro

Henry Boot upbeat in tough markets

Property developer Henry Boot said it was on track to meet expectations in a market that was challenging but stable. The firm said its operational management teams continued to be very busy bringing forward land, construction and development opportunities. Its construction arm expects to marginal

Construction division slightly ahead at Henry Boot

The lack of land sales resulted in a dip in half-year revenue and profits at property developer Henry Boot, but the group said it is picking up lots of good sites on the cheap. Profit before tax in the six months to the end of June fell to £5.8m from £9.1m the year before. The group enjoyed a £1.78