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Friday newspaper share tips: Cobham, Carillion

Fri, 04th Mar 2016 15:52

(ShareCast News) - An earnings miss in volatile market conditions is a sure recipe to send your stock price tanking.On 5 November, aerospace and defence engineering group Cobham told shareholders they could expect full-year earnings per share of between 20.1p and 21.7p.In the event, the company delivered 19.5p, sending its shares duly lower by 19.75p to 239.75p, with profits weighed down by further weakness in several markets and a "small technical overshoot" because of a couple of disposals, The Times's Tempus said.A drop in shipping weighed on the marine side of the business and there are less flights around Australia because of low commodity prices.Slowing orders also dragged on cash-flow and sales are expected to be "flattish", scant improvement on the 1% drop in organic revenues seen in 2015.Non-recurring provisions also flattered the bottom line, with profits before tax up by 9% to £280m.Lost orders from telecoms providers will come through but the commercial side is set to remain weak.On the upside, geopolitical concerns should feed strong demand for its missile control systems.At 13 times earnings the valuation on the stock seems "fair", Tempus said. Carillion has the dubious distinction of being the most shorted stock on the London market, with many US hedge funds betting the company is too strapped for cash to meet its day-to-day needs and lacks funds to initiate new service contracts.They are hoping for a replay of the collapse in Balfour Beatty, Tempus explained.Nevertheless, the company's Middle East construction business is stable despite the downturn in oil and at 5.8% margins in the support services division are "satisfactory enough".The workload, both in hand and in future is strong too, the tipster told readers.There was also a pick-up in the second half following the general election induced hiccup.It also offers among the highest dividend yields in the sector, now at 6.6%, and the pay-out is well covered.Markets anticipate a bounce in 2017 as new work comes through."Unless you believe that disaster is looming on the balance sheet, the yield means that you are being paid to await that upturn.""Buy long-term", Tempus recommended.
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16 Feb 2017 08:53

UPDATE 1-Cobham shares plunge on yet another profit cut for British engineer

(Adds shares, background) LONDON, Feb 16 (Reuters) - Britain's Cobham missed a profit target that had already been repeatedly lowered and took a charge on a troubled contract with Boeing, capping "an incredibly turbulent and disappointing year" for the defence and aerospace group. In

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16 Feb 2017 08:45

European shares steady after 7 days of gains, Cobham slumps

LONDON, Feb 16 (Reuters) - European shares steadied on Thursday after rising for the past seven sessions, with gains in airlines stocks offset by weaker miners and a slump in British engineering group Cobham following a poor update. The pan-European STOXX 600 index was little changed in per

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16 Feb 2017 08:41

LONDON MARKET OPEN: Airlines Up As Cobham Suffers From Profit Warning

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16 Feb 2017 08:11

Cobham issues fifth profit warning after balance sheet review

(ShareCast News) - Cobham warned on profits for the fifth time in just over a year, as it made further extensive write-downs after judging its balance sheet is "clearly not strong enough". The FTSE 250 aerospace and defence group has taken a total £179m charge, including £150m from the KC-46 air tan

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16 Feb 2017 07:48

Cobham takes charge on troubled Boeing tanker programme, cuts guidance

LONDON, Feb 16 (Reuters) - British engineering group Cobham said it would take a 150 million pound ($187 million) charge on its work on Boeing's troubled KC-46 tanker program and downgraded its likely 2016 trading profit again. The company said on Thursday its trading profit for 2016 was e

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20 Jan 2017 09:36

BROKER RATINGS SUMMARY: Exane BNP Cuts Sainsbury's And Tesco

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15 Jan 2017 17:13

Sunday share tips: Cobham, H&T

(ShareCast News) - Cobham has become something of a specialist in profit warnings, having issued four since 2015, but the shares are still worth 'holding', The Times´s Tempus said. During the previous week, the heavily-indebted Dorset-based maker of air-refuelling kit told investors it might have to

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11 Jan 2017 17:41

Pharma weighs on European shares but FTSE sets record-breaking streak

* FTSE 100 scores longest winning streak on record * Pan-European STOXX index ends up 0.2 pct * Trump comments on drug prices hits healthcare stocks * Mediaset rallies on report of Vivendi boss offer (Live coverage of European markets now available on cpurl://apps.cp./cms/?pag

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11 Jan 2017 13:58

UPDATE 3-British aerospace company Cobham misses profit target, scraps dividend

* Early readout puts trading profit at 245 mln stg * Group's already lowered target range was 255-275 mln stg * Scraps dividend after poor result on profit and debt * Shares fall as much as 21 pct (Adds CEO, CFO comments from analyst call) By Paul Sandle LONDON, Ja

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11 Jan 2017 10:40

European shares up, Britain's FTSE set for record-breaking streak

(Adds detail, new comments.) By Kit Rees and Helen Reid LONDON, Jan 11 (Reuters) - European shares rose on Wednesday, with retail stocks back in focus after a well-received update from British grocer Sainsbury, though Cobham tanked on disappointing profits. The pan-European STOX

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11 Jan 2017 10:17

IN THE KNOW: UBS Stays Neutral On Cobham Despite Skipped Dividend

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11 Jan 2017 08:47

EXTRA: Cobham Shares Drop As It Warns Again On Profit, Scraps Payout

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11 Jan 2017 08:41

European shares down, Cobham bottom of STOXX - For more see the European equities LiveMarkets blog

LONDON, Jan 11 (Reuters) - Live coverage of European markets now available on cpurl://apps.cp./cms/?pageId=livemarkets Summary: **European shares down 0.2 pct **British engineer Cobham down 18 pct after profit miss **UK grocer Sainsbury's gains on Christmas trading update<

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11 Jan 2017 07:40

Cobham trading profit falls short of guidance, scraps dividend

(ShareCast News) - Aerospace and defence group Cobham posted group trading profit below guidance for the year ended 31 December and said it was not recommending a final dividend. In a post-close trading update, the company said group trading profit for the year came in at £245m, below the range of £

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11 Jan 2017 07:13

British engineer Cobham misses profit target, scraps dividend

LONDON, Jan 11 (Reuters) - British engineering group Cobham said it made 245 million pounds ($298 million) in trading profit in 2016, at least 10 million pounds short of its target, and as a result of poorer than expected trading would scrap its final dividend. The company said its new man

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