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Dixons Carphone offers 'solid and realistic' strategy, thinks HSBC

Fri, 11th Jan 2019 11:02

(Sharecast News) - Dixons Carphone management have outlined what looks a "solid and realistic" strategy, HSBC said but analysts still lowered their target price on the electronics retailer.Dixons' new management aims to deliver market share gains, implying positive like-for-like growth in broadly flat markets, expand EBIT margins to 3.5% on the back of £200m in cost savings, and generate £1bn of free-cash-flow over the next half a decade.HSBC felt DC' had presented a "detailed and clear strategy" with realistic targets that could create "substantial value" on a five-year view.The bank's analysts felt the company could be "highly cash generative" with its EBIT margin at 3.5% and said that taking working capital into account, it believes management should "comfortably exceed" their £1bn free cash flow target.HSBC, which lowered its price target on the group from 195p to 150p, said the new strategy had clearly been "thoroughly thought through" and noted that it plays on management's core competencies in digital, credit and systems."We can take confidence from the robust strategic position new management inherit," said HSBC.However, the bank said it "cannot think of a successful retail turnaround in the past five years" - something it noted would likely temper initial enthusiasm."We can take confidence from the robust strategic position new management inherit. With DC already a market leader, gaining share and with high NPS this seems a case of making a good company great rather than rescuing a failing business."
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21 Jun 2019 17:05

LONDON MARKET CLOSE: Stocks Slip, Commodities Up On US-Iran Troubles

(Alliance News) - Shares in London ended in the red Friday but commodities prices continued to surge as tension between the US and Iran showed no signs of cooling.The FTSE 100 index closed down or

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21 Jun 2019 15:37

Directors deals: Dixons Carphone's entire board buys in near nine-year lows

(Sharecast News) - The entire board of Dixons Carphone picked up some shares in the electronics retailer at the end of the week.

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21 Jun 2019 15:19

FTSE 250 movers: Acacia sparkles, Kier slips

(Sharecast News) - London's FTSE 250 was down 0.26% at 19,333.51 in afternoon trade on Friday, as troubled construction outfit Kier led the index lower.

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21 Jun 2019 13:30

Friday broker round-up

(Sharecast News) - Weir Group: Liberum downgrades to buy with a target price of 1,650p.

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21 Jun 2019 10:30

WINNERS & LOSERS SUMMARY: IQE's Profit Pain, SolGold's Ecuador Boost

(Alliance News) - The following stocks are the leading risers and fallers within the main London indices on Friday.----------FTSE 100 - WINNERS----------Halma, up

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21 Jun 2019 09:29

BROKER RATINGS SUMMARY: Morgan Stanley Cuts HSBC To Equal-Weight

(Alliance News) - The following London-listed shares received analyst recommendations Friday morning and Thursday:----------FTSE 100----------MORGAN STANLEY CUTS TO PRICE TO TO

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20 Jun 2019 16:50

LONDON MARKET CLOSE: FTSE Rises As Gold Sparkles After Dovish US Fed

(Alliance News) - A trio of cautious central banks helped London stocks climb on Thursday, with the Bank of England the latest to chime in with a downbeat outlook. The BoE's comments came a US

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20 Jun 2019 13:21

Thursday broker round-up

(Sharecast News) - Halma: UBS upgrades to neutral with a target price of 2,060p.

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20 Jun 2019 12:24

REPEAT: LONDON MARKET MIDDAY: BOE Says UK Economy Weakening

(Alliance News) - Share prices in London were higher on Thursday with central banks remaining in focus after the US Federal Reserve boosted stocks and knocked the dollar by matching the European a

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20 Jun 2019 12:13

LONDON MARKET MIDDAY: Bank Of England Says UK Economy Weakening

(Alliance News) - Share prices in London were higher on Wednesday with central banks remaining in focus after the US Federal Reserve boosted stocks and knocked the dollar by matching the European

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20 Jun 2019 10:45

WINNERS & LOSERS SUMMARY: Fresnillo Gains As Gold Surges On Dovish Fed

(Alliance News) - The following stocks are the leading risers and fallers within the main London indices on Thursday.----------FTSE 100 - up 5.4%. "The biggest headline from last was

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20 Jun 2019 09:11

LONDON MARKET OPEN: Gold Miners Gain On Fed; Dixons Plunges On Results

(Alliance News) - Stocks and gold were seeing buyers early Thursday, after the US Federal Reserve all but confirmed an interest rate cut next month. Mexican gold miner Fresnillo a

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20 Jun 2019 09:09

TOP NEWS: Dixons Carphone Shares Sink On UK Mobile Market Woes

(Alliance News) - Shares in Dixons Carphone PLC plummeted Thursday after it warned that an increasingly changing UK mobile market will further hurt results in the new 2020 financial company also a

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20 Jun 2019 07:55

LONDON MARKET PRE-OPEN: Higher Open On US Fed; Dixons Carphone In Loss

(Alliance News) - Stock prices in London are called higher on Thursday, after the Federal Reserve signalled the likelihood of US interest rate cuts in the months ahead.Meanwhile, among UK swung to

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20 Jun 2019 07:32

Dixons Carphone FY slumps; warns of big fall this year

(Sharecast News) - Electricals and mobile phone retailer Dixons Carphone reported a slump in full year profits and warned of further falls in the current trading year.

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