Gooch & Housego Share News (GHH)

DIRECTOR DEALINGS: Gooch & Housego Non-Executive director Sells Shares

LONDON (Alliance News) - Gooch & Housego PLC said Monday that Paul Heal, a non-executive independent director in the company sold 4,400 shares at 712.6818 pence each. Heal now holds a total of 17.085 shares in the company. Shares in the company closed 0.4% lower Monday at 712.00 pence

Gooch & Housego Says Trading Since October In Line

LONDON (Alliance News) - Gooch & Housego said trading since October has been in line with management expectations, with confidence returning across its main market sectors during the first four months of its financial year. The manufacturer of optical components and systems said the trading

Wednesday broker round-up UPDATE

Anglo Pacific: FinnCap cuts target price from 279p to 216p, downgrades to hold. Ashmore Group: UBS reduces target price from 405p to 355p, while leaving its buy recommendation unchanged. Jefferies cuts target price from 475p to 375p, while its buy recommendation is kept. Barclays lowers target pric

Monday broker round-up UPDATE

Admiral Group: Citi ups target price from 1220p to 1256p and reiterates a neutral rating. Afren: Nomura increases target price from 170p to 210p and stays with its neutral rating. Alternative Networks: Westhouse Securities increases target price from 445p to 540p reiterating its add rating. Amlin

Tungsten Corp non-exec almost doubles stake

Michael Spencer, a significant investor in Tungsten Corporation, almost doubled his stake in the cloud-based invoicing business this week. Spencer, who is also the founder of ICAP, paid 253p a share, spending £1.9m in total. His stake in the company now stands at 1.83m shares. The transaction

Monday broker round-up UPDATE

Admiral Group: Deutsche Bank moves target price from 1300p to 1330p and maintains a hold recommendation. Allocate Software: N+1 Singer raises target price from 98p to 108p keeping a buy recommendation. Amlin: Deutsche Bank ups target price from 465p to 484p reiterating its hold recommendation. Ca

Gooch & Housego profit surges by a fifth

- Profit jumps by a fifth - Order book rises 12 per cent over the year - Dividend up by 21.1 per cent AIM-listed optical components and systems manufacturer Gooch and Housego said annual pre-tax profit increased by nearly a fifth and, with a strong pipeline of new products, believes it is well-posi

Tuesday broker round-up UPDATE

Arrow Global: Numis starts with a target price of 270p and an add rating. Antofagasta: UBS shaves target price from 870p to 845p, 'neutral' rating maintained. Aquarius Platinum: UBS cuts target price from 44p to 43p, 'neutral' rating kept. Ashtead Group: Citi raises target price from 750p to 800p

Gooch&Housego acquires Athens-based Constelex

Gooch & Housego, the manufacturer of optical components and systems, will acquire Greek-based Constelex for a cash consideration of 0.4m euros in cash, followed by 0.25m euros in G&H shares once activities are relocated to Torquay. Constelex is a small, start-up company specialising in low-noise o

AIM IN BRIEF: Chamberlin Swings To Half-Year Loss, Suspends Dividend

Monday broker round-up UPDATE

Aggreko: Cantor Fitzgerald reduces target price from 2200p to 1700p downgrading to hold. Anglo American: Alphavalue upgrades from add to buy with a target price of 1801.3p. APR Energy: Cantor Fitzgerald raises target price from 670p to 1000p, but still recommends selling. Astra Zeneca: UBS reduce

Wednesday broker round-up UPDATE

Anite: Northland Capital reduces target price from 160p to 120p, while staying with its buy recommendation. Panmure Gordon cuts target price from 177p to 142p and keeps a buy recommendation. Jefferies takes target price from 160p to 110p, while leaving its buy recommendation unchanged. Canaccord Gen

Gooch & Housego Acquires Long-Term Supplier Spanoptic For GBP5.9M

Gooch & Housego Anticipates Full Year Profits In Line With Expectations

London pre-open: FTSE to decline as US crisis rumbles on

City sources predict the FTSE 100 will open around 23 points lower than Friday's close of 6,453.88, as Congressional leaders on Capitol Hill failed to come to a resolution over the budget crisis during the weekend. In remarks made behind closed dooors the speaker of The United States House of Repres