H&t Group Plc Share News (HAT)

H&T Group Trading In Line With Expectations; Retail Sales Rebound

Friday broker round-up UPDATE

Antofagasta: Canaccord Genuity lowers target price from 1035p to 1020p, while leaving its buy recommendation unchanged. Ashmore Group: Canaccord Genuity downgrades from buy to hold with a target price of 380p. Associated British Foods: Societe Generale upgrades to hold with a target price of 1900p

H&T Group's profits hit by volatile gold prices

H&T Group's shares fell Friday after the financial services and pawnbroker company said it expects volatile gold prices will impact pre-tax profits. The firm, which offers pawnbroker services to sell new, old, broken or unwanted gold, estimates that a 10% movement in the price of the metal will sha

Friday broker round-up UPDATE

Aveva: Panmure Gordon ups target price from 2076p to to 2091p keeping a hold recommendation. Investec takes target price from 2450p to 2500p and retains its buy recommendation. Credit Suisse increases target price from 2013p to 2240p, while staying with its neutral rating. Barratt Developments: Lib

Friday tips round-up: Aviva, IMI, H&T Group,

Aviva has come a long way and yesterday´s dividend cut does not negate all that has been achieved since Mark Wilson took over at the helm last May. The company needed to decrease its pay-out to reduce the strain from interest payments on profits. The real challenge, however, will be to increase the

H&T Group delivers in line with expectations

H&T Group, a High Street pawnbroker, has said that it expects its pre-tax profits to be in line with expectations. Over the period the group continued to expand, and boosted its stores numbers by 26. The firm said that its core pawnbroking operations have continued to perform well, and has becom

Friday tips round-up: IG Group, H and T, Heritage Oil

Questor in the Telegraph says the spreadbetting firm IG Group has done well to recruit high quality 'high roller' clients in the UK but the number of active clients (e.g. people making bets) has fallen one per cent in its home market. Australia has also seen the number of active clients drop. Yieldi

H and T cashing in on credit squeeze

High Street pawnbroker,H and T says it has benefited from a consumer credit squeeze, while gold purchasing continues to drive profits. Adjusted profits before tax for 2011 were £23.5m, a 13.9% gain on 2010. Earnings per share rose 4.8% to 51.12p while the full year dividend has been hiked 13.2% to

Monday broker round-up - UPDATE

InterContinental Hotels: Deutsche Bank upgrades to buy from hold. Fresnillo: Deutsche Bank upgrades to buy from hold. Antofagasta: Deutsche Bank downgrades to hold from buy. ARM Holdings: Citi reiterates buy. Capita: Panmure Gordon downgrades from hold to sell, target cut from 700p to 560p. Mor

UPDATE: Tuesday broker round-up

BAE Systems: Societe Generale upgrades to buy, raises target to 330p from 280p. Kesa Electricals: Espirito Santo downgrades to sell, cuts target from 110p to 75p. Wilmington Group: Peel Hunt upgrades to buy. Moneysupermarket.com: Brewin Dolphin upgrades to buy. Barratt Developments: Citigroup up

Broker tips: Micro Focus, Persimmon, H&T

Following Monday's announcement that signalled the end to bid talks at legacy software firm Micro Focus International, Swiss investment bank UBS has slashed its target price on the stock from 450p to 380p. The broker's previous target price was calculated using an EV/NOPAT multiple of 12 (EV/NOPAT:

London midday: Stocks stay buoyant as bid talks boost Charter

The FTSE 100 remains buoyant, with some action on the mergers & acquisitions front giving traders another distraction from ongoing global economic concerns. Engineering group Charter International has confirmed speculation that it has received a second offer following a previous one from rival Melr

H&T's profits helped by rising gold prices

Pawnbroker H&T said that it predicts full-year results to beat current estimates after a strong first half which was driven by a soaring gold price. "The outlook remains positive and on the basis of the current gold price we are pleased to announce our expectation for full year results to be above

Broker snap: H&T makes good interim progress, says FinnCap

FinnCap says that H&T Group has made good progress in its core areas, and reiterates its buy rating on the pawnbroker. The firm announced on Tuesday that - on the back of the current strong gold price - expectations for the full-year are now above the top end of current forecasts. "This pattern of

London midday: Stocks fight back on Eurozone hopes

The leading share index has hauled itself into positive territory as hopes rise that European leaders will bring the Greek debt situation to a resolution. Germany's Angela Merkel and France's Nicolas Sarkozy called on a new rescue package to be agreed upon as quickly as possible. In corporate news