Fri, 25th Oct 2019 09:04
(ShareCast News) - Grocers and non-life insurance paced advances, with Morrisons buoying the former after posting what analysts described as an "encouraging" set of interims. Wm Morrison saw like-for-like sales excluding fuel and VAT increase by 1.4% during the first six months of the year, driving
Read more(ShareCast News) - Tesco: JP Morgan reiterates underweight with a target price of 135p. G4S: Jefferies maintains underperform with a 160p target. Severn Trent: UBS keeps at neutral with a 2310p target. ITV: JP Morgan reiterates overweight with a 233p target. Babcock: Goldman Sachs keeps at buy wi
Read more(ShareCast News) - HSBC upgraded RSA Insurance to 'buy' from 'hold' and raised the price target to 595p from 520p despite the strong share price performance. The bank noted RSA shares are up 19% year-to-date, outperforming the FTSE 100 index and the DJ Stoxx Insurance index by 9% and 36%, respective
Read more(ShareCast News) - Investec: UBS reiterates buy with a target price of 550p. Hastings: Berenberg maintains buy with a 234p target. Auto Trader: Goldman Sachs reiterates buy with a 445p target. Smiths Group: HSBC stays at hold with a 1300p target. Rightmove: Goldman Sachs keeps at neutral with a t
Read more(ShareCast News) - General insurance provider Hastings Group Holdings announced its interim results for the six months to 30 June on Wednesday, with the board claiming "impressive momentum". The FTSE 250 firm said gross written premiums were up by 28% to £360.6m, with net revenue up by 27% to £282.7
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