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Wednesday newspaper share tips: Regus, Standard Life

Wed, 10th Aug 2016 12:41

(ShareCast News) - Regus appears to be on to something with its flexible business model and markets have caught on, the Financial Times´s Lex column said. Its stock was trading near its 2016 high on a price-to-earnings multiple of close to 25. The real estate firm not only owns its properties, it also equips and leases office space around the globe, adjusting its offering to the diverse needs of its clients.All in keeping with the millenial mindset, the firm encourages clients to book offices via its apps, lowering its own sales costs in the process.Such thinking allowed it to cut its first-half overheads by 9% versus the previous year, despite increasing the number of its facilities.Given the cheap financing now available, the temptation is to keep adding assets, whose profitability has tended to increase sharply as time goes by even if at the cost of burning cash in the short-term.Properties added in 2011 now return 21% in terms of their cash flow return on invested capital, while the 2015 vintage is running at -9.0%.Nevertheless, increasing assets in a retail business only makes sense when the productivity of each asset is rising and in the US - from which it derives over 40% of its sales - "there are signs this is not happening".Like its clients, so too Regus must retain flexibility, investing only when demand is strongest, Lex concluded. The reaction in shares of Legal&General and Standard Life following their most recent set of figures may signal that the latter are set to start outperforming, the Financial Times´s Lex column said.After the release of its latest financials stock in the former dropped, while Standard Life´s gained, yet they both unveiled double-digit increases in operating profits and increased dividends.So what´s going on? Tuesday´s disparate reaction was because Legal & General cut its full-year free cash flow estimates, after having decided to hold more cash in the run-up to Brexit, Lex explained.That, however, may mean imperil its dividend.A lower growth trajectory for the British economy may also hit annuity business, which accounts for nearly half its profits, for example.Standard Life, on the other hand, is more like an asset manager than your typical traditional insurer, Lex said.More than 90% of its revenues orginate from (recurring) management fees, which should make its dividend safer.Standard Life´s share have underperformed those of its rival by 26% over the past three years, which seems "excessive", the tipster said."If it can boost inflows, it should outperform its rival in the year ahead."

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9 Feb 2017 16:07

Sector movers: Financials, insurers pace gains as interest rates rise

(ShareCast News) - Interest rate sensitive stocks such as life insurers and banks recovered some of their poise as government bond yields bounced back from their recent lows. Significantly, traders cited comments from US president Trump during the afternoon saying he would have "something phenomenal

9 Feb 2017 10:56

Top Thomas Cook shareholder opposes firm over pay plans at AGM

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1 Feb 2017 15:11

UPDATE 2-Investor Standard Life seeks change at Sports Direct, Volkswagen

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26 Jan 2017 11:22

Standard Life's UK pensions chief steps down

(ShareCast News) - Standard Life pensions and savings chief Paul Matthews will retire from the life insurer after 28 years at the company. Matthews, who will step down from the board at the start of March, will be replaced by Barry O'Dwyer, currently chief executive of Standard Life Assurance, just

26 Jan 2017 10:27

Standard Life UK & Europe Pensions & Savings Head To Retire In August

24 Jan 2017 16:16

Tuesday broker round-up

(ShareCast News) - SSE: Macquarie reiterates outperform with a target price of 1735p. Easyjet: Numis reiterates hold, 1050p target. William Hill: UBS downgrades to sell with a 240p target. Standard Life: UBS downgrades to sell with a 310p target. Beazley: JP Morgan reiterates overweight with a 46

24 Jan 2017 11:23

MOVES-Standard Life Investments appoints governance director

LONDON, Jan 24 (IFR) - Standard Life Investments, the UK-based investment manager, has appointed Deborah Gilshan as governance and stewardship director to strengthen its ESG investment team. Gilshan will report to Euan Stirling, head of stewardship and ESG (environmental, social and governa

24 Jan 2017 09:45

UBS downgrades Standard Life due to GARS fund outflows

(ShareCast News) - UBS downgraded Standard Life to 'sell' from 'neutral' and lowered its price target to 310p from 320p on expected earnings pressures from increased outflows from Standard Life Investments. The Swiss bank changed its rating on its expectation that earnings pressure will emerge in 20

13 Dec 2016 13:12

Tuesday broker round-up

(ShareCast News) - British Land: Barclays reiterates overweight with a target price of 740p. GlaxoSmithKline: UBS reiterates neutral, 1600p target. Reckitt Benckiser: Jefferies reiterates buy with a 7750p target. GB Group: Berenberg reiterates buy with a 340p target. Great Portland Estates: Barcl

13 Dec 2016 11:19

MOVES-Standard Life hires Struthers as head of investments

By Steve Slater LONDON, Dec 13 (IFR) - Standard Life Investments has hired Archie Struthers from Aberdeen Asset Management to be its head of investments. Struthers will join Standard Life Investments on January 9. He was global head of investment solutions at Aberdeen. Struthers

13 Dec 2016 11:03

Standard Life Hires Head Of Investments From Aberdeen Asset Management

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