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Share Price: 152.00
Bid: 151.80
Ask: 152.10
Change: 2.20 (1.47%)
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Open: 149.40
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Broker tips: Wood Group, ITV, AstraZeneca

Mon, 08th Feb 2016 15:55

(ShareCast News) - Wood Group shares fell after Goldman Sachs downgraded the company from 'neutral' to 'sell' and cut its target price from 639.6p to 517.6p.In a note on Monday, the investment bank focused on working capital analysis, which it believed would be the key there for the oil services sector this year."As low oil prices lead to negative free cash flow generation for oil producers, we believe oil services companies will face delayed payments that they will largely have to accept given the high competition for new orders created by a lack of order intake in the industry."Shares in ITV fell sharply on Monday as Deutsche Bank said the broadcaster was lagging the rest of the sector, which has kicked off the year strongly.Deutsche, which hosted a conference call for investors with four UK media buyers and two advertising forecasters, said: "1Q consensus for the UK TV market was +5% to 6%. A number of forecasts had been cut recently on weakening retail spend; supermarkets and DIY particularly cited. ITV was seen up 2-3% underlying, underperforming the market with C4 particularly strong."The bank also pointed out that the inclusion of ITV Player for the first time this year was lifting the company's year-on-year numbers."Player ad revs are around 3% of ITV linear TV ad income. So although ITV was seen up +5% to 6.5% on a headline basis, on a like-for-like basis this is 2-3%," it said.Still, looking ahead it said full year consensus was not immediately under threat, although risks are skewed to the downside.HSBC downgraded AstraZeneca to 'hold' from 'buy' and cut the price target to 4,880p from 4,910p.It said the company's full year results last Thursday were solid, slightly ahead of expectations in terms of sales and in line at core earnings per share level.The bank said declines in off-patent products Nexium and Seroquel XR were as expected, with increased pricing for Crestor offsetting lower volumes. Meanwhile, the diabetes franchise held up well.However, HSBC pointed out the market responded negatively to guidance of a low to mid-single-digit decline in 2016 sales and core EPS.HSBC reckoned the selloff in the shares last week was overdone. "However concerns over portfolio strategy and a near-term lack of growth may outweigh the longer-term potential in investors' minds."
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23 Feb 2023 08:29

Wood Group shares rally on unsolicited Apollo approach

MILAN, Feb 23 (Reuters) - Wood Group shares rallied more than 30% on Thursday after the British energy services provider said it had received and then rejected three unsolicited takeover proposals from U.S. private equity group Apollo Global Management.

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22 Feb 2023 17:49

Wood Group rejects takeover offer from Apollo

(Sharecast News) - Wood Group said on Wednesday that it has rejected three unsolicited, preliminary and conditional takeover proposals from Apollo Global Management.

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22 Feb 2023 17:37

TOP NEWS: John Wood rejects GBP1.6 billion Apollo takeover approach

(Alliance News) - John Wood Group PLC on Wednesday said it has rebuffed three unsolicited proposals for a takeover by Apollo Global Management Inc.

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26 Jan 2023 09:44

LONDON BROKER RATINGS: RBC cuts Ocado; Bernstein cuts easyJet

(Alliance News) - The following London-listed shares received analyst recommendations Thursday morning:

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23 Jan 2023 09:06

TOP NEWS: Endeavour Mining meets output guidance and lifts returns

(Alliance News) - Endeavour Mining PLC said its production in 2022 was at the top end of its outlook, while shareholder returns were almost double its minimum target.

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18 Jan 2023 10:39

Morgan Advanced Materials names former SSE CEO as chair designate

(Alliance News) - Morgan Advanced Materials PLC on Wednesday named former John Wood Group PLC chair and SSE PLC chief executive officer Ian Marchant as its new chair.

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18 Jan 2023 09:47

LONDON BROKER RATINGS: Bank of America and Oddo BHF cut Whitbread

(Alliance News) - The following London-listed shares received analyst recommendations Wednesday morning:

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12 Jan 2023 11:27

John Wood trading in 2022 in line with guidance; expects revenue fall

(Alliance News) - John Wood Group PLC on Thursday said results for 2022 were in line with guidance.

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12 Jan 2023 08:15

Wood Group ends year in line with guidance

(Sharecast News) - John Wood Group said in an update on Thursday that its results for 2022 were in line with guidance for revenue, adjusted EBITDA and net debt.

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5 Jan 2023 13:14

Vesuvius names John Wood's Mark Collis as new chief financial officer

(Alliance News) - Vesuvius PLC on Thursday appointed John Wood Group PLC's Mark Collis as its new chief financial officer.

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16 Dec 2022 09:14

LONDON BROKER RATINGS: Barclays cuts Bunzl to 'underweight'

(Alliance News) - The following London-listed shares received analyst recommendations Friday morning:

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16 Dec 2022 08:42

LONDON MARKET OPEN: Stocks lower as central banks keep hiking rates

(Alliance News) - Stock prices in London opened lower on Friday morning as investors digested a slew of interest rate decisions from a number of major central banks.

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16 Dec 2022 07:53

LONDON BRIEFING: BT to combine units; Rio Tinto completes acquisition

(Alliance News) - Stocks in London are set to open higher on Friday as investors digest a series of central bank interest rate decisions in the past two days.

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12 Dec 2022 12:20

Jefferies upgrades Wood Group to 'buy'

(Sharecast News) - Jefferies upgraded Wood Group on Monday to 'buy' from 'hold' and hiked the price target to 190p from 150p.

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12 Dec 2022 09:34

LONDON BROKER RATINGS: Jefferies raises John Wood to 'buy' from 'hold'

(Alliance News) - The following London-listed shares received analyst recommendations Monday morning:

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