Tuesday tips round-up: Daily Mail, Aberdeen Asset, AG Barr...

Daily Mail Group's exposure to UK consumers in 2011 should dampen wholehearted enthusiasm for the stock, and the management is loath to be drawn on outlook, given the wider economic uncertainties, but there should be some upside here. Buy says the Independent.Fund manager Aberdeen Asset has a strong pipeline of unrecorded mandates, healthy cash generation, improving margins and people on the ground in the emerging markets. Buy says the Independent. There will be some relief among investors in Aberdeen Asset Management that the company has stemmed the outflow of assets under management in the first couple of months of this year. But uncertainties continue, especially over the effect of the Japanese catastrophes. On almost 13 times' this year's earnings, further advances could be limited in the short term. Hold says the Times.AG Barr, the maker of the Irn-Bru soft drink, delivered a fizzing set of full-year results yesterday. The shares now trade on a forward earnings multiple of more than 20, which makes it hard to back them in what is likely to be tougher soft drinks market this year. Hold says the Independent.LMS Capital is an investment vehicle that is gradually churning its portfolio of quoted and unquoted companies to concentrate on three main areas ? energy, consumer and business services. At the current price, the shares are on a discount of about a third to that net asset value. A more focussed approach to investment should pay rewards. A speculative buy say the Times.Kentz Corporation is getting a little too large for its AIM playpen and it is probably time the engineer migrated on to the full board. Directors are considering this. They also have to decide what to do with a growing cash pile, $158m at the end of 2010, with as much as $50m allocated to acquisitions this year. The value of potential new business exceeds $3.7bn, Kentz's three biggest oil industry clients having agreed to spend $90bn between them in 2011. The shares, below £3 in mid-December, added 12½p to 390½p yesterday and are on 12 times' this year's earnings. About high enough for now says the Times.Please note: Digital Look provides a round-up of news, tips and information that is impacting share prices and the market. Digital Look cannot take any responsibility for information provided by third parties. This is for your general information only as not intended to be relied upon by users in making an investment decision or any other decision. Please obtain a copy of the relevant publication and carry out your own research before considering acting on any of this information.