Image source: Getty Images The Rolls-Royce Holdings (LSE: RR.) share price has been a huge growth success story. But to keep it going, the company needs to continue performing. So did first-half results Thursday (31 July) hit the mark? Yes, emphatically. Operating profit jumped 50% to £1.7bn. And free cash flow reached £1.6bn. Full-year guidance? Rolls set itself some even more stretching targets. They include underlying profit between £3.1bn and £3.2bn, with free cash flow of £3bn to £3.1bn. With 2024 full-year results released in February, guidance was set at £2.7bn to £2.9bn for operating profit and the same for…
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Image source: Getty Images The Barclays (LSE:BARC) share price has shot up 59% over the past year. With the stock now at 370p, it’s back to the highest level since the global financial crisis back in 2008. Granted, a lot has changed in the world of banking and finance since then. But it’s worth investors taking a pause and thinking about the next direction of travel for the stock in the coming year. How we got here Let’s quickly run through the recent rise in the share price. The bulk of the move can be assigned to positive investor sentiment…
Analysts and experts are reacting to the Federal Reserve keeping its benchmark interest rate unchanged at 4.25% to 4.50% on Wednesday’s Federal Open Market Committee Meeting, amid mounting pressure from President Donald Trump to deliver immediate and aggressive rate cuts.What Happened: Economist Mohamed El-Erian noted that yet again, “it is the post-FOMC press conference that moves the markets,” rather than the outcome of the meeting itself. El-Erian, who is currently the Chief Economic Adviser at Allianz, highlighted the fact that “stocks fall, bond yields rise, and the dollar strengthens,” as a result of the Fed’s remarks, while adding that Fed…
Image source: Getty Images Lloyds Banking Group receives significant attention from investors. It’s a very popular stock with the retail crowd, and the 26% rally over the past six months has been impressive. However, other FTSE banking stocks are performing even better. Here’s one I spotted that’s up 37% in just the last six months. A strong contender I’m referring to Paragon Banking Group (LSE:PAG). It’s not exactly tiny but is a small bank compared to Lloyds, based on the difference in market cap. Paragon has a capitalisation of £1.72bn, whereas Lloyds is at £47.2bn. Quite a difference! Yet Paragon…
Image source: Getty Images Cohort (LSE:CHRT), the defence technology group, is a UK growth stock that’s just reported its results for the year ended 30 April (FY25). Compared to the previous year, these showed a 33% increase in revenue to £270m and a 30% rise in adjusted operating profit to £27.5m. The group’s order book is now worth £616m. On the day (16 July) this information was released to investors, its shares soared 13.5%. But that was also the day on which the group’s chairman, chief executive and finance director — along with some of their close associates — sold…
Image source: Getty Images I highlighted JD Sports Fashion (LSE: JD) as my favourite FTSE 100 growth share exactly one year ago, calling it an “unmissable recovery play”. The shares had crashed 25% on 4 January 2024 following a surprise profit warning. I bought in at 115p on 22 January, but jumped too soon and quickly found myself in the red. On 30 July 2024, I wrote that “there are risks in buying JD Sports, but I think they’re outweighed by the potential rewards”. Sadly, I got that the wrong way round, in the short run. The shares have fallen 30%…
A Stocks and Shares ISA offers powerful long-term tax benefits, shielding dividends and capital gains from HMRC. But deciding how and when to invest that money can make a significant difference to long-term returns. One of the most common dilemmas for ISA investors is whether to deploy the full £20,000 annual allowance all at once or spread it out over time. At least, that’s the dilemma for those fortunate enough to be able to use the full contribution allowance! Please note that tax treatment depends on the individual circumstances of each client and may be subject to change in future.…
MANILA, Philippines — (AP) — Asian shares were mixed Thursday after most U.S. stocks slipped, as doubts rose on Wall Street about whether the Federal Reserve will deliver economy-juicing cuts to interest rates by September.Japan’s Nikkei 225 rose 0.9% to 41,020.91 after the Bank of Japan kept interest rates steady at 0.5% and raised inflation projections. The move follows Tokyo’s trade deal with Washington.In Seoul, the Kospi edged down 0.3% to 3,244.40 after South Korea reached a 15% tariff deal with the U.S., with no levies on American goods like cars, trucks and farm products. The deal also includes South…
MANILA, Philippines — (AP) — Asian shares were mixed Thursday after most U.S. stocks slipped, as doubts rose on Wall Street about whether the Federal Reserve will deliver economy-juicing cuts to interest rates by September.Japan’s Nikkei 225 rose 0.9% to 41,020.91 after the Bank of Japan kept interest rates steady at 0.5% and raised inflation projections. The move follows Tokyo’s trade deal with Washington.In Seoul, the Kospi edged down 0.3% to 3,244.40 after South Korea reached a 15% tariff deal with the U.S., with no levies on American goods like cars, trucks and farm products. The deal also includes South…
Here’s another reason for Mayor Adams to have buyer’s remorse over his bromance with President Trump.The president’s so-called “Big Beautiful Bill” clawed back more than $100 million in grants that were promised to New York City to build a linear park on an abandoned transit right of way in Queens — a project championed by the mayor.Back in April, Streetsblog raised the specter that the Neighborhood Access and Equity grant was one of more than a dozen that House Republicans had put in the crosshairs. But the clawback of $111.9 million in unspent money out of an initial grant of…