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Shares Edition : 21st February 2008

All happening at Rio Tinto

Rio Tinto (RIO) – Finals PTP: $9.8bn ($10.2bn) Divi: 84c (64c) The song remains the same. Another year of record earnings and cashflow on higher production volumes and better selling prices. Investment has been made into new reserves while cost pressures bite. Rio is at a... READ MORE >>

Hargreaves mines Maltby’s seam

Hargreaves Services (HSP:AIM) PTP: £6.6m (£4.1m) Divi: 3.3p... READ MORE >>

Patsystems bullish for 2008

Patsystems (PTS:AIM) – Finals PTP: £2.19m (£1.63m) Divi: 0.33p... READ MORE >>

Profits halved at Bradford & Bingley

Bradford & Bingley (BB.) – Finals PTP: £126m (£246.7m) Divi: 21p... READ MORE >>

Reckitt over-exposed to slower markets

Reckitt Benckiser (RB.) – Finals PTP £1.21bn (£1.02bn) Divi: 30p (25p) Profits rose just 2% in the fourth quarter but were up 35% for the year as a whole. Reckitt is all about brands and it did well with its 18 ‘powerbrands’ including Air Wick, Clearasil and... READ MORE >>

US turmoil sees Prodesse prevail

Prodesse Investment (PRD) – Finals PTP: £10.7m (-£11.8m) Divi: 29.0p... READ MORE >>

Puncturing inflated expectations at Hargreaves Lansdown

Hargreaves Lansdown (HL.) – Interims PTP: £26.7m (£20.5m) Divi: 3.1p (n/a) The shares of the private client wealth manager have rallied since last week’s strong interims but questions remain as to whether it will make earnings forecasts against the backcloth of... READ MORE >>

Not yet time for the Go-Ahead

Go-Ahead (GOG) – Interims PTP: £45.2m (£46.9m) Divi: 25.5p... READ MORE >>

St Modwen rebuilds

St Modwen Properties (SMP) – Finals PTP: £100.1m (£96.9m) Divi: 7.8p... READ MORE >>

Morse cracks the code

Morse (MOR) – Interims PTP: £6.39m (£3.74m) Divi: 1.30p... READ MORE >>

Fidessa upbeat about demand

Fidessa (FDSA) – Finals PTP: £17.1m (£14.3m) Divi: 18p (13.1p) Decelerating growth in consultancy work at the provider of software and services for front office trading solutions at brokerage and fund management firms could have set alarm bells ringing, but chief executive... READ MORE >>

Albemarle & Bond: credit where credit’s due

Albemarle & Bond (ABM:AIM) – Interims PTP: £5.2m (£3.9m) Divi: 2.0p (1.8p) The pawnbroker appears to be benefiting from the credit crisis. The company’s loan book has increased 24% since last year – it put this down to tougher lending criteria for credit... READ MORE >>

Concern that Smurfit is vulnerable to slowdown

Smurfit Kappa (SKG) – Finals PTP €170m (€143m) Divi: 16.05c (n/a) Profits were slightly ahead of expectations, up 19% at €170 million, but the shares fell 3% to €8.9, a sign of investor concern that a major economic slowdown will inevitably affect... READ MORE >>