- EBITDA forecasts raised - Financial strength provides scope for further investment - Shares down 50%+ since Sept 2021 peaks Through the fog of cost inflation, wage and recruitment pressures, macro weaknesses, and workers gradually returning to offices, communications kit designer Gamma Communications (GAMA:AIM) continues to make progress. The AIM-listed business flagged a solid ...

We believe that communications kit designer Gamma Communications (GAMA:AIM) has substantial scope to bounce back as we near publication of 2021 full year results (to 31 December) on 22 March. The stock has been pulled sharply lower in recent months as investors rotated out of growth companies, particularly things even vaguely connected to the technology space. Yet company commentary has ...

Among the best kept investment secrets is the fact smaller companies typically outperform larger companies over the medium and long term thanks to characteristics ranging from innovation and faster organic growth to entrepreneurial management, agility in the face of change and the greater likelihood of a takeover bid. Within the UK’s small cap funds and investment trusts sectors is an elite ...

UK stocks represent a ‘once in a generation’ opportunity for investors, say fund managers. After years dogged by political and economic uncertainty, and soggy stock market performance, this is a welcome change of mood music. ‘UK equities are on a 30 year low versus peers, and we see this as a once in a generation opportunity to get involved in some fantastic businesses,’ said Rory ...

There was a notable excess of selling by insiders in the latest weekly director dealings, both in terms of the number of trades and the overall size. The biggest insider trade of the last week was the sale of 700,000 shares of Israeli gas producer Energean (ENOG) at 800p by its chief financial officer, Panos Benos, netting him a cool £5.6 million. Having started the year well, Energean ...

Gamma Communications (GAMA:AIM) £19.40 Gain to date: 30% Original entry point: Buy at £14.95, 9 July 2020 Communications technology developer Gamma Communications (GAMA:AIM) continues to cement its reputation as a sleep easy investment for shareholders to own. Its share price has stayed impressively resilient in the face of volatility hitting markets this year. Gamma’s ...

We’re pleased to welcome back Malcolm from Edinburgh who is sharing his experience as someone in retirement taking charge of their investments for the first time. After a year-and-a-half of taking responsibility for investing for retirement through my SIPP and Stocks and Shares ISA, matters are becoming clearer. There is no going on endless holidays and checking my portfolio once a ...

Individuals looking to shield wealth from inheritance tax should consider London’s AIM stock market as investing in certain shares can help keep the taxman at bay. The standard rate of inheritance tax is 40% which is a meaningful amount. AIM shares that qualify for business property relief and held for at least two years do not form part of the estate for inheritance tax purposes and can be ...

UK stocks opened lower on Tuesday, despite a fall in the local unemployment rate, as Germany imposed stricter Covid-19 lockdown measures in a sign the pandemic is far from over. London’s FTSE 100 softened 0.5% to 6,691.8 points early on, while the FTSE 250 fell 0.4% to 21,361.91. The UK unemployment rate fell to 5.0% in November to January, down from the last reading of 5.1% in October to ...

Monday 9 November saw things change for investors as the surge of enthusiasm associated with finding a vaccine for Covid-19 buoyed markets. For the first time in many months the vast majority of my 30 shares rose markedly. This did not trigger a notable increase in buying and selling on my behalf. I reduced my investment in two funds but little else. It was pleasing though to see that half my ...

GAMMA COMMUNICATIONS (GAMA:AIM) £16.35 Gain to date: 9.4% Original entry point: Buy at £14.95, 9 July 2020 Guiding investors towards sensible targets and then beating them is a very good habit for a stock to develop and it’s a box that Gamma Communications (GAMA:AIM) ticks. The company recently revealed that earning for 2020 would be ‘slightly ahead’ of forecast with ...

Specialist communications kit and services provider Gamma Communications (GAMA:AIM) has confirmed that its 2020 annual performance has beaten expectations. ‘EBITDA (earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation) and adjusted earnings per share (EPS) for the year ended 31 December 2020 are expected to be slightly ahead of the range of market forecasts’, the company said, while ...

Boss of online pet care and veterinary services firm Pets at Home (PETS) cashed in over £5 million worth of shares last week, having already passed go and collected more than £34,000 of interim dividends at the start of this month. Over a period of three days last week chief executive Peter Pritchard sold around 1.27 million ordinary shares at an average price of 383.98p, raising a total of ...

The biggest director deal over the past week comes from FTSE 250 gold and silver miner Hochschild Mining (HOC), whose chairman and founder Eduardo Hochschild sold a huge chunk of stock. Investment bank JP Morgan placed 61.7 million shares in the company at 200p each for Pelham Investment Corporation, Hochschild’s personal investment vehicle. Following the share placing, which represents a ...

Many high-quality companies have recently been shunned by investors in favour of beaten-down value stocks amid coronavirus vaccine hopes. That presents an opportunity to be contrarian and we’ve spotted a way to take advantage of such price weakness. Investors have started to realise they don’t need to pay high multiples to find growth. As such, many stocks on higher ratings like the ...

In a week where most investors have been selling stocks across the board, the general pattern of director deals has followed a similar trend. But one stand out deal involves the chairman and co-founder of German software giant SAP and a huge show of faith. Hasso Plattner, the 76-year-old billionaire who co-founded the business in 1972, has taken advantage of what has been described as a ...

Gamma Communications (GAMA:AIM) £15.35 Gain to date: 2.7% Original entry point: Buy at £14.95, 9 July 2020 Telling the market that you expect to beat full-year forecasts on earnings and revenue because your core business has performed so well is a pretty good way to impress investors, and Gamma Communications (GAMA:AIM) has done just that. Consensus for this year had been ...

UK stocks ended Monday’s trading session modestly lower as worries over the size of future financial packages in Europe and the US overshadowed positive Covid-19 vaccine and treatment data and oil companies also weighed on sentiment. London’s benchmark FTSE 100 index closed down 28.78 points, or 0.46%, at 6,261.52. LARGE AND MID CAP RISERS AND FALLERS BP (BP.) dropped 2% to 303.2p and ...

UK stocks traded lower midway through the session on Monday, with oil companies weighing, as mounting Covid-19 cases stoked fears of a short-lived recovery in the global economy. At 11.35, the benchmark FTSE 100 index was down 41.66 points, or 0.66%, at 6,248.64. LARGE AND MID CAP RISERS AND FALLERS BP (BP.) dropped 1.6% to 302.45p and Royal Dutch Shell (RDSB) 1.3% to £12.24 amid a fall ...

Among the most significant director dealings of the last week, non-executive director Andrew Stone has sold out of his remaining stake in Gamma Communications (GAMA:AIM). After selling 35,000 shares last Friday for £435,000, Stone sold a further 108,551 shares of Gamma for £2.62 million in four separate trades this week, closing out his holding. Gamma features as a new Great Idea in this ...