It’s hard to argue with Rolls Royce if you want a company which can produce steady income growth over the long-term with limited risks, but how does it stack up as a value investment at almost 830p a share? With sales and profits measured in billions, as well as staff measured in tens of thousands [...]
British American Tobacco–More than just an income investment?
April 27, 2012 by
If you’re not worried about the ethical implications of investing in tobacco companies, then being a shareholder of British American Tobacco over the last decade would have been a very profitable experience. The shares have risen from around 700p in 2002 to more than 3,000p today. Along the way it’s paid out another 700p in [...]
GlaxoSmithKline
April 18, 2012 by
Glaxo is a popular stock. It’s often among the most traded stocks in any given day and it’s a favourite of Neil Woodford, the current Master of the Fund Management Universe. Not only is it one of Woodford’s top holdings, but according to the Citywire web site, it’s a top five holding for four out [...]
Using an investment checklist to value Shell
March 23, 2012 by
We’re all feeling the pain of high petrol and diesel costs at the moment with prices at the pump hitting more than 150p per litre in some places. I know that some investors like to hedge their bets and own shares in companies that do well at the expense of the rest of us, so [...]
Does Prudential’s Asian growth story make it a good investment?
March 16, 2012 by
The stock market can be a funny old place. One day (last week actually) you might look at the price of Prudential, the FTSE 100 listed, multi-billion pound global insurance and financial services giant, and see that it’s valued at £17.8 billion. Then a few days later, it announces some positive results for the previous [...]
HSBC–A bank worth investing in?
March 9, 2012 by
HSBC has taken a bit of a beating over the past few years just like all the other banks, but I think this one has done a solid job of steering through the crisis. Earnings and dividends may be down substantially from the peak years of 2007/8, but things are not remotely as bad as [...]
AMEC – A recent restructuring generates impressive growth
March 1, 2012 by
I thought I’d have a go at building up a database of info on companies, so I’ll be starting with the FTSE 100 from A to Z and we’ll see how it goes. The first company is AMEC, an engineering, project management and related services company that works with companies in the oil and gas, [...]
