The FTSE 100‘s awash with great investment opportunities. But they’re not always such brillian opportunities for the same reasons in each case. Auto Trader (LSE:AUTO) doesn’t always come up on my radar because it isn’t clearly undervalued. In fact, none of the valuation metrics scream undervalued to me. It trades at 23 times forward earnings but is ‘only’ expected to deliver 12.5% and 10% earnings growth in 2025 and 2026. This gives us a price-to-earnings-to-growth (PEG) ratio of 2.2. Those of you familiar with this ratio — calculated by dividing the forward price-to-earnings ratio (23) by the average expected earnings…
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Image source: Sam Robson, The Motley Fool UK When thinking of volatile electric vehicle share prices, Tesla may immediately spring to mind. But NIO (NYSE: NIO) fits the mould too. So far in 2025, NIO stock has soared 61%. Still, that leaves it 89% below its peak back in 2021. So, given the recent strong positive momentum combined with the low price compared to 2021, could it make sense for me to buy some NIO stock now for my portfolio? Thinking about shares in the right way! While the shares currently costs less than a tenth of the price in…
Image source: Rolls-Royce plc It has been a phenomenal few years for shareholders in Rolls-Royce (LSE: RR). Back in 2022, Rolls-Royce shares were still selling for pennies apiece. The share price is now north of £11. Undoubtedly, Rolls-Royce has been one of the most compelling FTSE 100 investment stories of recent years. But what might the coming years hold? Slowing momentum? Rolls-Royce shares have been on a fairly consistent upwards march over the past few years. But there have been a couple of bumps. One was a sharp reversal this spring, when concerns about the potential impacts of US tariff…
Image source: Getty Images The FTSE 100 contains some elite global businesses and Experian (LSE:EXPN) might just be the best of them. The catch for investors is that the share price usually reflects this. But earlier this month, the stock fell almost 6% on news of a potential threat to its business model. It didn’t last long though, so have I missed my buying opportunity? What happened? As a credit bureau, Experian collects and stores huge amounts of data about potential borrowers. When lenders want to assess risk, they ask the company for a credit score. It generates this by…
Image source: Getty Images Some say the Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) share price defies rational explanation. And some say the same applies to charismatic CEO Elon Musk himself. What if the two were to part? A share price slump could be on the cards. Ahead of the company’s annual meeting on 6 November, Tesla chair Robyn Denholm warned shareholders Musk could leave if they don’t approve his bumper potential payday. It would grant Musk stock options tied to challenging targets — including a market cap of $8.5trn. Denholm suggests Musk, who many consider essential to Tesla’s hopes, needs to be incentivised…
Image source: Getty Images Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) has been on a tear. Apple stock recently hit a new all-time high, after growing 147% over the past five years. But, now selling for 41 times earnings, the share certainly does not look cheap to me. Could it be headed for a fall? Or might there be more value here that means I ought to add the tech giant back into my portfolio ahead of this week’s upcoming quarterly results? Proven business, long runway As a business, there is a lot to like about Apple. It operates in markets that are huge…
Image source: Getty Images What FTSE 100 stocks might benefit from the gold boom? The gold price is undoubtedly on the up. The price has risen around 50% in the last year. Trillions of dollars in value has been added. There are many who look at macroeconomic conditions and believe that gold will continue rising over the coming years and decades. The UK and specifically the FTSE 100 contains many stocks that might benefit from this trend, too. Here is the lowdown on what might happen, along with what might the best stocks to benefit. Optimism? The primary reason to…
Image source: Getty Images Warren Buffett famously said that the stock market is “a device for transferring money from the impatient to the patient“. What the celebrated billionaire investor means is that it rewards those who hold quality stocks through the inevitable ups and downs. And it really rewards those who buy from others selling out of fear. For instance, consider perhaps Buffett’s most famous investment — Coca-Cola. Back in the 1980s, he was greedily buying shares of Coke from impatient investors. In fact, he ended up with roughly 6.2% of the firm’s outstanding shares. Fast forward to today, Buffett’s…
Image source: Getty Images The FTSE 100 continues to have an uncharacteristically great year. As I type, we’re looking at a gain of 17% — a return on par with the tech-filled S&P 500 across the pond. At this rate, we might even break through the 10,000p price boundary before the end of 2025! But it’s not just the index that’s setting records. Many of its members have never been higher in price. Among those who tick that box are: Let’s zoom in one of these. Quality operator Halma is a stock that reeks of quality. The health and safety…
Image source: Getty Images Getting into the stock market does not necessarily require a large amount of money. It can basically be tailored to suit the available cloth. Someone with a spare £100k could start investing – and so could someone with a few pounds a week in spare cash. Here is what that could look like, for someone who wants to start buying shares with £50 each week. The long-term benefit of drip feeding £50 a week might not sound like the basis of a potential fortune. However, long-term investing can be surprisingly powerful. Over time, the regular contribution…