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[ad_1] Image source: Getty Images A lot of FTSE 100 shares have had a good run recently. However, City analysts still see a lot of potential within the large-cap index. Here, I’m going to highlight two Footsie stocks that could rise more than 50% over the next year or so, according to analysts. Are they worth a closer look? A dirt cheap pharma stock First up, we have Hikma Pharmaceuticals (LSE: HIK). It’s a pharma company that specialises in three types of products – injectables, branded products, and generics. This company’s growing at a healthy pace. For the first half…

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[ad_1] Image source: Getty Images FTSE wealth and investments group Aberdeen (LSE: ABDN) has dipped 8% from its 12 August 12-month traded high of £2.06. Consequently, this might be a good time for me to add to my holding in the high-dividend gem. It certainly looks cheap on its 0.7 price-to-book ratio compared to the 2.8 average of its competitors. These comprise RIT Capital Partners at 0.8, M&G at 1.9, Bridgepoint Group at 2.8, and Legal & General at 5.6. It also looks a bargain on its 2.5 price-to-sales ratio against its peer group’s 3.7 average. And on the other…

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[ad_1] Image source: Getty Images GSK’s (LSE: GSK) share price has gained 20% from its 9 April one-year traded low of £12.42. One reason is the lack of extra US tariffs placed on UK pharmaceutical companies, as had been mooted. That said, this does remain a risk for the firm. Another reason is the reduction in litigation risk surrounding its Zantac product, although again a risk remains. This followed the October 2024 $2.2bn (£1.63bn) settlement by GSK that resolved 93% of lawsuits related to the drug. And I think the final reason has been very strong results from the company…

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[ad_1] Image source: Getty Images While digging around the FTSE 250 for potential income shares this week, I stumbled across one stock that’s been on an incredible run. Anglo-Eastern Plantations‘ (LSE: AEP) quietly become one of the year’s best performers, soaring 105% since January. For a relatively small company with a market value of just over £325m, that’s no small feat. Founded in 1985 and headquartered in London, Anglo-Eastern owns and operates palm oil and rubber plantations across Indonesia and Malaysia. It’s far from a household name on the FTSE 250, yet the business has been drawing attention after a…

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[ad_1] Car culture has a higher body count than both World Wars combined. So why don’t we think of automobility in the same way we think about the bloody and destructive global conflicts that dominate the news — and what would it take to transform our streets into a tool to make our whole society more peaceful, rather than more violent? Today on The Brake, we sat down with PhD candidate Ashton Rohmer to talk about her fascinating new paper that looks at our transportation culture through a “peace and conflict studies” lens — and why car domination is a kind of warfare unto itself, even…

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[ad_1] Ministers have handed firms £6m in contracts to help devise plans to build a network of new NHS clinics using private capital, despite fears the move could turn into a PFI-style disaster.The Department of Health and Social Care has awarded contracts worth £3m each to the management consultants Deloitte and the lawyers Addleshaw Goddard. They are advising the DHSC on whether to use public-private partnerships (PPPs) to help build dozens of the promised “neighbourhood health centres” in England.The firms have been hired to help to develop the business case for pressing ahead with doing so, design what form any…

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[ad_1] At Climate Week NYC, the Carbon Data Open Protocol (CDOP) coalition unveiled Version 1.0 of its open-source data schema, a breakthrough aimed at reducing market fragmentation and scaling investment into carbon markets.The framework, developed with input from 37 organizations including Verra, South Pole, Isometric, and Kita, standardizes definitions for project location, details, and approach, helping align registries, platforms, and investors. Future versions will expand to cover the full lifecycle of carbon credits.Carbon credit data has long been siloed, with dozens of incompatible schemas creating inefficiencies and undermining investor confidence.  “We’re already facing a shortage of carbon removal | RSS.comBy…

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