[ad_1] Image source: Getty Images The S&P 500‘s been flying higher over the past couple of years. Yet despite some companies mirroring the index in hitting all-time highs, it doesn’t mean that everything’s overvalued. In fact, some firms have analysts’ forecasts anticipating large moves in the coming year. Here are two I’ve spotted. The comeback king The first is The Trade Desk (NASDAQ:TTD). The stock’s down a whopping 71% over the past year, but analysts are predicting a comeback. For example, at a current price of $35, the average 12-month target price from analysts is $59. There are a dozen…
Author: user
[ad_1] Image source: Getty Images Hikma Pharmaceuticals (LSE:HIK) has been a very disappointing FTSE 100 stock over multiple timeframes. It’s down 33% since February 2025 and nearly 39% off in five years. Indeed, the share price is the same today as it was back in March 2014! So it’s ultimately gone nowhere for more than a decade. However, there’s a potentially very lucrative opportunity coming over the hill for the pharmaceutical company. So could now be a once-in-a-decade opportunity to consider scooping up shares on the cheap? Let’s dig in. What does Hikma do? As a quick reminder, Hikma manufactures…
[ad_1] Image source: Getty Images At the moment, the stock market’s giving ‘quality’ shares the cold shoulder. This means many fund managers deploying this quality investment strategy have been underperforming. Is quality investing finished? Or can it still make investors wealthier? What is it? For those wondering, this style focuses on high-quality businesses with high returns on capital, reliable cash flows, and strong balance sheets. As such, they’re often very established businesses. Indeed, well-known quality investor Terry Smith even makes a point to note the average year of foundation for the companies in his Fundsmith portfolio. It’s currently 1919, meaning they’re…
[ad_1] Image source: Getty Images Greggs‘ (LSE:GRG) shares have fallen 47% over the last 15 months. But while any stock can fall in the short term, the long-term chart doesn’t exactly look encouraging either. Over the last five years, the share price has fallen 19%. So is this just a stock that’s out of favour with the market at the moment, or is the company facing more durable problems? Long-term investing In the short term, share price movements don’t always correspond to what’s going on with the underlying business. And Greggs is actually a good example of this. Earlier this…
[ad_1] Image source: Getty Images HSBC (LSE: HSBA) shares have tripled in price in the past five years. However, with further strong earnings growth forecast, they could still be significantly undervalued. The stock also delivers solid dividend yields, which are also projected to rise on improving profits, margins, and capital returns. So what returns could be made with small, regular investments by long-term investors? How does the core business look? A risk to HSBC’s earnings is declining interest rates in its key markets. These affect the margin earned on lending versus deposits, making profits more volatile than in some other…
[ad_1] Image source: BT Group plc The dividend on BT Group (LSE:BT.A) shares has been steadily increasing since the pandemic. And in further good news for income investors, the group’s announced a 2% rise in this year’s interim payout. But with plenty of FTSE 100 dividend stocks available, it can sometimes be difficult knowing which ones to choose. So are BT’s shares worth considering? Let’s take a closer look. Good for income Based on the 8.16p paid for the year ended 31 March 2025 (FY25), BT’s shares are currently (19 January) yielding 4.5%. In common with many businesses, it suspended…
[ad_1] The new “abundance” agenda can deliver a wealth of transportation options, but only if proponents recognize how our glut of highways has contributed to the very inequitable scarcity they say they hope to tackle, advocates are saying.Inspired by the Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson’s book of the same name, “abundance” became a political buzzword across America in 2025, inspiring a universe of think-pieces and justification for a raft of deregulatory policy proposals.At the recent Crossroads Convening hosted by the Union of Concern Scientists, a panel of researchers and advocates explored what the “unclear and nebulous” abundance concept might mean…
[ad_1] Image source: Vodafone Group plc Since January 2025, both Vodafone’s (LSE:VOD) and BT’s (LSE:BT.A) shares have outperformed the FTSE 100, rising by 46% and 29% respectively. And they’ve paid some pretty good dividends too. Does positive investor sentiment for the UK telecoms sector mean now’s a good time to consider either or both? A bit like a game of Top Trumps, let’s compare the two. Beauty and the beast? Based on both companies’ results for the year ended 31 March 2025 (FY25), Vodafone’s revenue was 60% higher and its EBITDA (earnings before interest, tax, depreciation, and amortisation) was 21%…
[ad_1] Image source: Getty Images On both sides of the Atlantic, there have been plenty of warnings of a stock market correction or, worse, a full-blown crash. Concerns that we’re in the middle of an artificial intelligence bubble are driving these fears. But despite these worrying predictions, I’m continuing to buy UK shares. Here are a couple that I recently bought. Cheers! Not to be confused with the US company, Coca-Cola HBC (LSE:CCH) holds the exclusive rights to distribute the American group’s drinks in 28 countries in Europe and Africa. Analysts are expecting strong earnings growth over the next five…
[ad_1] For investors hunting for passive income, Phoenix Group (LSE: PHNX) remains a standout FTSE 100 opportunity, in my view. The company is the UK’s largest life and pensions consolidator. This type of business is built around scale and cost discipline, and generates predictable, long‑duration cash flows. The firm has consistently maintained one of the highest dividend yields in the top-tier index. And management explicitly targets sustainable, growing dividends. So, what sort of income are we looking at here over time? Rising dividend yield forecasts In 2024, Phoenix paid a 54p total dividend, currently yielding 7.2% on the £7.45 share…