Press tips

Sunday share tips: Compass, ZincOx, Johnson Matthey
05 Feb, 2012 16:01
For the Questor team at the Sunday Telegraph food-service group Compass has proved that it can weather turbulent times - and still looks good value at current levels. This may be due to the fact that the current crisis plays to the company's strengths, as

Friday tips round-up: Imperial Tobacco, Unilever
03 Feb, 2012 07:18
Obviously, investing in tobacco shares is not to everyone's taste - but through good times and bad they continue to make money for shareholders, Questor in the Telegraph notes.

Thursday tips round-up: United Utilities, Petra Diamonds
02 Feb, 2012 06:54
The Tempus column in the Times has its mind on United Utilities, the north England-focused water company. This is a highly regulated stock which is all about yield. The current promise is for yield to grow each year at inflation plus 2%. In 2012 the full

Wednesday tips round up: National Grid, Babcock, Kcom
01 Feb, 2012 06:51
In the Times, Tempus tests the currents for National Grid. The firm's 8% dividend growth promise will expire this year, to be replaced by a 4% commitment. This will not please investors thinks Tempus

Tuesday tips round-up: SThree, M&S, Ryanair
31 Jan, 2012 06:52
The Times's Tempus column weighs up recruitment firm SThree, which has had a pretty rough time as of late, falling 35% in the last 12 months.

Sunday share tips: Chime, 3i Infrastructure, Secure Trust
29 Jan, 2012 11:59
"Another share that has caught my eye is Chime Communications, a media agency with interests in public relations, advertising and sports marketing. Whereas the company's profits have grown steadily for several years, the share price is similar to where i

Friday's tips round up: Misys, Gem and Standard Life
27 Jan, 2012 07:20
In the Times's Tempus column, Martin Waller rehearses the arguments for and against the banking software company Misys.

Thursday tips round up: Renishaw, 3i Infrastructure, Aegis
26 Jan, 2012 06:58
Renishaw, the specialist engineering firm, gets the once over from Tempus in the Times. The Gloucestershire based firm, which makes measuring equipment for production lines, gained 20% yesterday after reporting record half yearly revenues, up 11% over the

Wednesday tips round-up: Chemring and Nautical Petroleum
25 Jan, 2012 06:49
The Times's Tempus column goes to war for the defence equipment manufacturer Chemring. It was battered yesterday, falling 12.6% after suggesting the coming year could be quite tough. Tempus argues the market may have overreacted as Chemring is looking out

Tuesday tips round-up: Aberdeen Asset, Hunting, Carillion
24 Jan, 2012 06:50
The Independent's Sharewatch column offers a summary of the investment managers, making the point many of them have pay structures similar to investment banks but, often, without offering "benchmark beating" performance.