Grrencore Group - food market leader's mega-acquisition is looking very good, Q4 Update will show shares are under-appreciated, at least 25% upside
Mark Watson-Mitchell - 07.10.2026 Next Tuesday, 13th October, the £1.95bn-capitalised Greencore Group (LON:GNC) will be informing the market with its Q4 Trading Update and also about its integration progress and delivery following the massive Bakkavor acquisition that was completed in January this year. In February 2025, Greencore made its first offer for the Bakkavor Group with a view that the enlarged group would create a leading UK convenience food business with a combin
Hollywood Bowl announces that despite H2 challenges it will show in line results
Mark Watson-Mitchell - 07.10.2026 This morning, the Hollywood Bowl Group (LON:BOWL) has reported a resilient performance for the year to end-September, with total Group revenue growing 4.3% to a record £261.6m, driven by a 3.5% increase in UK revenue to £219.9m and a 9.0% rise in Canadian revenue to £41.7m. Despite a challenging second half in the UK due to prolonged hot weather impacting like-for-like revenue by 1.4%, disciplined cost controls and dynamic pricing mitigated
Avon Technologies - Trading Update shows Finals to be ahead of expectations, new SQC TP
Mark Watson-Mitchell - 07.10.2026 Ahead of a Capital Markets Event in the shape of an investor strategy teach-in being held today, Avon Technologies (LON:AVON) has provided a Trading Update for the year to end-September. It is expecting results to be ahead of market expectations with revenue growth of approximately 12.5% and adjusted operating profit margins comfortably above the guided 14-16% range. The Group's new "Improve. Grow. Compound." strategy aims for annual revenue
Volution Group – this fan company’s Finals will underline attractive upside, could be over 30% higher in due course
Mark Watson-Mitchell - 06.10.2026 This coming Thursday, 8th October, the £1.3bn-capitalised Volution Group (LON:FAN) will declare its 2026 Final Results to end-June. The Company is a leading international designer and manufacturer of energy efficient indoor air quality solutions. Over the last year, the Group’s shares have ranged in price from 547p to 730p and they are now trading at around the mid-level at 657p. City analysts are looking for the Group’s shares to gradua
Netcall – this week’s Finals will report a record sales pipeline, supported by demand for cloud-based automation and AI-enabled solutions, shares look ready to run
Mark Watson-Mitchell - 05.10.2026 This Wednesday, 7th October, the £213m-capitalised Netcall (LON:NET) will be declaring its 2026 Final Results – they should be good and point toward even better times ahead. The intelligent software group has seen its shares advance from the 102p level when I commented upon the company in early March, they are now 125p and now they are looking even more appealing. The Business Founded in 1984 and based in Bedford, Netcall is a provider of i
SRT Marine Systems – looking for momentum to accelerate into the future, 2026 Finals due shortly should please investors and show substantial prospects
SRT Marine awareness in operation Mark Watson-Mitchell - 02.10.2026 I always like to see ‘Company Insiders’ committing to their equities. So, when I noted a couple of months ago that Oliver Plunkett, a Non-Executive Director at SRT Marine Systems (LON:SRT) had added another 190,456 shares to his holding, paying 77.96p each for his purchase, I believe that it emphasised his confidence in the group. Plunkett is a board member of and CEO of the Ocean Infinity Group, the Company'
JD Wetherspoon - 28% fall in 2026 profits after 5.2% sales increase - but this year looking better
Mark Watson-Mitchell - 02.10.2026 This morning the pubs and hotels group J D Wetherspoon (LON:JDW) has reported preliminary results for the 52 weeks ended July 26, 2026, showing a 5.2% increase in revenue to £2,238m, driven by a 4.2% rise in like-for-like sales. However, profit before tax decreased by 28.0% to £58.6m, and operating profit fell 17.9% to £120.2m, with basic earnings per share down 16.6% to 42.4p. Despite these profit declines, free cash inflow per share signifi
Filtronic – with increasing orders - expect a gradual upward price move ahead of the AGM Trading Update at the end of this month
Mark Watson-Mitchell - -01.10.2026 Many investors in the £520m-capitalised communication products group Filtronic (LON:FTC) must be hoping for another big share price run like that enjoyed from end-March to end-May this year. It was in that period the market got over-excited about the US launch of the SpaceX IPO, taking any shares in companies with an extra-terrestrial connection to new price Highs. In those two months the shares of Filtronic, the designer and manufacturer
