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The recent 2024 results alerted to the attributes of the UK’s largest bathroom retailer, with its shares at 98.60p and analysts TP’s of up to 130p and puts out his own Target Price

21.01.2025 The Final Results for the year to end-September 2024 reported last Wednesday, 15th January, by the UK’s largest retailer of...

SRT Marine Systems – 2025 selection already up over 20%, with so much more to come, shares now 50.50p ahead of AGM on Thursday and more good news to come

21.01.2025 This coming Thursday, 23rd January, SRT Marine Systems (LON:SRT) will be holding its AGM and an Open Day at its premises...

To start this week Mark Watson-Mitchell takes another look at Mpac Group after last week’s Trading Update and rates them as a Buy at 565p, looking for a 650p/700p range within months.

20.01.2025 Ahead of the high-speed packaging technology specialist Mpac Group (LON: MPAC) announcing its 2024 Final Results in late...

Galliford Try – This weeks Trading Update was very positive and this group’s shares at 393p could well soon be breaking into New High territory, Brokers TP 527p

17.01.2025 Last Thursday we highlighted the attractions of Galliford Try (LON:GFRD) , the UK construction group, at 363p. That feature...

Mark Watson-Mitchell takes an overview of the market, gold, interest rates and house prices and comes out mostly bullish

17.01.2025 Have you noticed just how our UK equity market has been firming up since just before last Christmas? The FTSE 100 Index was...

Currys – Brokers up their Target Prices for electricals retail group after its Peak Trading Update, upgrading profit estimates by 5%, shares at 91.40p, TP 170p

16.01.2025 Yesterday’s Update for the ten weeks to Saturday 4th January, covering the group’s Peak Trading covering the run-up to...

This morning’s Interim Trading Update declares a solid start to the year and a break into profits, with its AGM due next Thursday SRT Marine’s shares could well be on their way to new Highs.

16.01.2025 It is pleasing to see a very gradual edging forward in the share price of SRT Marine Systems (LON:SRT). It is a global...

Hunting – Brokers still looking for sales and profits to advance this year and next, making the shares very good value, brokers looking for 600p against current 345p

15.01.2025 Yesterday morning Hunting (LON:HTG) issued its Trading Update for the year to end-December 2024 – it was very well received...

Mark Watson-Mitchell

Director of SQC Research

Mark, who has over sixty years’ experience in the UK stock market, established SQC Research in 1993. He previously worked as a dealer for four stockbroking firms and an investment fund management business. Prior to SQC Research he published financial and investment magazines and newsletters.

His writing portfolio has covered weekly feature articles on smaller companies for the Financial Weekly, Shares Magazine, Fleet Street Letter, USM Investor, Portfolio Intelligence, UK-Invest and other investment websites including watshot.com, and a number of monthly publications including Fleet Street Letter, Penny Share Focus, Penny Share Guide and the New Issue Share Guide.

His regular appearances on BBC TV, Bloomberg TV, CNBC, The Money Channel, Channel Four and BBC Radio always featured smaller companies and he also made several appearances on

Channel 4's 'Show Me The Money'.

Mark, who has held several directorships in AIM and other quoted companies, is now also a very regular contributing author to the UK Investor and masterinvestor.com websites.

Opinions not advice