Primary Recommendation

Styles & Wood - Eyewatering drop in net debt from £11.4m to £1.4m 221.5p

May 2016

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At Sharewatch we have done really well out of the consulting engineering sector in the past, notably WSP Group, which we tipped at 40p and was, in fact, the very first company your editor ever visited back in 1992. WSP used to make its money from consulting on buildings design, transport, planning and environmental work. Old timers may recall it became a ten-bagger for SCSW and eventually succumbed to a bid. Of the same ilk, Scott Wilson was a more recent favourite and we recorded a 540% gain in 15 months back in 2010 after two US firms battled it out to acquire it. In terms of an encore, I think it’s time to alight on Styles & Wood, a company that provides integrated property services in the UK. Anyone who hasn’t looked at ...

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Market Comment - May '16

Filtronic - Several orders from Tier 1 supplier

Styles & Wood - Prospective PE of 5.8 and company says trading going strong (July 2017)

Styles & Wood - Eps forecasts upgraded to 54.4p and 59.4p (February 2017)

Styles & Wood - 16% upgrade to eps forecasts (October 2016)

Styles & Wood - Shares hit 430p during the month (July 2016)

Styles & Wood - Broker estimates it will have its complete market cap. in cash by 2020 (June 2016)

Styles & Wood - Cash of Â£8.7m after debt for equity swap (November 2009)

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