Equity Boost

Headlines this week say the regulator aims to boost equity markets and all stock picks are 84% BUY, 10% hold AND 5% sell.

1. UNDERWEIGHT Vistry

Top interesting share tip this week is UNDERWEIGHT Vistry Group by JP Morgan with a tip performance of 9%.

Housebuilders seem to be the first to take a dive at the first whiff of an economic slowdown. We wrote about the housebuilder back in August when Jefferies’ top BUY tip rose 6%. Fortunes have changed since and Vistry share price has lost almost 40% since that article.

Vistry share price opened at 180p in 1997 and is today at 748p.

Despite two new project announcements this week about Hengrove Park and Goram Homes, Barclays joins Jefferies in reissuing a moderate sell recommendation with Dr. James Fox and Bank of America still saying BUY, and Berenberg saying HOLD. There are five open short positions currently in Stockomendation.

2. BUY Close Brothers

Second interesting stock pick this week is BUY Close Brothers Group by Dr. James Fox in The Motley Fool with a tip performance of 4%.

The London merchant banker, which was founded in 1878, has just survived a hedge fund sell-off earlier this year.

Close Brothers share price launched at 193p in in 1993 and is today at 933p.

Four out of five analysts rate it as BUY or OUTPERFORM in Stockomendation with UBS Neutral. There are three current short positions open.

3. SELL Future

Third interesting stock pick this week is SELL Future by Canaccord Genuity with a tip performance of 4%. Future is a Bath-based publisher and media company that was founded in 1985.

Future share price reached a 52-week low this week when Canaccord Genuity lowered the target price from1,153p to 668p after some bad loans belonging to legal finance firm Novitas added risk. Confidence was slightly restored this week at the shareholder announcement of a slight increase in its loan book.

Future share price opened at 2,912p in 1992, flew to the dizzying height of 8,541 just 1 year later and now sits at 794p.

Four out of five analysts in Stockomendation rate Future as a BUY or OVERWEIGHT: those are Shore Capital, Deutsche Bank, Barclays, and JP Morgan and Canaccord says SELL.

There are three short positions currently open in Stockomendation.

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Disclaimer: The contents of this article should not be considered financial advice. Pricing data correct as at 26th May 2023.