Winners & losers

NatWest

Trump tariff winners and losers in the news this week and all stock picks are a mix of 76% BUY, 11% HOLD and 13% SELL


1. BUY Tristel

Top performing stock pick this week is BUY Tristel by Deutsche Bank with a tip performance of 8%.

Tristel plc is a global infection prevention company focused on manufacturing and supplying products using its proprietary chlorine dioxide chemistry, particularly for medical device decontamination and sporicidal surface disinfection, with its head office and manufacturing facility located in Snailwell, near Cambridge.

Tristel share price launched at 46p in 2005, rose to an all-time high of 680p in 2021 and is today at 315p.

Tristel announced the publication of a poster by Mayo Clinic in this RNS announcing successful results of Tristel ULT disinfection foam.

Deutsche Bank upgraded Tristel stock from HOLD to BUY at the news and lowered the target price from 500p to 295p.

In Stockomendation five different analysts: Detusche Bank and Mark Rogers with BUY, Kevin Godbold with HOLD, Ben McPoland says WATCH and Steve Moore has AVOID. There are no active UK fund manager short positions.


2. AVOID Verici

Second top performing stock pick this week is AVOID Verici by Steve Moore in ShareProphets with a tip performance of 8%.

Verici is is an immuno-diagnostics development company focused on the kidney transplantation market, developing tests for personalised patient and organ response risk. Headquartered in Tennessee, it was founded in 2020.

Verici share price launched in 2020 at 45p, rose to an all-time high of 93p 3 months later and is today at 2p.

On 7th April the company release an RNS titled 'Significant Test Growth with Medicare Pending.' In his article, Steve Moore is critical of the fast rate of cash burn, short cash runway and continuity prospects.

In Stockomendation there is one analyst, Steve Moore, with AVOID. There are no active short positions.


3. BUY NatWest

Third top performing stock pick this week is BUY NATWEST GROUP by Simon Watkins in The Motley Fool with a tip performance of 8%.

National Westminster Bank Public Limited Company, trading as NatWest, is a major retail and commercial bank in the United Kingdom based in London. Established in 1968 by the merger of National Provincial Bank and Westminster Bank, in 2000 it became part of The Royal Bank of Scotland Group, which was re-named NatWest Group in 2020. NatWest is considered one of the Big Four clearing banks in the UK and it has a large network of over 526 branches.

NatWest share price launched in 1968 with the merger of National Provincial Bank and Westminster Bank.

In his article Watkins pontificates on the Government’s reduced holding (only 10% since December) and intention to return the bank to fully private ownership by 2026. Watkins sees the shares at a bargain price with the bank in profit & increasing market share.

In Stockomendation five analysts, four with BUY they are Simon Watkins, Citi, Kepler Chevreux and Jefferies; and JP Morgan with OVERWEIGHT. There are no active short positions open.


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Disclaimer: The contents of this article should not be considered financial advice. Pricing data correct as at 11th April 2025.