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Authoritative Independent Monthly Share Selections Using Technical & Fundamental Analysis

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Cape

February 2010

Investing in shares may lose you all or some of your money. Past performance is no indication of future performance. Some of the shares recommended here may be small company shares, which can be relatively illiquid and hard to trade and this makes such shares more risky than other investments.

  • Epic Code:
  • CIU
  • Price:
  • 242p
Shares in Cape, which provides scaffolding and insulation services to the oil & gas and mining sectors, took on more than 40p after it confirmed trading remained in line with expectations, while activity levels continued to be strong during the second half. What most pleased investors was news of a c.£50m reduction in net debt to around £115m, approximately 9% ahead of market expectations. Broker, Numis, which has maintained eps forecasts of 34p for 2009 and 35.9p for this year, notes that the prospective PE rating of 6.7 is just over half that of its peer group and is unjustified. It also believes that a share price of £3-£4 is achievable on a 12 month view, based on increasing confidence in 2010 forecasts and its opportu ...

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