Pharmaceuticals for animal developer Eco Animal Health (EAH:AIM) has warned that it will miss profit forecasts by between 15% and 20% for the year to 31 March 2022.The company said earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortization would be below market expectations after ploughing additional funding into research and development of 'exiting early stage' technologies.Animal Health...

Shares in Eco Animal Health (EAH:AIM) gained 8.5% to 368p on Monday after the livestock health products company said full-year revenues and profits to 31 March 2021 will be 'significantly' ahead of market expectations and the prior year.CHINESE RESTOCKINGToday's announcement is the second time since January that the company has upgraded its expectations for full-year revenues and profits and...

People have continued to spend on the health and wellbeing of their pets during the pandemic, implying that retailers and service providers in this area should be fairly resilient.While the UK pet population has been broadly stable for the past decade, spending on pets has grown by 7% annually over the same period according to investment bank Liberum.Spend on vet services has also seen strong...

Typically people invest in small cap biotechnology and pharmaceutical stocks in the hope they can enjoy returns of many times their initial investment as the share price reacts to the discovery of the next wonder drug.However, stories like these are actually few and far between and lots of companies in this space instead burn through their cash quickly and end up going bust.Profitable...

Would you like some help in spotting individual companies that could be interesting candidates for a dividend reinvestment strategy? This article discusses a way to find stocks that are highly cash generative and so have the potential to pay more and more dividends each year.We also run through some stocks that have been suggested by stock screening systems, based on criteria meant to find...

The FTSE 1oo is off modestly in early trading as banking stocks take a bath on the news Deutsche Bank (DBK:ETR) faces a $14 billion fine in the US.The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) is the biggest faller down 4% at 186p.Distribution and aviation services outfit John Menzies (MNZS) is up 5.4% to 624p as it announces a £75 million rights issue to fund the purchase of commercial airline services...

The FTSE 100 index starts trading on Friday in positive territory after Bank of England governor Mark Carney hinted at a potential cut to already low interest rates in response to the 'Leave' referendum result. The hope is that such a move will embolden confidence, both for investors and consumers, and play some part in the UK economy avoiding plunging into recession.The blue-chip index nudges...

Gains for commodities as investors bargain on interest rates staying lower for longer helps miners post early gains in London this morning.Most commodities traded higher overnight, including crude, copper and natural gas, with gold the only notable loser, down 0.25% to $1241 (£859).Diggers Rio Tinto (RIO), Anglo American (AAL), BHP Billiton (BLT) and Antofagasta (ANTO) all start with gains of...

London stocks nudge lower in early trade on Thursday as resources group are hit by profiteers and crude oil prices weaken again. Safe-haven gold is ahead. Wall Street closed up overnight while Asian markets are mixed and European Bourses also decline.The FTSE 100 index slides around 32 points, or 6,170.UK economic growth in the fourth quarter was unexpectedly revised higher by the Office for...

Eagle Eye (EYE:AIM) 165pAIM is littered with strugglers chasing the mobile commerce dream but Eagle Eye is off to a decent start. SMS marketing and vouchers space has potential, but this is also high-risk territory.Earthport (EPO:AIM) 45.25pNew management is key to ending years of failure and cash calls. Making rapid progress to promised global platform for medium-sized cross-border payments...