Hilton Food (HFG) 870p Market cap: £779 million A share price pause for breath at Hilton Food (HFG) presents a buying opportunity for investors seeking a high-quality international business with defensive attributes, robust cash generation and a tasty long-term growth runway. This meat and fish packing business is taking market share around the globe and has positive trading momentum, yet the...

Artemis UK Future Leaders (AFL) Price: 368p Market cap: £112 million A wide 15% discount to net asset value (NAV) at the recently-renamed Artemis UK Future Leaders (AFL) presents a compelling entry point for investors keen to capture the long-term outperformance of small caps and back the top-quality investment team at Artemis who took over the portfolio on 10 March 2025. New managers Mark...

Defensives hold up in sell-offNew appetite for growth stocksBanks unable to shake off lossesAs the dust settles from the three-day 'Liberation Day'-inspired sell-off, the list of winners and losers makes for interesting reading.Not everything which held up during the market meltdown is being sold off, and not everything which racked up big losses is rebounding, unlike in previous recoveries,...

Stocks in London were lower at midday on Wednesday, despite upbeat domestic data, as heavy falls on Wall Street dented the mood.The FTSE 100 index was down 51.37 points, or 0.6%, at 8,247.25. The FTSE 250 was down 132.10 points, or 0.6%, at 20,676.05, and the AIM All-Share was down 4.94 points, or 0.7%, at 757.45.The Cboe UK 100, the Cboe UK 250, and the Cboe Small Companies were all down 0.6%...

Hilton Food CEO offloads £129,110 worth of stockGreencore director buys 30,000 sharesVictrex CEO invests £37,873Robert Watson, chairman of retail meat packing outfit Hilton Food Group (HFG) sold 14,747 shares at 876p in a trade with a total value of £129,110 on 6 June.Watson joined the group as CEO back in 2002, over the past year Hilton's shares have gained 28%.There could be a spot of...

Stocks in London were lower on Wednesday midday, as investor sentiment suffered with a persistently resilient US economy dampening expectations that US interest rates cuts will come sooner rather than later.The FTSE 100 index was down 30.55 points, 0.4%, at 7,904.54. The FTSE 250 was down 35.35 points, 0.2%, at 19,678.54, and the AIM All-Share was down 0.62 of a point, 0.1%, at 741.78.The Cboe...

Earnings per share top forecastsSeafood business back on trackGroup looking at growth optionsShares in FTSE 250 fresh goods packaging firm Hilton Food (HFG) climbed 2.1% to a new year-high of 872p in early trading after the firm posted better-than-expected earnings and increased its dividend.Chief executive Steve Murrells hailed the company?s ?good performance against a challenging market? and...

Retail meat- and fish-packing business Hilton Food (HFG) is set to report its full-year results on 3 April.The company gave a pretty clear picture of its 2023 performance in a January trading update so the spotlight is likely to be on the outlook for 2024 and recent trading.Hilton was hit by two damaging profit warnings in 2022, largely relating to problems in its UK seafood operation.The...

One of the most popular investment trusts with AJ Bell?s ISA millionaires, City of London (CTY) is a favourite with investors seeking long-term income and capital growth and a gateway to large international companies.However, while the long-run performance record is strong, Curtis? cautious approach means the fund can underperform in some market conditions. On a 10-year share price total...

Obesity is one of the fastest growing public health issues facing the world. The World Health Organisation estimates there are two billion overweight adults, of which around 650 million are technically obese.Having a body mass index over 30 means someone is obese, while anyone with a score over 25 is classified under this system as being overweight. Experts predict almost half of US adults...

- Meat packer recruits former Co-op boss as CEO- Results confirm 17.4% profits plunge- Seafood business has stabilisedMeat- and fish-packing business Hilton Food (HFG) has hired proven food industry leader and former Co-op boss Steve Murrells as its new CEO as the company continues to restore investor confidence in its global growth story following two profit warnings last year.Shares in the...

Everyone's circumstances are unique but for most people entering their 60s thoughts gravitate towards spending less time working and more time living.This article looks at this age bracket and how different age-related circumstances can alter your investment choices.Assuming average health and decent genes a women aged 60 today can expect to live to 87 years of age according to the Office for...

We think recent problems at Hilton Food (HFG) have created an opportunity to buy shares in a previous top market performer and quality business at an attractive price.The global meat and fish packing business supplies retail titans ranging from Tesco (TSCO) and Ahold Delhaize (AD:VIE) to Australia's Woolworths (WOW:ASX) under long-term contracts.Shares in the red meat-to-vegetarian meals...

- Collaboration expands Hilton's global reach- First of two agreements teased with first half results- Hilton's shares down 55% year-to-date2022 has proved a bruising year for meat, fish and vegetarian meals supplier Hilton Food (HFG), whose shares have fallen 55% in the wake of two profit warnings induced by raw material price inflation and cost-of-living pressures.But there was some positive...

Shares in Hilton Food (HFG) hover near five-year lows at546p and are down more than 50% year-to-date after a second profit warning (8 November) in as many months.This has left a sour taste with investors mindful of the adagethat profit warnings come in threes. In its latest earnings alert, the meat, seafood and vegetarian foods packer warned its UK seafood business will deliver a softer...

The FTSE 350 index finished a volatile third quarter to September 2022 down 4.5% amid continuing worries over stubbornly high inflation and rising rates as well as geopolitical instability.A slew of profit warnings, notably from consumer stocks, and a sell-off following the mini-Budget, capped off a testing quarter for investors.Stocks that performed strongly ranged from companies receiving...

- Monthly sales fall three times as much as expected- Sales now barely above pre-Covid levels- Consumer confidence at record lowsConsumer stocks were roiled heading into the weekend after the one-two combination of an overnight profit warning from US logistics giant FedEx (FDX:NYSE) and much worse than expected UK retail sales figures.The retail sales report from the ONS (Office for National...

- Cost-of-living crisis pressuring volumes- House broker downgrades 2022 profits by 23%- Claims 'well-placed within a growing global market'Shares in Hilton Food (HFG) plunged 31% to 665p after the meat, seafood and vegetarian products packer warned profits for the year will be below expectations as cash-strapped consumers feel the pinch from the cost-of-living crisis.The international protein...

UK investors decided caution was the order of the day on Friday after disappointing domestic GDP data and ahead of a U.S. inflation report which could see consumer prices rise by 6.7% on an annual basis, the highest level since 1982.Between September and October, the UK economy grew by just 0.1% compared with prior-month growth of 0.6% and a forecast of 0.4%, leaving it 0.5% smaller than it...

Shares in Hilton Food (HFG) fattened up 1.2% to £11.72 after the food packing specialist announced the £23.8 million acquisition of Fairfax Meadow, a deal providing the company with a platform for growth in the recovering UK food service sector.Hilton Food also reassured investors, perhaps worried about the wider impact of supply chain disruption and inflationary pressures, that trading in...