The UK stock market has performed robustly over the past year, with several companies standing out significantly. In this article, we will examine the top-performing large-cap, mid-cap, and small-cap stocks of 2024, dissected across four different market valuation categories.£5 BILLION+ MARKET CAPAfter a stellar 2023, aeronautical engineer Rolls-Royce (RR.) has once again rallied hard during 2024

Identifying genuine growth stories is not easy but can be extremely rewarding. Nvidia (NVDA:NASDAQ) may be the ultimate growth stock example now but who was flagging its potential 10 years ago when revenue and profit was just a fraction of what it is today and when the widespread application of AI was still restricted to think pieces in periodicals. Some did catch on early and would have enjoyed e

TRUSTPILOT (TRST) 222pGain to date: 38%Market cap: £931 millionWith more and more of us buying stuff online, is it any wonder that we are increasingly reaching out to fellow consumers for their seal of approval (or gripes) about products and services, and that's great news for reviews business Trustpilot (TRST).The platform now hosts more than 300 million consumer reviews of products and services

Berenberg sees upside to new 270p targetStock up nearly 40% since Shares said buyStrong growth underpinning market optimismWith more and more of us buying stuff online, it's no wonder that we are increasingly reaching out to fellow consumers for their seal of approval (or gripes) about products and services, and that's great news for reviews business Trustpilot (TRST).The platform now hosts more t

Trustpilot (TRST) 220pGain to date: 27% On 18 January, Shares suggested Trustpilot (TRST) shares 'could easily surge past 200p this year and far higher over time.'Fast-forward six months and shares in the online review platform have already topped the 200p mark despite a short bout of profit-taking after a positive set of first-half results.!function(){"use strict";window.addEventListener("message

Shares drop on profit takingFirst half revenue up 17%Mid-teens full-year revenue growthSometimes it is better to travel than arrive and that seems to be the case for online review platform Trustpilot (TRST) after the shares sank almost 7% despite the firm notching up 19% growth in first-half bookings to $118 million.The shares have been on a tear this year gaining 58% making them one of the best p

Now the ballots have been cast at the general election, the UK could become the 'reassuringly boring' market, both politically and fiscally, when compared to the more extreme politics on the other side of the English Channel and Atlantic Ocean.So suggests Jean Roche, manager of the Schroder UK Mid Cap Fund (SCP), who notes capital allocators know more or less what to expect, which could explain th

Trustpilot director buys 78,000 sharesAssociated British Foods director buys 2,930 sharesPetra Diamonds director buys 65,000 sharesA person closely associated with chair of the board and non-executive director Zillah Byng-Thorne at global reviews platform Trustpilot (TRST), Max Thorne has bought 78,800 shares at 217p for a total value of £170,996 on 21 May.Thorne's purchase comes after the FTSE 2

Revenue up 18% year-on-yearTotal cumulative reviews up 25% to 267 millionShare buyback of circa $25 million started in JanuaryShares in Trustpilot (TRST) were up over 5% in morning trading to 216p as the global review platform reported a strong set of full year results.Revenue for the year ending 31 December 2023 was up 18% to $176 million compared to $149 million in the same year ago period.Over

TRUSTPILOT (TRST) Price: 161pMarket cap: £672 million Investors may think they have missed the Trustpilot (TRST) boat after the shares have doubled in six months. Not so, in our opinion. Shares believes this re-rating story has only just started and the share price could easily surge past 200p this year and far higher over time. To put this into context, when analysts at Berenberg and Peel Hunt b

Shares up 88% over last yearAnnounces £20 million share buy-back programmeShares hit a two-year highShares in Trustpilot (TRST) were up over 20% this morning to 170p as the online reviews and analytics platform said it was expecting to report full year adjusted earnings before interest, tax, depreciation, and amortisation (EBITDA) for the year ending 31 December ahead of expectations.For full yea

It has been an eventful second half of the year for global review platform Trustpilot Group (TRST) after the firm raised its profit guidance and appointed a new chief executive.From their early July low of 63p, just before the release of the group's first half trading update, the shares have very nearly doubled to new 12-month highs of 118p.Behind the rise are repeated earnings upgrades and excite

Trustpilot chair snaps up 150,000 sharesBarclays finance director sells stockBuying by SThree CEO boosts confidenceZillah Byng-Thorne, chair of the board at Trustpilot (TRST), bought 150,000 shares in the online reviews and analytics platform at 93p, for a total value of £138,900, on 19 September 2023.Byng-Thorne dipped into the market on the day Trustpilot reported an impressive set of first hal

Stock tops FTSE All-Share leader board with near-17% jumpManagement talk up further margin gainInvestors impressed by profit quality promiseOnline reviews and analytics platform Trustpilot (TRST) surged on 19 September 2023 after telling investors it expects margin improvements to continue to flow through during the second half of the year (to 31 Dec).Shares in the Denmark-based business jumped ne

- US bank saved by regulators- UK arm rescued by HSBC- Depositors in both banks safeBanking regulators in the US and the UK moved swiftly over the weekend to limit the potential fall-out from the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SIVB:NASDAQ) and Silvergate Capital (SI:NYSE) last week.SVB held deposits belonging to half of all venture-backed startups in the US, according to Bloomberg, and on Friday

Online reviews and analytics platform Trustpilot (TRST) believes it will hit breakeven in 2024, on an EBITDA basis (earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation), sooner than most analysts are forecasting.The Danish company which listed in London in March 2021, revealed its intentions to analysts at a capital market day on 16 June, during which it also broke out standalone sales an

We all wish we had a crystal ball to aid our investing. After all, knowing what the future holds in the markets would enable us to very quickly rack up the kind of returns which would allow us to retire to our own Caribbean island.So, it's no surprise people are drawn to analyst forecasts. These are estimates calculated by professionals working at stockbrokers and investment banks. They are seekin

The UK's technology sector has been hammered in recent months as investors ditched high growth companies for safer havens amid stock market and geopolitical uncertainty. Hot running inflation risks eating into future profits, which means investors now prefer lower growth companies which are enjoying good profit today, not waiting for bigger earnings years down the line.This shift has had a savage

The FTSE 100 finished 0.81% in the green at 7,551.72 points on Wednesday, building on Tuesday's rally despite US CPI inflation hitting 7% in December, a 40-year high.With markets already pricing in rate rises, investors took the US inflation print in their stride, though it would have been a different story if the figure had strayed above the 7% most analysts had been expecting.Global equities wer

London's FTSE 100 traded 0.66% higher at 7,540.92 points by lunchtime on Wednesday amid the release of a slew of positive local earnings updates, including guidance upgrades from retailers Sainsbury's (SBRY), JD Sports Fashion (JD.) and Dunelm (DNLM), and as investors awaited the release of key US inflation data due later in the day.The global mood already had been lifted by testimony from Federal