Lou Gutheil

The share price of Britvic (LSE:BVIC) tanked last week on the recall of Robinsons Fruit Shoot.  They are in the drink again today as the company announced that the impact of the recall is going to be greater than previously expected.  Following the original announcement the FTSE 250 company’s stock dropped 37.50 pence from 334.50 […]

GeoPark Holdings (LSE:GPK) share price rose 3.72%to 655.00p on the London Stock Exchange this morning on reports of positive exploration results from recently-acquired oil-field blocks in Columbia. Block Llanos (Flat) 34 GeoPark reported on discoveries in the Max and the Tua Oil Fields. In the Max Oil Field, the Max 1 exploration well is testing […]

No wonder the share price of PSG Solutions plc (LSE:PGS) skyrocketed over 20% this morning.  The company reported astounding results for the year ending 31 March 2012, including turnover that was more than triple year-on-year.  Operating profit increased by a factor of seven, and pre-tax profit was more than six times the previous year.  Plus, […]

Shares in Sinclair Holdings plc (LSE:SNCL) bogged down today, slumping over 10% to an even 150.00 pence by the noon hour as the company issued a dismal trading update less than a month after releasing its first half results. The June Forecast Sinclair Holdings (aka William Sinclair) announced today that, further to their trading update of […]

It was difficult to see much investor confidence in Carillion’s (LSE:CLLN) trading statement released this morning.  Its share price continued the downward trend that has typified its course over the past twelve months.  Carillion shares fell 12.00 pence to 270.00 in early trading as investors may have difficulty accepting positive full-year projections in light of […]

SkyePharma plc (LSE:SKP), the maker of Paxil CR and other time released pharmaceuticals, is enjoying the immediate benefit today of the announcement of the European Commission’s approval to commercialise Flutiform™.  SkyePharma shares jumped more than 28% to an even 100 pence. EC Approves and Shareholders Follow The Commission’s binding approval allowing SkyePharma to market Flutiform™ […]

Motive Television plc (LSE:MTV) share price was up 22.0% this morning on the news of a new contract and other pending potential projects. A Transformational Deal Motive, with a market cap of £2.79 million announced a five year agreement with CET 21, a subsidiary of Central European Media Enterprises (CME), to provide its Television Anytime Anywhere™ […]

Somewhere in the UK there is a CEO who is smiling.  Actually, there are two of them.  Simon Denyer and Oliver Slipper, Joint CEOs of Perform Group plc (LSE:PER), are likely the envy of UK publicly traded companies.  Perform’s 12 month stock chart looks like a trail to the top of Everest as it has […]

Ladbrokes (LSE:LAD) stock had plunged nearly 11% to 154.90 pence by the noon hour today, following a preview of first-half results which are to be released on 20 August 2012. Strong Start Ladbrokes came out of the fiscal year gates running strong.  During the first three months increases of 8.9 % in net revenue, 9.0% in […]

Royal Bank of Scotland (LSE:RBS) shares were on the upswing today, 27 June 2012, after losing ground daily since 22 June when a “computer glitch” brought the bank to its operational knees along with subsidiaries, NatWest and Ulster Bank.  RBS share price plunged from 243.20 on 22 June to 227.70 on 26 June.  The Bank […]