Sunday newspaper share tips

13 April 2012

EACH week, we round up the main share tips from the other Sunday newspapers. For the Mail On Sunday's renowned Midas column click here.The BusinessSWEET-maker Glisten is back on the acquisition trail and is poised to spend ?8m on buying Welsh snack bar producer Halo Foods. The deal would double revenues at Glisten and give it a strong position in the growing market for cereal bars, while also improving its supply chain. Glisten recently said like-for-like sales were ahead by 38% in the first 20 weeks of its financial year and investors should buy at 273.5p.Sunday TelegraphAEROSPACE and defence group Cobham was shunned by investors last week after it warned that delays in a key contract and problems with a fuel system developed for the Airbus A380 would hit profits in 2005.Other issues cloud the outlook, including the fact that it has not won part of a major contract with the US army for decoy flares and a delay in finalising the $36m (deal will incur extra costs. However, the shares have fallen too far and Cobham remains a sound business so investors should buy at 1282p.WH Smith shocked investors last year with a profits warning in January and the word on the street is that trading has been dire this Christmas too. Although the company may hit full-year profits forecasts of ?60m it still looks troubled. Sell at 306.75p.Shares in specialist mortgage lender Paragon have fallen since February on concerns about a crash in the housing market and a slowdown in the buy-to-let sector. A 37% rise in pre-tax profits reassured investors and came with news that redemption rates on buy-to-let loans are 16%, compared with 24% for conventional mortgages. Buy at 405.75p.

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