By Robert Sutherland Smith The Prudential (PRU) at 1,309p.The chart is still trending down but the shares look good value on an estimated prospective annual dividend yield of 3.5 per cent and prospective PER of 10.2 times for next year. The dividend has grown at 10 per cent over the last five financial years and estimated growth this year and next continues in that spirit. This company does not need a Brexit to grow outside Europe. The Prudential Corporation (PRU) has, like mining stocks, been one of the ways into Asian growth prospects. Unlike them, however, the Prudential has a longer-term, less cyclical, involvement with living standards in the region generally and particularly with developing needs for savings and pension products. It is thus, a company and business that has a continuing and growing role in the Asian Pacific as nations grow their consumer and middle classes, and gradually move away from pure exporting and infrastructure activities to more broadly based domestic ones. To that extent, therefore, the Prudential remains a means of investing in these prospects which differentiates it in principle from the mining stocks which, as stated above, will be more cyclical... Click Here To Read The Full Story The Master Investor Market Report - The FTSE 100 closed the day at 6,303.03, an increase of 76.48 points.
- The FTSE 250 rose 98.24 points to finish at 17,078.55.
- The FTSE All Share climbed 37.49 points to finish at 3,456.84.
- The FTSE AIM All Share finished at 722.85, up by 1.73 points.
Shares in department store chain Debenhams (DEB) fell 5.7% to 70p after the firm revealed that group like-for-like sales across the 15 weeks ended 11th June dropped by 0.2% despite a strong digital performance. This was a significant slowdown from the first half of Debenhams' financial year and stands in contrast to the indicated results of similar high street retailers. Management also cut their full year margin guidance to flat due to an increase in promotional activity. |
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