MoneyWeek’s comprehensive guide to this week’s share tips
Five to buy Heineken The Telegraph
The beer giant has struggled to deliver investors much gezelligheid, the Dutch word for “good times”, in recent years. But this could be a good entry point into a globally diversified “brand powerhouse”. Input cost pressures, which forced price rises and a drop in volume sales, have started to ease. Greater spending on marketing and digital incentives should also start to bear fruit as the world’s second biggest beer business taps into the “premiumisation” trend in drinks. €89.34
International Consolidated Airlines Group Shares
Resilient travel demand is fuelling a post-Covid bounce at IAG, owner of British Airways. Operating profits have surpassed 2019 levels, while management has restored 95.7% of 2019 capacity. While demand for business travel is patchy, BA and stablemates Iberia and Aer Lingus look poised to cash in on strong demand for “premium” leisure travel, both within Europe and on transatlantic routes. Volatile oil prices are factored in by the forward price/ earnings (p/e) ratio of just 4.5. 171p
Schroder Real Estate Investment Trust The Mail on Sunday
Shares in this Reit have halved since 2018 amid a sell-off in the property sector. Yet management is more innovative than its peers, moving proactively into greening its office blocks and retail parks by installing better boilers and renewable energy. The strategy makes sense: modern, energy-efficient buildings are in strong demand from tenants because of soaring heating costs, while building owners are coming under legal pressure to cut carbon footprints. The Reit enjoys a “robust financial position”, while the dividend yield is almost 8%. 42p
SSP Group The Sunday Times
Demand for travel is proving surprisingly robust, but a postpandemic recovery is proving elusive for this travel caterer, which owns the Upper Crust and Ritazza brands found in airports and train stations. Covid, which necessitated three emergency fundraisings, has cast a long shadow over the shares, but the business is growing well, augmented by recent acquisitions overseas. The dividend has been reinstated and trading finally has some momentum. A forward p/e ratio of 16 looks decent value compared with the pre-Covid peaks. 219p
Treatt Investors’ Chronicle
This flavour and fragrance specialist engineers the ingredients that make flavoured waters and tinned cocktails tasty. Post-pandemic cost inflation has made for a bumpy few years, but on a forward p/e of 14.7, the shares now trade more than 33% below their ten-year average – a good entry price into a firm in an attractive niche. Treatt used to be seen as a “UK small-cap darling” thanks to strong performance and it could be once again. 395p
One to sell Pennon Group Interactive Investor
This water company owns South West Water and is currently in the process of adding Surrey-based SES Water to its portfolio. The shares have fallen by 60% since the highs of summer 2021 as criticism of the wider industry’s management of Britain’s water infrastructure has mounted. The dividend yield of approximately 7% is attractive, but the cash would be better spent on bringing down elevated debt levels, which are becoming a particular problem in a period of high borrowing costs. In this case, the high dividend yield looks more like a warning sign than an opportunity. Sell. 648p