…and some to hold, avoid or sell

Cambian Group The Times

Losses have eased and margins have progressed since Cambian, a specialist education and care provider, ditched its adult services arm to focus on children’s specialist services. Yet shares look expensive and the yield is negligible. Avoid. 200p.

Debenhams Sharecast

A big push online is planned, but brokers at Investec have “unanswered questions around execution and profitability.” There are concerns about forex exposure. The dividend may be unsustainable. Sell. 44p.

Interserve Investors Chronicle

This support services group has been hit by delayed public sector work, underperforming construction contracts, and rising wages. The costs of exiting its troubled energyfrom-waste contracts have also come in higher than expected. Sell. 102p.

Mitchells & Butlers The Mail on Sunday

After large divestments and disposals of underperforming sites, the pub chain should be outperforming, says Liberum. But drink sales have been poor, while rising prices will hit margins. Sell. 244.8p.

Senior Sharecast

After two years of losses, shares in the industrial components maker have risen, but the recent recovery of sterling means headwinds: 60% of Senior’s revenues derive from the US, prompting Peel Hunt to issue a downgrade. Sell. 259.4p.

Stobart Group The Sunday Times

This “bizarre” conglomerate has a recent history of bold acquisitions and boardroom feuds – and isn’t performing. The biomass arm shipped less than a third of its woodchips target. Sell. 284.6p.