The week’s best shares

Eckoh

Investors Chronicle

The secure payment solutions provider is enjoying a “regulatory tailwind”. After announcing a three-year, $3.8m contract win with a Fortune 100 company, the group needs to capitalise on the US opportunity. Buy. 48p.

Everyman Media Group

The Mail on Sunday

This fast-growing cinema chain is expected to double in size over the next few years. Shares have suffered from streaming competition, but with UK cinema admissions at their highest in decades, investors are optimistic. Buy. £1.71.

Ocado

The Times

With significant contracts to build and operate warehouses and delivery networks, the shares in what may be “one of Britain’s biggest business success stories” suffer big swings but look good in the long run. Buy. £11.40.

The Daily Telegraph

With enormous outreach and full control over the production process, there is scope for cost savings and price rises for this refractory maker. A “slow burner”, the expectation is that it will overachieve. Buy. £46.28.

Syncona

The Times

The philanthropic life sciences investor is not a “soft touch”. Recent deals suggest a robust investment strategy and sums banked from sales means it has plenty of capital to reinvest. Buy. 216.8p.

Shares

The British logistics firm was a prime beneficiary of Brexit-induced stockpiling earlier this year. With debt down, a disciplined approach to winning contracts and tighter cost management, margins are at an all-time high. Buy. 261p.