The week’s best shares
Berkeley Group
The Sunday Telegraph
The London-focused housebuilder has an impressive record of benefiting from house-price cycles. With funds to acquire land at subdued prices, it is well set to capitalise on undersupply. Buy. £39.69.
Cineworld Group
The Sunday Times
Sales, profits and shares at the cinema operator are down. But industry trends are “looking good”, and fundamentals are sound with 9,500 cinemas and guaranteed seat-fillers – in the
and sequels – coming soon. Buy. 229.1p.
Star Wars
James Bond
RWS Holdings
The Times
The acquisition of Czech digital specialist Moravia has boosted the language services group, which boasts doubledigit turnover increases in its Life Sciences and IP divisions. A niche operator and “canny acquirer”. Buy. 587p.
The Daily Telegraph
This German “enterprise software” firm provides indispensable programs for businesses. Growing, cheap and defensive, with a stable customer base and cloud revenues that are expected to triple. Buy. s106.86.
Standard Life Aberdeen
The Times
The merged fund manager has been “in the doldrums”. But it is cheaply valued, with a “respectable” number of new funds, and yields 8.6% – “ample compensation” for time taken for performance to return. Buy. 239.8p.
Investors Chronicle
This investment trust focuses on small to medium, flexiblespace warehouses with good transport links. Demand is rising, thanks to the rise of ecommerce, the prospective yield is 6.3% and it could be a takeover target. Buy. 104p.