Hello Share People. It takes a courageous analyst to recommend you look at a housebuilder in these dodgy days. But I still think the Berkeley Group (BKG) share price has some milage in it. Even if the latest numbers show sales in the industry down, rather a lot to be honest.
Hello Share Mashers. My favourite builder is still flourishing despite a few nasty headwinds currently assailing the house-making game. Higher interest rates and the galloping cost of raw materials have so far made little difference to the company’s performance. Berkeley Group (BKG) is on the way to achieving its targets for 2022.
Hello Share Mashers. My favourite housebuilder Berkeley Group (BKG) has released some chirpy full-year figures. The group’s house sales were well up on last time, though selling prices and costs ate into earnings. Never mind, profit before tax still rose 6.4% to £551.5 million. And as long as profits keep on rising, despite all the headwinds blowing around these days, share kickers like us should be happy.
Hello Share Punchers. House building seems to me a promising sector and my favourite member of the group continues to be Berkeley (BKG). The future looks bright with underlying sales reservations slightly better than before the virus.
Hello, Share Swiggers. As mentioned before, I’m a current fan of housebuilders and of Berkeley Group (BKG) in particular. Because though house prices continue to surge in most parts of the country, shares in builders haven’t fared as well as the average FTSE 250 company over the last year. In fact, they have underperformed the market by 10%.
Hello Share Minders. My favourite house builder is on track. It expects to make a full-year pre-tax profit of about £518 million and possibly more. For this we can thank rising house prices and tighter efficiency. The firm says future orders are now similar to levels before covid.
Hello, Share Trackers. When a company turns in nearly 7% better profits than last time, while Covid’s with us, then you've cause to respect the chances of the share rising. Full year revenues for my favourite house builder, Berkeley Group (BKG) improved by nearly 15% to £2.2 billion, while operating profits climbed to £502.3 million.
Hello, Share Stringers. Perhaps my current favourite house builder - and I own shares in more than one - has made some reassuring noises. Berkeley Group (BKG) reiterated its annual profit forecast as it benefits from pent-up demand and tax breaks for homebuyers. As previously expected, profits at are expected to be about £504 million.
At first blush, we have a lot to worry about when it comes to our shares. Covid cases rising in many areas, a Brexit deal not arrived at, rising unemployment and bank and oil shares still wallowing in the depths. But this old punter has seen it all before. And he knows that the sun will come shining through. Yes, you probably think the arch bull is being overbullish again. But the fact is that I have never sold fewer shares and that state of affairs will continue.
Hello, Share Seekers. My favourite housebuilder, Berkeley Group (BKG) isn’t doing too badly given the disrupted year all builders have experienced thanks to the virus. It’s announced that first-half revenue was only down by 3.8%, to £895.9 million. It could have been much worse, but the virus has, rather perversely, caused house prices to rise which offset most of the damage.
Hello, Share Twiddlers. Though I’m a supporter of most housebuilders, my favourite is probably Berkeley Group (BKG). Its latest numbers for the year ended April are out and at first blush seem discouraging. However, though revenue and profits are reduced by 35% on the last time there are a couple of good reasons for that...
