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The MoneyWeek share tips 2025 guide pulls together some of the best stocks from some of the top share tipsters around.
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Share tips 2025: top picks of the week
Four to buy
1. Angling Direct (LSE: ANG)
Investors’ Chronicle
Fishing-tackle retailer Angling Direct has 55 shops in Britain, a digital platform and an app, which has boosted loyalty programme membership to 500,000. Half-year UK shop and online sales rose, but the European business lagged the home market, although sales still increased. The company has ample cash to support its organic and acquisition-led growth strategy. Angling Direct is trading on a “harsh” valuation, given that cash profit is forecast to increase by a third next year, thanks to new shop openings, and the European business is expected to break even. 49p
2. Amcomri (LSE: AMCO)
This is Money
Engineering group Amcomri buys small engineering businesses that are either in financial distress or looking for new owners. It sealed a new deal recently, and others are in the pipeline. The firm’s 14 businesses provide repair and maintenance services, commission new equipment, and make goods for industrial customers. Analysts expect a 35% rise in profits to £5.3 million this year. The stock “should deliver further gains” as prospects are “bright”, with engineers in short supply. “Buy and hold.” 117p
3. Dr. Martens (LSE: DOCS)
Shares
Dr. Martens’ shares have struggled since floating in 2021 after the famous shoe brand issued a profit warning owing to difficulties at a US distribution centre. But the group’s “return to operational excellence” seems to be gaining traction under new CEO Ije Nwokorie. Dr. Martens returned to profit growth in its recent full-year results thanks to £25 million of cost savings and its US direct-to-consumer channel. Nwokorie has shifted the company from a “channel-first to a consumer-first mindset”. 91p
4. Hikma Pharmaceuticals (LSE: HIK)
The Telegraph
Despite lower half-year sales and profits, Hikma Pharmaceuticals expects to record a higher full-year core operating profit. If it achieves its $5 billion sales goal by 2030, it would see a major earnings upgrade. Meanwhile, a 13% hike in the interim dividend suggests that analysts’ full-year forecasts for an unchanged distribution look “conservative”. Hikma has a strong competitive position: witness its healthy profit margins and low net debt. The stock is cheap and offers a forward dividend yield of over 3%. 1,836p
One to sell
1. Costain (LSE: COST)
The Telegraph
Higher profit margins offset lower half-year sales at infrastructure specialist Costain, but this was due to one-off contract gains from the water business unlikely to recur in 2026. Analysts have cut forecasts. While the water unit’s performance bolstered group profits, the roads unit struggled after finishing contracts, and rail projects faced delays due to changes in spending plans for HS2. Costain aims for a long-term operating return on sales of over 5%, but will struggle to achieve this goal thanks to earnings downgrades and risks related to government projects. Lock in gains and “let the dust settle”. 132p
The rest...
1. Tribal Group (LSE: TRB)
Investor's Chronicle
Tribal Group’s software helps educational institutions with administration, such as managing admissions processes and settling in new students. Half-year recurring sales increased 5.5% to £59.9 million, driven by 16 new customers and a simplified product range. Its adjusted cash profit margin grew thanks to cost efficiencies. Tribal expects to beat full-year market expectations after winning a further £4 million of new business from London South Bank University and Durham University. Tribal’s valuation is “affordable”. Buy (57p).
2. OSB (LSE: OSB)
The Telegraph
For the first time in three years, OSB’s first-half results are “passing without undue incident”. Although the challenger bank is exposed to the buy-to-let and UK property markets at a time of economic uncertainty, its low 40% cost-to-income ratio and “healthy” 13.7% return on tangible equity mitigate potential risks. OSB’s income is boosted by the 5% hike in the interim dividend and its buyback programme, which takes investors’ total cash returns to about £240 million, 10% of its market value. Buy (556p).
3. SRT Marine Systems (LSE: SRT)
This is Money
SRT Marine Systems specialises in security and surveillance at sea. It makes black boxes, known as transceivers, that track and locate boats and facilitate ship-to-shore communication. SRT also helps governments detect smugglers and sabotage of underwater pipes and internet cables. It recently won a $214 million contract from the Kuwaiti government. Full-year sales surged to £78 million, and profits reached £4.4 million compared with a £14 million loss last year. Analysts expect further gains this year and the next. The stock should continue to climb. Buy (75p).
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