The cloud over retail has a silver lining

A sense of gloom hangs over the retail sector – but pick the right stocks at the right price and there are still potential pots of gold out there for long-term buyers, says Phil Oakley.

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A sense of gloom hangs over the retail sector but pick the right stocks at the right price and there are still potential pots of gold out there for long-term buyers, says Phil Oakley.

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NamePriceMarket cap.Fwd p/eYield
Inchcape (LSE: INCH)840p£3,486.2m13.33.10%
Pendragon (LSE: PDG)31p£442.2m7.85.20%
Lookers (LSE: LOOK)107.25p£425.3m73.60%
Vertu Motors (LSE: VTU)41.75p£165m6.63.60%
Motorpoint (LSE: MOTR)138.5p£138.8m9.14%
Marshall Motors (LSE: MMH)143.5p£110.8m54.30%
Cambria Autos (LSE: CAMB)64p£64m7.31.60%
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Phil spent 13 years as an investment analyst for both stockbroking and fund management companies.

 

After graduating with a MSc in International Banking, Economics & Finance from Liverpool Business School in 1996, Phil went to work for BWD Rensburg, a Liverpool based investment manager. In 2001, he joined ABN AMRO as a transport analyst. After a brief spell as a food retail analyst, he spent five years with ABN's very successful UK Smaller Companies team where he covered engineering, transport and support services stocks.

 

In 2007, Phil joined Halbis Capital Management as a European equities analyst. He began writing for MoneyWeek in 2010.