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Keller Group PLC
LON:KLR
Keller Group PLC provides solutions to ground engineering problems and refurbishment projects. Keller operates in Europe, North America and Australia where its services are used in infrastructure, building, civil engineering and structural renovation contracts.
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Keller bags Neom contract in Saudia Arabia; hikes dividend
The company expects 2022 "to be a year of growth" and expects its order book to reach £1.5bn at half year
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Keller hires new CFO from J Murphy & Sons
David Burke will begin in his role from mid-October
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Keller Group shares rally as trading beats expectations and dividend will be paid
It will go ahead with 2019's final dividend, though the 2020 payments will remain under review until later this year.
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Keller Group “cautiously optimistic” over 2020 outlook
The engineer has started 2020 with a £1bn order book
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Keller promises two years of extra dividends after tweaking strategy
The geotechnical specialist contractor said it would exit from less profitable markets in coming years as it aims to focus on “sustainable markets where we enjoy leading positions, and large attractive projects”
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Keller boss to depart as company pins hopes on strong fourth quarter to meet expectations
Michaelis is to quit by mutual consent. The board has put CFO Mike Speakman in tempory charge while it searches for a replacement CEO.
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FTSE 100 romps to higher close as Just Eat delivers 22% share gain
Just Eat is poised to combine with Dutch rival Takeaway.com to form one of the world's largest food delivery firms
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Week ahead preview: Lloyds, Barclays, RBS, BT Group, BoE and US Fed
It will be a busy week for markets with a barrage of corporate earnings and interest rates decisions from the Bank of England and the US Federal Reserve.
Builders and building materials
Keller keeps full-year guidance in place despite slow start to 2019
It expects first-half numbers to be “materially below” what it achieved last year, but is predicting a “much stronger” second half, which gives confidence of hitting full-year forecasts
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Keller Group surges despite 92% fall in profits as it guides for “good recovery” in profits in 2019
The dive in profitability had been flagged previously, so investors were instead looking to the outlook, which seemed to please
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FTSE 100 finishes ahead on US-China optimism; Rightmove top gainer
The UK blue-chip benchmark finished around 27 points higher at 7,134
Peel Hunt adjusts ratings in UK building materials and merchanting sector after cutting estimates, targets
Peel Hunt said it upgraded all ratings for Ferguson PLC, Keller Group PLC, and Volution Group PLC to ‘add’ from ‘hold’
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Interserve weak as Kier Group cash call comments spark concerns for constructors
A look at some of the London market's biggest risers and fallers on Monday
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Keller says second-half trading in line with full-year expectations but 2019 outlook “somewhat mixed”
The FTSE 250-listed said: “Our main markets remain healthy and our order book remains sound, but as previously indicated the contribution from major projects will be lower than this year”
FTSE 100 closes firmly in the red as PM Theresa May says Brexit deal within grasp
The UK blue-chip benchmark closed down nearly 90 points at 6,960, while the FTSE 250 shed nearly 55 points
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No profit warning repeat hoped for from British Gas owner Centrica
Aside from Centrica, the Day Ahead includes updates from the likes of water firm Severn Trent, booze retailer Majestic Wines, and pubs operator Mitchells & Butlers
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Keller Group under a cloud after it warns on profits
Trading has been getting tougher in southeast Asia, particularly in Malaysia following the recent change of government and the cancellation of the East Coast rail link
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Johnston Press shares pull back as publisher moves to sell itself
A look at some of the UK market's winners and losers in Thursday's trading session
Builders and building materials
Keller Group reports solid growth in underlying first-half profits, but Numis trims its rating on valuation grounds
For the six months to June, the FTSE 250-listed firm saw its underlying pre-tax profit rise by 7% at reported rates and 18% at constant currency to £42.2mln, excluding exceptional items
FTSE 100 closes slightly in red as traders sit on hands ahead of central bank updates
FTSE 100 closed down 0.46 points, or 0.01% at 7,700 on Monday
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Barclays initiates coverage on Keller, Balfour Beatty and Kier Group
Contractors are not exactly flavour of the year following Carillion's collapse but Barclays has decided to initiate coverage on three of the big players
FTSE 100 closes higher but below 7,300, as Wall Street heads north
London's blue-chips closed up around 45 points but below the 7,300 level
Keller gains on US acquisition talks, also says Trump tax changes will benefit future earnings
Some of the main biggest risers and fallers in London on Friday
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Keller Group tipped to rise more than 50%
Liberum’s 'buy' recommendation comes with a 1,500p price target, compared to the current trading price of 972p
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FTSE 100 finishes little changed after "Super Thursday" underwhelms
The Footsie was back in black - but only just - thanks to precious metals miners
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What will BT have to say about write-down can-of-worms?
Thursday brings the fourth quarter trading update from BT Group, while the banking AGM season continues.
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Apple supplier Laird downgraded by JP Morgan Cazenove
A look at some early analyst views in the City
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Investors turn their backs on Keller as it warns on full-year profits
The “very difficult” market conditions in the Asia Pacific region means the group now expects full-year performance to fall 15% short of previous expectations
Risers and fallers: Weatherly, Hayward Tyler, Lombard Risk...
The renaissance of compliance and collateral management software provider Lombard Risk under new management is underway, judging by its half-year results
FTSE 100 stocks edge higher as bank stocks brush off ECB policy
FTSE 100 stocks edged higher on Thursday led by bank stocks, even as their euro zone cousins counted the cost of continued low interest rates signalled by the European Central Bank
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Brexit Watch – UK corporate sentiment deteriorating, says survey
A new survey from Credit Suisse makes for grim reading for any business leader
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Week Ahead: HSBC - one last time before exiting stage right?
HSBC and Standard Chartered are often bracketed together because of their focus on Asian markets, and they continue their double-act this week.