Newspaper Tips & Round-Up

LONDON (ShareCast) - Logistics group Wincanton (LSE: WIN.L - news) shares trade on an undemanding forward price-earnings ratio of nearly eight times. Investors should be prepared to sell on future signs of weakness, but for now buy says the Independent.

Sales at Signet (LSE: SIG.L - news) , which owns Ernest Jones and H Samuel in Britain and Kay and Jared in America, are down 2.9% across the board, less than the market and many analysts had feared. Compared with the 14.9% fall in the previous quarter, this is a relatively modest decline. The share price has already recovered significantly from its February low of 411½p, so it is clearly no longer a golden opportunity. Hold for the moment; buy on future weakness suggests the Times (1832.HK - news) .

Helical Bar (LSE: HLCL.L - news) 's allure is the ability of Mike Slade, chief executive, to call the property cycle — a trait that has enabled it to produce the best returns in its sector over the past 25 years. Not only is Mr Slade now bullish, but, armed with the proceeds of January's share placing and the backing of a US property fund, Helical (HSI.V - news) has the firepower to pursue opportunistic deals — of which it promises several in the coming months. Buy says the Times.

Low & Bonar, which supplies fabric and fibres to a variety of industries, including the still buoyant civil engineering sector, issued its half-year trading update yesterday: performance is in line with expectations. Although Low & Bonar is a successful and well-run company, wait on the stock until it shows more signs of life says the Independent. Hold.

Templeton Emerging Markets is a Telegraph tip of the year and up 32% since their recommendation. They still remain a buy at current levels and a core holding, the paper says.

HSBC (LSE: HSBA.L - news) 's Infrastructure Fund is a closed-end investment company that invests in infrastructure assets - primarily in the UK, but the group is now looking for opportunities abroad. Investors seeking an income stream with the potential for capital appreciation over the longer term should buy, suggests the Telegraph.

Five-a-side soccer specialist Goals Soccer Centres (LSE: GOAL.L - news) is going on the counter-attack. The AIM-listed company now plans to open 16 sites by the end of 2011 and, to that end, yesterday tapped shareholders for £11m, only its second fundraising since joining the stock market five years ago. Goals has plenty of scope to grow, and the cashflow and balance sheet to do so. At 189p, or 13 times 2009 earnings, buy says the Times.

Healthcare services provider Synergy says its recent problems are behind the group. The company issued in-line annual numbers yesterday. There is more to come and the Independent would back the shares now. Buy.

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