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► Episode Notes:

What’s a gravel bike made of? Find out in this week’s PlayingFTSE Show! 

Contrasting fortunes for the Steves in the stock market this week. One has had a stellar week, but the other has had a more difficult time. 

Beeks Financial Cloud is a new one for this show and we’ve had a request from a viewer to talk about it. But could low latency mean a big opportunity? 

The company has a strong position in an interesting niche. And it’s signing up customers from all the big exchanges, meaning there could be a lot more growth to come. 

JD Wetherspoon is the reason Steve W’s portfolio has underperformed this week. And the company’s latest report was something of a mixed bag. 

Like-for-like sales came in higher than the industry average over the last few months. But the market is interested in costs right now – and they’re up for the FTSE 250 pub chain.

Bloomsbury has come a long way in the time we’ve been looking at it. And it’s reached the stage where the price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio has come back down to around 13. 

Steve D’s been looking at the author roster and Steve W’s been paying attention to the academic side. Is there anything there to convince them to get buying again?

Steve W promised a REIT, so here’s Tritax Big Box. The stock comes with a 5.4% dividend yield company owns and leases warehouses and industrial distribution centres.

REITs can often find growth difficult, but net rental income is up 24% compared to the previous year. So why is Steve not so convinced by this one?

The stock market liked the latest results from Judges Scientific and so did Steve D. Steve W didn’t, though, a revenue drop is enough to leave him disappointed. 

There’s a lot of scope for growth from this one and investors should think about whether they can look past a cyclical downturn. And it looks like they are, with the stock going up…

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► Timestamps:

0:00 INTRO & OUR WEEKS

5:18 BEEKS FINANCIAL

18:19 JD SPOONS

30:45 BLOOMSBURY  

41:07 TRITAX BIG BOX

51:06 JUDGES SCIENTIFIC

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