Christopher Ruane

1 day ago | fool.co.uk | Christopher Ruane

In the past five years, Barclays (LSE: BARC) has put in an excellent performance on the stock market. Over that period, the Barclays share price has soared by 149%. The dividend yield is 2.6%, but an investor who had bought at the lower price five years ago would now be yielding close to 6.5%. Despite that strong share price growth, however, Barclays does not necessarily look overvalued now.

1 day ago | fool.co.uk | Christopher Ruane

With the first week of June now almost over, we are racing towards the halfway point of 2025. So far, it has been a dramatic year in the stock market – and there could be more of that to come. So, ought investors simply to sit tight and do nothing? Or could this be a great year to buy UK shares? The FTSE 100 index of leading shares has hit a new all-time high and it is within spitting distance of that level again now.

2 days ago | fool.co.uk | Christopher Ruane

I bought some shares in Greggs (LSE: GRG) earlier this year and plan to hold them for a while. Even now, I think Greggs shares are potentially heavily undervalued relative to the firm’s long-term prospects. In fact, as a long-term investor, I reckon my Greggs shares could rise in value over coming years by a lot from today’s level. Here are three reasons why. Greggs ended last year with 2,618 shops. A decade before, that figure was 1,671.

2 days ago | fool.co.uk | Christopher Ruane

One of the valuation metrics I look at when considering a share for my portfolio is its price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio. In general, the lower the P/E ratio, the cheaper a share may be. For example, at the moment the International Consolidated Airlines Group (LSE: IAG) share price is around seven times its annual earnings per share. Such a single digit P/E ratio is often considered cheap. Easyjet has a P/E ratio of 11, for example, while Wizz Air is on a whizzier 19.

3 days ago | msn.com | Christopher Ruane

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