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REITs are another way of earning passive income from property

11 hours ago | fool.co.uk | James Beard

Investing in property is one of the most popular ways of generating passive income. Although there are significant regional variations, according to Paragon Banking Group, the average gross rental yield from UK residential property is currently 7.11%. But this doesn’t take into account service charges, ground rents, and borrowings costs. When these are considered, the return is closer to 5%. It’s a similar story when it comes to commercial property.
Up 149% in 5 years, can the Barclays share price keep rising?

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.
UK shares: could 2025 be a brilliant year for bargains?

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.
The share price of this FTSE 250 icon soared 26% in a day. Is it time to buy?

1 day ago | fool.co.uk | James Beard

It’s been a torrid year for FTSE 250 bootmaker Dr Martens (LSE:DOCS). On Thursday (5 June), the company released its results for the 52 weeks ended 30 March (FY25). Compared to FY24, there was a 10% fall in revenue and a 65% drop in adjusted profit before tax (PBT). Worse, earnings per share (EPS) tanked from 7p to 0.5p. But investors were actually impressed. The group’s share price closed the day 25.8% higher.
3 long-term growth drivers I think could propel Greggs shares up, up, and away!

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.
Despite hitting a near-14-year high, this FTSE 250 defence superstar still looks 32% under its ‘fair value’ to me!

2 days ago | fool.co.uk | Simon Watkins

FTSE 250 high-tech defence firm Chemring (LSE: CHG) is trading at a 14-year high of £5.54. The last time it traded at more than this was 1 September 2011, when it hit £5.65. That said, there can still be value left in the shares as price and value are different things. I took a deep dive into the business and ran the key numbers to get to the bottom of the firm’s valuation. Chemring’s shares are trading at such lofty levels partly because of the increasing defence threat to the West.
Does a P/E ratio of just 7 make the IAG share price a bargain?

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.
Down 15% from its year high, is Shell’s share price too cheap for me to pass up?

2 days ago | fool.co.uk | Simon Watkins

Shell’s (LSE: SHEL) share price is down 15% from its 5 July 12-month high of £29.10. Comparing its share price chart with that of the Brent oil price benchmark shows a near-identical trading pattern. In basic terms, this implies that the UK oil giant has no additional value over and above the oil price. That is, no additional value from its high-value petrochemical products, green energy products, trading operations or anything else.
This FTSE 100 stock's soaring. But is it now overvalued?

2 days ago | fool.co.uk | James Beard

Unless you own shares in Babcock International Group (LSE:BAB), the FTSE 100 defence stock, the news over the past few days has been very depressing. On Monday (2 June), at the launch of the government’s strategic defence review, the Prime Minister promised to make Britain “battle-ready” and the Defence Secretary talked of a “new era of threat”. And if that wasn’t enough, ahead of the defence review’s launch, Sky News was simulating a Russian attack on the UK.
Could the stock market create a second income higher than the average UK salary?

2 days ago | fool.co.uk | James Beard

Those looking for a second income could consider investing in the UK stock market. That’s because 311 out of the largest 350 listed companies have paid a dividend over the past 12 months. Of course, there’s no guarantee this will be repeated. But without a crystal ball, history’s all we’ve got to guide us. Of the UK’s 100 biggest stocks, only one didn’t make a dividend payment during the past year. Overall, the yield on the FTSE 100 is 3.58%.