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News covered here includes our assessment of plenty of trading updates, including another upgrade for a constituent of our AIM for High Yield Portfolio. One of our Stonking Small Caps continues to be a beneficiary of the elevated interest rate environment while a luxury interior design and furnishings group is on the other side of things. An independent energy supplier and provider of smart meters looks in great shape, although the market had other views. Read on here for our assessment of this and other news.
Judges Scientific: looking up After a challenging 2024, which saw a decline in revenues, Judges Scientific (AIM:JDG), the scientific instruments group, reported an encouraging start to the new year with a number of the deferred projects from 2024 now anticipated to contribute to first half earnings. Adjusted earnings per share for 2024 are anticipated to be in line with market expectations of 276.8 pence per share, which is a 28% decline on the prior year and seemingly at the bottom of the range of estimates. Geotek, a manufacturer of instruments used to measure and log characteristics of geological cores, which…