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Keller (KLR) – Finals PTP: £103.2m (£83.7m) Divi: 18p (15.6p) A degree of exposure to the beleaguered housing market in the US meant shares in Keller, the ground engineering specialist, were battered last year. However, the group managed a strong performance, registering its... READ MORE >>

Tristel (TSTL:AIM) – Interims PTP: £0.4m (£0.4m) Divi: 0.39p (0.35p) Results were slightly below analyst expectations after the Tristel Technologies subsidiary posted a 21% decline in turnover on the back of reduced purchases of its chlorine dioxide wash products from its... READ MORE >>

Sportingbet (SBT:AIM) – Interims PTP: £2.2m (-£11.4m) Divi: n/a (n/a) The online betting group continues to perform well in the post-US ban era. It has been nearly 18 months since internet-based gaming operators were forced out of North America. Chairman Peter Dicks has... READ MORE >>

MTI Wireless Edge (MWE:AIM) – Finals PTP: $5.0m ($4.0m) Divi: 1.85c (1.67c) An increased dividend payment, a share buyback programme and a 25% jump in annual profits were not enough to stop the shares of the specialist antenna maker falling 10% to a fresh all-time low of 26p last... READ MORE >>

Premier Foods (PFD) – Finals PTL: £73.5m (PTP: £59m) Divi: 6.5p (12p) When Premier acquired RHM last March the market’s immediate enthusiasm pushed the shares up to over 300p. Reality subsequently intervened pushing the shares below 100p. The deal increased the... READ MORE >>

Persimmon (PSN) – Finals PTP: £585.1m (£566.7m) Divi: 32.7p (32.7p) Barratt Developments (BDEV) – Interims £194.6m (£176.6m) Divi: 12.23p (10.34p) Investors hoping to assess the risks to the UK housing market in 2008 are getting mixed signs as the house... READ MORE >>

ITV (ITV) – Finals PTP: £188m (288m) Divi: 1.8p... READ MORE >>

Pearson (PSON) – Finals PTP: £468m (£448m) Divi: 20.5p (18.8p) The Penguin owner and education publisher beat analysts’ forecasts at its finals after posting a 6% rise in revenues to £4.2... READ MORE >>

Wood Group (WG.) – Finals PTP: £129.45m (£93.52m) Divi: 2.49p (1.78p) The oil services firm enjoyed another bumper year, with profits up by around 40%, and each business – engineering, well support and gas turbine – seeing strong growth. The company... READ MORE >>

Kier (KIE) – Interims PTP: £44.6m (£36.2m) Divi: 18p... READ MORE >>

JD Wetherspoon (JDW) – Interims PTP: £28.5m (£32.9m) Divi: 4.4p (4p) The 13% drop in profit shouldn’t surprise, if you consider the entire pub industry has been hit by the smoking ban. In the bigger picture, Wetherspoon has done well, propped up by food takings as... READ MORE >>

Senior (SNR) – Finals PTP: £37.8m (£19.8m) Divi: 2.4p (2p) Officially classified as an industrial engineer Senior is now primarily in the aerospace sector which accounts for some 70% of profits following a three year acquisition spree. Profits came in slightly ahead of... READ MORE >>