Plus500 Stock News

Plus500 Ltd (LSE:PLUS) has been upgraded to ‘buy' from ‘hold' by Cavendish, which said a 25% fall in the shares since the company's July trading update has left the financial technology group undervalued. The broker set a 4,490p target price, reduced from 4,685p, representing around 21% upside from the 3,714p share price used in its valuation.

Trading platform Plus500 reported a rise in half-year core profit on Monday, aided by higher trading ​activity as the company expanded its U.S. ‌business and rolled out more products, including the fast-growing predictions market.

Plus500 Ltd (LSE:PLUS) lifted revenue 12% to a three-year high in the first half, but earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation barely moved, edging up 1% to $187.5 million. The FTSE 250 trading platform attributed the gap to a deliberate step-up in customer acquisition spending, revenue-linked costs scaling in its US business and a stronger Israeli shekel against the dollar.

Plus500 Ltd (LSE:PLUS) has reaffirmed full-year guidance after reporting its highest revenue for a six-month period in three years, helped by expansion in the US and stronger trading activity. Revenue for the FTSE 250-listed trading platform operator in the six months to 30 June came in at $462.9 million, up 12% compared to the previous year, while customer income increased 24% to a five-year r...

Jefferies has picked out Computacenter PLC (LSE:CCC) and Plus500 Ltd (LSE:PLUS) as two London-listed stocks that could surprise investors positively as companies report first-half results over the coming weeks. The broker named the pair among eight European companies it expects to beat market expectations, alongside two continental names it thinks could disappoint.

Plus500 Ltd (LSE:PLUS) has launched sports event-based contracts in the United States, pushing further into the fast-growing prediction markets space. The fintech group, which runs proprietary technology-based trading platforms across multiple asset classes, is offering contracts regulated by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC).