Each month, we ask our freelance writers to share their high concepts for progress shares with traders — right here’s what they mentioned for July!

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Experian

What it does: Experian offers credit score providers and different associated monetary information to companies and people

By Jon Smith. Experian (LSE:EXPN) has rocketed 26% greater over the previous 12 months. The worldwide information and know-how firm makes cash by offering credit score providers and related information to a variety of shoppers.

The most recent outcomes confirmed that in 2023, revenue earlier than tax rose by 32% versus the earlier 12 months. Income grew by 8%, with steering that this could develop by the identical quantity within the following 12 months. 

It flagged up that the worldwide financial restoration ought to assist to develop demand additional within the coming couple of years. I agree with this, as customers are going to be extra centered on their private funds to make sure they will survive one other potential cost-of-living disaster.

I do word that the agency might want to diversify into different choices additional down the road. In any other case, there’s a restrict on how massive it may well get proper now, which is a threat.

Jon Smith doesn’t personal shares in any agency talked about.

Gulf Marine Providers

What it does: the agency operates self-propelled and self-elevating help vessels (SESVs) serving the oil, gasoline and renewables sectors.

By Kevin Godbold. There’s been a pullback within the Gulf Marine Providers (LSE: GMS) share price. The pause is welcome and has stopped the valuation working forward of occasions.

This inventory comes with dangers, after all. The corporate’s fleet is run from workplaces in United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia and Qatar and serves worldwide markets. Nonetheless, one of many considerations is the large pile of debt on the stability sheet.

That had mixed with the cyclicality within the trade to trigger bother for the enterprise and the share price.

A lot of the current progress has been as a result of cyclical restoration of operations and strikes to scale back the extent of borrowings. However with the share price close to 19p (24 June), the worth and high quality indicators stay engaging, and optimistic information move retains on coming.

I’m optimistic concerning the outlook for the trade and assume it’s price specializing in this inventory for July onwards.

Kevin Godbold owns shares in Gulf Marine Providers.

Raspberry Pi

What it does: Raspberry Pi makes tiny little computer systems, that run Linux and might be programmed to manage all kinds of issues.

By Alan Oscroft. Yep, I’m going for it. I’m tagging Raspberry Pi (LSE: RPI) as my high UK progress choose.

It’s had a combined journey since buying and selling opened on 14 June, so it’s laborious to get a really feel for market sentiment but.

And valuations are difficult, with a price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of round 30 based mostly on final 12 months’s earnings. I don’t assume that’s too excessive for a tech progress inventory, although we don’t know the way it may translate right into a forecast P/E.

P/E valuations usually don’t imply a lot in a tech progress trade anyway. The expansion right here is from AI and robotics, that are carefully intertwined.

I additionally don’t know what market share the agency may seize for robotics management computer systems. So, numerous unknowns right here, every its personal threat.

However the sheer potential measurement of the AI market within the coming a long time means I’d purchase some Raspberry Pi shares.

Alan Oscroft has no place in Raspberry Pi.