Richard is a highly-respected investment writer well-known for his Share Sleuth portfolio, a model portfolio he runs for the investment platform Interactive investor. Richard eats his own cooking – buying good businesses at reasonable prices and holding them for the long-term in his Self Invested Personal Pension.
I’m a long-time ShareScope and SharePad fan and my aim is to help you find better companies faster using the fantastic tools at your disposal. My focus is on finding businesses we can reasonably expect to prosper for many years. As well as analysing data, I work out the strategies companies are following and try to verify that they are working in the real world by quizzing executives, visiting companies, trying their products and observing how they operate.
Machine tool manufacturer Renishaw and homeware and furniture retailer Dunelm are both highly profitable businesses, but they take very different approaches to how they use
Richard takes a look at three slow growers, a financial data distribution platform, an emerging markets fund manager, and a world leading vehicle distributor. Arcontech,
Richard takes a tilt at Kainos, a software consultancy and developer that spooked investors in 2024 and 2025 and righted itself in 2026. Cerillion, Alfa,
Richard wrestles with the conundrum that is Goodwin, a company selling off its biggest and most profitable division. MS International and Northern Bear also feature.
Richard wonders if Colefax’s lucrative buyback strategy is destined to go on for another generation. Six more shares pass 5 Strikes. 5 Strikes Since my
England’s oldest toiletries company fails 5 Strikes. Instead Richard’s attention drifts towards the cloud. Gamma Communications has one strike, which is no impediment to investment.
Richard checks out the ESG credentials of meat producer Cranswick, which believes the high carbon footprint of cattle and sheep farming will work to its
After some mental gymnastics, Richard confirms Autotrader and Tatton have no major blemishes in their financial histories. Tatton, in particular, looks like a very good
Six shares pass 5 strikes this time. Richard takes a closer look at Morgan Sindall, which achieved no strikes. The building contractor and property developer
Richard Beddard returns with the latest 5 Strikes update, highlighting three new companies that have passed his quality filter and earned a place on his
Richard Beddard revisits his 5 Strikes quality screen, assessing a fresh batch of companies that have recently passed the initial filter and identifying those worthy
Richard says there is more to evaluating directors’ shareholdings than considering the percentage of the company’s shares they own. In lieu of a 5 Strikes
