News / Stobart Group falls foul of bank analysts worried about debt

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On the back of a slight dip in annual pre-tax profits and mounting concerns over the size of its debt and estates business, a financial investment house has advised shareholders of the UK’s most famous haulage company to sell its stock.

Analysts at Portuguese finance house Espirito Santo Investment Bank (ESIB) said the Stobart group’s attempts to diversify out of transport and logistics had so far not met with much success, and they feared that the group might fail to make ...