Share tips 2025: this week’s top picks

If you’ve been keeping a close eye on share tips 2025, then don’t miss this weekly round-up of the top stocks to consider for your portfolio.

The MoneyWeek share tips 2025 guide pulls together some of the best stocks from some of the top share tipsters around.

As well as the UK financial pages, we look at publications across the pond for investors who want to diversify their holdings internationally.

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From Magnificent Seven, which are consistently among the world's most-bought stocks, to finding value in the FTSE 100, we look at where to invest this year.

This list is updated weekly.

Share tips 2025: top picks of the week

Four to buy

1. Taylor Wimpey (LSE: TW)
The Telegraph
Taylor Wimpey is expected to be demoted from the FTSE 100 index owing to a difficult backdrop for the business and high cladding-related remediation costs. However, the housebuilder’s solid balance sheet means it can weather any other challenges, and trading conditions are likely to improve with interest-rate cuts. The company is well placed to capitalise on the housing market rebound and deliver higher completions and rising profits. The shares are “grossly undervalued” and offer scope for rerating. 99p

2. Avingtrans (LSE: AVG)
This is Money
Avingtrans supplies pumps and motors to the nuclear industry. Plans for the construction of dozens of small modular reactors (SMRs) in Britain bode well, as do firms such as Microsoft and Google putting billions into the industry to supply energy for data centres amid the AI boom. The firm recently secured a £12.5 million deal to supply pumps to South Korea. A profit of £8.1 million is forecast for this year, rising to £10.7 million in 2026. “Buy and hold.” 500p

3. Mortgage Advice Bureau (LSE: MAB1)
Investors’ Chronicle
Aim-listed mortgage broker Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB) will move to the main market in 2026. First-half total mortgage completions rose 17% to £14.2 billion, compared with a 6% rise for the wider market. MAB’s share of the lending market grew, while sales and adjusted pre-tax profit beat guidance. The dividend for 2025 is set at 50% of adjusted post-tax and minority interest profits. The shares’ valuation is “undemanding”. 712p

4. AG Barr (LSE: BAG)
Shares
Rubicon and Irn-Bru maker AG Barr has “rarely left a sour taste in the mouths of investors”. The soft drinks company has continued to grow market share in Britain and expand operating margins. AG has the pricing power to mitigate inflationary pressures, while strong cash generation and a robust balance sheet can support further acquisitions and progressive dividends. First-half trading was robust, with “several record volume weeks” in the second quarter. Adjusted pre-tax profits are expected to rise to £65 million next year, and then to £70 million in 2027, with year-end net cash of about £50 million. 685p

One to sell

1. hVIVO (LSE: HVO)
Investors’ Chronicle
hVIVO tests infectious and respiratory disease vaccines and antivirals using humans in clinical trials. Recently, a significant contract was postponed and another called off amid US government funding cuts for vaccine research and clinical trials. The cuts are likely to persist. Analysts at Cavendish expect a full-year cash loss of £1.2 million, down from a cash profit of £17.2 million in 2024 as revenue declines. Its weighted contracted order book fell from £71 million to £40 million. Analysts are “pessimistic” about gaining new contracts this year and expect a 2026 pre-tax loss of £3.9 million. Without a “short-term catalyst to drive a recovery, the share price could fall further”. 7p

The rest...

1. Next 15 (LSE: NFG)
Investors’ Chronicle
Marketing group Next 15 suffered a 3.6% drop in first-half revenue to £231 million as clients cut marketing budgets owing to US tariffs and jitters over the economic backdrop. But Next 15’s focus on efficiency helped stabilise performance. Adjusted operating profit fell slightly, but cost-cutting and the consolidation of businesses improved margins. The shares have yet to recover from the misconduct scandal at the Mach49 business, which is being wound down, but are “cheaper” than rival M&C Saatchi. With a leaner, more focused company, the stock looks “undervalued”. Buy (364p).

2. Bloomsbury Publishing (LSE: BMY)
Shares
Since the boom years of Harry Potter, Bloomsbury Publishing has diversified, branching out into academic publishing, and producing other blockbuster series, such as Sarah Maas’s A Court of Thorns & Roses. Although the shares stalled recently, they trade on an “attractive” valuation. New titles are in the pipeline (including a sequel from Maas), and the upcoming Potter television series should boost sales. CEO Nigel Newton has bought £100,000-worth of shares. Bloomsbury expects to meet full-year revenue and adjusted pre-tax profit expectations. Buy (487p).

3. Goodwin (LSE: GDWN)
This is Money
FTSE 250-listed Goodwin makes containers to hold nuclear waste, works closely with engineering giant Rolls-Royce, and is endorsed by the US defence department to supply nuclear submarine components. The family-run company is well placed to benefit from plans to build nuclear reactors in Britain and the US. Goodwin is a “quality” business and aims to generate sustained growth. The stock is “attractive” for long-term investors. Buy (14,650p).

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