At this stage in the cycle it is difficult to find the holy grail of a fast growing company that is attractively priced. Some of the property businesses thrown up by our screen need to be investigated further, as price to earnings growth isn't traditionally the best way to evaluate them; there are some interesting companies from other industries, however.
- FTSE All Share constituent Macfarlane Group (MACF) comes in at the top of our growth at right price (GARP) small cap screen. The specialist distributor of protective packaging materials also scores full marks on our screen that includes large FTSE All Share companies.
- Simon Thompson pick TClarke (CTO) still has a perfect score on the small-cap screen, which shows the building services group, which is on a buoyant earnings cycle, is not yet expensive.
- On our Aim-screen, mining companies Atalaya Mining (ATYM) and Sylvania Platinum (SLP) still score well.
