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I usually purchase shares with a view to holding them for a decade, or extra. Listed here are two FTSE 100 shares I plan to carry in my portfolio for the subsequent 25 years, at the least.
Barratt Redrow
Housebuilders like Barratt Redrow (LSE:BTRW) stay largely out of vogue with buyers at present. Justifiable fears over value inflation and future rates of interest weighed closely on the sector within the closing months of 2024 and nonetheless do.
But I’ve clung on to my Barratt shares and plan to proceed holding them for the lengthy haul. Following its merger with Redrow final yr, it’s by far the UK’s largest builder by quantity. And it has plans to supercharge manufacturing to make the most of the market upturn when it comes.
It intends to ramp dwelling completions as much as 22,000 a yr over the medium time period, the agency introduced at autumn’s AGM. That’s up from the deliberate 16,600-17,200 properties it expects for the present monetary yr (ending June).
After home costs moved again into progress final yr, business consultants are largely assured of a sustained market restoration. Property agent Hamptons, as an illustration, expects common home worth progress of three% this yr, accelerating to three.5% for 2026 and remaining strong at 2.5% the next yr.
Pushed by fast inhabitants progress, I’m anticipating home costs to keep up their regular climb by means of the approaching many years. And I consider Barratt Redrow, which can be set to learn from substantial post-merger revenues and price synergies, is within the field seat to capitalise on this.
Coca-Cola HBC
Coca-Cola Hellenic Bottling Firm (LSE:CCH) affords a scrumptious mix of progress potential and enduring resilience that I couldn’t resist.
As its title suggests, the FTSE 100 agency bottles and sells a number of the world’s largest drinks manufacturers. Alongside Coke, it produces different heavyweight names like Sprite, Fanta and Monster Vitality.
This supplies me as an investor with wonderful peace of thoughts. These labels stay in excessive demand in any respect factors of the financial cycle, reflecting their popularity for high quality and fashionability. Such qualities additionally permit Coca-Cola HBC to lift costs with out struggling a painful drop in volumes, permitting the agency to develop earnings over time.
Its resilience was demonstrated in November’s most up-to-date buying and selling assertion, which confirmed natural revenues up 13.9% within the third quarter and natural income per case up 9.5%. This was regardless of the powerful financial circumstances and inflationary pressures in quite a few markets.
But, as I say, resilience isn’t Coca-Cola HBC’s solely engaging attribute. It additionally has distinctive progress potential, due to its extensive geographic footprint that additionally straddles fast-growing rising and creating economies in Jap Europe and Africa.
On the draw back, the bottling large faces vital market competitors from the likes of PepsiCo and may be very depending on its relationship with US-based Coca-Cola Co. However given its powerhouse manufacturers and powerful file of innovation, I consider it might probably proceed to thrive within the many years forward.
