Roland Head

Equity Research Analyst, Stockopedia. Dividend investor, former telecoms engineer and financial journalist since 2012. IMC qualified.

Coverage and specialism: Roland Head has been a Stockopedia contributor since 2015 and has co-authored the Daily Stock Market Report since 2021. He has an encyclopaedic knowledge of UK equities, specialising in FTSE 350 companies and dividend stocks of all sizes. He contributes regular features, including coverage of the Stock in Focus (SIF) model portfolio, a systematic strategy that looks for shares offering a mix of affordable growth, income and positive momentum. Roland has co-hosted an investing podcast and contributed extensively to UK equity coverage at the Motley Fool and Investor’s Champion.

Background: Roland began his career in the telecoms industry. Working at a major equipment supplier, he witnessed the 2001 telecoms crash from the inside. After a subsequent period as an IT engineer for a specialist printing and pre-press company, he launched his own internet business in 2006. Roland draws on this personal experience of technology and business in his investing.

Qualifications: Roland holds a MEng in Electronic Engineering from the University of York. He holds the Investment Management Certificate (IMC), awarded by CFA Society of the UK, and has passed Level I of the CFA Program.

How he invests: Roland is numbers-led and rules-based. Having watched a sector boom and bust from the inside, he puts balance sheets and cash generation ahead of growth stories, and uses rules-based approaches to keep his judgement honest. He runs two personal portfolios alongside his Stockopedia work: one mirroring the SIF strategy and one long-term income portfolio built around quality dividend payers.

And finally: Away from Stockopedia, Roland publishes a model dividend portfolio newsletter at rolandhead.com, with in-depth analysis of UK dividend stocks ranked by a quantitative system he built himself.