Report
Michael B. Schäfer

ODDO BHF SECURITIES Small & MIDCAP MORNING NEWS – 03/21/2025

Underlyings
ALTRI SGPS SA

Altri SGPS is a holding company based in Portugal. Co. is engaged in management of investments mainly in the industrial sector. Through its subsidiary companies, Co. is engaged in the production of pulp and paper through the Celbi, Celtejo and Caima Groups. Pulp is the core business of Co. and the focus is on bleached eucalyptus pulp. Co.'s three pulp mills, Celbi, Caima and Celtejo, produce over 550,000 tonnes per year. The paper mill, CPK, produces 60,000 tonnes of sack kraft paper per year. Co. manages over 78,000 ha of forest in Portugal certified by the Forest Stweardship Council.

Bastide Le Confort Medical SA

Bastide le Confort Medical is a holding company. Through its subsidiaries, Co. is engaged in the home health care industry. Co. retails and rents medical equipment and provides medical services. Products include breathing apparatus, orthopedic shoes, walking aids and wheelchairs, home appliances and furniture adapted to the needs of the lesser able, with the recent addition of equipment related to perfusion and nutrition. Co. operates through a number of outlets concentrated mainly in the South of France, offering advice and information to customers along with the provision and maintenance of medical equipment.

Beneteau SA

Beneteau designs, manufactures and sells yachts and powerboats through an international network of dealers. Co. also designs, manufactures and sells mobile homes. Its operations can be divided into two segments: The Boats segment and the Leisure Homes segment. The Boats segment groups together the activities for manufacturing and marketing boats with a customer base made up of dealers; The Leisure Homes segment groups together the activities for manufacturing and marketing mobile homes with a customer base made up of campsites and wholesalers, and the the activities for manufacturing and marketing wood-frame houses. Some of Co.'s brands are Beneteau, Jeanneau, CNB, IRM and O'Hara.

DEUTZ AG

Deutz is the parent company of DEUTZ Group, and is engaged as an independent manufacturer of compact diesel engines for both on and off-road use. Co. develops, designs, produces and sells diesel engines that are cooled by water, oil or air. Co.'s operating activities are divided into: the DEUTZ Compact Engines segment, which comprises liquid-cooled engines with capacities of up to eight litres; and the DEUTZ Customised Solutions segment, which focuses on air-cooled engines and large liquid-cooled engines with capacities of more than eight litres, and also supplies reconditioned parts and engines. Co. also repairs, maintains and services vehicles and machines fitted with DEUTZ engines.

FFP
FFP

Societe Fonciere, Financiere ACT is an investment holding company which acts as a long-term investor and an active shareholder. As of Dec 31 2010, Co. held 22.1% of the share capital of PSA Peugeot Citroen. Co. usually purchases minority stakes in companies with a large family shareholding. Co. has a portfolio of private equity funds which operate mainly in Europe and countries with emerging economies. Co. also operates a financial investment and cash management business, as well as a real estate and wine-producing businesses.

FUCHS PETROLUB SE

HelloFresh SE

HelloFresh is engaged in the delivery of meal kits to customers in the U.S., the United Kingdom, Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Australia, Austria, Switzerland and Canada. Co. provides portioned food and recipes, which its subscribers receive in weekly boxes. Co. provides both omnivore and vegetarian options, with fresh ingredients and chef-inspired recipes.

HYDROGENE DE FRANCE

LANXESS AG

Lanxess is a management holding company, engaged in chemicals enterprise with a portfolio ranging from polymers to industrial, specialty and fine chemicals. Co. has three segments, which comprise 14 business units. Co.'s Performance Polymers segments include five units, Butyl Rubber, Performance Butadiene Rubbers, Keltan Elastomers, High Performance Elastomers, and High Performance Materials. Advanced Intermediates segments include two units, Advanced Industrial Intermediates, and Saltigo. Performance Chemicals segments, include seven units, Material Protection Products, Inorganic Pigments, Functional Chemicals, Leather, Rhein Chemie, Rubber Chemicals, and Liquid Purification Technologies.

Salzgitter AG

Salzgitter is a holding company. Through its subsidiaries, Co. organized its businesses into five divisions. The Steel Division manufactures steel and special steels. The Tubes Division is involved with the manufacture of line pipes, HFI-welded pipes, precision tubes and stainless steel tubes. The Trading Division operates a European sales network as well as trading companies and agencies worldwide. The companies in the Services Division provide services such as data processing, telecommunications services, scrap dealing, the handling and storage of bulk cargo, transportation, and other services. The Technology Division operates in the filling and packaging technology segment.

SSAB AB Class A

SSAB is a supplier of high strength steels with products comprising various qualities and dimensions within wear steels and structural steels. Co.'s solutions also include services, from concept to finished delivery. SSAB Wear Services also provides advice, repairs, and sales of spare parts to the aftermarket. The business is organized into three business areas; SSAB Americas, SSAB EMEA and SSAB APAC as well as the subsidiary, Tibnor, which is a steel distributor in the Nordic region. SSAB EMEA consist of Europe, the Middle East and Africa; SSAB Americas of North and Latin America; SSAB APAC of Asia, Australia and New Zealand and Tibnor of steel and metal distribution in northern Europe.

Vetoquinol SA

V?toquinol is a global player in the animal health sector, serving both the livestock (cattle and pigs) and pet (dogs and cats) markets. Co. designs, develops, and sells veterinary drugs and non-medicinal products in Europe, the Americas and the Asia Pacific region, as an independent entity. Co. is also active in the therapeutic fields of anti-infectives, pain-inflammation and cardiology-nephrology treatment. As of Dec 31 2013, Co.'s product portfolio included brands such as Aurizon®, Epiphen®, Ipakitine®, Marbocyl®, Propalin®, Tolf?dine®, Tolfine®, Clavaseptin®, and Vetprofen®. Co.'s brands are V?toquinol, Tomlyn, and Evsco in the U.S.A. and Equistro for the horse range.

Wallix Group SA

Wallix Group SA. Wallix Group SA is a France-based company specialized in the security software industry. The Company publishes computer security software relating to the access control and the traceability of privileged accounts or privileged access management (PAM) in the information systems of a number of companies. The Group serves various sectors, including healthcare, cloud & telcos and bank & insurance, among others. Through its solution, Wallix Bastion, the Group helps companies enhance their protection from cyber risks. Its solutions are distributed via a network of trained resellers. Wallix Group's portfolio includes audit and compliance, remote access security, cloud security and controlling industrial systems. In addition, through its subsidiaries the Company also provides computer security software editing services. Apart from France, the Company also operates in the United States.

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