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ODDO BHF Small & MIDCAP MORNING NEWS - 08/02/2024

The Stoxx 600 gained just 1.1% in July after shedding 1.3% in June, driven by the SMI (+2.5%) and the Footsie 100 (+2.7%). With business sentiment indicators continuing to weaken, defensive stocks outperformed cyclicals in July, and many healthcare stocks were among the best performers of the Stoxx 600. Long-term interest rates have fallen sharply (probably too much), but this has not benefited tech and luxury goods stocks, penalised by their disappointing results publications. - ...
Underlyings
Aperam SA

APERAM is a stainless and specialty steel producer. Co. produces a range of stainless steel products and products including electrical steel (grain oriented, non-grain oriented, and non-grain oriented semi-processed steel), nickel alloys and specialties. Co. sells its products to customers on three continents in over 40 countries, including aerospace, automotive, catering, construction, household appliances and electrical engineering, industrial processes, medical, and oil & gas industries. Co. manages its business according to three operating segments: Stainless and Electrical Steel; Services and Solutions; and Alloys and Specialties.

Atos SE

Atos is an international information technology services company operating in 52 countries. Co.'s customers are sectors like Public Sector and Utilities, Telecoms and Media, Financial Services, Process Industries and Discrete Manufacturing and Consumer Products and Retail. Co. operates in seven geographical segments: Germany; France; Benelux and The Nordics; U.K. and Ireland; Atos Worldline; Central & Eastern Europe; North America; Iberia; and Other Countries. Co. delivers IT services through the following five segments: Managed Services, Systems Integration, Consulting, Worldline: ePayment Services, and Cloud & Enterprise Software.

AUTO1 Group

Banco Comercial Portugues S.A.

Banco Comercial Portugues is a privately-owned bank that provides a range of banking activities and financial services in Portugal and abroad, with a focus on commercial banking, corporate and investment banking and asset management and private banking. Co. operates in the following segments: Portugal, which consists of retail banking (including ActivoBank), companies (including companies and corporate and investment banking), asset management and private banking, and non-core business portfolio; and foreign activity, which consists of Poland, Angola, and Mozambique. As of Dec 31 2014, Co. had total assets of Euro76.36 billion.

BELIEVE SA

Bonduelle SCA

Bonduelle is active in the market of processed vegetables both within and outside the European Union. Co.'s business is made up of three activities: canned, frozen and fresh vegetables (prepared and fresh-cut). It distributes its products mostly through retail channels (large supermarkets and stores) and food service sectors (restaurants, inter-company canteens). Some of Co.'s brands are Bonduelle, Cassegrain, Frudesa and Artic Gardens. Co. is organized into two geographic regions and four business segments: Bonduelle Europe Long Life (BELL), Bonduelle Fresh Europe (FRESH), Bonduelle Americas (BAM), and Bonduelle Development (BDV).

Bpost SA

Bpost is engaged in the provision of national and international mail and parcels services comprising the collection, transport, sorting and distribution of addressed and non-addressed mail, printed documents, newspapers and parcels. In addition, through its subsidiaries and business units, Co. sells a range of other products and services, including postal, parcels, banking and financial products, express delivery services, document management and related activities. Co. operates through two business units: the Mail & Retail Solutions and the Parcels & International.

Brunel International N.V.

Accrued employee expensesBrunel is a global provider of business services that specializes in the flexible placement of professionals in the fields of Engineering, IT, Legal, Finance, Insurance & Banking and Energy. Co. provides such specialists through a range of staffing, project management, recruitment and consultancy services. Co. serves the world market for professional staffing and recruitment services from two main perspectives. On the one hand, Co. aims its services at specific supra-regional business lines. On the other hand, Co. focuses on specific countries such as The Netherlands, Germany, Belgium and Canada.

Claranova SE

Claranova SA, formerly Avanquest SA, is a France-based holding company engaged in the technology industry. The Company operates through three businesses including Avanquest Software, that develops, publishes and markets Personal Computer (PC) software products in several categories, including system utilities, home graphics, digital imaging and small business solutions; the PlanetArt business operates a print-on-demand platform, which features five brands covering both Website and mobile application technologies. Among its applications is FreePrints, a mobile photo printing solution for iOS and Android. The Company also operates through myDevices business, which enables enterprises to design, prototype and commercialize Internet of Things (IoT) solutions through Cayenne, a drag-and-drop IoT project builder. Claranova SA offers its products and services in approximately 100 countries worldwide.

EBUSCO HLDG NV

FUGRO NV

Galapagos NV

Galapagos is a clinical-stage biotechnology company specialized in the discovery and development of small molecule medicines with novel modes of action, addressing disease areas of high unmet medical need. Execution on its proprietary drug target discovery platform has delivered a pipeline that consists of three Phase 2, three Phase 1, five pre-clinical, and 20 discovery programs in inflammation, cystic fibrosis, or CF, osteoarthritis, and other indications. Co.'s highly flexible platform offers applicability across a broad set of therapeutic areas. Co.'s programs include filgotinib, GLPG1837, GLPG1690, GLPG2222, GLPG1972.

Glanbia Plc

Glanbia is a performance nutrition and ingredients group, engaged in providing performance nutrition, cheese, dairy ingredients, specialty non-dairy ingredients and vitamin and mineral premixes. Co. segments include: Global Performance Nutrition, which is involved in the branded performance nutrition business; Global Ingredients, which manufactures cheddar cheese, provides dairy and non-dairy nutritional ingredients and micro-nutrient premixes; Dairy Ireland, which is engaged in the manufacture and sale of a range of consumer products and farm inputs; and Joint Ventures & Associates, which is engaged in the manufacture and sale of cheese, dairy ingredients and dairy consumer products.

INDUS Holding AG

Indus Holding is a holding company. Co., through its subsidiaries, is engaged in the acquisition of profitable mid-sized industrial enterprises and optimizing their business growth. Co.'s portfolio companies are organized into five segments: Construction/Infrastructure, Automotive Technology, Engineering, Medical Engineering/Life Science and Metals Technology. The Construction/Infrastructure segment comprises nine operating units; the Automotive Technology segment comprises ten operating units; the Engineering segment comprises nine operating units; the Medical engineering/Life Science segment is made up of three companies; and the Metals Technology segment encompasses nine operating units.

Kalray SA

Kalray SA is a France-based semiconductor and software company that develops and sells manycore processors. Its products include the Multi-Purpose Processor Array (MPPA) processor architecture (a family of programmable silicon devices), a software development kit, development platform and reference board. The Company provides manycore processors for low to medium volume embedded and acceleration applications. The Company's technology is the combination of the MPPA processor architecture and a software parallel programming solution MPPA ACCESSORE. Its products target the embedded computing market, including the imaging, medical and industrial sectors, telecommunication infrastructures, data security and network appliances, and transport and industrial automation.

Nexans SA

Nexans offers cables and cabling systems for the Infrastructure, Industry, Building and Local Area Network markets. Co.'s offering covers the research, design, manufacturing, installation, training, and network supervision and control. Co. operates under three segments: Energy (power cables for energy infrastructures, special cables for industry, and equipment cables for the building market), Telecom (cables for private telecommunications networks, junction components for telecommunications network cables, and copper and optical fiber cables for public telecommunications networks) and Electrical wires (wirerods, electrical wires and winding wires production operations).

PEGASUS ENTREPRENEURIAL ACQUISITION CO EURO BV

PVA TePla AG

PVA Tepla AG. PVA TePla AG is a Germany-based company that provides vacuum solutions for high temperature and plasma treatment processes, as well as plant engineering solutions. The Company operates through two segments: Industrial Systems and Semiconductor Systems. The Industrials Systems segment specializes in the development, construction and marketing of vacuum heat treatment furnaces for processing materials at high temperatures. The Semiconductor Systems segment provides systems for the semiconductor and solar industry ranging from systems for the production of silicon crystals for the semiconductor, solar and opto-electronic industry to systems for plasma treatment in the semiconductor assembly, as well as systems for non-destructive, ultrasonic quality inspection of materials. The Company operates through subsidiaries in Europe, Asia and North America.

SES SA FDR (Class A)

SES is engaged as a provider of satellite-delivered services. As a strategic management company, Co. operates through a unique network of leading satellite operators around the world. This network comprises the fully-owned SES ASTRA in Europe and SES AMERICOM in the U.S., as well as participations in regional satellite operators. SES ASTRA is European direct-to-home satellite operator. SES AMERICOM operates a fleet of 17 satellites serving the Americas, Europe and the Asia-Pacific region. AsiaSat provides transponder capacity for broadcast, broadband and telecommunications services in the Asia-Pacific region.

Sopra Steria Group SA

Sopra Steria Group is a global player in IT services, with operations in consulting, software development, and integration. In addition to France, Co. operates in the United Kingdom, Spain, Italy, Switzerland, Germany, and Belgium, assisting its clients in managing the transformation of their businesses and information systems. Co. divides its operation into three categories: Consulting, Systems and Solutions Integration, and Software Development; which it spreads among eight major verticals: Financial Services, Insurance and Social Welfare, Public Sector, Telecom Operators, Aerospace and Defense, Energy, Transport and Courier Services, and Retail.

Technip Energies NV

Wizz Air Holdings Plc

Wizz Air Holding is a European airline. As of Mar 31 2017, Co. provided more than 500 routes from 28 bases, connecting 141 destinations across 42 countries. Co. has two reportable segments: the airline and the tour operator business units, marketed under the Wizz Air and Wizz Tours brand names, respectively. Wizz Air sells flight tickets and related services to external customers and, to an extent, to Wizz Tours. Wizz Tours sells travel packages to external customers covering the network of Wizz Air.

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Thomas Zlowodzki

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