Equinor ASA: Buy-back of shares to share programmes for employees

Equinor ASA: Buy-back of shares to share programmes for employees Please see below information about transactions made under the buy-back programme for Equinor ASA (OSE:EQNR, NYSE:EQNR) for shares to be used in the share-based incentive programmes for employees and management. Date on which the buy-back programme was announced: 5 February 2025. The duration of the buy-back programme: 14 February 2025 to 15 January 2026. Size of the buy-back programme: The total purchase amount under the programme is NOK 1,992,000,000 and the maximum shares to be acquired is 19,080,000 shares, of which up...

Equinor ASA: Kjøp av aksjer til aksjeprogram for ansatte

Equinor ASA: Kjøp av aksjer til aksjeprogram for ansatte Nedenfor følger informasjon om transaksjoner knyttet til tilbakekjøpsprogrammet for Equinor ASA (OSE:EQNR, NYSE:EQNR) til bruk i aksjebaserte insentivprogrammer for ansatte og ledelse. Dato for annonsering av tilbakekjøpsprogrammet: 5. februar 2025. Varighet av tilbakekjøpsprogrammet: 14. februar 2025 til 15. januar 2026. Størrelse av tilbakekjøpsprogrammet: Samlet kjøpesum i tilbakekjøpsprogrammet er inntil NOK 1.992.000.000 og det maksimale antall aksjer som kan erverves er 19.080.000, hvorav opp til 8.040.000 aksjer kan erverves...

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Airthings (No_rec, TP: NOK) - Recommendation and target price withdrawn

As a result of DNB Markets acting as financial advisor in conjunction with the company’s announcement (link) of a strategic review prompted by a non-binding letter of intent from Firda AS to explore a potential sale of its business segment assets, we have withdrawn our target price and recommendation.

SpareBank 1 Helgeland (Hold, TP: NOK167.00) - Softer margin, but lower costs

Helped by still-solid core revenues, cost reduction YOY and moderate loan losses, HELG reported a Q1 ROE of 12.3%, despite some margin pressure. With solid earnings generation, the bank increased its CET1 ratio by ~20bp to 18.0% and still guides for a 0.8%-point benefit from the implementation of Basel IV, boding well for meaningful distributions. We have lowered our 2026–2027e EPS by 0–1%, That said, we reiterate our target price of NOK167. With the stock trading at a 2026e P/E of ~12.4x, we continue to find the valuation fair and reiterate our HOLD.

Smartoptics (Buy, TP: NOK27.00) - We remain optimistic

Smartoptics’ Q1 results marked a slower start to the year than we forecast, primarily owing to weaker sales in Devices, which seems to be back to near-term tariff-induced uncertainty. On the flip side, we understand the slowdown seen towards end-Q1 has already caught up again in order inflow, and thus we remain upbeat for the quarters ahead. Following an estimate reduction, we have lowered our target price to NOK27 (30) but reiterate our BUY.