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Guy Sips
  • Guy Sips

Biotalys EPA issues proposed registration decision for Evoca

We increased our Target Price for Biotalys to € 7.5 (was €6.1) while maintaining our Buy rating after Biotalys announced that the US EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) has issued its proposed registration decision to approve its first biofungicide, Evoca. The EPA will now initiate the final phase in its regulatory review, allowing stakeholders such as growers and industry associations 15 days to provide feedback before finalizing its regulatory decision. The EPA has also posted a final rule e...

Lynn Hautekeete
  • Lynn Hautekeete

Eurocommercial Properties 3Q25 results: Italy continues to outperform

Eurocommercial reports results in line with our expectations at EUR 1.85 direct investment result per share vs. 1.83 KBCSe (+1.1% YoY). The rental income growth accelerated at 3.6% like-for-like (1.7% above inflation) driven by rent reversion, stable (+10bps) vacancy and higher retail sales (+4.1% vs 2.6% in 1H25). The like-for-like growth is mainly driven by the Italian portfolio at +5.1%. The average rent collection dropped from 99.0% to 98.0% coming from the French portfolio (92% in 3Q25). Th...

Guy Sips ... (+8)
  • Guy Sips
  • Hilde Van Boxstael
  • Jacob Mekhael
  • Kristof Samoy
  • Livio Luyten
  • Lynn Hautekeete
  • Thomas Couvreur
  • Wim Hoste

Morning Notes : FUR NA, GLPG NA, MTLS US, QFG BB, XFAB FP, BTLS BB, SY...

: FUR NA, GLPG NA, MTLS US, QFG BB, XFAB FP, BTLS BB, SYENS BB, ECMPA NA

Kristof Samoy
  • Kristof Samoy

Fugro Good cost control & net debt well controlled, but not out of the...

3Q25 figures showed overall revenues falling -12.6% to €505m well below forecasts. Thanks to solid cost control EBIT landed at €65m considerably above our €51mE and €43m CSS fcst. Following three profit warnings expectations were likely not overly challenging. Given the deep discount valuation we believe today's share price reaction is not necessarily a prelude for 2026 performance. A positive reaction will likely follow but a structural re-rating will only occur once there are clear indications...

Wim Hoste
  • Wim Hoste

Syensqo FIRST LOOK: Divesting Oil & Gas BU to SNF for an EV of € 135m

The announced divestment of the Oil & Gas business unit to SNF was no surprise, as this business had been earmarked previously as non-core and did not fit well with the ESG profile and profitability margins of the remainder of the group. The transaction is fairly small though, with an EV of € 135m. Despite the weak current earnings momentum at Syensqo, we believe that cost efficiency measures and further portfolio streamlining (also Aroma Performance is considered non core) should eventually be ...

Alan Vandenberghe ... (+2)
  • Alan Vandenberghe
  • Thomas Couvreur

RISING INTEREST RATES: FEAR OR PRAISE? Thematic Report

Rising interest rates are becoming a hot topic, triggered by a significant uptick in US 10-year treasury yields through February and March. In this note we revisit this topic from several angles. We dig into the empirical side of what we can reasonably expect from the market as a whole when interest rates start to rise. Secondly we review our coverage, putting forward a number of impacted sectors and stocks.

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