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1M Performance - Absolute: During Jan'25 (1M period), the KBCS Holdings Universe posted a return of +3.1% which was mainly driven by multi-asset holdings (+3.3%) while single-asset holdings posted a slightly lower return of +2.7%. The 3 top performers during the period were Sofina (+10.6%), Financière de Tubize (+7.5%) and Whitestone Group (+6.4%) while the 3 worst performers were Gimv (-2.0%), The Infrastructure Company (TINC; -3.4%) and Texaf (-5.1%). YTD Performance - Relative: On a YTD bas...
QRF reports FY24 slightly above our expectations. The difference is driven by a larger than expected return from the JV participations. The FY25 rental income will be driven by the Veldstraat redevelopment. The offices are 100% pre-let and will be delivered in 1H25. The like-for-like rental growth is 1.7% which would indicate negative rent reversion. Likely this is driven by the renegotiation of the Inno contracts (mid-summer 2023). There is also a hint to isolated cases of tenant solvency where...
Cofinimmo reports FY24 results above our estimates at EUR 6.50 EPRA EPS vs 6.43 KBCSe. The difference is driven by lower corporate taxes (EUR 3m). Over FY25, Cofinimmo guides EUR 6.20 EPRA EPS and EUR 5.20 DPS slightly above our estimates but below CSS (EUR 6.28, EUR 5.37). We brought our estimates down after the successful completion of the EUR 235.0m divestment plan which made the previous dividend no longer viable. Cofinimmo has a limited committed cost-to-come of approx. EUR 120.0m to delive...
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.