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Guy Sips ...
  • Joachim Vansanten
  • Lenny Van Steenhuyse
  • Michiel Declercq
  • Ruben Devos
  • Thomas Couvreur
  • Thomas Vranken
  • Wido Jongman
  • Wim Hoste

Morning Note: BEFB BB, BEKB BB, BRNL NA, DSM NA, ENX FP, MTLS US, PROX BB, QFG BB, UCB BB, UMI BB, WDP BB, XFAB FP

Befimmo : 1H21 – Waiting for a strategic update
Bekaert : 1H uEBIT confirmed at 285m, mid term target upped
Brunel International : 2Q21: Large boost from rates & productivity
DSM : Preview 2Q: sales expected +11%, EBITDA +23%
Euronext : 2Q21: top-line growth from diversification.
Materialise : Nice set of 2Q21 results
Proximus : Better Q2 results | FY21 outlook reiterated
Quest for Growth : 1H21: NAV of € 10.2ps, implying a TSR of 16%
UCB : Feedback 1H21 conf call
Umicore : Better than expected 1H results
WDP : HY21 – FY guidance upped
X-FAB : Strong Q2 earnings beat | Another guidance raise
Underlyings
Befimmo SA

Befimmo is engaged in real estate investments. Co.'s activities are dedicated solely to the ownership and management of a real-estate portfolio. As of Dec. 30, 2012, the portfolio consisted principally of office buildings located in Brussels and let to public authorities or private businesses, and office buildings in various town centres in Flanders and Wallonia, let long-term to public authorities, and a building located in the city of Luxembourg.

Bekaert SA

Bekaert is a global technological and market company engaged in advanced solutions based in steel wire transformation and coatings as well as an independent manufacturer of drawn steel wire products. In addition, Co. teams up with customers and suppliers globally to develop, implement, upgrade, and protect both current and future technologies. Co.'s business activities are put in practice along two main axes: Product Innovation and Process Innovation. Product Innovation helps Co. better serve its customers, while Process innovation enables Co. to increase operational effectiveness, minimizing its impact on the environment.

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.

Euronext NV

Euronext is a cross-border exchange. Co. operates combined regulated markets across Belgium, France, the Netherlands, Portugal and the United Kingdom (derivatives only). Co. offers a range of integrated services including the listing of financial instruments, trading in securities and derivatives, clearing, netting and settlement, market data dissemination and IT solutions and support. Co.'s customers include listed companies, members, institutional and individual investors who trade on Co. markets, other organizations, notably exchanges that use its technologies and services, and users of the financial and information generated by market activity.

Koninklijke DSM N.V.

Royal DSM is engaged in the creation of products and services in Life Sciences and Materials Sciences. Co.'s products and services are used globally in range of markets and applications in healthcare, pharmaceutical automotive and chemicals sectors. End markets include human and animal nutrition and health, personal care, pharmaceuticals, automotive, coatings and paint, electrics and electronics, life protection and housing. The activities of Co. are grouped into four clusters: Nutrition, Pharma, Performance Materials and Polymer Intermediates.

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Proximus SA de droit public

Proximus supplies integrated telecommunications services on the Belgian market. Co.'s activities are divided into four segments: Consumer Business Unit (CBU), which sells voice products and services, internet and television, on fixed and mobile networks, to residential customers; Enterprise Business Unit (EBU), which caters to professional customers; Service Delivery Engine and Wholesale, which centralizes all the network and IT services and costs, provides services to CBU and EBU and sells these services to other telecom and cable operators; and International Carrier Services, which focuses on international carrier activities.

Quest for Growth

Quest for Growth Privak Leuven is a Belgium-based closed-end private equity fund. The Fund focuses on European technology-based growth companies covering such sectors as life sciences, information technology, software, semiconductors, telecom, electronics, new materials and special situations in other growth sectors. The Fund invests in growth companies with the objective of converting capital gains into tax-free income through the Privak structure, an investment vehicle tailored to provide a framework for investments in private equity and in growth companies. As of Dec. 31, 2013, the Fund's investment portfolio totaled Euro120,264,108 and assets totaled Euro125,347,624.

UCB S.A.

UCB is a global biopharmaceutical company focused on severe diseases in two therapeutic areas, namely central nervous system disorders and immunology. In the area of central nervous system disorders, Co. is focused on advanced Parkinson's disease, epilepsy, restless legs syndrome and epilepsy. In the area of immunology disorders, Co. is focused on rheumatoid arthritis, axial spondyloarthritis, psoriatic arthritis, systemic lupus erythematosus, juvenile idiopathic arthritis, post-menopausal osteoporosis, systemic lupus erythematosus and immunological diseases.

Umicore

Umicore is global player in the materials technology and recycling industries. Co. focuses on application areas such as chemistry, materials science, metallurgy and recycling. Co.'s business model comprises four segments: Catalysis, Performance Materials, Energy Materials and Recycling. Catalysis focuses on the abatement of global automotive emissions; Performance Materials focuses on materials that help develop more sophisticated and safer products; Energy Materials produces materials used in the production and storage of clean energy including rechargeable batteries and photovoltaics; and Recycling treats complex waste streams containing precious and other non-ferrous metals.

Warehouses De Pauw SCA

Warehouses De Pauw and its subsidiaries are engaged in investment in the Belgian semi-industrial property market. Co. is a closed-end property investment company which specializes in: development of storage and distribution premises; customized projects in line with the user's request; acquiring premises for customers who wish to engage in sale and leaseback transactions.

Provider
KBC Securities
KBC Securities

We are a financial services provider for several types of professional clients, each with distinct needs.

 

Analysts
Guy Sips

Joachim Vansanten

Lenny Van Steenhuyse

Michiel Declercq

Ruben Devos

Thomas Couvreur

Thomas Vranken

Wido Jongman

Wim Hoste

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