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Guy Sips ...
  • Joachim Vansanten
  • Ruben Devos
  • Wim Hoste

Morning Note: KPN NA, SHUR BB, SMAR BB, UMI BB

KPN: Outlook points to modest upgrades, improving KPIs
Shurgard: Initiating coverage: Size matters!
Smartphoto group: Model update after “stay-at-home-effect”
Umicore: Positive outlook from LG Chem on EV market
Underlyings
Shurgard Self Storage SA

Shurgard Self Storage SA, formerly known as Shurgard Self Storage Europe SARL, is a Luxembourg-based company, which serves as a provider of warehousing and self-storage services. The Company operates a number of self-storage facilities in Europe with over 200 self-storage centers. Shurgard's activity is organized around two areas: leasing of storage spaces for companies and individuals and other related services. Additionally, the Company also offers self-storage insurance specially designed for its clients. Apart from the Luxembourg, the Company also operates in the Netherlands, France, Sweden, the United Kingdom, Belgium, Germany and Denmark. The company is partly owned by Public Storage, an owner and operator of self-storage facilities with a range of stores in the United States.

Smartphoto Group

Smartphoto Group is a diversified photo and multimedia group. It has two core activities that are structured into two separate divisions, the Retail Group and the Imaging Group. The Retail Group focuses on consumer electronics and on multimedia products on several local markets. Imaging Group provides goods and services that are directly concerned with both analogue and digital photography in the broad sense. These are mainly products and services concerned with the production of photo prints, which implies a specific production process for 'photofinishing'. Several entities in the Imaging Group deal in goods required for taking photos and printing them.

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.

Provider
KBC Securities
KBC Securities

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Analysts
Guy Sips

Joachim Vansanten

Ruben Devos

Wim Hoste

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