Report
Wim Hoste

Solvay Less is more

Today marks the first listing day of the new Solvay. Solvay is now a fairly resilient base chemicals group with leading market and technology positions in the vast majority of its businesses. Solvay will be run in a conservative financial manner with dividend pay-out as a key priority. We do not exclude some volatile trading in the next few days as some shareholders might be mainly interested to remain invested in the demerged Syensqo. Solvay's valuation looks very compelling with a particularly attractive dividend yield (of 8.4% when splitting Syensqo's technical reference price from the closing share price of last Friday). We maintain our BUY rating also on the new Solvay with a target price set at € 40.
Underlying
Solvay SA

Solvay is engaged in chemical and plastic businesses worldwide. Co. offers chemical products such as advanced materials, barium strontium, calcium chloride, caustic soda, chlorinated products, fluor, peroxygen products, polyglycerols, precipitated calcium carbonate, soda ash, and sodium bicarbonate. It also provides specialty polymers, such as Spire ultra polymers, Solviva biomaterials, and sulfone polymers. Co. structures its activities around five operating segments: Advanced Formulations, Advanced Materials, Performance Chemicals, Functional Polymers and Corporate & Business Services, each with its own specific business model and each comprised of Global Business Units (GBUs).

Provider
KBC Securities
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Analysts
Wim Hoste

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