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Dan Wasiolek
EUR 101.80 For Business Accounts Only

Accor's intangible asset and switching cost advantages are intact ahead of planned owned-asset sale.

We see Accor’s narrow moat as intact after the company reported a solid third-quarter top-line update that tracked toward our 2017 forecast. As a result, we do not expect much change to our EUR 37.50 fair value estimate, leaving the shares slightly overvalued.
Accor’s brand intangible advantage was supported by its pipeline that reached 178,000 rooms in the quarter, representing 30% of its existing base of 604,000 units, which increased 5% in the quarter. We believe this supports our forecast fo...
Underlying
Accor SA

Accor is a hotel operator. Co. offers its guests and partners the expertise of a hotel operator and brand franchisor (HotelServices) and a hotel owner and investor (HotelInvest). Co. divides its activities into three segments: Luxury-upscale, Midscale and Economy. Luxury-upscale makes up 11% of Co.'s portfolio and comprises brands such as Sofitel, Pullman, MGallery, and Grand Mercure; Midscale makes up 43% of its portfolio and comprises the Novotel, Suite Novotel, Mercure and Adagio brands; and Economy makes up 46% the Co.'s portfolio, comprising the brands ibis, ibis Styles, ibis budget and hotelF1. At Dec 31 2013 Co. operated around 3,600 hotels and 460,000 rooms in 92 countries.

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Morningstar
Morningstar

Morningstar, Inc. is a leading provider of independent investment research in North America, Europe, Australia, and Asia. The company offer an extensive line of products and services for individual investors, financial advisors, asset managers, and retirement plan providers and sponsors.

Morningstar provides data on approximately 530,000 investment offerings, including stocks, mutual funds, and similar vehicles, along with real-time global market data on more than 18 million equities, indexes, futures, options, commodities, and precious metals, in addition to foreign exchange and Treasury markets. Morningstar also offers investment management services through its investment advisory subsidiaries and had approximately $185 billion in assets under advisement and management as of June 30, 2016.

We have operations in 27 countries.

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Dan Wasiolek

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