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Michael Field
EUR 98.48 For Business Accounts Only

Decent Q1 Performance for Bureau Veritas Amid Testing Times

Bureau Veritas reported a first-quarter bang in line with our expectations, with organic growth of 1.9% year-over-year. We believe this level of organic growth is achievable over 2017 and as such do not expect to make any changes to our forecasts on the back of these results. We reiterate our narrow moat rating for the company and our EUR 21 fair value estimate for the stock, which we believe is currently fairly valued.
Divisionally, many of the short-term trends we saw in late 2016 have continu...
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Bureau Veritas SA

Bureau Veritas specializes in inspecting, testing, auditing or certifying products, assets (such as buildings, industrial infrastructure, equipment and ships) and management systems (particularly against ISO standards) based on regulatory or voluntarily adopted standards. Co.'s operations can be divided into eight businesses: ship classification; industry services; inspection and verification of equipment in service; construction services; certification of management systems or services; inspection and testing of consumer products; services related to customs control and international trade services; and inspection and testing of commodities.

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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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Michael Field

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