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Philip Gorham, CFA, FRM
EUR 147.86 For Business Accounts Only

Reckitt on Track in Q3; Shares Still Slightly Rich Despite Currency Tailwind

Reckitt Benckiser's third-quarter trading update keeps the firm on track to meet our full-year forecasts on an organic basis, but we are slightly raising our near-term revenue growth assumptions to account for the continued weakness in sterling. Around 85% of Reckitt's revenue, but significantly less of its costs, is derived from outside of the United Kingdom, and the recent depreciation of sterling against other major currencies is providing both a transactional and translational benefit to Rec...
Underlying
Reckitt Benckiser Group plc

Reckitt Benckiser Group develops, acquires, produces, distributes and promotes consumer products in the health, hygiene and home categories. Co.'s health category covers treatment products such as pain and flu, and also wellness products in sexual wellbeing, footcare, vitamins and supplements. Co.'s hygiene category consists of personal and home hygiene products. Co.'s geographical segments comprise Europe (ENA) and Africa, Middle East (DvM). ENA comprises Europe, Russia/CIS, Israel, North America, Australia and New Zealand. DvM principally comprises North Africa, Middle East (excluding Israel) and Turkey, Africa, South Asia, North Asia, Latin America, Japan, South Korea and ASEAN.

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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.

Analysts
Philip Gorham, CFA, FRM

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