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Jeffrey Vonk
EUR 98.48 For Business Accounts Only

Raising Thales’ FVE to EUR 93 Due to Strong Defence Sales Growth in 1Q 2017

We raise our fair value estimate for Thales to EUR 93 per share from EUR 87 as we adjust for the time value for money, and we increase our 2017 and 2018 EBIT margin and revenue assumptions on higher-than-expected sales growth and strong defence and security order growth in first-quarter 2017. Thales reported strong first-quarter sales of EUR 3.1 billion, up 11.9% on a reported basis and 11% organically relative to the year-ago period. First-quarter sales growth is ahead of our full-year 2017 rev...
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Thales SA

Thales is an electronics and systems group, serving defense, aeronautics, transport, space and security markets. Co.'s operations can be divided into four operating segments: Aerospace (Avionics, Space), Transportation (Ground Transport Systems), Defence & Security (Secure Communications & Information Systems Land and Air Systems, Defence Mission Systems), and DCNS. Co. designs and delivers systems for all four environments: air, land, sea and space. These systems detect and assess threats, manage information, support command decisions and control engagements through to threat neutralization. Co. is active in ground transportation; air transport; navigation systems.

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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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Jeffrey Vonk

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