Monthly LMI Update Independent Investment Research

Full Article at IIR has reaffirmed its Recommended rating for PIA after undertaking a review post the appointment of a new Portfolio Manager, Harding Loevner. The full report can be found on the IIR website. On 26 July 2021, Pengana International Equities Limited (PIA) announced a fully franked dividend of 1.35 cents per share for the June quarter. This represents an 8% increase on the March quarter dividend and takes the total dividends declared for FY21 of 5.1 cents per share, fully franked. This compares to the total dividends of 5 cents per share in FY20. The Board has confirmed that, in...

VOCUS GROUP reduced its risk exposure resulting in an upgrade to Slightly Positive

VOCUS GROUP (AU), a company active in the Integrated Telecommunications industry, reduced its market risk and raised its general evaluation. The independent financial analyst theScreener awarded an improved star rating to the company, which now shows 2 out of 4 possible stars; its market behaviour has improved and can be considered as defensive. theScreener believes that this new assessment merits an overall rating upgrade to Slightly Positive. As of the analysis date March 23, 2021, the closing price was AUD 5.44 and its potential was estimated at AUD 6.01.

Elisa (Neutral, TP: €54, +27%) Q1 24: EBITDA growth better than SR growth, but B2B EBITDA still negative y/y

Elisa reported good results, with stable service revenue growth (+3% YoY) but importantly an acceleration in clean EBITDA (to +6% y/y from +4% y/y in Q4). EBITDA growth was better than SR growth for the first time since Q3 2021. This is what the market wanted to see, as concerns have been around operational leverage;

Mobileye pre 1Q24 model update

ADYEN (Buy, TP: EUR1,800, +27%) Rise of the Merchants: Shifts in Interchange and what it means for Adyen, PayPal and peers

As part of our accelerated efforts in Payments, our latest Deep Dive focuses on Interchange and the implications for Adyen and peers. The current narrative suggests it's not relevant for future profitability. We would refute this simplification: there are risks and opportunities for Adyen.