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  • Steven Gould
  • Thomas Zlowodzki

ODDO BHF Small & MIDCAP MORNING NEWS - 03/14/2024

Banks tick all the boxes in the market’s current configuration: search for discounted sectors, cyclical momentum, sectors driven by long-term interest rates that remain high and shareholder returns through very high dividend yields. Technical analysis reveals a strong conviction since early March, and this should continue. We prefer banks in southern Europe, where the macro outlook is brighter. Alongside CaixaBank, which we are maintaining in our list of European Large Cap stocks, we ...
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2CRSI SA

2Crsi SA. 2Crsi SA is a France-based company, which serves as a manufacturer of server solutions and other data storage device wholesaler. Its portfolio of solutions includes Data Centers, which provides customers with smarter storage; Independent Software Vendors (ISV), which enables users to create solutions that optimize customers' data experience; Industries, which provides information technology (IT) equipment for a number of industries, including the aerospace, petroleum, oil & gas and healthcare sectors, among others. Additionally, 2Crsi manufactures a range of products, which includes servers, storage solutions, converged platform, appliances and micro clusters. Its customers include OVH, Free, Dassault Group, CGG Veritas, and many independent software vendors, data centers, distributors, and other businesses, among others.

AGRICULTURAL CREDIT SA

Credit Agricole is active in the market of retail banking and related businesses. Co. provides day-to-day banking, savings products, mortgage and consumer loans, insurance, private banking, asset management, lease finance and factoring, corporate and investment banking. Its activities can be divided into six business lines: French Retail Banking - Regional Banks; French Retail Banking - LCL; International Retail Banking; Specialized Financial Services; Savings Management and Insurance; and Corporate and Investment Banking. Co.'s customers are personal customers, farmers, small businesses, companies and local authorities. As of Dec 31 2013 Co.'s total assets amounted to Euro1,536,873,000,000.

Assystem SA

Assystem SA is a France-based company that is principally engaged in engineering and innovation consultancy. The Company offers solutions within a number of sectors, such as Aerospace, Defence, Energy, Nuclear, Life Sciences, Infrastructure, Automotive and Transport. The Company develops the infrastructural engineering and externalized R&D services. It's activities include managing infrastructural investments, from conception to dismantling; aerospace mechanical engineering, providing technical services to aerospace, engine and automotive manufacturers and technology & product engineering, providing services in transport, defense, product hardware and software development. The Company is present Europe, North America and Asia. The main shareholder of the Company is HDL Developpement SAS. It operates through Onyx Promavi, Batir Group, Edison Technical Recruitment Ltd, Radicon Gulf Consult, Engineering Partner Automotive Nordic AB and The Biotech Quality Group, among others.

Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria S.A.

Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria is an international financial group, engaged primarily on providing banking services and consumer finance to private individuals and businesses in Spain and Portugal; providing real estate activity in Spain; providing services to international companies and investment banking, capital markets and treasury management services to clients; and providing the banking, insurance and pension businesses in Mexico and the U.S., as well as in South America.

Banco Comercial Portugues S.A.

Banco Comercial Portugues is a privately-owned bank that provides a range of banking activities and financial services in Portugal and abroad, with a focus on commercial banking, corporate and investment banking and asset management and private banking. Co. operates in the following segments: Portugal, which consists of retail banking (including ActivoBank), companies (including companies and corporate and investment banking), asset management and private banking, and non-core business portfolio; and foreign activity, which consists of Poland, Angola, and Mozambique. As of Dec 31 2014, Co. had total assets of Euro76.36 billion.

Banco de Sabadell SA

Banco de Sabadell is a bank holding company. Through its subsidiaries, Co. provides a range of banking and financial services in Spain and internationally. Co.'s activities include investment banking, private banking, portfolio management, mortgage loans, commercial loans and other financial products and services, deposits and international banking operations. Co. is also engaged in life insurance underwriting and brokerage. Additionally, Co. is engaged in capital property and development, as well as investing in environmental projects. As of Dec 31 2014, Co. had total assets of Euro163,345,673,000 and total customer deposits of Euro98,208,370,000.

Banco Santander S.A.

Banco Santander is a holding company, providing a range of financial products. Co.'s products and services include: retail banking business that covers all customer banking businesses; wholesale banking business; as well as asset management and insurance business. Co.'s principal operations are in Spain, the U.K., Portugal, Germany, Italy and Latin America. As of Dec 31 2014, Co.'s total assets amounted to Euro1,266,296,000,000 and total customer deposits amounted to Euro647,627,000,000.

Bankinter SA

Bankinter is the parent company of a group engaged in banking activities. Services provided include: investment banking; capital market services; financial services insurance; international services such as foreign exchange transactions and travelers' checks; wholesale corporate banking; and retail and private banking services. Co. offers its products and services through the following channels of distribution: branch network; telephone banking, interactive (software) banking; agents; and Internet banking. As of Dec 31 2014, Co. had assets totalling Euro57,332,974,000 and deposits totalling Euro29,966,129,000.

Basic-Fit NV

Basic-Fit NV is an operator of fitness centers based in the Netherlands. The Company operates more than 350 fitness clubs in the Netherlands, Belgium, France and Spain.

BELIEVE SA

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BNP Paribas SA Class A

BNP Paribas is engaged in the provision of banking and financial services. Co.'s business activities are divided into two segments: Retail Banking & Services and Corporate and Investment Banking. The Retail Banking and Services business includes domestic markets and international financial services. The Corporate and Institutional Banking comprises of corporate banking, global markets, and securities services. Other activities include principal investments, which related to Co.'s central treasury function, some costs related to crossbusiness projects, the residential mortgage lending business of personal finance, and certain investments.

CaixaBank SA

Caixabank is an investment company based in Spain. Co. is involved in investment portfolio management activities across two areas: Services and Financial Business and Insurance. In the services area, Co. provides investment solutions for companies involved in the infrastructure, energy, services and entertainment sectors. In the financial business and insurance area, Co. is engaged in the investments for international banks, insurance and specialist financial services. Co. focuses most of its banking investments in India, China, the U.S., and Central and Eastern Europe with a particular interest in retail banking. Co. is also involved in the disinvestments activities.

Commerzbank AG

Commerzbank operates through five segments: Private Customers, which comprises the Private Customers, Direct Banking and Commerz Real divisions; Mittelstandsbank, which include the Mittelstand Germany, Corporate Banking & International and Financial Institutions divisions; Central and Eastern Europe, which consists of the universal and regional banking and direct banking activities; Corporates and Markets, which consists the Equity Markets & Commodities, Fixed Income & Currencies, Corporate Finance and Credit Portfolio Management divisions; as well as Non-Core Assets, which includes the operations of CRE Banking Germany, CRE Banking International, Public Finance and Deutsche Schiffsbank.

Compagnie des Alpes SA

Compagnie des Alpes SA is a France-based holding company active in the tourism and leisure industry in two distinct areas: the operation and maintenance of ski resorts and the operation of family leisure parks and attractions. It equips, maintains and operates ski resorts in the Alps region in France, Italy and Switzerland. Its activities include lift handling, trail maintenance, grooming and snowmaking, and operation of ticket booths. Compagnie des Alpes SA is active in the leisure park industry through its subsidiary, Grevin & Cie SA, which manages leisure sites in France, the Netherlands, Germany, Belgium, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. It offers three types of activities: theme parks, nature and animal parks, and tourist attractions. It operates in France, Switzerland, Germany, Belgium, Russia and Luxembourg. In April 2014, it sold 30% stake in Groupe Looping to HIG Capital France, and announced the agreement with MacEarth and the aquisition of 2.5% stake in the company.

CREDIT SUISSE GROUP AG

Credit Suisse is a financial services provider based in Switzerland. Co. is active as an integrated bank. Co. operates through two global divisions, Private Banking and Corporate & Institutional Banking. Co. offers comprehensive advice and a broad range of financial solutions to private, corporate and institutional clients primarily domiciled in Switzerland. Co. maintains operations in three regionally focused divisions: Swiss Universal Bank, Asia Pacific and International Wealth Management serving Western Europe, Central and Eastern Europe, Latin America and Africa.

Dermapharm Holding SE

Dermapharm Holding SE. Dermapharm Holding SE is a Germany-based company engaged in manufacturing of patent-free branded pharmaceuticals. The Company operates through two segments: Branded pharmaceuticals and other healthcare products, which includes in-house development, in-house production, and distribution of branded pharmaceuticals and other healthcare products, and Parallel import business, which operates under the axicorp brand. It holds around 950 marketing authorizations for more than 250 active pharmaceutical ingredients, which are marketed as pharmaceuticals, dietary supplements or supplemental balanced diets. The Company offers its products through a number of brands, including Dekristol, Ampho Moronal, Keltican, Tromcardin, among others. It is active primarily in Germany, Switzerland and Austria. Additionally, it operates production facility in Germany. Trommsdorff & GmbH Co KG is a subsidiary of the Company.

Deutsche Bank AG

Deutsche Bank is a holding company acting as an international financial service provider. Co. offers a wide variety of investment, financial and related products and services to private individuals, corporate entities and institutional clients around the world. Co. has operations or dealings with existing or potential customers in most countries in the world. Co. is organized into the following six corporate divisions: Global Markets (GM); Corporate & Investment Banking (CIB); Private, Wealth & Commercial Clients (PW&CC); Deutsche Asset Management (Deutsche AM); Postbank (PB); and Non-core Operations Unit (NCOU).

Deutsche Pfandbriefbank AG

Deutsche Pfandbriefbank is the parent company of Deutsche Pfandbriefbank Group. Through its subsidiaries, Co. is engaged as a bank for real estate finance and public investment finance. Co. structures medium to large financing transactions for real estate investors in office, retail, residential and logistics properties. Co. finances public sector investment in infrastructure projects such as public housing, utilities and waste disposal, health care and nursing care properties, as well as child care and educational facilities. Co. also provides government-backed export finance. Co. operates in Germany, the U.K., France, the Nordic countries as well as Central and Eastern European countries.

ERG S.p.A.

ERG is engaged in the generation of energy from renewable sources and from thermoelectric plants, in the marketing of electricity, steam and gas, in the refining, marketing and distribution of petroleum products both in Italy and abroad. Co., also through its own subsidiaries and joint ventures with primary international operators, operates in the following segments: renewable energy sources, under which Co. operates through its ERG Renew S.p.A. subsidiary in the wind power generation business; power and gas, which includes the production and marketing of electric energy, steam and gas; and refining and marketing, which includes the results of Coastal Refining and Integrated Downstream.

ID Logistics Group

ID Logistics is an international contract logistics group that designs and implements one-stop services tailored to the specific requirements of each client. The services Co. offers combine customized architectures to allow clients to optimize their supply chain.

Infotel SA

Infotel is a group of consulting companies and a global software vendor. The Group has developed a complete service offering and a range of software for enterprise servers. Co. provides consultancy, analysis, IT system audits, third-party application maintenance and software testing solutions. Co. designs and implements, as service contracts or service desk, management projects by implementing advanced methods and technologies, from mobile technology to databases. Co. has developed software to assist customers in areas such as DB2® (security, performance and management), data management and archiving, web-enables or quality applications and relational database performance.

ING Groep NV

ING Groep is a global financial institution based in the Netherlands. Co. is engaged in offering a wide range of retail and wholesale banking services to customers in over 40 countries across Europe, the Americas, Asia and Australia. In addition to the basic banking services of lending, payments and cash management and treasury, Co. provides tailored banking solutions in areas including corporate finance, commercial finance (factoring), equity markets and debt capital markets to help clients achieve their business goals. Co.'s operations are organized along five segments: Retail Netherlands; RetailBelgium: Retail Germany: Retail Other; and Wholesale Banking.

Institut de Developpement Industriel SCA

Groupe IDI activity is divided in two areas: through its subsidiaries, EURIDI and Marco Polo Investissements, Co. is engaged in management buy-out/buy-in and growth capital investments in French small-mid caps valued between Euro7,000,000 and Euro75,000,000 also, through its subsidiary, IDI Mezzanine, is engaged in mezzanine financing. Also Co. is active in the purchase of secondary market portfolio.

Intesa Sanpaolo S.p.A.

Intesa Sanpaolo is a commercial bank. Co. is engaged in lending and deposit collection operations in Italy and associated financial services, serving Households, Personal, Small Business, Private and Small and Medium Enterprise customers. Co. provides medium-term credit, leasing, factoring and agribusiness (Mediocredito Italiano), consumer credit (Intesa Sanpaolo Personal Finance), management of electronic payments (Setefi), and trust services (Sirefid). Co. has approximately 4,300 branches, including Retail and Business branches, distributed broadly throughout Italy. At Dec 31 2014, Co. had total assets of Euro646.43 billion.

Jacquet Metals SA

Jacquet Metal Services is a European distributor of specialty steels, also active in China and the U.S.A. Co.'s main activity consists of purchasing, storing, and delivering different families of products. Co. is active in four markets for the distribution of special steels through four brands: JACQUET (distribution of stainless steel thick "Quarto" plates); Stappert (distribution of long stainless steel products); Abraservice (distribution of wear-resistant "Quarto" plates); IMS group (distribution of engineering steels). Co.'s main consumer sectors are the following industries: chemical; agro foods; treatment and storage of gases; water treatment; environment and cleanup; and energy.

KBC Group N.V.

KBC Group is a bank-insurance group engaged in providing products and services mainly to retail, private banking, SME and mid-cap clients. Co. focuses on its primary markets of Belgium, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary and Bulgaria. Co. is also present in Ireland and, to a limited extent, in several other countries to support corporate clients from its primary markets. Co.'s main brands are KBC and CBC in Belgium, CSOB in Czech Republic and Slovakia, K&H in Hungary, CIBANK and DZI Insurance in Bulgaria, and KBC Bank Ireland in Ireland. As of Dec 31 2014, Co. had 1,601 bank branches. In addition, Co. had total assets of Euro245.17 billion.

Kloeckner & Co SE

Klockner & Co is a holding company. Co. is engaged in the mill-independent distributor of steel and metal products and steel service center in the combined European and American market. Co.'s core business is the distribution of steel and non-ferrous metals as well as the operation of steel service centers. Co. concentrated mainly in the construction industry as well as the machinery and mechanical engineering industries. Co. also supplies intermediate products for the automotive, shipbuilding, and consumer goods industries, and provides customers solution from procurement through logistics to prefabrication, including individual deliveries and 24-hour service.

LANXESS AG

Lanxess is a management holding company, engaged in chemicals enterprise with a portfolio ranging from polymers to industrial, specialty and fine chemicals. Co. has three segments, which comprise 14 business units. Co.'s Performance Polymers segments include five units, Butyl Rubber, Performance Butadiene Rubbers, Keltan Elastomers, High Performance Elastomers, and High Performance Materials. Advanced Intermediates segments include two units, Advanced Industrial Intermediates, and Saltigo. Performance Chemicals segments, include seven units, Material Protection Products, Inorganic Pigments, Functional Chemicals, Leather, Rhein Chemie, Rubber Chemicals, and Liquid Purification Technologies.

MorphoSys AG

MorphoSys is engaged in development and commercialization of antibodies for therapeutic applications. Co. operates in two segments: Partnered Discovery, which operates therapeutic development programs for drug candidates in cooperation with biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies; and Proprietary Development, which is engaged in the development of therapeutic antibodies in the area of inflammatory disease and oncology on a proprietary basis. As of Dec 31 2013, Co.'s proprietary antibody compounds in clinical trials included MOR103 in the areas of rheumatoid arthritis and multiple sclerosis; MOR202 in the field of multiple myeloma; and MOR208 in the field of malignant B-cell diseases.

SAF-HOLLAND SE

Schaeffler AG

Societe Generale S.A. Class A

Societe Generale is a universal banking and financial services group based in France. Co. is engaged in operations in areas such as retail banking, corporate and investment banking, financial services, insurance, private banking and asset management. Co.'s three segments are: French Retail Banking (FRB); International Retail Banking & Financial Services (IBFS); and Global Banking and Investor Solutions (GBIS). FRB offers products and services to individual, professional and business customers; IBFS comprises banking networks and consumer finance activities; and GBIS covers global activities of Corporate and Investment Banking. Co. maintains operations across 76 countries globally.

Stadler Rail AG

Stadler Rail AG is a Switzerland-based company engaged in design and manufacturing of rail vehicles. The Company's product portfolio includes suburban and regional transport trains, light rail vehicles, trams, high-speed and intercity trains, city transport vehicles, locomotives, passenger trains and tailor-made vehicles. The Company serves customers worldwide.

Titan Cement International N.V.

Titan Cement International SA is a Belgium-based international cement and building material producer. The Company's activities include the production, transportation, and distribution of cement, concrete, aggregates, fly ash, mortars and other building materials. The Company reports its activities into four geographical business segments: Greece and Western Europe, North America, South East Europe and Eastern Mediterranean. Apart from the transportation and distribution, the Company also transfers its know-how through collaborations with customers, business partners, local communities and Academia.

UBS Group AG

UBS Group is a holding company. Through its subsidiary, UBS, Co. provides financial services including advisory services, underwriting, financing, market making, asset management and brokerage and retail banking. Co.'s operations are organized along five segments: Wealth Management (financial services to high net worth and ultra high net worth individuals as well as private and corporate clients); Wealth Management Americas (advice-based solutions for ultra high net worth, high net worth and core affluent individuals and families); Personal & Corporate Banking (provides financial products and services to private, corporate and institutional clients); Asset Management and Investment Bank.

Unicaja Banco S.A.

Unicaja Banco SA is a Spain-based financial institution (the Bank) engaged in the banking sector. The Bank offers services to individual and business customers. Its products and services range includes current and savings accounts, debit and credit cards, consumer and commercial loans, real estate credit, securities brokerage, funds management, leasing, factoring, pension plans, life and non-life insurance, international trade financing, money transfer, as well as treasury, among others. The Bank operates a number of branches in Spain and Morocco. The Bank is controlled by Fundacion Bancaria Unicaja.

UniCredit S.p.A.

Unicredit is a pan-European commercial banking group based in Italy. Co. is engaged in the provision of in-branch and online corporate and investment banking services, providing customers with access to banks in 14 core markets as well as to an another 18 countries worldwide. Co.'s operations are organized along six business lines: Commercial Banking Italy; CEE Division; CIB; Commercial Banking Germany; Commercial Banking Austria; and Asset Gathering. Co.'s European banking network includes Italy, Germany, Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Serbia and Turkey.

Van Lanschot Kempen NV cert. of shs

Van Lanschot is the holding company of F. van Lanschot Bankiers NV in the Netherlands. Co.'s services focus on high net-worth individuals and entrepreneurs. Co. also, through it's subsidiary Kempen & Co., also serves the institutional market and offers investment services. Co.'s services are organized into five business segments: Private Banking, Asset Management, Business Banking, Corporate Finance and Securities and other activities. Other Activities include activities relating to the management of interest rate, market and liquidity risk.

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Steven Gould

Thomas Zlowodzki

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