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  • Baptiste Lebacq
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  • Fatma Ayachi
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  • Oussema Denguir
  • Yan Derocles

ODDO BHF Small & MIDCAP MORNING NEWS - 04/01/2020

We simulated the impact of COVID-19 on companies in our universe of coverage from an operating viewpoint. Setting target prices is a risky business amid uncertainty and very rapid movements in the financial markets, reacting more to political/sanitary news flow than to corporate disclosures. However, we tried to include the increase in the perceived risk premium and the change in aggregates in our valuations. As the current crisis is set to have radically different impacts on the twen...
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Acerinox SA

Acerinox is the parent company of a group engaged in the manufacture and sale of flat and long stainless steel products, and stainless steel wires. Co.'s major products include slabs, billets, black coils, plates, hot-rolled coils, hot-rolled sheets, flat bars, hot-rolled re-bars, hot-rolled black bars, engraved sheets, cold-rolled coils, cold-rolled sheets and circles. Co. also provides long stainless steel products, such as wire rods, angles, hot rolled flat bars, hot rolled re-bars, reinforced bars in coils, cold rolled re-bars, hot rolled black bars, cold drawn bars, and smooth turned bars. In addition, Co. offers wires, welding wire bars, and bars for electrodes.

Air France-KLM SA

Air France-KLM is a holding company. Through its subsidiaries, Co. is engaged in transporting passengers and cargo, aeronautics maintenance and other air-transport related activities, including catering and charter services. Co. operates in six geographical regions: Metropolitan France; Europe (except France) and North Africa; Caribbean, French Guiana and Indian Ocean; Africa, Middle East; Americas, Polynesia; and Asia and New Caledonia. Co. organizes its business around the following four segments: Passenger, providing passenger transportation services on scheduled flights; Cargo, transporting freight on flights and selling cargo capacity to third parties; Maintenance, and Other activities.

Airbus SE

Airbus is an European Aeronautic Defense and Space company whose core business is the manufacturing of commercial aircraft, civil and military helicopters, commercial space launch vehicles, missiles, military aircraft, satellites and defense systems and defense electronics and the rendering of services related to these activities. Co. organizes its businesses into the following five operating divisions: Airbus Commercial, Airbus Military, Eurocopter, Cassidian and Astrium. In addition, Co.'s Other Businesses division engages in the development, manufacturing, marketing and sale of regional turboprop aircraft and aircraft components.

Anglo American plc

Anglo American is a global mining company with a portfolio of mining operations and undeveloped resources. Co. is focused on diamonds, copper, platinum group metals (PGMs), and bulk commodities and other minerals. Co.'s segments include: De Beers, which produces rough and polished diamonds; Copper, which produces copper; Platinum, which produces PGMs; Iron Ore and Manganese, which produces iron ore, manganese ore and alloys; Coal, which produces metallurgical coal and thermal coal; and Nickel, which produces nickel.

Antalis SA

Antalis SA, formerly known as Antalis International SASU, is a France-based company engaged in the miscellaneous specialty retailers industry. The Company is a distributor of paper, packaging solutions and visual communication products for professionals. It operates through various brands, including Carta, Claro, Coccon, Dito, Idem, Mohawk, RePrint, Xerox, Tom&Otto, Novatech, ePacker, Masterline, Forex, Kapa, Dispa, Dibond, Orafol, Priplak, Avery Dennison, Coala, Pioneer, Image, Data Copy and Data Copy, among others. The Company is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sequana. It operates internationally in Poland, China, Brazil, Belgium, Bulgaria, Austria, Norway, India, Romania, Colombia, Japan, Mexico, Estonia, Slovenia and Peru, among others.

Aperam SA

APERAM is a stainless and specialty steel producer. Co. produces a range of stainless steel products and products including electrical steel (grain oriented, non-grain oriented, and non-grain oriented semi-processed steel), nickel alloys and specialties. Co. sells its products to customers on three continents in over 40 countries, including aerospace, automotive, catering, construction, household appliances and electrical engineering, industrial processes, medical, and oil & gas industries. Co. manages its business according to three operating segments: Stainless and Electrical Steel; Services and Solutions; and Alloys and Specialties.

APPLUS SERVICES S.A.

Applus Services SA is a Spain-based company that provides inspection, testing and quality assurance services. The Company's activities are divided into five segments: Applus+ RTD, which provides non-destructive testing services mainly to the oil industry; Applus+ Velosi-Norcontrol, which offers solutions for technical assistance, supervision, inspection, quality control testing, certification and consulting services mainly to industrial, electrical, oil and telecommunications facilities; Applus+ Laboratories, which focuses on laboratory testing, system certification and product development services within aerospace, industrial and consumer goods sectors, among others; Applus+ Automotive, which is responsible for the vehicle roadworthiness testing services, and Applus+ IDIADA, which delivers design, engineering, testing and certification services mainly to car manufacturers. The Company operates in Europe, Africa, Asia and the Americas.

ArcelorMittal SA

ArcelorMittal is a steel company, based in Luxembourg, with operations in more than 60 countries. Co. is active in all major global steel markets, including automotive, construction, household appliances and packaging, as well as activities in Research & Development and technology, with captive supplies of raw materials and its own distribution network. Co. has an industrial presence in over 20 countries spanning four continents, covering key steel markets, from emerging to mature. Co. offers a complete spectrum of steel products from commodity steel to value-added products, from long products to flat, from standard to specialty products, from carbon steel to stainless steel and alloys.

BAE Systems plc

BAE Systems is a defense, aerospace and security solutions provider. Co. supplies defense equipment, electronics and services, and cyber, intelligence and security solutions for governments and commercial markets. Co.'s offerings include the: manufacture of Typhoon assemblies for European partner nations and other export customers; design and manufacture of sub-assemblies in the U.K. and provision of equipment in the U.S.; development of future air system capabilities, including unmanned air systems; maintenance, support and training for Typhoon aircraft in service with the U.K. and Saudi Arabian air forces; and design, manufacture and support of defense and commercial avionics equipment.

Balyo SA

Balyo SA is a France-based company that designs robotic navigation solutions which are installed into forklifts and allow them to automatically transport pallets. The Company's apparatus is equipped with the guidance technology called Geoguidage. The Geoguidage system is installed in a module which is attached to the forklift, and allows the vehicle to calculate its position and memorize the layout of the warehouse. Its equipment allows detection of pallets, containers and dollies; stacking pallets; read barcode; towing loads; interactions with conveyors and doors, etc; scalable setting and automatic modes, among others. The Company's products are used in logistics and in industry.

BB Biotech AG

Co.'s principal activity is to invest in biotechnology companies globally. The investments are held through its wholly-owned subsidiaries: Biotech Focus N.V., Biotech Invest N.V., Biotech Target N.V., and Biotech Growth N.V., all of which are located in Curacao. Co. acquires holdings in companies in the biotechnology growth market. The focus of the holdings is on quoted companies that are concentrating on the development and marketing of innovative medicines. For the selection of holdings, Co. relies on fundamental analysis by physicians and molecular biologists.

BHP Group Plc

BHP Billiton is a resources company. Co. extracts and processes minerals, oil and gas, primarily in Australia and the Americas. Co. operates four reportable segments: Petroleum, which is engaged in the exploration, development and production of oil and gas; Copper, which is engaged in the mining of copper, silver, lead, zinc, molybdenum, uranium and gold; Iron Ore, which is engaged in the mining of iron ore; and Coal, which is engaged in the mining of metallurgical coal and energy coal. Co.'s Petroleum unit comprises conventional and unconventional oil and gas assets, and includes exploration, development and production activities.

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.

Claranova SE

Claranova SA, formerly Avanquest SA, is a France-based holding company engaged in the technology industry. The Company operates through three businesses including Avanquest Software, that develops, publishes and markets Personal Computer (PC) software products in several categories, including system utilities, home graphics, digital imaging and small business solutions; the PlanetArt business operates a print-on-demand platform, which features five brands covering both Website and mobile application technologies. Among its applications is FreePrints, a mobile photo printing solution for iOS and Android. The Company also operates through myDevices business, which enables enterprises to design, prototype and commercialize Internet of Things (IoT) solutions through Cayenne, a drag-and-drop IoT project builder. Claranova SA offers its products and services in approximately 100 countries worldwide.

Dassault Aviation SA

Dassault Aviation is a player in the civil and military aviation industry. Co. designs, manufactures and sells combat aircraft under the names Rafale, Mirage 2000, nEUROn and executive jets under the name Falcon (Falcon 7X, Falcon 900LX, Falcon 2000LX) and business jets. Co. produces combat aircraft. Rafale is a fighter aircraft with a "delta-canard" configuration. Mirage 2000 is a combat aircraft operated in environments ranging from deserts to tropical forests. nEUROn is an unmanned combat aircraft vehicle demonstrator. Falcon is used for passenger transportation by entrepreneurs, executives of companies and governments. Co. also offers maintenance services, follow up and repair services.

Deutsche Lufthansa AG

Deutsche Lufthansa is an aviation group based in Germany. Co. maintains global operations and a total of more than 500 subsidiaries and associated companies. Co. operates in five major business segments: scheduled passenger air traffic ("Passenger Airline Group"); scheduled airfreight services ("Logistics"); maintenance, repair and overhaul ("MRO"); information technology ("IT Services") and catering ("Catering").

EasyJet plc

EasyJet and its subsidiaries are a low-cost airline carrier operating principally in Europe. Co. operates in the European short-haul aviation market. As of Sept 30 2017, Co. operated 862 routes. Co.'s total fleet as at Sept 30 2017, comprised 279 aircraft, split between 156-seat Airbus A319s, 180-seat A320s, 186-seat A320s and 186-seat A320neos. Co.'s main markets are the U.K., France, Italy, Switzerland, Germany, Netherlands, Portugal and Spain.

Eramet SA

Eramet is a mining and metallurgical group, which specializes in the extraction, production and marketing of non-ferrous metals, their chemical derivatives, alloys and superalloys, and parts. Co.'s operations are divided into three divisions: Nickel division which focuses on nickel and its derivative applications; Manganese division which focuses on manganese alloys, manganese chemical derivatives and provides recovery and recycling services of metals contained in oil-industry catalysts, electric batteries and acid solutions; and Alloys division which produces and sells special high-performance steels, superalloys and pre-machined parts based on these materials or aluminium and titanium.

Etablissements Maurel & Prom SA

Etablissements Maurel et Prom is engaged in the oil and gas industry. Co. is engaged in mainly two activities: exploration and production of oil and gas; and oil drilling. The goal of the exploration business is to discover exploitable accumulations of hydrocarbons. It includes geological and geophysical studies, acquisition and seismic processing as well as exploratory drilling. Co. operates in 12 countries and 4 continents, including Colombia, Peru, France, Italy, Congo, Tanzania, Gabon, Namibia, and Mozambique. Co. is also engaged in a project of gold exploration in Mali. As of Dec. 31 2013 Co. had close to 100,000 sq. km of exploration areas in 12 countries on 4 continents.

Figeac Aero SA

Figeac Aero SA, formerly Figeac Aero SARL, is a France-based company engaged in the manufacture of parts and components for aerospace industry. It offers a range of products and services such as design, manufacture and assembly of subassemblies; manufacture of structural parts, ranging from small fittings to large panels; supply of engine parts, such as vertical lathe, blades, and milling of aluminum and hard materials; and manufacture of precision parts, such as landing gear and thrust inverters. The Company's customer base includes Airbus, Embraer, ATR, Boeing, Bombardier, Eurocopter and Gulfstream, among others. It is a member of the Figeac Aero Group, comprising companies engaged in provision of aerospace-related products and services. It operates through Groupe Sonaca and PECISS, industrial technology services company based in Tunisia.

International Consolidated Airlines Group SA

International Airlines Group is an international scheduled airline and global premium airlines. Co.'s principal place of business is London with significant presence at Heathrow, Gatwick and London City airports.

Intertek Group plc

Intertek Group provides Assurance, Testing, Inspection and Certification (ATIC) services. Co.'s segments comprised of Products, Trade and Resources. Co.'s products-related division consists of business lines that are focused on quality and safety of physical components and products, as well reducing risk through assessing the operating process and quality management systems of its customers. Co.'s trade division consists of three Global business lines, Cargo & Analytical Assessment, Government & Trade Services, and Agriculture business. Co.'s resources division consists of two business lines, Industry Services, and minerals business.

Latecoere SA

Societe Industrielle d'Aviation Latecoere and its subsidiaries are engaged in the manufacture of parts and equipment for the aeronautic and space industries. Co.'s products are mainly divided into 2 sectors: Airframe Structure and Equipment & Systems. Airframe Structure: manufactures Fuselage and Wing Structure Elements such as tail cones, forward upper shells, side parts, front spar bulkheads, nose sections, passenger doors, flaps; Nacelle Structure Elements such as fan cowls, tail engine fan cowls, translating sleeves, thrust reverser beams. Equipment & Systems: manufactures on-board electric racks, harnesses, landscape video camera system, pilot control panels and battery charge limiters.

Leonardo SpA

Leonardo is the holding company for The Finmeccanica Group, and is responsible for guiding and controlling industrial and strategic operations, coordinates its subsidiaries. The Finmeccanica Group operates in the Aerospace and Defence sector, which includes the Helicopters, Defence and Security Electronics, Aeronautics, Space and Defence Systems segments; and in the Transportation sector, which also includes Fata S.p.a., in addition to the companies operating in the transportation sector.

MTU Aero Engines AG

MTU Aero Engines manufacturers engine modules and components, and providers MRO (Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul) services for commercial aero engines. Co.'s activities range through the development, construction, testing and production of new commercial and military engines and spare parts, through to maintenance, repair and overhaul of commercial and military engines. Co.'s segments comprised of: OEM business (Original Equipment Manufacturing), which covers new commercial engines, including spare parts, and the whole of the military sector; and MRO business, which engaged in commercial maintenance activities covering the areas of maintenance and logistical support for commercial engines.

Outokumpu Oyj

Outokumpu is organized into the following five business areas: Coil Europe, Middle East and Africa, which consists of stainless operations as well as ferrochrome production in Europe; Coil Americas, which produces standard austenitic and ferritic grades as well as tailored products; APAC, which includes cold rolling facility and coil and plate service center in China, as well as a coil service center in Australia; Quarto Plate, which is comprised of the quarto plate production facilities in Sweden and in the U.S.; as well as Long Products, in which its products are used in a range of applications such as springs, wires, surgical equipment, automotive parts and construction.

Quadient SA

Neopost supplies mailroom equipment, offering products for franking, folding & inserting, addressing, address cleansing, tracking, tracing letters, parcels & the supply chain. Co. also offers various services, including consulting, maintenance, financial services & online service. Co.'s activities can be summed up to 2 segments: Mailroom Solutions & Communication & Shipping Solutions, divided into 9 operations: Automated mail opening, Management of incoming mail & traceability of important mail, Address printers, Automated insertion equipment, Intelligent franking, Financing solutions, Data quality, Customer Communication Management and Shipping Solutions, mainly in Europe & North America.

Rio Tinto plc

Rio Tinto is engaged in finding, mining and processing mineral resources. Co. has four product groups: iron ore, which supplies the global seaborne iron ore trade; aluminium, which includes bauxite mines, alumina refineries, and aluminium smelters; Copper and Diamonds, which has managed operations in Australia, Canada, Mongolia and the U.S., and non-managed operations in Chile and Indonesia, with by-product including gold, silver, molybdenum and others such as sulphuric acid, rhenium, and lead carbonate; and Energy and Minerals, which comprises mining, refining and marketing operations across borates, coal, iron ore concentrate and pellets, salt, titanium dioxide and uranium sectors.

Rolls-Royce Holdings plc

Rolls Royce Holdings is an engineering company. Co. is organised into five businesses: civil aerospace, which develops, manufactures, markets and sells commercial aero engines and aftermarket services; defense aerospace, which develops, manufactures, markets and sells military aero engines and aftermarket services; power systems, which develops, manufactures, markets and sells reciprocating engines and power systems; marine, which is develops, manufactures, markets and sells marine-power propulsion systems and aftermarket services; and nuclear, which develops, manufactures, markets and sells nuclear systems for civil power generation and naval propulsion systems.

Ryanair Holdings Plc

Ryanair Holdings is a holding company. Through its subsidiaries, Co. operates an ultra-low cost, scheduled-passenger airline serving short-haul, point-to-point routes between Ireland, the U.K., Continental Europe, and Morocco. Co. offers over 2,000 scheduled short-haul flights per day serving approximately 210 airports throughout Europe, and flying approximately 1,600 routes. In addition, Co. provides various ancillary services and engages in other activities connected with its core air passenger service, including non-flight scheduled services, Internet-related services, and the in-flight sale of beverages, food, and merchandise.

Safran S.A.

Safran designs, develops and manufactures high technology electronics through three businesses: Aerospace, Defense and Security. Aerospace includes Aerospace Propulsion (propulsion systems for commercial aircraft, military transport, training and combat aircraft, rocket engines, civil and military helicopters) and Aircraft Equipment (mechanical, hydromechanical and electromechanical equipment); Defense (optronic, avionic and electronic systems); and Security (biometric technologies for fingerprint, iris and face recognition, identity management products, access management and transaction security, including tomographic systems for detection of dangerous or illicit substances in baggage).

Salzgitter AG

Salzgitter is a holding company. Through its subsidiaries, Co. organized its businesses into five divisions. The Steel Division manufactures steel and special steels. The Tubes Division is involved with the manufacture of line pipes, HFI-welded pipes, precision tubes and stainless steel tubes. The Trading Division operates a European sales network as well as trading companies and agencies worldwide. The companies in the Services Division provide services such as data processing, telecommunications services, scrap dealing, the handling and storage of bulk cargo, transportation, and other services. The Technology Division operates in the filling and packaging technology segment.

SGS SA

SGS is engaged in the provision of inspection, verification, testing, certification and quality assurance services. Co.'s business lines include: Agricultural; Minerals; Oil, Gas & Chemicals; Life Science; Consumer Testing; Systems & Services Certification; Industrial; Environmental; Automotive; and Governments & Institutions. As of Dec 31 2014, Co.'s geographic operations were organized as follows: Europe, Africa, Middle East (Western Europe, Northern and Central Europe, Southern Central Europe, Eastern Europe & Middle East, and Africa); Americas (North America, and South America); and Asia Pacific (East Asia, China & Hong Kong, and South Eastern Asia & Pacific).

SSAB AB Class A

SSAB is a supplier of high strength steels with products comprising various qualities and dimensions within wear steels and structural steels. Co.'s solutions also include services, from concept to finished delivery. SSAB Wear Services also provides advice, repairs, and sales of spare parts to the aftermarket. The business is organized into three business areas; SSAB Americas, SSAB EMEA and SSAB APAC as well as the subsidiary, Tibnor, which is a steel distributor in the Nordic region. SSAB EMEA consist of Europe, the Middle East and Africa; SSAB Americas of North and Latin America; SSAB APAC of Asia, Australia and New Zealand and Tibnor of steel and metal distribution in northern Europe.

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.

Voestalpine AG

voestalpine is engaged in the production, processing, and distribution of materials made of steel and in research and development in the areas of metallurgy, metal processing, and materials technology. Co.'s steel division focuses on the production and processing of flat steel products. Co.'s special steel division is involve in tool steel and high-speed steel. Co.'s metal engineering division is engaged in turnout technology, rails and treated wire, and tubes. Co.'s metal forming division is involve in tube products and precision strip steel as well as pre-finished system components. Co.'s other activities include heavy plate production, a foundry, and a number of downstream processes.

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Aurelien Sivignon

Baptiste Lebacq

Emira Sagaama

Fatma Ayachi

Jean-François Granjon

Jeremy Garnier

Martial Descoutures

Nicolas Thorez

Olfa Taamallah

Oussema Denguir

Yan Derocles

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