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Aurelien Sivignon ...
  • Hela Zarrouk
  • Jerôme Bodin
  • Nicolas David

ODDO BHF Small & MIDCAP MORNING NEWS - 11/16/2018

Since the Berendsen deal, investors have doubted the group's capacity to pull off fresh M&A deals due to its relatively debt-saddled balance sheet (net debt/EBITDA at end-2018: 3.3x). That said, FCF is set to benefit from buoyant organic growth, synergies from recent acquisitions and a normalised capex budget from 2020. Cumulative FCF over 2019e-2020e is set to top € 500m, which should enable the group to seek further acquisitions in the medium term and improve its margins through syn...
Underlyings
AKKA Technologies SE

Akka Technologies is an engineering and technology consultancy company. Co. bases its service around two areas which enable it to cover the full life cycle of a product: information and systems technology and engineering. Co.'s activities can be divided into six areas: Mechanical Engineering, Process Engineering, Document Engineering, Industrial Information Technology and Embedded Systems, Information Systems and Consulting. Co. operates mainly in France, Belgium and Germany. Co also operates in Italy, Romania, Switzerland, Spain, England and Canada.

Lagardere SCA

Lagardere Groupe is a holding company. Through its subsidiaries, Co. is engaged in the media industry (news, education, culture and entertainment businesses). Co.'s main activities in the media industry can be divided into four separate divisions. Lagardere Publishing includes Co.'s Book Publishing and e-Publishing businesses. Lagardere Active encompasses Co.'s Magazine Publishing, Audiovisual (Radio, Television, Audiovisual Production), Digital and Advertising Sales Brokerage businesses. Lagardere Services encompasses the Travel Retail and Distribution businesses. Lagardere Unlimited specializes in sports and entertainment.

Mediawan SA

Mediawan was incorporated as a Special Purpose Acquisition Company for the purpose of acquiring one or more operating businesses or companies in the traditional and digital media content and entertainment industries in Europe. Through it's subsidiary, Groupe AB, Co. is an independent publisher, producer and distributor of audiovisual content in French-speaking Europe. Its main activities are producing and distributing TV series, TV films, cartoons and documentaries as well as publishing TV channels and related digital services. The group has a portfolio of 19 channels, which are distributed in French-speaking Europe and Africa.

Prodways Group SA

Prodways Group SA. Prodways Group SA is a France-based company engaged in the industrial machinery sector. The Company focuses its activities on the industrial three-dimensional (3D) printing market and more specifically on ''rapid manufacturing'' 3D printing for industrial series production. The Company designs, manufactures and sells products for various industries, including automotive, dental, molding, medical, jewelry and luxury, aerospace and defense, architectural and design, consumer products and academic and research. It offers its customers multi-technology, multi-application industrial solutions, 3D printing systems and a wide range of composite, hybrid and powder products. In addition, it also develops its own manufacturing for the podiatry (orthopaedic soles) and dentistry (orthodontic pieces and dental trays) markets that is sold directly to healthcare professionals. It operates through Avenao Industrie and Interson-Protac.

Sixt SE

Sixt is a parent company that acts as the holding company. Through its subsidiary, Co. is an international provider of mobility services. With its Vehicle Rental and Leasing Business Units Co. provides its customers tailor-made products that provide mobility of a few minutes to several years. In the Vehicle Rental Business Unit Co. has a network of stations with an almost worldwide presence through its own rental offices as well as through cooperation with franchisees and cooperation partners. Through its Leasing Business Unit Co. is a non-bank, vendor-neutral leasing companies. In addition, Co.'s franchisees and cooperation partners provides lease financing and services.

Vallourec SA

Vallourec is a holding company. Through its subsidiaries, Co. supplies tubular solutions, mainly for the energy markets as well as other industrial applications. Co.'s activities can be divided into two segments: the Seamless tubes segment (production of hot-rolled seamless carbon and alloy steel tubes, both smooth and threaded, for the oil and gas industry); and the Speciality Products segment (production of stainless steel and titanium tubes as well as specific forming and machining activities). Co. is organized into four divisions: Energy and Industry division; Oil Country Tubular Goods division; Drilling Products division; and Brazil division.

Visiativ SA

Visiativ SA. Visiativ SA is a France-based company engaged in the information technology (IT) consulting and other services. The Company offers integration services for various enterprises, active in the fields of industry, retail and services. Its portfolio of solutions includes Aeronautics & Defense, Consumers goods, Industrial equipment, Transport & mobility, Life sciences, High technologies, Finance & services and Engineering & construction, among others. Visiativ SA operates through NC2 Network Computer Communication SASU (NC2), a Tour De Salvagny-based provider of data processing and hosting services and Solo Solution Autonome SAS, a Guilherand-Granges-based provider of computer systems design services.

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Oddo BHF
Oddo BHF

​Oddo Securities provides securities brokerage and research services. The company offers equity, economic, and derivatives research and credit analysis services. It focuses on insurance, automotive, building materials, pharmaceuticals, telecommunications, information technology, and agri-food industries.

Analysts
Aurelien Sivignon

Hela Zarrouk

Jerôme Bodin

Nicolas David

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