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Fatma Agnès Hamdani ...
  • Johanna Jourdain
  • Matthias Desmarais
  • Pierre Tegner
  • Stephane Houri
  • Sven Edelfelt

ODDO BHF SECURITIES MORNING NEWS – DETAILED COMMENTS 07/05/2018

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Underlyings
Compagnie de Saint-Gobain SA

Compagnie de Saint-Gobain manufactures, produces, and distributes industrial materials. Co.'s activities are divided into four sectors: Innovative Materials (Co. makes, processes and sells glass and glazing products for the building, the automotive and solar energy industries; Co. also manufactures Ceramics and Plastics, Abrasives, and Textiles), Construction Products (Co. offers products for the Insulation, Gypsum, Exterior Products, Pipe and Industrial Mortars), Building Distribution (Co. distributes building materials (plumbing, heating and sanitaryware products) and ceramic tiles), and Packaging - Verallia (Co. manufactures glass containers and jars for foodstuffs and beverages).

CRH Medical

CRH Medical is engaged in the treatment of hemorrhoids by utilizing its treatment protocol and patented proprietary technology.

Danone SA

Danone is engaged in activities in the global food and beverages industry. Co. operates in four markets: Fresh Dairy Products (Co. produces and sells yogurts, fermented dairy products and other fresh dairy products); Waters (Co. produces and sells natural waters as well as flavored and vitamin-enriched waters products); Early Life Nutrition (Co. produces baby formula, milk-and fruit-based desserts, cereals, small pots of baby food and ready-made baby food); and Medical Nutrition (Co. develops adult and pediatric clinical nutrition products to be taken orally, or through a catheter in the event of malnutrition related to illness or other causes).

HeidelbergCement AG

HeidelbergCement is engaged in the production and distribution of cement and aggregates, concrete and building products. Co.'s product range is complemented by downstream activities, such as ready-mixed concrete, concrete products, and concrete elements; in some countries, asphalt and building products, such as bricks and roof tiles, lime, or sand-lime bricks, are also manufactured. Furthermore, Co. provides services such as worldwide trading in cement and coal by sea. Co.'s products are used for the construction of houses, infrastructure, and commercial and industrial facilities.

HOLCIM AG

LafargeHolcim is a producer of cement and aggregates. Co. also supplies ready-mix concrete, concrete products, asphalt and a range of services. Co. operates through three segments: cement, aggregates, and other construction materials and services. Co.'s cement segment provides a range of cementitious materials and also develops customized blends for special applications. Through its aggregates segment, Co. produces aggregates which include crushed stone, gravel and sand mainly used in the manufacture of ready-mix concrete, concrete products and asphalt, as well as for road building and railway tracks, with production centered on quarrying, preparing and sorting the raw material.

Imerys SA

Imerys is engaged in the production and the processing of minerals. Co.'s operations can be divided into four business groups: Minerals for Ceramics, Refractories, Abrasives and Foundry (minerals mainly for floor tiles, sanitaryware, porcelain, mobile energy as well as high-temperature and abrasive industries); Performance and Filtration Minerals (plastics, rubber, coatings, sealants and adhesives, health, beauty and filtration of nutrition liquids); Pigments for Paper (filler and coating products for paper) and Materials and Monolithics (construction materials in clay and slate and monolithic products and solutions for high-temperature industries).

Ipsen SA

Ipsen is global biotechnology specialty care company. Co. engages in research, development, manufacture and sale of pharmaceutical products for human healthcare. Co.'s product portfolio includes pharmaceutical products marketed around the world to specialists working in its targeted therapeutic areas (oncology, endocrinology, neurology and haematology). These products are specialist care drugs. Co. also markets products in other therapeutic areas including gastroenterology, cardiovascular and cognitive disorders. These products are primary care drugs. Co.'s brand names include Decapeptyl®, Somatuline®, Dysport®, Nutropin Aq®, Smecta®, Forlax®, Nisis®,Adrovance®, Exforge® and Adenuric®.

L'Oreal S.A.

Sodexo SA

Sodexo is a services company which partners with companies, institutions and local authorities. Co. designs, manages and delivers Quality of Life services. Co.'s offers are: On-Site Service Solutions (Co.'s services are: Corporate, Defense, Justice Services, Remote sites, Health Care, Seniors, Education and Sports and Leisure), Benefits and Rewards Services Solutions (Co.'s offers focus on the following services: recruit and retain employees and increase their motivation; mobilize teams around quantitative or qualitative objectives; ensure delivery of Public Benefits), and Personal and Home Services (services in childcare; tutoring and adult education; concierge services and senior care).

Vicat-Ciments Vicat SA

Vicat specializes in the production and marketing of cement, ready-mixed concrete and aggregates. Co. is also engaged in other activities which are: transport brokering (transporting materials and merchandise to large work sites) and contract work, production of prefabricated concrete products, fabrication of building products and paper. Co.'s business is divided into four segments: Cement, Ready-Mixed Concrete, Aggregates and Other Products and Services. Co.'s activities are conducted in eleven countries across Europe, North America Asia, Africa and the Middle East such as: France, U.S.A., Italy, Switzerland, Turkey, Egypt, Senegal, Mali, Mauritania, Kazakhstan and India.

Wolseley PLC

Ferguson Plc, formerly Wolseley plc, is a Switzerland-based holding company. The Company is engaged in the distribution of plumbing and heating products and building materials. The Company's segments include USA, UK, Nordics, and Canada and Central Europe. The Company operates seven business units in the United States, six of these mainly operate in the business to business (B2B) market with one operating in the business to consumer (B2C) market. The Company, through Wolseley UK, operates approximately three businesses in the B2B market and has over 737 branches covering the whole country. The Nordic region consists of five businesses that operate a total of approximately 256 branches across over four countries, supported by approximately five distribution centers. The Company's businesses serve residential repair, maintenance and improvement (RMI) and new construction markets. Ferguson Enterprises, Inc (Ferguson) is the Company's primary brand in the USA segment.

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Fatma Agnès Hamdani

Johanna Jourdain

Matthias Desmarais

Pierre Tegner

Stephane Houri

Sven Edelfelt

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