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...

Following the departure of one analyst, we terminate the coverage with recommendation of the following issuers: Amadeus IT Group, ams, Delivery Hero, Econocom, HelloFresh, Indra Sistemas, Ingenico, Just Eat Takeaway.com, Korian, Nexi, Outokumpu, Soitec et Worldline.  - We intend to resume coverage of some or all of these companies once a new analyst has joined us. In the meantime, we will continue to monitor the newsflow of these issuers in our morning document. - Previous credit o...

Following the departure of one analyst, we terminate the coverage with recommendation of the following issuers: Amadeus IT Group, ams, Delivery Hero, Econocom, HelloFresh, Indra Sistemas, Ingenico, Just Eat Takeaway.com, Korian, Nexi, Outokumpu, Soitec et Worldline.  - We intend to resume coverage of some or all of these companies once a new analyst has joined us. In the meantime, we will continue to monitor the newsflow of these issuers in our morning document. - Previous credit o...

Gamenet 2q18 - sport payout change offsets regulation impact, goldbet to boost profitability

Gamenet, Italy’s No. 3 gaming firm, reported good 2Q18 results with stable sales yoy at €148m and EBITDA up 9% yoy to €21m, giving a 14.5% LTM margin as of June 2018 against 13.2% as of December 2017. Once again, Gamenet has adjusted its sport betting payout (winnings returned to players), lowering it to 80.3% during the quarter from 85.7% last year, to mitigate the impact from the tightening of regulation on gaming machines initiated in May 2017.

INTRALOT- Special Comment

We initiated coverage in February with an Underweight recommendation on the Intralot 6.75% 2021 and 5.25% 2024 bonds, concluding that the group’s emerging profile and recent bad track record in tenders would weigh on bond prices. Since then, the 2021 and 2024 bonds have lost around 20-25 points to 86.375 and 78.375 respectively, now yielding at a high 10-12% to worst. The freefall started in May amid concerns over the group’s vulnerably to the Argentinean peso and Turkish lira (around 29% EBITDA), on top of contract losses in Morocco and South Carolina - in favor of Sisal and IGT respectively ...

IQVIA- 2Q18 Comments

The world’s largest provider of healthcare information reported strong numbers for 2Q18. Reported revenues increased by 9% yoy in 2Q18 and +7.7% excluding FX. This was above market expectations and an intensification of the positive trends seen in 4Q17 (+5.5%) and 1Q18 (+5.2%) excluding FX impacts. This was down to a mix of accelerated organic growth coupled with M&A contributions, fully reflecting the investments in the next generation of clinical trials.