Safilo: Q1 less negative than feared and reassuring month of April

The Q1 sales decline of 1.8% FX-n was less damaging than our -4.6% FX-n figure (see our preview here) thanks to a stronger-than-expected performance in Europe. Q1 aEBITDA margin also surprised positively with a 20bp-improvement to 11.5% (CSSe: 11.2% / BGe: 11.3%). Management confirmed a return to p

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RWE : What to think of the potential divestment of Amprion?

>Why would Amprion be up for sale? - Amprion is one of Germany’s four transmission systems operators. RWE holds a stake of 25.1% in the company’s capital alongside financial investors. Rumours of a divestment have emerged following an interview of Klaus Müller, chair of the Bundesnetzagentur (the German monitoring body), suggesting that coordinating the will of the German government with an acquisition of a stake in the operators’ capital could be a solution adapted t...

Capital market overly penalises TMV shares after Q1 KPIs - exchange ra...

The share price reaction of up to -10% in response to the Q1 KPIs, which were at the lower end of expectations, seems exaggerated to us. Nevertheless, TeamViewer managed to increase consolidated revenues by 7% (currency-adjusted: 9%) in a difficult macro environment, while the strategically important Enterprise business grew by 17% (currency-adjusted: 19%). EBITDA, which was also impacted by currency effects, fell by 2%, meaning that the EBITDA margin (33%; Q1 23: 36%) fell short of our expectat...

Barco NV: 2 directors

A director at Barco NV bought 4,675 shares at 13.000EUR and the significance rating of the trade was 37/100. Is that information sufficient for you to make an investment decision? This report gives details of those trades and adds context and analysis to them such that you can judge whether these trading decisions are ones worth following. Included in the report is a detailed share price chart which plots discretionary trades by all the company's directors over the last two years clearly showi...

Stanley Black & Decker Inc: 1 director

A director at Stanley Black & Decker Inc sold 3,442 shares at 86.795USD and the significance rating of the trade was 50/100. Is that information sufficient for you to make an investment decision? This report gives details of those trades and adds context and analysis to them such that you can judge whether these trading decisions are ones worth following. Included in the report is a detailed share price chart which plots discretionary trades by all the company's directors over the last two yea...

Netcompany Group AS: 1 director

A director at Netcompany Group AS sold 5,000 shares at 310.390DKK and the significance rating of the trade was 66/100. Is that information sufficient for you to make an investment decision? This report gives details of those trades and adds context and analysis to them such that you can judge whether these trading decisions are ones worth following. Included in the report is a detailed share price chart which plots discretionary trades by all the company's directors over the last two years cle...

MAREL HF : Weaker than expected Q1, 2024 adj. EBIT margin target (10%-...

>Miss on orders, sales and adj. EBIT, net debt up materially - Despite the cautious round of pre close calls, MAREL’s Q1 2024 results disappoint. Orders remain soft and have declined sequentially (albeit up yoy), missing css by 4%. This is mainlky due to customers delaying investments because of the high interest rate environment and low profitability in their own sector as well as geopolitical uncertainty. Due to the weak order intake of previous quarters, sales have...

Leonardo : B787 problems pose threat to safety net built into capex pl...

>Q1 EBITA 9% > css for the quarter, the weakest of the year - Leonardo reported solid Q1 figures, driven by the Defence Electronics segment across all areas. EBITA came in 9% ahead of expectations at € 182m (ODDO BHF: € 159m, company-compiled consensus: € 167m), +67% pro forma, for revenues of € 3.664bn (+15.3% pro forma), or a margin of 5%. Nearly all the gap with our estimates stems from the DES division and particularly the European portion (+38.2% at the EBITA lev...

Infineon Technologies AG : The low point reached = rebound, target pri...

>Outperform reiterated, target price raised to € 45 vs € 40 despite the warning - Following the publication of Q2 2024 results that came in a shade above of expectations yesterday and despite the downward revision to the guidance for 2024 (the weakness of demand in automobile and the deepening of the correction in industry) the stock rebounded strongly (+13%). Despite this revision, the market above all retained that 1/ Infineon has indicated that it has de-risked its...

Heidelberg Materials : Getting off to a good start

>A quiet Q1 2024, as expected, but an improvement in April! - The comments on Q1 2024 are available in our equity flash of 7 May (“Slow and steady wins the race”). Our takeaways from the conference call are given below. The CEO remains optimistic on the price cost differential in the context of falling fuel prices whilst sales volumes were up slightly in April. The group has activated the closure of some industrial sites in key markets. Management appears to be workin...

Redrow: 1 director

A director at Redrow sold 4,768 shares at 695p and the significance rating of the trade was 53/100. Is that information sufficient for you to make an investment decision? This report gives details of those trades and adds context and analysis to them such that you can judge whether these trading decisions are ones worth following. Included in the report is a detailed share price chart which plots discretionary trades by all the company's directors over the last two years clearly showing Close ...

Kellanova Co: 1 director

Two Directors at Kellanova Co sold 87,600 shares at between 60.052USD and 60.923USD. The significance rating of the trade was 70/100. Is that information sufficient for you to make an investment decision? This report gives details of those trades and adds context and analysis to them such that you can judge whether these trading decisions are ones worth following. Included in the report is a detailed share price chart which plots discretionary trades by all the company's directors over the las...

Stronger income, lower losses but high costs

Adj. PTP beat of 4% vs. ABGSCe, 3% vs. cons (amid lower LLP). Strong quality income beat, but adj cost mute give PBLL beat 1%. Cons. '24e-26e EPS chg. up 1-2%, stock 1-3% today

AstraZeneca : A consensus that leaves little room for surprising guida...

>The premium can be justified by short-term growth and a well-stocked pipeline - AZN certainly benefits from: i/ attractive short-term core EPS growth for 2023-2027, up 11.5% (+12.7% expected this year), and undoubtedly the most well-stocked pipeline in the industry. These elements partly justify the market premium for its 2025 P/E (+43% vs sector median), leading to a 2023-2027 PEG of 1.6x vs 1.3x for the sector. However, this growth should be more timorous in 2...

Knorr-Bremse AG : Un bon début d’année 2024, la guidance est confirmée

>T1 2024 : croissance org. du CA de 6.1% et marge d’EBIT operating de 12.1% - Knorr-Bremse a publié ce matin ses résultats T1 2024. Les prises de commandes ont été meilleures qu’attendu (à 2.1 Md€, soit 1.07x de book-to-bill), les deux divisions sont au-dessus des attentes avec une croissance organique de 8% des commandes dans le rail (RVS), et un recul de 9.2% dans les poids lourds (CVS). Le groupe a réalisé un chiffre d’affaires de 1 974 M€ (consensus à 1 962 M€), e...

AMG : An okay quarter, 2024 adj. EBITDA guidance reiterated

>Beat on sales, in line EBITDA, net debt a miss - AMG reported sales Q1 of $358m a solid beat versus our estimate of $337m with adj. EBITDA coming in at $30.8m versus our estimate of $30.9m. Unfortunately we do not have access to Visible Alpha and the Bloomberg consensus is worthless (only 1 contribution in the old reporting format). The quality of the EBITDA is somewhat less than normal as $2.1m in costs related to the expansion of the Brazilian mine has been classif...

Siemens Energy AG : Un T2 bien meilleur qu’attendu, même retraité des ...

>T2 2023/24 : résultat opérationnel et FCF bien meilleurs - Siemens Energy a publié ce matin ses résultats T2, avec un résultat opérationnel et un FCF meilleurs que prévu. Au niveau consolidé, les commandes s’établissent à 9.5 Md€, en baisse de 22% en comparable (dont -76% pour Siemens Gamesa, -21% pour Gas Services, +27% pour Grid Technologies). Le chiffre d’affaires atteint 8.3 Md€, +3.7% en comparable (-6% pour GS, +25% pour GT, -4.6% pour Siemens Gamesa). L’EBITA...

Bekaert FIRST LOOK: weaker than expected 1Q sales but FY guidance reco...

1Q sales decreased by 14%, which was about 6% weaker than expected. Importantly, management reiterated FY guidance calling for an at least stable uEBIT margin. In the coming years, we expect further earnings support from portfolio pruning and a gradually improving mix whereby more profitable segments such as Specialty Products and BBRG grow above the company average. Starting from a very solid balance sheet and in the absence of acquisitions or buybacks, we assume Bekaert to reach a net cash pos...