Alphawave Semi - FY23 results, 1Q24 trading update

Following the updated guidance published last week, Alphawave reported a 74% YoY increase in revenue to US$321.7m for FY23 generating adjusted EBITDA of US$62.6m, up 34% YoY. As previewed, bookings in 1Q24 were strong at US$117.9m, up 20% YoY and ahead of guidance. The results release and conference call confirm that revised guidance mainly reflects a more conservative approach to revenue recognition under new CFO, Rahul Mathur, and an acceleration in the pace at which Alphawave is pivoting away...

McDonald''s Corp: 1 director

A director at McDonald's Corp sold 1,098 shares at 276.640USD 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 years clearly...

Solvac Significant discount widening presents buying opportunity

Since the start of March 2024, Syensqo has risen by 8.0% while Solvay has rallied 28.0%. However, in stark contrast to its underlying investments, Solvac has declined by -2.8% during the same time period. As a result, we estimate Solvac's discount to have widened to 38.4% which is much higher that the 2yr and 5yr average discount(s) of 24.3% and 20.7% respectively. While lower volumes in the name could be one reason, we also believe that the market has not fully re-calibrated its view of Solvac ...

OVHcloud : Un warning sur la topline lourdement sanctionné en Bourse

>Retour sur les principales annonces de la publication S1 – Déceptions sur le business et bonnes surprises sur les coûts et les investissements - La publication semestrielle d’OVHcloud hier matin a surtout mis en avant en avant un warning inattendu sur l’objectif annuel FY 24 de croissance organique du CA (+9-10% vs +11-13% visé auparavant – rappel FY 23 = +13.4%). Il provient d’une détérioration au dernier trimestre des conditions de marché en Europe (78% du CA S1) a...

BIC: Soft Q1 followed by a gradual acceleration from Q2 onwards

Yesterday, BIC unveiled Q1 numbers that reflected management's message highlighting a soft start to the year, but showed a modest miss vs CSS expectations (sales: -1% / aEBIT: -1.5%) given the negative phasing impact in Lighters (38% of sales and 69% of aEBIT before unallocated costs). With trends

Close to expectations, Q1 should be cycle low

Red Sea diversions is a smaller problem than expected

EBITDA USD 162m (ABGSC USD 149m, cons USD 167m). Red Sea annual volume loss of "800 000-900 000 cbm" . Share price up 1-3%.

Ping An Insurance Group (2318 HK): 1Q24: Spring is around the corner.

Ping An’s results are broadly in line. The declines in OPAT and net profit were mainly due to weak equity market returns and higher CoR in the P&C segment. VNB growth grew 21% yoy, beating our expectations, led by margin improvement. Net investment yield dropped to 3.0% and its insurance fund exposure to property was largely manageable. Looking ahead, we continue to expect a mid to high single-digit NBV growth and 20% OPAT growth in 2024. Maintain BUY. Target price: HK$52.00.

Trading update highlights scale of growth

In a Trading Update for the twelve months to 31 March 2024 Supreme expects to report revenue of c.£225m, and (adj.) EBITDA of at least £38.0m, in line with market expectations, which had been revised upwards during the course of the year and represents almost double the FY23 level. The Group closed the year debt free. Our outlook highlights the extent to which Supreme has expanded, through both acquisition and organic growth during the period. From 2020 to 2024E the Group will have grown sales ...

Jonjee Hi-Tech Industrial & Commercial Page 10 (600872 CH): 1Q24: Resu...

1Q24 earnings ran ahead of our full-year estimate due to higher-than-expected gross margin expansion, which we attribute to product mix upgrade and lower raw material costs. We remain optimistic on Jonjee’s operating efficiency in 2024, given the low base, clear strategic goals by the new management team which is vastly experienced, as well as gross margin expansion. Maintain BUY with an unchanged target price of Rmb36.10.

Akzo Nobel Painting the future is a gradual work

We have updated our earnings model following slightly better than expected 1Q24 results (with a 4% beat on adjusted EBITDA level), with very limited changes though that have been made to our 2024/2025 adjusted EBITDA forecast (upped by

iFlytek (002230 CH): FY23 and 1Q24: Earnings missed; dividend of Rmb1....

iFlytek reported its 2023 and 1Q24 results. 2023 revenue grew 4% yoy, below expectations, while net profit rose 17% yoy to Rmb657m, 12% lower than consensus estimates. Meanwhile, 1Q24 revenue grew 26.3% yoy to Rmb3.65b, in line with consensus expectations. Net profit came in at Rmb300m, below consensus forecasts by 73%. Adjusted net loss expanded 30% yoy to Rmb441m. Downgrade to HOLD with a lower target price of Rmb40.00.

Kering: Even worse than expected: H1 EBIT should be down at least 40%

Mid-March, Kering warned the market that Q1 sales momentum would be very poor. As expected, Q1 sales were down -10% organically of which -18% for Gucci. FX had a -3% negative impact on sales growth, partly offset by +2% positive scope effect from Creed.However, given the sharp revenue decline in Q1

Bumitama Agri Ltd: 1 director

A director at Bumitama Agri Ltd bought 100,000 shares at 0.740SGD and the significance rating of the trade was 59/100. 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...

Soft adj. numbers in Q1 vs. expectations