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WOOD Daily: ARCLK TI; AKBNK TI; YKBNK TI; SOLUTION AB; PL Macro; PCF PW; RICHT HB; BELA GA; BRISA TI; GEKTERNA GA; MCOVB SS; PCF PW; BOROUGE UH; MGROS TI; BIMAS TI; TITC GA; SOKM TI; CPS PW

HEADLINES:
• Arcelik: weak set of results in 1Q25 NEGATIVE
• Akbank: 1Q25 highlights – management cautious on margin, but positive on fees
• Yapi Kredi: 1Q25 highlights, before the call – beat on NII and fees (evolved better than the guidance)
• Solutions by STC: weak 1Q25 financial results, disappointing revenue growth NEGATIVE
• Poland macro: April data paint an encouraging picture
• PCF Group: PLN 173m write-offs to hit the 2024 results, related mostly to Bifrost NEGATIVE
• Richter: positive opinion for denosumab biosimilar POSITIVE
• Jumbo: 2024E results preview (due out today)
• Brisa: 1Q25E earnings preview (due out tomorrow)
• GEK Terna: 2024E results preview (due out tomorrow, after the close)
• Medicover: 1Q25E earnings preview (due out tomorrow)
• PCF Group: 4Q24E preview – EBITDA flat qoq, EBIT hit by major write-offs (due out tomorrow)
• Borouge: 1Q25E results preview (due on 30 April) NEUTRAL
• Migros: 1Q25E earnings preview (due on 7 May)
• BIM: 1Q25E earnings preview (due on 8 May)
• Titan Cement: 1Q25E financial results preview (due on 8 May)
• Sok Marketler Ticaret: 1Q25E earnings preview (due on 12 May)
• Cyfrowy Polsat: 1Q25E preview – 4% increase yoy in EBITDA expected (due on 21 May)
• Short News (4IG)
Underlyings
Akbank TAS

Akbank is a commercial bank. Co. operates in five segments: Retail banking offers a range of retail services, such as deposit accounts, loans, credit cards, insurance products and asset management services; Corporate and Small and Medium Size Enterprises banking provides financial solutions and banking services; Treasury Activities conducts regional and foreign currency spot and forward transactions, bonds and other domestic securities; Private banking offers banking and investment transactions for upper-income groups and the International banking provides services for foreign trade financing and Turkish Lira clearances, and money transfers through agent financial institutions.

ARABIAN INTERNET & COMMUNICATIONS SERVICES CO

Arcelik A.S.

Arcelik is engaged in the commercial and industrial activities in respect of the production, sales and marketing, customer services after sales, exportation and importation of consumer durable goods and consumer electronics. Co. has two segments: white goods reportable segment, which comprises washing machines, dryers, dish washers, refrigerators, ovens, cookers and the services provided for these products; and the consumer goods reportable segment, which comprises televisions primarily with flat screens, computers, cash registers, other electronic devices and the services provided to consumers for these products.

BIM Birlesik Magazalar A.S.

Bim Birlesik Magazalar is engaged in operating retail stores through its retail shops throughout Turkey, which sell an assortment of approx. 600 items, including a number of private labels. Co.'s object is to offer consumers basic food items and consumer goods at discount prices with quality. Co.'s private labels provides its consumers with quality tasting sausage, salami and similar meat products while at the same time being suitable to the consumers family budget. Products include meat products, breakfast and dairy products, beverages, legumes and bakery, snacks and sweets, fruits and vegetables, frozen foods, and non-food items - cleaning supplies.

Brisa-Bridgestone Sabanci Lastik Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S.

Brisa Bridgestone Sabanci Lastik Sanayi ve Ticaret is engaged in the manufacture and sale of vehicle tires for domestic and foreign brands.

Cyfrowy Polsat SA

Gek Terna

GEK Terna Holding Real Estate Construction is a real estate development group based in Greece. Co.'s main activity is the development and management of investment property, the construction of any kind, the management of self-financed or co-financed projects, the construction and management of energy projects, as well as its participation in companies having similar activities. Co. has a significant and specialized presence in construction, energy as well as in the development, management and exploitation of investment property having a strong capital base. Co. is also active in construction and quarry, the industrial segment, metal constructions, and producing skids from armed concrete.

Jumbo S.A.

Jumbo is a trading company based in Greece. Co.'s main operation is retail sale of toys, baby items, seasonal items, decoration items, books and stationery. A part of its operations is wholesale of toys and similar items to third parties. Co. and its subsidiaries have four geographical segments: Greece, Cyprus, Bulgaria and Romania. At June 30 2015, Co. operated 72 stores in Greece, Cyprus, Bulgaria and in Romania and the on line store e-jumbo.

Medicover AB

Medicover AB is a Sweden-based healthcare and diagnostic services provider. It offers a broad range of healthcare services and hub-and-spoke diagnostic laboratory network, supported by proprietary software and information systems infrastructure. The Company offers its services through two divisions: Healthcare Services and Diagnostic Services. The Healthcare Services division offers services ranging from primary care to specialist outpatient and inpatient care. The care is delivered mainly through Medicover's own network of clinics and medical facilities. The Diagnostic Services division offers a broad range of diagnostic laboratory testing for humans and some veterinary services across all main clinical pathology specialties. The Company focuses primarily on such markets, as Poland, Germany, Romania, Ukraine.

Migros Ticaret A.S

Migros Ticaret is a retailing group based in Turkey. Co. offers spacious stores in a wide range of formats and locations whose vast selection of stationery, glass and kitchenware, appliance, book, clothing, and other items along with groceries and other necessities. Co. maintains a store network of 1,004 national and international locations with a national presence in 70 provinces in Turkey's seven geographical regions. Store brand names include M, MM, MMM, 5M, MigroJet, Tansas, Macrocenter and Ramstores. Co. also provides customers alternatives such as internet, call centers, kiosks, catalogues, and mobile shopping networks.

PCF Group SA

Sok Marketler Ticaret AS

Sok Marketler Ticaret AS. Sok Marketler Ticaret AS, located in Istanbul, Turkey, owns and operates grocery stores. It sells Amigo, Crown, Deren, Evin, Karmen, Lio, Peki, Piyale and Tempo brands. The Company was founded in 1995.

Titan Cement Co. SA

Titan Cement Co. and, its subsidiaries (collectively, the Group) are engaged in the production, trade and distribution of a range of construction materials, including cement, concrete, aggregates, cement blocks, dry mortars and fly ash. The Group operates primarily in Greece, the Balkans, Egypt, Turkey and the U.S. The Group operates in 14 countries in Europe, North America and the Eastern Mediterranean and is organized in the following four operating (geographic) segments: Greece and Western Europe, North America, South East Europe, and Eastern Mediterranean.

Yapi ve Kredi Bankasi A.S.

Yapi Ve Kredi Bankasi is a financial services group. Co. serves its customers through its retail banking segment comprising of individual banking, Small and Medium Size Enterprises banking and card payment systems, corporate and commercial banking as well as private banking and wealth management segments. Co.'s operations are supported by domestic subsidiaries in asset management, brokerage, leasing and factoring as well as international banking subsidiaries in the Netherlands, Russia and Azerbaijan. As of Dec 31 2014, Co. had total assets of TL194.96 billion and total deposits of TL107.63 billion.

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