EME Equity Market – February 2025 Poland outperforms, again; Türkiye declines. The MSCI EM Europe Index advanced by 3.1% in EUR terms and 2.9% mom in USD terms in February. The Polish WIG20 was, once again, the best performer, adding 7.3% mom in February; followed by the Czech PX Index (+6.1% mom); while Greece (+3.8% mom), Hungary (+3.5% mom) and Romania (+3.0% mom) all reported rather similar performances. The Turkish ISE30 was the worst performer, declining 4.5% mom.
Duna House posted strong results for Q4 and cleaned core net results came in higher than the management guidance. Revenues increased by 20% YoY in 2024, reported EBITDA came in 67% higher YoY, while cleaned core EBITDA reached HUF 4.8bn, up by 80% YoY. Net profit came in 18% lower YoY, due to lower financial income on cash deposits and higher tax expenses. Cleaned core net income reached HUF 2.4bn (+35% YoY), above the higher range of HUF 2.3bn guidance. The BoD proposed HUF 43.6 DPS ...
HEADLINES: • EME Macro/Strategy: macro all-in-one (24 February-2 March) • National Bank of Greece: 4Q24 results and 2025-27E guidance highlights NEUTRAL • Patria Bank: 4Q24 bottom-line miss due mostly to lower non-interest income NEGATIVE • 4iG: 4Q24 results review – 22% yoy reported EBITDA increase, in line with our estimate; bottom-line miss, on D&A hike NEUTRAL • Sphera Group: 4Q24 soft, as expected; webcast takeaways NEGATIVE • Duna House: 4Q24 – FY results in line, lower DPS, but possible u...
While the 2024 numbers were in line with our forecasts, the stock corrected by over 15% on the day of the release (28 February). The market clearly, in our view, did not appreciate the company's decision to retain the funds from residential sales, and reinvest them into the business via M&A, instead of distributing another outsized dividend.
HEADLINES: • Kruk: detailed 4Q24 results, revealing headwinds in Spain NEGATIVE • Erste Bank: small miss on 4Q24 results, but promises strong ROTE outlook for 2025E and adds another round of share buyback potential NEUTRAL • Richter: soft 4Q24 operating results NEGATIVE • Sphera Group: 4Q24 soft, as expected NEGATIVE • Aquila Part Prod Com S.A.: earnings a small beat, bottom line boosted by negative goodwill and low tax rate POSITIVE • Romgaz: 4Q24 results NEUTRAL • DIGI Communications: 4Q24 pre...
Duna House continued its solid performance in the third quarter of this year as well. Revenues increased by 37% YoY, cleaned core EBITDA was up by 38% YoY and cleaned core net profit came 11% lower YoY given the strong loan intermediation while the Forest Hill apartment sales also contributed to the results.
HEADLINES: • Pepco Group: 2H24 beat on gross margin; lfl recovery at Pepco since September, EUR 775m impairment at Poundland; first DPS of EUR 0.062 POSITIVE • PCF Group: closing strategic options review, with no new financing obtained NEGATIVE • EME Macro/Strategy: macro all-in-one (2-8 December) • Duna House: a good set of 3Q24 numbers; postcard from WOOD's Winter Wonderland conference POSITIVE • NEPI Rockcastle: buys Silesia City Centre in Katowice for EUR 405m (7.1% yield) POSITIVE • Inter C...
In this flash note, we review Duna House’s (DH) 3Q24 results (which were solid), and summarise the takes from our meeting with the company during our Winter Wonderland conference, held in Prague, last week (3-6 December). DH's recent results continue to be fuelled by tailwinds from real estate sales and – as of late – the inflection of the Italian market, where the mortgage market has started to pick up, after 2Y of declines. In the past 3Y, DH has paid out EUR 25m of dividends to its shareholde...
EME Equity Market – November 2024 Rebound in Türkiye, Romania hammered. The MSCI EM Europe Index advanced 3.8% in EUR terms and 1.0% in USD terms in November. The Turkish ISE30 recouped the losses of the previous month, adding 10.4% mom in EUR terms. The Hungarian BUX added 4.3% mom in EUR terms, followed by the PX (+2.9% mom), the ASE (+0.8% mom) and the WIG (+0.8% mom) (all in EUR terms). Following the first round of presidential elections, and the polemic and uncertainty that ensued, the BET ...
HEADLINES: • PZU: newswires drop a bomb just before company's strategic update – Bank Pekao may buy a 32% stake in Alior from PZU • cyber_Folks: concludes preliminary agreement to purchase a 49.9% stake in Shoper for a total of PLN 547.5m NEUTRAL • Shoper: preliminary agreement for the sale of 49.9% of SHO's shares to cyber_Folks at PLN 39/share NEUTRAL • Duna House: 3Q24 results – a good set of numbers POSITIVE • Kazatomprom: 3Q24 results beat expectations POSITIVE • Tauron: full 3Q24 results i...
EME Equity Market - September 2024 EME indices mostly in the red in September; rebound in Greece. The MSCI EM Europe Index declined 2.0% in EUR terms and 1.1% in USD terms in September. The Greek ASE Index was the best performer in our region, advancing 1.4% mom in EUR terms. Muted performances were seen in Czechia and Hungary (+0.3% and +0.2% mom, respectively in EUR terms), with declines in Poland, Romania and Turkey (-3.6%, -2.9% and -1.5% mom, respectively in EUR terms).
HEADLINES: • Duna House: loan ranger, with dividends to boot (BUY) • EME Macro/Strategy: macro all-in-one (2-8 September) • Huuuge Games: 2Q24 earnings call takeaways NEUTRAL • Auto Partner: August sales growth decelerates to just 7% yoy NEGATIVE • CD Projekt: class action lawsuit in the US regarding technical solutions used by GOG NEUTRAL • PCF Group: termination of credit facilities at Bank Pekao NEUTRAL • DIGI Communications: delivers first part of FTTH network in Spain NEUTRAL
In this report, we update our forecasts for Duna House (DH), a financial intermediary, a real estate broker and a developer. We set our new price target (PT) at HUF 1,189/share, implying 35% upside, and our rating at BUY (vs. no rating or PT previously). DH works with a network of over 4k entrepreneurs in Italy, Poland, Hungary, Poland, and the Czech Republic, across a network of over 240, mostly franchise, offices. Following its 2022 entry into Italy, financial intermediation accounts for aroun...
Duna House continued the strong performance in the second quarter of this year. Revenues increased by 34% YoY, cleaned core EBITDA was up by 47% YoY and cleaned core net profit came 17% higher YoY mainly supported by the continued growth in loan intermediation thanks to the awakening Italian market and the solid growth in the Hungarian segment.
EME Equity Market – August 2024 A red month for the EME indices, with only the Czech PX index in positive territory. The MSCI EM Europe index declined by 4.7% in EUR terms and 2.6% in USD terms in August. The Czech PX index was the only index to report a positive figure, adding 0.5% mom in EUR terms. The rest of the indices were in the red: the Turkish ISE30 index was down 11.5% mom in EUR terms, followed by Greece (-3.2% mom), Romania (-2.6% mom) and Hungary (-1.2% mom; all in EUR terms). The P...
HEADLINES: • Patria Bank: solid bottom-line print in 2Q24 POSITIVE • Duna House: 2Q24 – EBITDA up 40% yoy in Italy POSITIVE • 4iG: 2Q24 results review – 4% yoy drop in reported EBITDA NEUTRAL • Sphera Group: key takeaways from the 1H24 conference call NEUTRAL • EME Macro/Strategy: macro all-in-one (25 August-1 September) • Mo-BRUK: Public Procurement Office (KIO) rejects MBR’s appeal regarding tender in Szczecin NEUTRAL • Sarantis: 1H24E preview – 34% yoy EBITDA growth expected, on Stella and or...
Duna House’s 2Q24 results were slightly ahead of our estimates, mainly on the stronger performance from the financial intermediation segment. The company delivered solid yoy growth: the EBITDA was up 29% yoy in EUR terms, despite the slightly lower contribution from the apartment sales in 2Q24, compared to 2Q23. The clean, core EBITDA, which tracks the performance of the financial and real estate brokerage business, was up 40% yoy. Management has reiterated the financial guidance for the full ye...
Due to the transfer of coverage, we update our forecasts and set our 12m-target price to HUF 975, implying a limited upside potential of 6% after the recent rally in DH’s shares. The stock trades at a P/E ratio of 12.7x/7.6x/7.5x for ‘24/’25/’26. Duna House is the leading provider of consumer finance and real estate solutions in CEE region with operations in Hungary, Italy, Poland and Czech Republic, engaging in loan brokerage and real estate transactions. Operating under their internationa...
EME Equity Market – June 2024 Another positive month for most of the EME indices, with the Hungarian BUX Index outperforming. The MSCI EM Europe Index rose by 1.0% in EUR terms, but declined -0.2% in USD terms in June. The Hungarian BUX index reported the strongest performance, adding 4.8% in EUR terms, followed by the Romanian BET and the Polish WIG20 (+3.7% and 2.1%, in EUR terms, respectively), and the Turkish ISE30 (+0.9% in EUR terms). Greece and the Czech Republic were in negative territor...
Duna House posted a promising result for 2024 when it reported Q1/24 earningson 31 May. Cleaned core EBITDA was up by 175% YoY and Cleaned core netprofit came 71% higher YoY mainly supported by the strong growth in loanintermediation in both the Hungarian and Polish markets.
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