1Q24 was good, with 11.8% growth in rental income and LFL at 3.5%. Occupancy was stable at 98.4%, with impressive 15% rental uplift on recent contracts and c.13% reversionary potential. The small positive €25.8m revaluation on the portfolio, after many quarters of write offs, is a positive sign. On multiples WDP trades at 19.2% premium to NTA and has underperformed peers recently (-12.4% YTD, vs peers' -7.8%). We would welcome an investment spending acceleration, considering the 9.1% yield seen ...
BAM: Preview - stable performance in difficult markets. Belgian telecoms: Telenet 3.5% price increase. Econocom: 1Q24 modest growth in line, sales guidance maintained. Philips: Preview 1Q24. Proximus: Acquires additional 5G spectrum from NRB. Signify: Preview 1Q24 - Slow start to the year. Staffing: Manpower - 1Q24 beats, 2Q24 outlook a touch above and trends stabilizing. WDP: No surprise
GRI 1Q24 came slightly above our expectation, but the EPRA EPS was bang in line. A remarkable metric is the decline in Cost of Debt from 1.9% to 1.7% against a backdrop of rising interest rates. WDP “over-hedged” its debt in anticipation of its investment program and raised capital. WDP repeated the FY24 EPRA EPS guidance of 1.47, slightly above our 1.46 expectation. The 5% expected yoy growth is impressive as WDP issued 5.9% new shares last November. Expired contracts (100k Sqm GLA) were revie...
>Outlook reiterated, inline results, low number of newly identified projects - FY2024 EPRA EPS guidance reiterated at €1.47/sh.Minor positive revaluation +0.4% for Q1 (Q4 -0.5%), mainly based on stability in the existing portfolio and unrealised capital gains on projects and recent acquisitions. EPRA NIY is stable at 5.3% vs Q4.in Q1 2024, about € 200m of directly yielding assets (acquisitions, project completions) have accrued into the balance sheet at a yi...
The logistics market is our preferred real estate segment, where the coming growth remains undervalued. We prefer the high growth stock within this segment, CTP. We also have Outperform recommendations on Argan, Montea and VGP. We believe WDP is fully valued, though. - >A favourable environment for industrial and logistics real estate - We think the industrial and logistics (“I&L”) segment is the first major real estate market that has bottomed out. We see strong deman...
This note gathers feedback from the group meetings and the break-out sessions. In total 23 companies presented in group meetings and/or break-out sessions. More than 100 guests found their way to the venue and some more followed virtual meetings. Physical attendance is clearly on the rise after the COVID disruption. Investing remains a people's business. The 4 break-out sessions made for informative additions to the C-level meetings and a nice platform for discussion. Tuesday morning concentrate...
This conference book is your guide to the KBCS Real Assets Conference 2024. It offers a program, an intro to the break-out sessions and company profiles with financial data and some useful info. The break-out sessions aim to educate and contemplate on certain trends. Last year we hosted “Energy as a business”. This year, we offer 4 break-outs on hot topics.
We are downgrading our recommendation on Vidrala to Underperform from Neutral and set our target price at € 96 (+4% vs previous € 92, DCF: 8.4x implied EV/EBITDA 2024e vs historical average of 9.2x and 6.1x of peer group). While the group will be able to outgrow the industry thanks to the consolidation of Vidroporto in Brazil (16% of the group’s EBITDA) and despite the divestment in Italy (8% of 2023 EBITDA), we believe its organic earnings profile will slightly deteriorate considerin...
We are downgrading our recommendation on Vidrala to Underperform from Neutral and set our target price at € 96 (+4% vs previous € 92, DCF: 8.4x implied EV/EBITDA 2024e vs historical average of 9.2x and 6.1x of peer group). While the group will be able to outgrow the industry thanks to the consolidation of Vidroporto in Brazil (16% of the group’s EBITDA) and despite the divestment in Italy (8% of 2023 EBITDA), we believe its organic earnings profile will slightly deteriorate considerin...
>The direct investment market is still muted today, but we think real estate markets could reignite after seeing the first interest rate cuts - We visited the annual real estate conference MIPIM in Cannes last week. Although the weather was great, the mood in the investment market was still a bit muted. The changes in the real estate market leaves many investor uncertain today. It is still too early to see transactions to go up materially and pricing recovery in the ...
The FY23 results came in line with the guidance, but the attention on the analyst call was fixed on the FY24 outlook and “Blend27” strategy. The previous tone of “low economic visibility” and “selective investing” gave way for a confident growth plan into 2027. First, the FY24 EPRA EPS guidance of 1.47 came above our 1.42 expectation. The 5% expected yoy growth is impressive as WDP issued 5.9% new shares only last November. A fast ramp up of rental income has to come from more acquisitions (FR,G...
WDP is one of our favourite real estate names for 2024. Its full year results were operationally and financially strong, and the company provided realistic 2024 guidance and a new 2024-27 plan, ‘Blend2027'. Long-term ambitions point to €1.5bn in investments and a 6% EPS CAGR, consistent with our estimates (and consensus). Growth will come from the existing geographies, but on top of this WDP would like to gain a presence in both Germany and France, where the markets are gradually reopening. We u...
Although Argentina was only an anecdotal factor in Puma's profit warning, it has rekindled investors' questions about the impact of the peso's (official) depreciation following the election of Javier Milei last November. Here we recap on the risks faced by the twenty or so companies and sectors with a presence in Argentina within our universe of coverage. While the potential impact is marginal in most cases, it is more significant for: Prosegur, Prosegur Cash, Tenaris, Verallia, Save...
Même si l’Argentine n’est qu’un élément accessoire du profit warning de Puma, il a ravivé les interrogations des investisseurs sur l’impact de la dépréciation du peso (officiel) à la suite de l’élection de Javier Milei en novembre dernier. Nous revenons ici sur les risques encourus par la vingtaine de sociétés et secteurs ayant une présence en Argentine au sein de notre univers de couverture. Si l’impact potentiel est le plus souvent marginal, il est plus matériel chez : Prosegur, Pro...
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