Morning Notes : ABI BB, ADYEN NA, DSFIR NA, FAGR BB, FLOW NA, NEXTA BB...

: ABI BB, ADYEN NA, DSFIR NA, FAGR BB, FLOW NA, NEXTA BB, MONT BB, NN NA, ONTEX BB, SIP BB, WDP BB, NXFIL NA

Morning Notes : ABN NA, AD NA, HEIA NA, LOTB BB, RAND NA, ALFEN NA, PH...

: ABN NA, AD NA, HEIA NA, LOTB BB, RAND NA, ALFEN NA, PHVS US

Lotus Bakeries Three Continents, One Momentum: Lotus Turns Up the Heat

We updated our model after Lotus Bakeries delivered in FY25 a 10% revenue increase to a very nice € 1,355m (KBCSe 1,355m, CSS 1,346m), driven by continued strong volume growth in 2H25 for both Lotus Biscoff (57% of branded revenues, +13% y/y) and Lotus Natural Foods (25% of branded, +17% y/y). Lotus Bakeries highlighted that the partnerships with Mondelez advanced strongly, contributing positively to the 2025 revenue. By the end of 2025, Biscoff production expanded to three continents. We welco...

ODDO BHF SECURITIES Small & MIDCAP MORNING NEWS – 09/02/2026

ODDO BHF SECURITIES Small & MIDCAP MORNING NEWS – 02/09/2026

Umicore : Preview 2025: EBITDA target to be achieved, cautiously optim...

Benelux Morning Notes

Adyen: Preview 2H25. Aperam: In-line 4Q25, upbeat medium-term outlook balances short-term consensus risk. Ayvens: Fast Car (UCS normalisation). Barco: 4Q25 preview, mixed performance. Lotus Bakeries: Another beat on every line. Orange Belgium: 2H25 EBITDAal beat on lower sales, much better 2026 guidance. Philips: CMD & 4Q25 preview, execution is key. RELX: FY25 preview. Universal Music Group: Peer Warner Music 4% revenue and 11% OIBDA beat

Morning Notes : LOTB BB, MELE BB, XFAB FP

: LOTB BB, MELE BB, XFAB FP

Lotus Bakeries FIRST LOOK : Three Continents, One Momentum: Lotus Turn...

In FY25, Lotus Bakeries delivered a 10% revenue increase to a very nice € 1.355m (KBCSe 1.355m, CSS 1.346m), driven by continued strong volume growth in 2H25 for both Lotus Biscoff (57% of branded revenues, +13% y/y) and Lotus Natural Foods (25% of branded, +17% y/y). Lotus Bakeries highlighted that the partnerships with Mondelez advanced strongly, contributing positively to the 2025 revenue By the end of 2025, Biscoff production expanded to three continents. We welcome that the new production...

Benelux Morning Notes

Flow Traders: Preview 4Q25 / Kinepolis: January reassures with US box office revenue up 14% YoY, France visitors up 15% YoY / Lotus Bakeries: Peer Mondelez 4Q25 results / MICC: Peer Mondelez 4Q25 results / RELX / Wolters Kluwer: Anthropic moves into Legal / Signify: Analyst lunch highlights / TomTom: 4Q25 results, bridging a gap / UCB: Evenity sales exceeded US$2.1bn in FY25 as per Amgen

ING Benelux Favourites/Aedifica, Ageas, ASM International, Basic-Fit, ...

We refresh our ING Benelux Favourites list. We apply a fundamental bottom up approach in which we select stocks which provide the best upside within our Benelux coverage universe and these stocks need clear catalysts. Additions/deletions: We add the following names to the ING Benelux Favourites list: Ageas: Ageas has done multiple deals; its most recent purchase of the 25% stake BNP Paribas had in its Belgian ops, is an accretive deal and we believe makes the Belgian operations ready for a pot...

Lotus Bakeries/Unconstrained organic growth ahead/BUY

We reiterate our BUY rating on Lotus Bakeries and increase our target price from €10,300 to €11,100. Lotus Bakeries remains on the ING Benelux Favourites List. We expect Lotus Bakeries' unique organic volume growth story to accelerate over 2026-28F, thanks to the company's new factory in Thailand as well as a continued double-digit growth for its Natural Foods division. We model organic growth CAGR of 11.7% over 2026-28F, c.100bp above Visible Alpha consensus. We believe such a growth rate, comb...

Morning Notes : CPINV BB, ELI BB, EVS BB, FUR NA, GIMB BB, IBAB BB, DE...

: CPINV BB, ELI BB, EVS BB, FUR NA, GIMB BB, IBAB BB, DEME BB

Benelux Morning Notes

Avantium: (Ti)me delay. Belgian telecoms: Telenet increases price as of March. Fastned: Funding step-up, Fastned secures €200m loan. Lotus Bakeries: Preview FY25. MICC: Preview FY25. Signify: 4Q25 preview. Van Lanschot Kempen: Large AuM win in Fiduciary

Umicore/Metals prices melt-up drives earnings upgrade/HOLD

We raise our 2025F-26F estimates for Umicore on the back of higher precious and platinum group metals prices, with our estimates for the battery materials business broadly unchanged. We raise our target price from €10 to €19 per share, driven by higher estimates and peer multiples, yet maintain our HOLD recommendation. Umicore shares have rallied +85% over the last year, largely driven by the melt-up in metals prices, although its earnings power in 2026F is likely moderated by elevated hedging l...

Umicore S.A.: 1 director

A director at Umicore S.A. bought 1,000 shares at 18.460EUR and the significance rating of the trade was 52/100. 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 s...

Morning Notes : ARCAD NA, GIMB BB, HYL BB, CTPNV NA

: ARCAD NA, GIMB BB, HYL BB, CTPNV NA

Morning Notes : GIMB BB, HAL NA, HEIA NA, DEME BB, ENRGY BB

: GIMB BB, HAL NA, HEIA NA, DEME BB, ENRGY BB

Benelux Morning Notes

Basic-Fit: The Gym Group pre-close trading update / Fastned: 4Q25 preview / KPN: Vodafone new unlimited subscriptions with 1Gbps speed / Lotus Bakeries: Peer Lindt & Sprüngli FY25 sales / Ontex: Change in CEO brought forward and launch of a strategic review / Staffing sector: Page Group 4Q25 trading update / Zabka: Another miss on like-for-like growth.

Morning Notes : ACKB BB, ARGX BB, ATEB BB, UMI BB, SYENS BB

: ACKB BB, ARGX BB, ATEB BB, UMI BB, SYENS BB