In its 1H24/25 press release, Gimv announced it is preparing for a potential capital increase (rights issue) over the coming months. A CMD on 22/01/25 will provide more details about its new strategy linked to this transaction. Over 1H24/25, the NAV rose by 9.4% to €55.6 while the overall portfolio's value hit a record high of >€1.7b. Portfolio result came in at €186.8m, a portfolio return of 12.0%. Net result clocked in at €144.9m (€5.1ps), a net return of 9.7%. Portfolio companies posted an ov...
Umicore has announced some leadership changes within its management team whilst also disclosing the ambition for € 40m additional cost savings and the decision to continue to pause construction of its Canadian Battery Materials plant. We are still awaiting the outcome of the ongoing strategy review for the Battery Materials business. We remind that we have already taken a more cautious approach with our FY30 CAM volume estimate at 200 GWh, which compares to the previous company target of 400 GWh...
Ahold Delhaize: A strong 3Q24, driven by Europe. CFE: 3Q24 preview - able to keep net profit outlook? CTP: Good results, guidance reiterated. DEME Group: 3Q24 preview - keeping the FY outlook. Exor: Ferrari hitting Chinese wall. IBA: Contract win for E-beam sterilisation solution in the Dominican Republic. Kendrion: 3Q24 preview - harsh end markets but easy comps. Proximus: 2025 price increases on the high side, more asset sales in the pipeline. Solvay: 3Q24 results beat by 4% bu...
1M Performance - Absolute: During Oct'24 (1M period), the KBCS Holdings Universe posted a return of -2.5% which was mainly driven by single-asset holdings (-2.8%) while multi-asset holdings posted a slightly less negative return of -2.3%. The 3 top performers during the period were Financière de Tubize (+6.7%), D'Ieteren Group (+4.5%), and Solvac (+2.8%) while the 3 worst performers were Sofina (-11.4%), Gimv (-9.8%), and Compagnie du Bois Sauvage (-6.3%). YTD Performance - Relative: On a YTD ...
Aedifica: Good top line, portfolio stabilising, guidance marginally revised upward. Ageas: China Taiping Life 3Q Solvency remains strong. ASM: 3Q24 results – That's a relief - FY25 guide narrowed upwards. Belgian Telecoms: Peer Telenet 3Q24 results, still losing shares. Fugro: Focus on EBITDA and orderbook. GBL: Kicking off its trainers and cashing in €0.6bn. Colruyt: To operate 100 OKay City stores by 2032F. Heijmans: Preview - Progressing well. KPN: VodafoneZiggo 3Q24 show still weak pe...
ABN AMRO: NLFI selling down to 30% stake, outlook for below 15%. ASML: 3Q24 results – ouch, that hurts. Gimv: Linking Belgian brewery craftmanship with Dutch commercial spirit. Just Eat Takeaway.com: No order growth yet. PostNL: New CLAs for PostNL employees and for Saturday deliverers
1M Performance - Absolute: During Sept'24 (1M period), the KBCS Holdings Universe posted a return of -0.2% which was mainly driven by multi-asset holdings (-1.2%) while single-asset holdings posted a positive return of 2.0%. The 3 top performers during the period were Sofina (+15.3%), Financière de Tubize (+8.4%), and Brederode (+7.2%) while the 3 worst performers were Exor (-4.4%), Compagnie du Bois Sauvage (-5.5%), and D'Ieteren Group (-7.2%). YTD Performance - Relative: On a YTD basis (as o...
Ageas: The Saga continues. ASM International: KKR reportedly interested in ASM PT. D'Ieteren: Belron €8.1bn debt financing at better rates than expected. Elia: Challenges ahead, CEO appointment necessary. Gimv: €150-250m bond issue by Gimv controlling anchor investor WorxInvest. PostNL: Preparation letter on future of Dutch mail market sent to Parliament. Vonovia: Good progress on disposals
Whilst awaiting the outcome of the ongoing strategy review for the Battery Materials business, we decided to take a more cautious approach and cut our FY30 CAM volume estimate from 250 GWh to 200 GWh, which compares to the previous company target of 400 GWh and the previous order book of 270 GWh. We do expect Umicore to continue to invest in Battery Materials, albeit at a much lowered pace, and see room for NMC outside of China on the back of sustainability, geopolitical and security of supply r...
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