In this April 2025 update of the KBC Securities' Dynamic Top Pick List, we are removing Gimv and adding Adyen. Since adding Gimv to the Dynamic Top Pick List in mid-December 2024, Gimv's performance has remained flat. However, month-to-date, it has increased by nearly 7%, while the indices have all declined. Given the backdrop of a tariff war brewing, we think it's time to remove Gimv from the Dynamic Top Pick List as medium-sized businesses are more likely to feel the pinch of lower demand and...
CMB.TECH announces final year results CMB.TECH ANNOUNCES FINAL YEAR RESULTS TRANSFORMATIONAL YEAR AND STRONG EARNINGS ANTWERP, Belgium, 27 March 2025 – CMB.TECH NV (“CMBT”, “CMB.TECH” or “the Company”) (NYSE: CMBT & Euronext: CMBT) reported its final financial results today for the full year ended 31 December 2024. HIGHLIGHTS 2024 Profit of USD 93.1 million in Q4 2024 bringing full year profit to USD 870.8 million Total contract backlog increased to USD 2.94 billionName change from Euronav to CMB.TECH (ticker symbol CMBT)CMB.TECH focused on its fleet rejuvenation with 21 newbuild delive...
This note gathers feedback from the group meetings and the panels. In total 21 companies were presented in group meetings and/or panels. More than 100 guests found their way to the venue either physical or virtual (only panels). The 2 panels made for informative additions to the C-level meetings and a nice platform for discussion. Wednesday afternoon concentrated 4 experts from Logistic companies (CTP, Montea, VGP, WDP) for an interesting discussion on brownfields: " an answer to the scarcity of...
Last Friday Golden Ocean announced that CMB.Tech now controls two out of four of its board seats. This follows the strategic acquisition in early March of the 40.8% stake previously held by John Frederiksen. This morning during trading hours, CMB.Tech further bolstered its position by announcing a significant long-term time charter agreement with the Japanese shipping conglomerate MOL, involving nine ammonia-ready/fitted vessels. This agreement adds approximately $675 million (pro rata) to its $...
Post FY24 results, we maintain our BUY recommendation on the back of Azelis' +20% valuation discount to key peer IMCD and continued appeal of the specialty chemicals distribution model. While Azelis' and IMCD's management tone in recent conference calls was overall positive, pointing to strong 1Q25 order books, we are wary of a slow-paced and uneven market recovery in FY25F given limited visibility and order patterns not fully normalised, reflected in our slightly lowered organic growth estimate...
We publish our conference book with info on the panels, the graphs on the market and company profiles. European REITS suffered from macro and geo-political worries (logistics) Also, the European knee-jerk reaction on the bund (+60 bps) had a negative effect. We believe that despite these worries, REITS are a good place to hide, given their high visibility and proven growth potential in a tough environment. Our top-picks are Shurgard, WDP and Xior. SHUR and WDP have ample headroom on their balanc...
We expect more news to be announced on its Golden Ocean ambitions in the weeks ahead, but the recent SEC filing could indicate a potential future share-based tie-up. In such a scenario, CMB.TECH would vastly expand its dry bulk exposure, with potentially cash-generating assets on the water. However, this is at odds with our more muted dry bulk sector outlook and what we believe was a premium valuation. We reinstate our recommendation with a SELL and USD7.6 target price.
The recurring theme at our 18th Energy & Shipping Conference was geopolitical uncertainty and a potential trade war, warranting a wait-and-see approach, particularly on the Trump 2.0 effect. The consensus view pointed to high asset values, with no rush to the yards, aligning with below-NAV valuations across most of our coverage. However, panellists generally saw less downside risk than the 25% average discount to steel for our Tanker, Dry Bulk and Gas coverage. Overall, the day highlighted uncer...
Air France-KLM: Surprising 4Q to the upside. CMB.TECH: A golden step into Golden Ocean? EVS: Evertz 3Q25 results. GBL: Boosting its liquidity profile. Gimv: Continued transaction spree post capital increase. Solvay: 4Q24 beat, 2025F guide in-line, reaffirmed 2028F target. Talabat: Completes InstaShop acquisition
We made 5 changes in this March update of our KBC Securities Dynamic Top Pick List (DTPL): On 26 February we already removed ABN Amro from our DTPL, after a strong 24.4% return since the announcement of our 2025 Dynamic Top Pick List on 13 December 2024, far outpacing our financial sector coverage. Although we remain positive on the longer term, we believe most of the short-term revaluation is behind us. Today, we remove Ackermans & van Haaren as the stock just hit an all-time high and crossed...
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