Blackstone has confirmed it's considering a cash bid for Big Yellow Group, the UK's leading self-storage operator. Big Yellow separately confirmed that it has held meetings with a "small number" of parties, but added that it has not received a formal bid. Shares in Big Yellow surged >20% on the news, reflecting investor optimism around consolidation in the sector. We believe the impact on Shurgard in the UK is positive. It highlights that private equity investors find the valuation attractive. B...
In this October update of our Dynamic Top Pick List we are removing VGP while adding Shurgard and Wolters Kluwer. Since its recent inclusion in our Dynamic Top Pick List in July-25, VGPs share rose by 10.6%. While we still believe there is significant upside to the share price, we don't see short term catalysts. In fact, the macro picture remains cloudy with the jury still out on the impact of tariffs and the erratic US policy shifts. Also, we are a bit concerned that competition in Western Eur...
Over the past month, the EPRA BELUX index has underperformed (total return) the EPRA Developed Europe index by 3.2%, the STOXX50 by 5.4%, and the BEL20 by 3.6%. This underperformance relative to the EPRA Developed Europe Index can be attributed to the stronger performance of UK real estate compared to eurodenominated stocks, as UK equities led the recovery following a selloff in August. Additionally, the BELUX region had already posted strong year-to-date performance, which limited further upsid...
A director at Safestore Holdings bought 4,656 shares at 644p and the significance rating of the trade was 53/100. 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 ...
Last week’s EPRA conference provided cautious optimism on listed European real estate. The segment offers a mix of risks and opportunities, with discounted valuations presenting attractive entry points. We downgrade Care Property Invest (Underperform vs Neutral, TP €12 vs €13.5); we lower our TPs for British Land, Landsec, Shurgard, and Xior Student Housing; we raise our TPs for URW, Wereldhave and VGP. In conclusion we favour logistics, retail, Spain, and CEE for growth, and Switzerland remains...
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