Benelux Morning Notes

Aedifica: Results slightly better, guidance for the combined entity to come in Sept. CM.com: 4Q25 results – no turning point yet. D'Ieteren: Allstate reports bumper 4Q25, touts premium cuts, consensus prudent. Heijmans: Construction cool cat. Proximus: CPaaS peer Twilio 4Q25 results better than expected. Talabat: 4Q25 results, doubling down on investments. Theon International: Preview – a busy year it was.

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...

Dynamic Top Pick List Update February 2026: Removing ASMi; Adding UCB

After today's changes (ASMi out, UCB in), we maintain a balanced approach in our Dynamic Top Pick List, with a particular emphasis on value stocks that have been overlooked. Our defensive holdings are overweight, including real estate, which stands to benefit from lower interest rates. We remove ASMi from our Dynamic Top Pick List as the recent share price performance has driven the valuation meaningfully ahead of fundamentals. Since early December, FY27 diluted EPS expectations have risen by a...

Benelux Morning Notes

Aalberts: Preview: Another quarter in no man's land? / Ahold Delhaize: Confirms the acquisition of Delfood / AGEAS: China – state to inject capital into insurers / AkzoNobel: Tepid 4Q25 results and FY26 outlook / D'Ieteren: Belgian car registrations down 19%, 65% of 2019 level, VW down only 5% / Xior Student Housing: Sound organic trends continue, two-year guidance revealed

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...

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 : AGS BB, AGFB BB, CPINV BB, DIE BB, IBAB BB, KIN BB, DE...

: AGS BB, AGFB BB, CPINV BB, DIE BB, IBAB BB, KIN BB, DEME BB

Benelux Morning Notes

AGEAS: strong upgrade to FY25 earnings guidance (€1.3 to €1.6bn) due to one-off from China; ASM: The beat comes early; D'Ieteren: Possible Belron IPO by end 2026, Belron debt repricing; IBA: IBA to install three P1 systems at University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

Benelux Morning Notes

D'Ieteren: PHE does nice mid-size M&A in Spain / Fastned: Beat on gross profit, organic growth lags, high cash burn / JDE Peet's: Caffè Americano / Semi equipment: TSMC puts capex where its mouth is / Theon International: Increasing Harder Digital's capacity.

Morning Notes : DIE BB, GBLB BB, NEXTA BB, CTPNV NA, FAST NA, JDEP NA

: DIE BB, GBLB BB, NEXTA BB, CTPNV NA, FAST NA, JDEP NA

D'Ieteren PHE enters into exclusive negotiations for two acquisitions ...

PHE has entered into exclusive negotiations to acquire a 51% stake in two AD Parts distributors in Spain, Polaris and Regueira. Polaris and Regueira are major players in light vehicle spare parts distribution in Madrid, Galicia, Castile-La Mancha, Castile and León, Cantabria, and Asturias. The two entities generated € 340m in sales in 2025. This compares to PHE's current 12 month trailing revenue of € 2.84bn. Although no financials have been disclosed, the transaction will allow PHE to leverage ...

Benelux Morning Notes

D'Ieteren: Belgium December car registrations up 23.2%, VW up 8.7%. Universal Music Group: UMG acquires 30% Stake in India's Excel Entertainment for $267m. Vastned: CFO departure. Events Calendar.

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

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

Umicore Walking on Sunshine - increasing target price to € 21

We upgrade our forecasts for the coming years with our 2030E adjusted EBITDA estimate upped by c. 8%. Loosening EU standards on CO2 emission regulation for cars & vans provide some additional support to the Catalysts business, whilst we have kept our forecasts for Battery Materials unchanged as these were already below the company's CMD targets and upside to our numbers will have to come from new supply arrangements/partnerships. The very strong metal price environment will most likely allow Umi...

Benelux Morning Notes

D'Ieteren: A welcome move to restart the €100m buyback.

Umicore EU looks set to abandon combustion engine ban in 2035

Based on various press articles, it seems increasingly likely that the European Union is to abandon the earlier agreed ban on new combustion engine-based passenger cars by 2035, whilst new legislation would still require a significant reduction of tailpipe emissions. Any loosening of legislation would probably be good news for Umicore's Catalysts business, with European ICE Light duty Automotive Catalysts' revenue representing c. 28% of total ICE light duty Automotive Catalysts' revenue. We awai...

Dynamic Top Pick List How to start 2026?

How to start 2026? We have selected for the KBC Securities Dynamic Top Pick List 12 large-cap companies — AB InBev, Aedifica, Argenx, ASMi, Azelis, DEME, D'Ieteren, Shurgard, Sofina, Vopak, WDP, and Wolters Kluwer — along with 3 small and mid-cap names (under €1.5bn in market capitalization): Corbion, EVS, and IBA. So, going into 2026, we maintain a balanced approach in our Dynamic Top Pick List, featuring 8 cyclical and 6 defensive stocks, with a particular emphasis on value stocks that have b...