Benelux Morning Notes

Ageas: FY25 results of CTIH. ASR: Management & Supervisory Board changes. MICC: Preview 1Q26. Ontex: 1Q26 preview - markets remain challenging. Randstad: Preliminary preview 1Q26F results due 22 April. Tessenderlo: 2H25 miss, soft 2026F guidance. Unicredit: Injecting capital into its Belgian Bank

Hyloris FY25 results hold no major surprises

Hyloris reported FY25 results with a cash position of € 13.8m (YE24: € 23.6m), and revenue of € 7.2m (FY24: € 8.5m), driven by increased royalties but offset by lower milestone payments. Hyloris is yet to receive income related to commercialisation of Maxigesic IV in the US as the launch has been paused and restarted. The company did not provide specific cash runway guidance, but believes it has funding for development and strategic growth. € 6 TP and Hold maintained.

Tessenderlo FIRST LOOK: FY25 EBITDA and FY26 guidance slight miss

Tessenderlo's FY25 adjusted EBITDA increased by 8.5% to 288.1m, which was 3% below our forecast and 6% below consensus. FY26 guidance calls for adjusted EBITDA in line with 2025 which is also below our and consensus forecasts. Despite the difficult macro economic environment, we remind that the company is using its solid balance sheet and FCF to regularly buy back own shares. We consider valuation to be attractive enough from maintaining our Accumulate rating with target price maintained at € 28...

Morning Notes : COMB BB, HYL BB, TESB BB, UCB BB

: COMB BB, HYL BB, TESB BB, UCB BB

Bois Sauvage Full Jeff de Bruges ownership marks start of accelerated ...

A bitter past with a sweet future is what we wrote in Aug'25, and that sugary upside is now straight ahead. Bois Sauvage's new strategy marks a decisive refocusing on its high-quality Chocolate Group as the clear growth engine, while streamlining the rest of the portfolio. Chocolate delivered another solid performance in FY25 with revenue exceeding €300m (+7.5%) and EBITDA (ex-IFRS 16) up 5% to €56.2m despite volatile cocoa prices. The upcoming full ownership of Jeff de Bruges will unlock strate...

UCB/EmBOLDened by Bimzelx/BUY

We reiterate our BUY rating but cut our target price from €310 to €306, reflecting an increased equity risk premium due to the war in Iran. We continue to view UCB as a unique growth story in the industry, as we model core EPS to grow at c.30% CAGR over 2024-30F thanks to the continued growth of key blockbusters Bimzelx and Evenity. Next to these, we remain confident in UCB's long-term growth strategy with assets like Galvokimig, which continues to show efficacy data optically superior to other ...

Morning Notes : TINC BB, UCB BB, VPK NA, ZEAL DC

: TINC BB, UCB BB, VPK NA, ZEAL DC

UCB Picks Georgia site for planned US manufacturing facility

Yesterday after market close, UCB announced that it has selected Gwinnett County, Georgia as the location for its new US biologics manufacturing facility. Once operational, the facility is expected to produce recently approved and future pipeline complex biologics 24/7 primarily for the US market. This project is expected to generate approx. $5bn in total economic impact, creating around 330 permanent highly skilled jobs, and more than 1000 construction jobs. Approx. 62% of the company's FY25 ne...

Benelux Morning Notes

AEGON: Launch of Aegon Insurance Asset Management Company in China (tidying up). Basic-Fit: Solid final FY25; strong membership ingrowth in 1Q26 comfort on energy prices. CVC Capital Partners: Steady delivery. D'Ieteren: 2H25 beat on Auto, Belron delivering, PBT group guidance 7% below. UCB: Bimzelx demonstrates superiority to Skyrizi. Wereldhave: c.€5.6m acquisition of supermarket in Ville2, full ownership of the centre

Morning Notes : AGFB BB, BFIT NA, DIE BB, TINC BB, UCB BB, ARG FP

: AGFB BB, BFIT NA, DIE BB, TINC BB, UCB BB, ARG FP

UCB Bimzelx shows superiority vs. Skyrizi in head to head PsA trial

UCB announced positive topline data from the BE BOLD trial assessing Bimzelx (IL-17 A/F antibody) vs. Skyrizi (IL-23 antibody) in adults living with active psoriatic arthritis (PsA), where Bimzelx demonstrated statistically significant superiority over Skyrizi in the ACR50 primary endpoint at week 16. This positive readout is an important development for Bimzelx given the PsA market is the second largest after PsO. IL-23 has gained more share vs. 1L-17 in PsA to date, however, today's topline re...

Intron Health - AI Impact on Pharma - Thematic (20pgs) - Winners/Loser...

Our Big Pharma AI thesis is the result of ~25 interviews with industry execs & >100hrs of research. We show ~10% of OPEX could be saved by AI within a few years & conclude the recent sector rally is wholly justified & could run further. We assess the winners & losers from AI adoption and discuss in detail some of the short, mid & long-term consequences. We evaluate the various AI use cases and quantify the potential benefit they may have. We break down SG&A & R&D activities & show where AI is im...

Morning Notes : ATEB BB, COMB BB, BPOST BB, ELI BB, GLPG NA, JEN BB, H...

: ATEB BB, COMB BB, BPOST BB, ELI BB, GLPG NA, JEN BB, HYSG BB, ZEAL DC, ECMPA NA

Dynamic Top Pick List Update March 2026: Removing Aedifica – Adding Pr...

The tariff war between US and China has eased, but with the Iran conflict and an erratic Trump, uncertainty will continue into 2027. Energy prices have gone ballistic, with gas prices doubling in Europe and has hit the cyclical stocks hard. The highly anticipated AI productivity gains also will have to transpire sooner or later or a US market correction becomes unavoidable. While the macro-economic impact has been limited so far, a prolonged uncertain situation will result in economic damage. We...

Morning Notes : AED BB, ASM NA, DIE BB, IMMO BB, UCB BB

: AED BB, ASM NA, DIE BB, IMMO BB, UCB BB

UCB In-licenses preclinical bispecific TCE for B-cell autoimmune disea...

UCB and Antengene entered into an exclusive worldwide license agreement to further develop, manufacture and commercialize ATG-201, a preclinical CD19/CD3 bispecific T-cell engager. UCB will pay $ 80m in upfront and near-term milestone payments, development and commercial milestones of up to approx. $ 1.1bn, and royalties on future sales. ATG-201, being a bispecific T-cell engager, builds on UCB's autoimmune expertise, and given its potential to address a broad set of B-cell driven autoimmune dis...

ODDO BHF SECURITIES LARGE CAPS MORNING NEWS 02/27/2026

ODDO BHF SECURITIES LARGE CAPS MORNING NEWS 27/02/2026

UCB : Equity story unchanged, growth should be sustained again in 2026

UCB : Thèse d’investissement inchangée, croissance de nouveau soutenue...