EME Equity Market – April 2024 Market performance – green across all geographies, with Turkey outperforming. The MSCI EM Europe Index was up 5.3% mom in EUR terms and 4.2% mom in USD in April; while the Turkish ISE30 saw the strongest performance, adding 11.6% mom; followed by the Hungarian BUX (+5.0% mom); the Czech PX (+2.8% mom); the Greek ASE (+1.8% mom), the Polish WIG20 (+1.2% mom) and the Romanian BET (+0.1% mom) (all in EUR terms).
HEADLINES: • MONETA Money Bank: strong 1Q24 delivery, on better-than- expected revenues POSITIVE • Alior Bank: books small beat on 1Q24 delivery, driven by low credit risk charges; robust 2024E outlook supported POSITIVE • Shoper: 1Q24 adjusted EBITDA 9% above our expectations; FY23 results in line with prelims POSITIVE • Mo-BRUK: 4% miss vs. our 4Q23 adjusted EBITDA forecast, weak cash flows NEGATIVE • Wizz Air: fiscal 2024 post-close trading update POSITIVE • Aselsan: CEO's comments on exports...
• LPP: the glass is half full (stays BUY) • Eurocash: 4Q23 beat on costs, profit warning for 1Q24E • 11 bit studios: 4Q23 adjusted EBITDA beats expectations on a solid top line • Polish banks: 2024 contributions to the BFG • MOL: oil production starts on a new platform at ACG field • Ford Otosan: completes the Eurobond book-building process • Kalekim: 2023 IAS 29 results - strong operating results • Lamda: 4Q23 results - a significant step-up in Ellinikon revenues, revaluation gain on existing m...
We maintain our BUY rating for LPP, with a new 12M price target (PT) of PLN 20,842/share. Its image of superior corporate governance has been challenged with accusations of continued operations in Russia. In our view, while the management has proven the discontinuation of legal or personal links to its former operations, the damage has been done, especially in transparency. Despite declarations that all direct sales to Russia were suspended in 2Q22, LPP maintains indirect supplies to ReTrading. ...
• Pegasus Airlines: 1Q24 traffic - international ASK up 85% vs. 1Q19 • 11 bit studios: Frostpunk 2 Beta now available for seven days, first gameplay deep dive trailer released • VIGO Photonics: 1Q24 sales down 16% yoy to PLN 15.8m • Grupa Pracuj: new online job ads number down 19% yoy in March 2024 • Auto Partner: earnings call takeaways - solid FY24E outlook maintained, despite disappointing March sales • CCC: key takeaways from the recent site visit • Kazatomprom: awarded a licence for Rare Ea...
Last week (10-12 April) we attended a site visit at CCC’s HQ, which presented new collections and discussed new agreements with suppliers, including exclusive licences. After a long struggle with excess and outdated inventories, over 90% of its stock now comes from fresh collections. Moreover, new supply agreements, including licences with Reebok, Hunter, Nine West, Kappa and Mexx, and renegotiated deals with the remaining suppliers, coupled with the “circle” mechanism of co-financing the sell-d...
HEADLINES: • Budimex: stands out, but deserves a pause (downgraded to HOLD) • CCC: 4Q23 slightly below prelims; sales acceleration and gross margin widening in 1Q24E POSITIVE • PGE: takeaways from the 4Q23 earnings call NEUTRAL • Hungary macro: the rise of the “Peter Magyar” phenomenon • Poland macro: local elections and NBP decision show continuity • Budimex: UOHS cancels decision on choosing BDX's offer for the D11 highway NEGATIVE • Budimex: potential new contract in road construction (PLN 0...
EME Equity Market – March 2024 Market performance – mixed performances in March, with the Romanian BET outperforming. The MSCI EM Europe Index declined by 0.3% mom in EUR terms and 0.4% mom in USD in March. The Romanian BET reported the strongest performance, adding 7.1% mom in EUR terms, followed by the Czech PX and the Polish WIG20 (+4.1% and 1.0% mom, in EUR terms, respectively). Greece saw a relatively muted performance (-0.2% mom in EUR terms), while Hungary (-1.1% mom in EUR terms) and Tür...
HEADLINES: • InPost: 4Q23 strong, as expected; neutral FY24E guidance; volume acceleration in 1Q24 NEUTRAL • Asseco Poland: 4Q23 review – net profit up 10% yoy, in line with preliminaries; strong 2024 backlog recorded POSITIVE • Echo Investment: 4Q23 – residential good, offices bad NEUTRAL • Athens Exchange Group: 4Q23 results NEUTRAL • LPP: key takeaways from the conference call on the exit from Russia, 2.0 POSITIVE • Kruk: 2023 net profit DPS proposal of PLN 18, in line with our expectations N...
HEADLINES: • Tofas: fortune favours the bold (stays BUY) • LPP: 4Q23 in line with prelims; FY24E guidance maintained; stellar rollout plans NEUTRAL • Aselsan: strong pre-IAS29 4Q23 results, bullish FY24E guidance POSITIVE • Hungary macro: MNB turns cautious, with a slower pace of rate cuts • Logo Yazilim: weak 4Q23 results, but the details matter NEGATIVE • Eurowag: takeaways from the 2H23 earnings call NEUTRAL • Wirtualna Polska: key takeaways from the 4Q23 earnings call POSITIVE • Ten Square G...
On 18 March, LPP organised a conference call to: address points made by Hindenburg Research; present details of the structure of its exit from the Russian market; provide the preliminary results for 4Q23; and maintain its FY24E guidance. The call had over a thousand participants. LPP’s CEO stated that the company has no operating or trading activities in Russia and has no intention of returning to that market. On the basis of the agreement with the former manager of its Russian operation and a C...
• Bank of Georgia: 4Q23 highlights and notes from the conference call • Halyk Bank: 4Q23 highlights • Arabian Drilling 4Q23 results and dividend announcement • EME Macro/Strategy: macro all-in-one (11-17 March) • Romanian Energy: Energy Ministry draft publication of changes to current regulations • Huuuge Games: USD 6m investment in a minority stake in Bananaz Studios, with a call option for a larger investment • Huuuge Games: earnings call takeaways - solid 2024E outlook, broadly in line with o...
HEADLINES: • Aselsan: quo vadis? New contracts, new products and upcoming transition to inflation accounting POSITIVE • Georgia macro: NBG cuts policy rate by 75bps • CEZ: press reports CEZ has won tender for 55% of GasNet, could weigh on the 2023 dividend payout NEGATIVE • Allegro: 4Q23 results above expectations; guidance for a strong 1Q24E POSITIVE • Verbund: 4Q23 results in line with guidance NEUTRAL • Coca-Cola Icecek: 4Q23 results – in line operationally NEUTRAL • OPAP: 4Q23 results and FY...
EME Equity Market – February 2024 Market performance – a positive February, with the Polish WIG20 outperforming. The MSCI EM Europe Index added 4.2% mom in EUR terms and 3.7% mom in USD in February. The Polish WIG20 saw the strongest performance, adding 6.4% mom in EUR terms, followed by the Greek ASE (+4.2% mom), the Turkish ISE30 (+4.0% mom) and the Romanian BET (+2.6% mom) (all in EUR terms). There was a relatively muted performance in Hungary (+0.6% mom in EUR terms) and a decline in the Cze...
HEADLINES: • CCC: the boys are back in town (stays BUY) • Bank Pekao: solid 2023 profits, generous PLN 19.2/share dividend, market waiting for AGM date POSITIVE • Orlen: 4Q23 results – CCS EBITDA in line NEUTRAL • Solutions by STC: key takeaways from the 4Q23 conference call NEUTRAL • Alior Bank: potential to pay out up to 50% of its 2023 net profit as a dividend NEUTRAL • PKO BP: PFSA guides for maximum dividend payout • Polish banks: mBank, ING BSK and Santander BP receive dividend letters fro...
We maintain our BUY rating on CCC, with our 12M price target (PT) up to PLN 81, from PLN 59. We believe CCC has not only averted the liquidity crisis, with the capital increase, but has also managed to turn the corner at the operational level. In 4Q23, CCC delivered superior profitability in offline, and cutting the fat-tails managed to bring the online inventory below the PLN 1bn target. We see CCC as among the key beneficiaries of the macro tailwinds in Poland, which should allow for a 2023-25...
HEADLINES: • Bank of Georgia: thoughts on the Ameria acquisition POSITIVE • Eurocash: antimonopoly court waives PLN 76m fine POSITIVE • Budimex: PLN 2.3m best offers for S10 express road sections POSITIVE • Warsaw Stock Exchange: 4Q23E preview (due out tomorrow) • Orlen: 4Q23E results preview (due on 22 February) NEUTRAL • Jeronimo Martins: 4Q23E results preview – 9% yoy EBITDA growth expected (due on 6 March) • Dino: 4Q23E results preview – 16% yoy EBITDA growth expected (due on 21 March) • LPP...
HEADLINES: • EME Macro/Strategy: macro all-in-one (5-11 February) • CCC: key takeaways from 4Q conference POSITIVE • Banca Transilvania: acquisition of OTP Romania POSITIVE • Ten Square Games: launches PLN 114.5m share buyback programme NEUTRAL • Inter Cars: January sales growth at 13% yoy, broadly in line with management's FY target NEUTRAL • Logo Yazilim: KoCSistem agreement • TeraPlast: slight miss on 2023 EBITDA, sees strong growth in 2024E • Short News (CEZ)
HEADLINES: • EMEA airlines: 2023 traffic; what's next, after a stellar year? • CCC: 4Q prelims short of guidance, due to major sell-down at Modivo; margins back to pre COVID-19 in core business NEGATIVE • Turkey macro: inflation report presents a solid, relatively hawkish, framework for disinflation • Czech Republic macro: CNB steps up the easing cycle • Fondul Proprietatea: Ministry of Finance might oppose sale of stake in Engie and the buyback programme NEGATIVE • Verbund: releases warning...
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