HEADLINES: • Europe macro: European parliamentary elections – broadly as expected • Greece macro: 1Q GDP flash estimate shows improvement • Inter Cars: May sales up by a mere 2% yoy NEGATIVE • OMV: New Zealand to lift ban on oil exploration, which may benefit the company POSITIVE • OMV Petrom: to acquire PV projects with 130 MW capacity, with partner Renovatio NEUTRAL • Short News (BHW, HUG)
OPAP delivered good revenue growth in Q124 while profitability declined, mainly due to the upfront investment to support a major new product launch, which should boost revenue as the year progresses and provide better leverage on the higher cost base. The broad message is of strong online growth with resilience in its land-based activities, which gives management confidence to reiterate its guidance for the year.
EME Equity Market – May 2024 Turkish equities lead, in the mostly green month of May. The MSCI EM Europe Index rose by 0.7% mom in EUR terms and 1.8% mom in LCU terms in May. The Turkish ISE30 index reported the strongest performance, adding 3.6% mom in EUR terms, followed by the Romanian BET and the Czech PX (+2.7% and 2.1% mom in EUR terms, respectively). The Hungarian BUX index and the Polish WIG20 remained broadly flat (+0.4% and +0.2% mom in EUR terms, respectively); although, in LCU terms,...
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The major indexes closed with losses, reflecting the moderate activity of retails on Tuesday. SOFIX (863.60) fell 0.35%, while the broad indexes BGBX40 (171.72) and BGTR30 (851.69) took some advantage from Bianor Holding’s (BNR, BGN 5.30, +6.00%) and Billboard’s (BBRD, BGN 0.48, +15.38%) gains and decreased by 0.20% and 0.13% respectively. The volumes remained moderate as the turnover reached 69% of its 3-month average, mainly reflecting the Eurohold (EUBG, BGN 1.58, +0.64%) trading.
HEADLINES: • Sok Marketler Ticaret: very weak results in 1Q24 NEGATIVE • Telecom Egypt: 1Q24 results review – EBITDA up 19% yoy, 3% above the consensus NEUTRAL • Bank of Georgia: 1Q24 highlights – first quarter with Ameria • Aselsan: 1Q24 results – strong backlog, execution on track POSITIVE • Terna Energy: strong set of 1Q24 results, as very much expected NEUTRAL • OPAP: 1Q24 earnings fall, expectedly, on increased opex, but outlook remains bright NEUTRAL • Huuuge Games: earnings call takeaways...
Q1 EBITDA -3% yoy on front-loaded marketing; FY24 guidance reiterated – OPAP Q1 was in sync with our expectations, with revenues (GGR) +4.2% yoy but EBITDA -3.1% at €190.3m (EEe €191m) due to elevated marketing expenses (launch of Eurojackpot, spending in support of recently revamped lottery games etc.). Overall, non-variable opex were up 12% yoy (some €13m swing yoy), thus diluting the positive effect from the c4% increase in gross profit from gaming operations (effectively revenues minus varia...
Q1 EBITDA -3% yoy on front-loaded marketing; FY24 guidance reiterated – OPAP Q1 was in sync with our expectations, with revenues (GGR) +4.2% yoy but EBITDA -3.1% at €190.3m (EEe €191m) due to elevated marketing expenses (launch of Eurojackpot, spending in support of recently revamped lottery games etc.). Overall, non-variable opex were up 12% yoy (some €13m swing yoy), thus diluting the positive effect from the c4% increase in gross profit from gaming operations (effectively revenues minus varia...
HEADLINES: • VIGO Photonics: 1Q24 – miss on adjusted EBITDA and bottom line NEGATIVE • CD Projekt: 1Q24 EBITDA 5-7% above our and the market's expectations, no major surprises from the earnings call NEUTRAL • Huuuge Games: 1Q24 adjusted EBITDA in line with both our and the market's expectations NEUTRAL • Motor Oil Hellas: 1Q24 results – CCS EBITDA in line with the consensus NEUTRAL • Teknosa: higher financing costs weighed on the bottom line in 1Q24 NEGATIVE • Kazatomprom: 1Q24 results – lower E...
HEADLINES: • Allegro: 1Q24 strong, as expected, guidance for GMV acceleration in 2Q24E POSITIVE • Turkish Airlines: 1Q24 – revenue up, but EBITDA down yoy, as ex-fuel CASK up in mid-single digits, but RASK down 6% yoy NEUTRAL • Coca-Cola Icecek: strong operating results in 1Q24 POSITIVE • Tupras: 1Q24 results – weak results, on maintenance NEGATIVE • Logo Yazilim: 1Q24 results – on track POSITIVE • Cyfrowy Polsat: 1Q24 results review – adjusted EBITDA +1% yoy, 2% above our estimate POSITIVE • In...
HEADLINES: • Czech banks: special sector levy headlines continue to flow NEGATIVE • Al Arabia Outdoor Advertising: 1Q24 interim financial results POSITIVE • GEVORKYAN: 1Q24 – strong set of results, with EBITDA up 24% yoy, 17% above our estimate POSITIVE • EME Macro/Strategy: macro all-in-one (13-19 May) • Inter Cars: 25% yoy 1Q24E EBITDA decline, on top line and FX-related gross margin weakness (due on 22 May) • Short News (DAT, OTE)
The main indexes closed near session highs on Wednesday, building on their weekly gains and settling at new 15-years highs. The financial sector, represented by First Investment Bank (FIB, BGN 3.56, +5.95%), Central Cooperative Bank (CCB, BGN 1.63, +7.24%) and Chimimport (CHIM, BGN 0.72, +7.46%) was on focus in this session and was traded with positive bias but lack of fresh news raises questions. Sirma Group (SGH, BGN 0.77, +6.21%) was another mover within SOFIX (829.14, +0.74%) with increased ...
HEADLINES: • Budimex: 1Q24 EBIT 13% above our forecast on solid gross margin, but broadly in line with the consensus POSITIVE • European oil and gas monthly: April 2024 – margins retreating • Bank Handlowy: to pay PLN 10/share dividend NEUTRAL • PKO BP: estimates cost of credit holidays extension at PLN 489m NEUTRAL • Bank Millennium: expects a PLN 201-247m impact from the 2024E credit holidays extension for PLN mortgagors NEUTRAL • Inter Cars: April sales recover by 19.5% yoy POSITIVE • MOL: 1Q...
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).
The Bulgarian equity market started the final session of the week on higher note, building on gains throughout the week. Reloaded buying interest in First Investment bank (FIB, BGN 3.08, +8.45%) and Shelly Group (SLYG, BGN 68.00, +0.59%) provided a boost to the participants, which led SOFIX (818.59, +0.41%) to new 15-years high. The broad indexes BGTR30 (822.07, +0.31%) and BGBX40 (165.97, +0.31%) underperformed the benchmark indexes with significant part of untraded names and expectations for t...
HEADLINES: • Arcelik: weak bottom-line performance in 1Q24 NEGATIVE • Sipchem: 1Q24 results – weak net income NEGATIVE • Kruk: issues flash 1Q24 net profit of PLN 338m NEUTRAL • EME Macro/Strategy: macro all-in-one (22-28 April) • Türkiye macro: MPC takes a pause, but hiking cycle not over yet • OTP Bank: CEO Csanyi speaks at AGM on future acquisitions and Russian exposure POSITIVE • Budimex: BXF Energia acquires 60 MW photovoltaic project NEUTRAL • Inter Cars: dividend policy for 2023-25E and p...
HEADLINES: • Jeronimo Martins: small beat in 1Q24 NEUTRAL • Inter Cars: 4Q23 net profit in line with prelims, a miss vs. our initial forecasts due to lower gross margin NEUTRAL • Mo-BRUK: 4Q23 earnings call takeaways – supportive 2024E outlook POSITIVE • Shoper: earnings call takeaways – strong April, optimistic on 2024E outlook POSITIVE • Türkiye macro: MPC takes a pause, but hiking cycle not over yet • Uzbekistan macro: CBU keeps rates on hold • Polish banks: Polish Supreme Court reconfirms th...
HEADLINES: • Sok Marketler: weak performance in the 4Q23 results • Inter Cars: targets 15-17% yoy revenue growth this year • Polish telecoms: telecommunications fee to grow from 0.05% of sales to 0.15% sales • Polish media: CPS audience share at 21.53%, WP TV at 0.61% in March 2024 • OMV Petrom: 1Q24E results preview (due out 30 April)
HEADLINES: • Middle Eastern Oil Services: we’re going with what’s growing (ADNOC Drilling upgraded to BUY, Arabian Drilling downgraded to HOLD) • Public Power Corporation: 4Q23 earnings review NEUTRAL • Kruk: 1Q24 trading update shows strong recoveries POSITIVE • Budimex: 4Q23 figures in line with the preliminary guidance NEUTRAL • Budimex: management recommends PLN 35.69 DPS (5% dividend yield), above our expectations POSITIVE • Polish utilities: Industry Ministry plans to link mines to coal-fi...
Firstly, how to value OPAP – Being a business operating limited-life concessions, OPAP is far more complicated to value than most investors realize. In fact, one can argue that as concession expiration approaches, the shares ought to incorporate a lower valuation reflecting the reduced time life of the respective concessions. On the other hand, we also note that some of the provisions embedded in certain concessions act as effective barriers to entry, attributing to these licences going-concern ...
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