Benelux Morning Notes

ASR: Share repurchase for employee share plan. Kinepolis: New €160m RCF, step 1 of refinancing, leaving room for M&A

Morning Notes : KINb BB

: KINb BB

Morning Notes : AGFB BB, BPOST BB, GLPG NA, PROX BB, UCB BB, MAAT FP

: AGFB BB, BPOST BB, GLPG NA, PROX BB, UCB BB, MAAT FP

Dollar Weakness The impact on our Benelux Coverage

In general, a weaker USD has a negative impact on Benelux stocks, particularly for companies with significant exports to the US. In this note we selected a list of companies with high US export exposure and we examine the potential impact on FY25 earninings. On top of the weak dollar, rising trade tensions or the introduction of tariffs further harm Benelux exporters. As the dollar depreciates against the euro, European goods become costlier for American consumers. At the same time, revenues ear...

Benelux Morning Notes

Colruyt: FY24/25F set to be in line with recently revised guidance. Exor: In search of a €2bn deal. Flow Traders: Sell In May And Go Away. Kinepolis: Peer Cineplex May 2025 box office revenue up 63% YoY, at 81% of 2019 level. Staffing: Dutch Period 5 - May vols up, strong pricing, working days/comps might distort. Staffing: French staffing - strong April data, May outlook also better

Morning Notes : BPOSTb BB, TESB BB

: BPOSTb BB, TESB BB

bpost Ambitious targets, but uncertainty remains

During the CMD on June 3rd, bpost announced its strategic ambitions for the 2024–2027 period. While the 2027 outlook came in well above our estimates, we note that most of the projected Adj. EBIT growth is expected to be back-end loaded, as the group continues to face challenges in 2025 and 2026. Nonetheless, we believe management made a good impression. We were particularly encouraged by the launch of Radial's new fast-track offering in the U.S., with initial customer onboardings trending ahead...

Gimv NV: 1 director

A director at Gimv NV bought 2,250 shares at 44.642EUR and the significance rating of the trade was 60/100. 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 showin...

Holdings Report May 2025 KBCS Holdings Universe Returns 2.2% During Ma...

1M Performance - Absolute: During May'25 (1M period), the KBCS Holdings Universe posted a return of +2.2% which was mainly driven by multi-asset holdings (+2.6%) while single-asset holdings posted a smaller return of +1.2%. The 3 top performers during the period were Gimv (+12.1%), KBC Ancora (+11.1%) and Ackermans & van Haaren (+4.1%) while the 3 worst performers were Solvac (-2.8%), Groupe Bruxelles Lambert (-0.8%) and Heineken Holding (-0.3%). YTD Performance - Relative: On a YTD basis (as o...

ODDO BHF SECURITIES Small & MIDCAP MORNING NEWS – 06/05/2025

ODDO BHF SECURITIES Small & MIDCAP MORNING NEWS – 05/06/2025

Benelux Morning Notes

Ageas: Reinsurance partnership with TRIGLAV, taking QS on Italian motor direct insurance Belgian Telecoms: Digi introduces a new mobile subscription at €3. Kinepolis: Box office in US/Canada up 76% YoY while France visitors were down 25%. NN Group & ASR: Dutch coalition collapse not affecting Dutch Pension Reform. SBM Offshore: Farewell Aseng after 13.5 years of service. Events Calendar

Dynamic Top Pick List Update June: Removing Merus, Shurgard and Adyen ...

In this June update, we've made four adjustments to the KBC Securities Dynamic Top Pick List: 1.Merus (Removed – 27 May) was removed following the release of strong interim Phase 2 data at the ASCO 2025 conference. Its lead asset, petosemtamab, in combination with Keytruda, showed a 63% overall response rate in first-line treatment of head and neck cancer—significantly outperforming Keytruda monotherapy. The resulting share price surge validated our investment thesis. 2. Adyen (Removed) has de...

ODDO : Aedifica-Cofinimmo deal: the European nursing home landscape re...

Benelux Local Champions Feedback document

Below our feedback notes written at the occasion of our annual Benelux Local Champions Conference that took place on 27 May 2025 at our historic building at Grand Place Brussels. This event offered the possibility to have one-on-one meetings and/or small group meetings with the following Benelux companies and their top management & IR: ACKERMANS & VAN HAAREN | AHOLD DELHAIZE | AKZONOBEL | ARCADIS | AZELIS | CORBION | GBL | LOTUS BAKERIES | MELEXIS | PROXIMUS | SOFINA | UMICORE

Benelux Morning Notes

ABN AMRO: Launch of BUUT neobank. Aedifica: €47m investment in Finland. bpost: 2025 CMD event feedback - Rethink the Possible. Reshape the Future. Sofina: Scalable investment

Coffee, Croissants & Credit/TenneT, Aedifica and Cofinimmo

Utilities - TenneT: could the fall of the Dutch coalition have an impact?

Benelux Morning Notes

Aedifica and Cofinimmo: Agreement reached to create Europe's leading Healthcare REIT. bpost: CMD press release; #Reshape 2029. D'Ieteren: Belgian new car registrations down 11.7% in May, VW down 13.5% Fugro: Meeting with CEO & IR; 2Q25 also has its challenges. UCB: Peer Moonlake held takeover talks with US Merck, FT reports

bpost Launches new 2024-2027 ambitions

Today, bpost launched its “Reshape 2029” strategy. This will be followed by a CMD in Brussels later today. Over the next years, bpost's intends to reposition itself as a logistics leader that also provides postal services. The transformation should result in group revenues exceeding € 5.0bn by 2027 (kbcse: € 4.8bn), with the adj. EBIT expected to progressively recover above € 275m (kbcse: € 208m). Growth is mainly expected to come from its 3PL business. While the outlook comes in comfortably abo...

Morning Notes : AED BB, BPOSTb BB, FLOB BB, MAAT FP, PHVS US

: AED BB, BPOSTb BB, FLOB BB, MAAT FP, PHVS US