Benelux Morning Notes

Aalberts: Preview - steady in difficult markets. ABN AMRO: 1Q24 overshadowed by weaker capital, even if a strong set. AEGON: 1Q24 Preview (trading update). Alfen: Preview - clarity on one-off Pacto costs crucial. B&S Group: Bolt-on acquisition in Personal Care. Belgian telcos: BIPT notes that fibre cooperation negotiations not ready by 15 May. EVS: 1Q24 preview. Euronext: Another record, with Beats by Boujnah. Montea: €12m acquisition in the Port of Ghent. Staffing: Dutch Perio...

Adecco Group AG: 1 director

A director at Adecco Group AG bought 5,000 shares at 33.100CHF and the significance rating of the trade was 67/100. 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 clearl...

Benelux Morning Notes

Eurocommercial Properties: Westland acquisition stopped. Euronext: 1Q24 Preview. Proximus: Press reports possible interest for Syniverse, a carrier/CPaaS peer. Staffing: French staffing - further improvement in March, April outlook also better

ODDO BHF SECURITIES MORNING NEWS – DETAILED COMMENTS 05/07/2024

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ODDO BHF SECURITIES MORNING NEWS – COMMENTAIRES DETAILLES 07/05/2024

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Benelux Morning Notes

Adecco: 1Q24 in line; stable trends into 2Q24. Arcadis: Interesting contract in Ontario. NSI: Further comments on the First Sponsor move. Philips: Healthineers reports 2Q24 update. Solvay: Solid 1Q24 EBITDA beat, FY consensus looks rather cautious now

Adecco : Doing relatively OK in a tough market environment

>Adecco just about meets consensus, underlying performance actually good - Adecco reported Q1 results which were broadly in line with consensus. Organic revenue growth came in flat (css at -1.3%, we at -1.2%), with the gross margin at 19.8%. This is a full 100bps yoy decline, mainly because of a change in business mix as pricing was referred to by management as firm. The temp gross margin had a negative effect of 50bps, permanent placement had a negative 40bps impact ...

Made Tech Group: 1 director

A director at Made Tech Group maiden bought 209,937 shares at 14p and the significance rating of the trade was 69/100. 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 cle...

Randstad/Staffing cycle wisdom: be there early/BUY

ODDO BHF SECURITIES MORNING NEWS – COMMENTAIRES DETAILLES 24/04/2024

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ODDO BHF SECURITIES MORNING NEWS – DETAILED COMMENTS 04/24/2024

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Randstad : Getting closer to the bottom

>Disappointing Q1 results…however - Randstad’s Q1 results yesterday were clearly disappointing, with adjusted EBITA down 33% yoy at €177m and 2% below consensus. Organic revenue growth in Q1 came in at -7.8%, marginally ahead of the 8.6% decline that was reported in Q4. CEO van ‘t Noordende talked about softer conditions than expected in North America (permanent placement was down 40% in Q1) and Northern Europe, which together represents more than half of group revenu...

ODDO BHF SECURITIES MORNING NEWS – DETAILED COMMENTS 04/23/2024

In the run-up to the 2024 Summer Olympic Games and Euro 2024 football tournament, we have identified six stocks to favour: JCDecaux, Accor, Sodexo, adidas, Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield and easyJet. While these two major sporting events are not expected to have a significant impact on the host economies in the medium term, the microeconomic and sectoral impacts should be more marked. The tourism, transport, beverages and consumer goods sectors are expected to be the main winners. Some med...

ODDO BHF SECURITIES MORNING NEWS – COMMENTAIRES DETAILLES 23/04/2024

En amont des Jeux Olympiques d’été et de l’Euro de football 2024, nous identifions 6 valeurs à privilégier  : JCDecaux, Accor, Sodexo, adidas, Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield et easyJet. Alors que ces deux évènements sportifs majeurs ne devraient pas avoir d’impact significatif sur les économies hôtes à moyen terme, les impacts microéconomiques et sectoriels devraient être plus marqués. Les secteurs du tourisme, des transports, des boissons et des biens de consommation devraient être les pr...

Benelux Morning Notes

Ahold Delhaize: Release of 1Q24 company-compiled consensus. AkzoNobel: Decent 1Q24 with 4% beat, FY guidance reiterated. Allfunds Group plc: On the verge. Barco: Weak 1Q24, more conservative wording on guidance. DWS: 1Q24 preview. Flow Traders: No respite in March. IMCD: Last hurdle before growth. Randstad: 1Q24 slight miss vs consensus, 2Q24 outlook below due to weak gross margin. TKH Group: Preview – a weak 1Q expected Vår Energi: Nice start to the year

Morning Notes : AKZA NA, BAR BB, BPOST BB, RAND NA, EKOP BB, MAAT FP, ...

: AKZA NA, BAR BB, BPOST BB, RAND NA, EKOP BB, MAAT FP, NXFIL NA

Randstad : Weak Q1 results with key markets still tough

>Softer conditions than expected in North America and Northern Europe - Randstad reported -7.8% organic revenue growth in its Q1 release (css -8.3%, we at -8.5%). Adjusted EBITA declined 33% in Q1 to €177m, which is 2% below consensus ( € 181m) and clearly below our forecast of € 190m. The EBITA margin fell 110 bps yoy, of which 30 bps was the result of lower permanent placement, which in itself fell by 21% (Q4: -26%). OPEX were down 7% yoy and were adjusted for € 39m...

Randstad - Gross margin under pressure

•    The Q1-24 adjusted EBITA missed by a few million due to gross margin pressure, for instance due to a declining perm/RPO fee business.•    Challenging conditions continued in April and the guidance for Q2-24 means that consensus needs to come down further. •    We stick to Reduce and lower our TP from EUR 45 to EUR 43 on the back of an expected decline in our EBITA estimates by mid-single digits.

Benelux Morning Notes

ASML: 1Q24 Results; weak orders but case intact. CM.com: Reasonable 1Q24 trading update, positive EBITDA surprise. Just Eat Takeaway.com: 1Q24 trading update - slowly creeping back to order growth. Staffing: Dutch period 3 - March volume and revenue seeing slight recovery in the trend. TomTom: 1Q24 results - touch weaker but no major surprises

Hybridan Small Cap Feast - 16/04/2024

16th April 2024 * A corporate client of Hybridan LLP ** Arranged by type of listing and date of announcement *** Alphabetically arranged **** Potential means Intention to Float (ITF) has been announced Dish of the day Admissions: Delistings: What’s baking in the oven? ** Potential**** Initial Public Offerings: Reverse Takeovers: Electric Guitar (ELEG.L) Concurrent with its Admission to trading on AIM, Electric Guitar is proposing to acquire the entire issued share capital of 3radical Limited for...