EME Equity Market – January 2023 Market performance – strong start to 2023 in Czechia and Greece; multi-month rally interrupted in Turkey. The MSCI EM Europe Index gained 3.2% mom in EUR terms and 4.6% mom in USD in January. The Czech PX and the Greek ASE were the best performers, posting double-digit gains of 12.3% and 10.0% mom in EUR terms, respectively. There were also very decent performances from Poland, Hungary and Romania, with gains of 5.5% mom, 5.5% mom and 4.7% mom in EUR terms, respe...
HEADLINES: • Icelandic Banks: the outliers (initiating on Arion banki with a BUY and Islandsbanki with a HOLD) • OTP Bank: should fare well, absent more negative events (upgraded to BUY) • LPP: 3Q22 below expectations on costs pressure; strong Black Friday sales; FY22E guidance maintained NEGATIVE • US macro: Fed sticking to its hawkish message • NLB Group: constitutional court annuls FX law • Addiko Bank: Slovenian Constitutional Court rejects retroactive Swiss Franc Law POSITIVE • Mytilin...
EME Equity Market – October 2022 Market performance – in a positive month across the board, Turkey outperforms yet again. The MSCI EM Europe Index advanced by 12.7% mom in EUR terms and 14.4% mom in USD. The ISE30 was, once again, the best-performing index in our coverage, adding 23.4% mom in EUR terms and 25.2% in local currency terms. All the other indices recorded positive performances as well, with the WIG (+14.8% EUR / 11.5% lcl), the BUX (+11.4% EUR / 8.5% lcl) and the ASE (+10.3% EUR) del...
HEADLINES: • Orange Polska: 3Q22 results - EBITDAaL up 4% yoy, 5% above the consensus POSITIVE • Mytilineos: strong 3Q22, well ahead of our forecasts POSITIVE • Kaspi.kz: 3Q22 results - on track + guidance upgrade • Romanian real estate: postcard from Bucharest • Norilsk Nickel: 3Q22 operating results - 2022 run-rates close to guidance, cautious on 2023E NEUTRAL • Orange Polska: increases mobile contract B2C prices by 6-10% POSITIVE • CCC: bondholders approve changes in covenants NEUTRAL • Cyf...
HEADLINES: • Czech banks: Czech government presents windfall tax proposal • CEZ: disappointing windfall tax news NEGATIVE • Romanian energy: potential impact from EU emergency measures • LPP: key takeaways from the post-results conference • Jumbo: 9M22 sales +11% yoy, driven by strong domestic sales • Inter Cars: September sales growth stays at a solid 27% yoy POSITIVE • Norilsk Nickel: LME seeks market opinion on possible Russian metal ban NEUTRAL • Polish telecoms: mobile number portabilit...
EME Equity Market – August 2022 Market performance – Turkey the biggest winner, in a predominantly bad month. The MSCI EM Europe Index declined 1.2% mom in EUR and 2.8% mom in USD terms. Turkey’s ISE index outperformed all other indices, adding 24.9% mom in EUR terms and 25.1% in local currency terms. Hungary’s benchmark, the BUX Index, added 1.1% mom and 0.2% mom in EUR and HUF terms, respectively. Greece’s ASE Index had a muted performance and added only 0.6% mom. All the other indices across ...
HEADLINES: • Komercni Banka: strong 2Q22 results, 2022E outlook tweaked up, windfall tax risk still unknown NEUTRAL • Alior Bank: posts solid set of 2Q22 results POSITIVE • mBank: books strong gross profit (7% beat), but misses on bottom line due to tax rate reassessment NEUTRAL • BRD-GSG: 2Q22 - strong bottom line for another quarter • Alpha Bank: 2Q22 - positive trends across the board • Norilsk Nickel: 1H21 IFRS review - 6% below consensus on EBITDA, FCF slides by 25% yoy NEGATIVE • Polish...
EME Equity Market – July 2022 Market performance – markets mostly up during the month, but Russia’s MOEX down 9.4% in EUR terms. The MSCI EM Europe Index added 2.3% mom in EUR, but lost 0.5% mom in USD in July. The Greek ASE Index was the best performing benchmark, advancing 5.0% mom in EUR. Hungary’s benchmark, the BUX Index, added 4.4% mom and 6.5% mom in EUR and HUF terms, respectively. Romania’s BET Index gained 1.7% mom in EUR terms and 1.3% mom in local currency, while Turkey’s ISE20 added...
HEADLINES: • Pilulka Lekarny: blowing with the e-commerce wind (HOLD - initiation of coverage) • Wizz Air: thoughts on capital increase post 1Q FY23 results, CASK and RASK comparison vs. RYA • Mytilineos: strong second quarter, 2H22E should be even better • Titan Cement: 2Q22 - price increases restoring profitability • Garanti: 2Q22 highlights - beat, with lower quality • Ford Otosan: 2Q22 results - strong beat POSITIVE • Siauliu Bankas: 2Q22 - another strong quarter POSITIVE • Arena Hosp...
HEADLINES: • CCC: too fast, too furious (stays BUY) • Turkey macro: first genuinely bad confidence reading since COVID-19 • Romania macro: better than most • Greece macro: economic sentiment index drops sharply in June • Poland macro: economic sentiment down again, but consumers are the brighter spot • Czech Republic macro: confidence falls in June, but overall trend not too bad • Eurozone macro: June signals further mild improvements in inflation dynamics • Santander Bank Polska: to crea...
CZ: CEZ - CEZ not to bid for RWE's storage assets in Czechia, press (neutral) PL: PKO BP - 9% wage hike offered to half of staff (neutral) RU: Polyus - New shareholder may add its representative to the board (neutral) RU: Tatneft - Proposed final DPS revealed weaker than expected payout for 2021 (negative)
EME Equity Market – April 2022 Market performance – regional benchmarks performance rather mixed in April. The MSCI EM Europe Index declined by 5.3% in EUR terms and by 9.9% in USD. The best-performing market was Turkey, whose equities gained 13.3% in EUR terms and 9.2% in local currency. Russia’s MOEX Index added 9.0% in EUR terms, but declined by 9.6% in local currency. In Greece, the ASE Index advanced by 4.9% in EUR terms, the last to end the month in the black; while Romania’s BET Index rec...
HEADLINES: • Romanian utilities: for those willing to wait (Electrica stays BUY, Transgaz stays HOLD, Transelectrica upgraded to HOLD) • Santander Bank Polska: 1Q22 results review - strong beat vs. expectations on low provisions • Bank Millennium: 1Q22 results review - results in line with expectations • Polish banks: government proposals to aid mortgagors may hit Polish banks' 2022-23E earnings NEGATIVE • Garanti: 1Q22 highlights NEUTRAL • Orange Polska: 1Q22 results - EBITDAaL up 2% yoy, in ...
HEADLINES: • Russian commodities: the long and short side of it • Arcelik: 1Q22 results - as expected NEUTRAL • Turkish banks: number of changes by the CBT • Ten Square Games: management recommends PLN 10 DPS from the 2021 net profit POSITIVE • Kety: management recommends PLN 52.4 DPS (8% dividend yield) from the 2021 profit NEUTRAL • Norilsk Nickel: final 2021 dividend yield at 5.9%, ADR holders may not receive payment • Alrosa: Russian rough diamonds stop flowing to main Indian manufacturi...
AT: AMAG - Multi-year order from Ruag Aerostructures (positive) AT: IMMOFINANZ - Radka Doehring appointed as a memeber of the executive board (neutral) AT: Polytec - FY 21 results broadly in line with expectations, no guidance on FY 22 (neutral) CZ: CEZ - CEZ to extend Detmarovice hard coal-fired power plant life byond H1 2023 for security of supply reasons (neutral) PL: PGNiG - Disappointing crude output and lower gas distribution volumes to weigh on Q1 earning (negative) RU: Fertil...
HEADLINES: • PCF Group: adjusted EBITDA in line with our forecast; Outriders Worldslayer release at end-June NEUTRAL • Hellenic Bank: FY21 - moving in the right direction • Shoper: management call takeaways - 2022E to focus on growth, rather than margins NEUTRAL • Kernel: 3Q22 trading update NEUTRAL • PGNiG: operating estimates for 1Q22E, no major surprises • Fondul Proprietatea: State could consider offer of new shares in Hidroelectrica after Fondul's offer NEUTRAL • Petrol Group: AGM appro...
AT: Flughafen Wien - March traffic statistics show sequential improvements (positive) AT: S IMMO - Acquisition of 41.5 k sqm Business Park in Bucharest (neutral) HU: Magyar Telekom - AGM approves HUF 15 bn dividend (neutral) PL: Bank Millennium - Q1 22 pre-earnings call (neutral) PL: Bank Pekao - Q1 22 pre-earnings call (neutral) PL: LPP - Higher inventories maintained allowing for 4 months of sales (neutral) PL: mBank - Informing about Q1 level of FX mortgage related risk provisio...
EME Equity Market – March 2022 Market performance – regional benchmarks mostly in the black, despite the MSCI EM Europe Index losing half of its value. Following its decline in February, the MSCI EM Europe Index lost in March as well, declining by 49.5% in EUR terms and 50.1% in USD terms. Russia’s MOEX Index added 13.2% in EUR terms and 9.4% RUB terms (we note that Russian companies’ GDRs are still suspended for trading). The Turkish ISE30 Index added 8.2% in EUR terms and 13.3% in local curren...
HEADLINES: • Dom Development: homebuilders critical to alleviating shortage (stays BUY) • 11 bit studios: solid 4Q21 results, with good quality beat vs. both our and market's expectations POSITIVE • Kety: final 4Q21 EBITDA 7% above preliminary forecast POSITIVE • Asseco Poland: key takeaways from the 4Q21 earnings call NEUTRAL • Cyfrowy Polsat: key takeaways from the 4Q21 earnings call NEUTRAL • PKO BP/Alior Bank: another switch in the management board NEGATIVE • Transelectrica: proposes to dis...
MARKET COMMENT - RSPP PROPOSES STRIPPING MINORITY RIGHTS, EU AND US OFFICIALS CONSIDER MORE SANCTIONS AND EXPELLING RUSSIA FROM THE G20The Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs proposed to the government to strip nonresident minority shareholders of their shareholder rights on a temporary basis, according to RBC and other sources. Top EU and US officials remarked that more sanctions would be considered Thursday. Equity trading remains suspended in Russia. STORIES> RSPP proposes to st...
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