HEADLINES: • Erste Bank: strong capital position, strong returns (stays BUY) • NLB Group: presentation of offer to Addiko shareholders – takeaways NEUTRAL • Wirtualna Polska: concludes conditional agreement to acquire Romanian travel e-commerce business POSITIVE • ADNOC Drilling JV increases its stake in Gordon Technologies POSITIVE • Richter: Mithra declares bankruptcy, Richter talks continue NEUTRAL • OMV: starts up co-processing biofuels plant at Schwechat refinery NEUTRAL • LPP: 1Q24E result...
HEADLINES: • Europe macro: ECB delivers cautious introductory cut • National Bank of Greece: declares EUR 0.36/share dividend, following SSM approval POSITIVE • NLB Group: publishes takeover offer to acquire Addiko Bank NEUTRAL • European oil and gas monthly: May 2024 – gas prices’ surprising comeback • Georgia Capital: in civil dispute over education investment NEGATIVE • Auto Partner: Investor Day takeaways NEUTRAL • CCC: 5.8m shares admitted to trading NEUTRAL • Romgaz: share split; new price...
HEADLINES: • NLB Group: a tale of growth and expansion (BUY - transfer of coverage) • Greek banks: SSM greenlights banks' dividend distributions POSITIVE • Poland macro: NBP extends the pause • Piraeus Financial Holdings: revises 2024E guidance up POSITIVE • Auto Partner: May sales up by a limited 7% yoy NEGATIVE • Global airlines: French ATC strikes prompt Ryanair to call on EU to take action to protect freedom of movement NEGATIVE • mBank: announces path for succession in Management Board NEUT...
In this report, we transfer coverage of NLB Group (NLB), maintaining our BUY rating, but increasing our price target (PT) significantly, to EUR 176.0 (from EUR 100.0), offering potential upside of 56%. NLB has been expanding its position in all its key markets for several years, and is now well positioned to benefit from a supportive regional macro backdrop and, in our view, further market consolidation in the region’s banking sector. Management remains very optimistic about the bank’s future an...
HEADLINES: • PKO BP: strong 1Q24, with 9% beat, but big part due to lower quarterly tax charge POSITIVE • Kruk: 1Q24 results in line with earlier communication; strong trend continues, but digested by the market already NEUTRAL • Bank Handlowy: books neutral 1Q24, questions on future capital management NEUTRAL • NLB Group: guidance upgrade spices up vanilla 1Q24 bottom-line beat POSITIVE • Pegasus Airlines: 1Q24 in line, guidance for mild margin compression and 10-12% ASK growth maintained NEUTR...
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: • Public Power Corporation: shifting into high gear (stays BUY) • Turkey macro: CBRT extends the cautious pause • Magyar Telekom: 4Q23 results review – EBITDA up 16% yoy, in line with the consensus; strong 2024E guidance POSITIVE • NLB Group: strong 4Q23 results and massive increase in 2023 dividends POSITIVE • Kruk: announces PLN 1,012m of 2023E net profit NEUTRAL • OTE: 4Q23 results review – solid quarter, with 2% yoy adjusted EBITDA growth; EUR 450m shareholders' payout guidance PO...
HEADLINES: • Poland macro: NBP extends wait-and-see stance • Greece macro: GDP underperforms in 3Q • WOOD's Winter Wonderland EME Conference 2023: postcards from Prague • Georgia Capital: postcard from Prague • Mytilineos: postcard from Prague • Sarantis: postcard from Prague • Richter: postcard from Prague • 11 bit studios: postcard from Prague • Asseco Poland: postcard from Prague • Benefit Systems: postcard from Prague • Orange Polska: postcard from Prague • Shoper: postcard from Pr...
EME Equity Market – November 2023 Market performance – Greeks in the lead, in a month with only green across the region. The MSCI EM Europe Index added 5.6% mom in EUR terms and 8.7% mom in USD in November. The Greek ASE Index was the top performer in our region (+6.9% mom), followed by the Polish WIG20 (+5.5% mom) and the Hungarian BUX (+4.0% mom). The Czech PX Index saw the most muted performance, advancing 2.8% mom.
HEADLINES: • Teknosa: good things come in small packages (BUY - initiation of coverage) • OTP Bank: beats expectations with 3Q23 delivery • Bank Handlowy: solid 3Q23, DPS feasible and attractive, still a reason to own the stock NEUTRAL • Eurocash: 3Q23 beat on costs POSITIVE • Dogus Otomotiv: strong bottom-line beat in 3Q23 POSITIVE • Ulker: 3Q23 results - strong beat POSITIVE • Sok Marketler Ticaret: 3Q23 in line operationally, strong bottom-line beat on deferred tax income NEUTRAL • Public P...
EME Equity Market – September 2023 Market performance – positive developments in Romania and Turkey, declines everywhere else. The MSCI EM Europe Index lost 3.7% mom in EUR terms and 6.0% mom in USD in September. Romania took the spotlight, with the BET Index advancing 7.4% mom in EUR terms, followed by the Turkish ISE30 (+4.6% mom). The Polish WIG20 declined the most (-8.7% mom), followed by the Greek ASE, the Hungarian BUX and, finally, the Czech PX (-7.9%, -1.9% and -0.6% mom, respectively).
HEADLINES: • Aselsan: back on a USD growth path (upgraded to BUY) • Huuuge Games: solid cash distribution potential (stays BUY) • InPost: 2Q23 beat on strong volumes; growth maintained in 3Q23 to date; FY23E guidance upgrade POSITIVE • Fourlis: 2Q23 review - decent quarter, supported by recovery at IKEA POSITIVE • AUGA Group: 2Q23 gross profit weaker, but 2H23E seems promising • Polish utilities: politician sees the NABE law being delayed until after the elections NEUTRAL • Romanian banks: wi...
EME Equity Market – August 2023 Market performance – Turkey the top performer in August, once again. The MSCI EM Europe Index lost 0.7% mom in EUR terms and 2.2% mom in USD in August. Turkey, yet again, outperformed its peers, with the ISE30 gaining 9.4% mom in EUR terms. The Hungarian BUX index saw a solid performance in August, adding 6.1% mom in EUR terms, while the Romanian BET had a lacklustre month, barely making any gains (0.1% mom in EUR terms). Elsewhere, the index performances were neg...
HEADLINES: • Kruk: posts solid 2Q23, showing its operational execution excellence NEUTRAL • Kruk: Italy may change regulations for debt collection NEGATIVE • Warsaw Stock Exchange: strong 2Q23 results, in line with prelims NEUTRAL • Romgaz: 2Q23 net profit 13% above our estimate, on lower profit tax NEUTRAL • CTP: 2Q23 - recurring in line, FFO guidance reiterated, leasing backdrop supportive, LTV contained POSITIVE • TBC Bank: highlights from 2Q23 - a strong quarter POSITIVE • NLB Group: strong ...
HEADLINES: • Garanti: 2Q23 highlights - in line with change of heart on discretionary provisions • Ford Otosan: 2Q23 financials - better-than-expected results POSITIVE • OMV: 2Q23 results - weak net income in 2Q23 • OMV Petrom: net loss in 2Q23, but lower than expected NEUTRAL • Borouge: 2Q23 results - in line • Alkaloid: 2Q23 - another strong quarter, with broad-based growth POSITIVE • Titan Cement: tailwinds from lower energy prices, construction demand POSITIVE • Mytilineos: CEO comfortabl...
EME Equity Market – May 2023 Market performance – in its election month and with talks of a return to investment grade starting to materialise, Greece outperformed, posting a stellar performance. The MSCI EM Europe Index gained 2.3% mom in EUR terms, but lost 1.4% mom in USD in May. The Greek ASE Index saw the biggest gains (+12.3% mom in EUR terms), followed by the Hungarian BUX Index (+6.2% mom in EUR terms) and the Turkish ISE 30 Index (+3.4% mom in EUR terms). The remaining geographies finis...
HEADLINES: • Komercni Banka: bottom line is fine, but the P&L mix disappointed NEGATIVE • NLB Group: a very strong start to the year, delivering a firm beat to consensus POSITIVE • DataWalk: preliminary 1Q23 results - sales down 23% yoy, to PLN 3.22m, 9% below our estimate NEGATIVE • AmRest: 10% EBITDA beat in 1Q23 POSITIVE • Eurocash: 8% EBITDA beat in 1Q23 POSITIVE • Richter: 1Q23 results beat supported by FX POSITIVE • MOL 1Q23 results - Upstream EBITDA weaker than expected • BRD-GSG: solid ...
EME Equity Market – February 2023 Market performance – Greece and Czechia continue with good momentum; Turkey resumes rally. The MSCI EM Europe Index gained 4.9% mom in EUR terms and 2.4% mom in USD in February. The Greek ASE and the Czech PX were, again, the best performers, adding 10.4% mom and 7.6% mom in EUR terms, respectively; while the rally resumed in Turkey, with the ISE 30 index gaining 7.3% mom in EUR terms. There was a somewhat muted performance in Hungary and Romania, with the BUX a...
HEADLINES: • Mytilineos: firing up the engines (stays BUY) • NLB Group: strong 4Q22 results, even stronger outlook • PKN Orlen: 4Q22 results - weak gas segment, strong refining • MedLife: integration of new acquisitions; rising rates push company into 4Q22 loss NEGATIVE • Enerjisa Enerji: 4Q22 - P&L beat, generous dividend proposed, no 2023E guidance provided • Nuclearelectrica: final preliminary FY22 numbers 8% above estimates released with the budget • OTE: 4Q22 results review - soft quar...
Yesterday (23 February), NLB posted impressive 4Q22 results and a very reassuring and strong outlook ahead. The shares trade at an inexpensive c.0.65x P/TBV and 5.6x on our 2023E (but below 5x on the 2023E guidance). The dividend yield stands at 7.4%. We remain BUYers of the shares, which offer an appealing growth story on very low multiples.
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