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Fluidra piscina

Companies, Ibex 20th August 2024

Fluidra announces agreement to acquire Australia’s leading filtration systems manufacturer Chadson Engineering

Link Securities | Spanish company Fluidra (FDR), which specialises in connected pool and wellness equipment and solutions, announced on Monday an agreement to acquire Chadson Engineering, a leading designer and manufacturer of granular and regenerative filtration systems. This acquisition complements Fluidra’ s commercial pool product offering and enhances its ability to offer a wide range of solutions to customers in the Asia-Pacific region. With over 50 years’ experience and based…

Abertis reorders its shareholder's debt through its dividend policy

Companies, Ibex 20th August 2024

Abertis (ACS) awarded concession of Chile’s Ruta 5 motorway, investment of around €1,000m needed

Banc Sabadell | Abertis (~46% ACS (ACS) net minority interests and 15% of our P.O.) announced that it has been awarded the concession for the Ruta 5 Santiago-Los Vilos highway (Chile), a 223 km highway connecting the capital (Santiago) with the coastal/tourist area of Los Vilos. This is an asset that has been operating for more than 20 years (brownfield) and links the Autopista Central with the Autopista de Los…

acciona canada

Companies, Ibex 20th August 2024

ACS and Acciona win motorway in US for almost €10 billion

Intermoney | ACS (Buy, PO 46 €) and Acciona (Buy, PO 200 €) have been awarded, together with the Meridian fund, the SR400 toll road, which will be located in the vicinity of Atlanta (United States), according to the newspaper El Confidencial. With an investment of approximately €9.8 billion, the project has a construction period of approximately 5.5 years with an operation and maintenance period of a further 50 years….

Sacyr

Companies, Ibex 19th August 2024

Sacyr, Acciona and Plenary Americas consortium closes financing for construction of Calcasieu River Bridge

Link Securities | The Calcasieu Bridge Partners (CBP) consortium, formed by Sacyr (SCYR), Acciona (ANA) and Plenary Americas, has reached financial closure for the design, construction, operation and maintenance for 50 years of the bridge over the Calcasieu River, part of the Interstate Highway (I-10), in Louisiana (USA), according to Expansión newspaper. According to Efe, the financing includes a tax-exempt private activity bond issue for an amount of $1.333 billion…

naturgy eolica

Companies, Ibex, Markets 19th August 2024

Buy Naturgy: improving environment, high dividend yields and attractive multiples

Bankinter | Despite a less favourable environment for gas and electricity prices, Naturgy has been able to maintain its H1 results at a similar level to last year thanks to the better contribution of the regulated network activity, new investments in renewables and the improvement of the marketing margin. For the full year, the management team expects to achieve an EBITDA of over €5.3bn and a Net Profit Restated of…

RheinMetall

Companies, In Europe, Markets 19th August 2024

Rheinmetall continues to offer an attractive entry point: Overweight, P. O. €666/share

Morgan Stanley | The company has announced the acquisition of Loc Performance (US vehicle supplier) for an EV of $950m. With less than 5% of sales coming from the US, Marie-Ange Riggio (analyst) sees the move as a strategic expansion to add exposure to a larger and more stable market, thus reinforcing the company’s long-term investment thesis, as it would increase production capacity in the US, opening the door to…

EON

Companies, In Europe, Markets 19th August 2024

E.ON maintains guidance for this year and 2028 Strategic Plan: network investments to drive medium-term growth

Bankinter: E.ON maintains guidance for the year and 2028 targets. Investments in networks will drive medium-term growth. Buy. Key figures compared to consensus: Adjusted EBITDA €4,868m (-14%) versus €4,856m est; Adjusted EBITDA €1,754m (-24%) versus €1,790m est; Net Debt €40,829m versus €37,691m in December 2023. The management team reiterates 2024 guidance and 2028 targets. Opinion of Bankinter’s analysis team: Results meet estimates and the management team reiterates the guidance for…

mercados broker

In the World, Markets, Relevant News Item, World economy 16th August 2024

Macro benchmarks ease recession fears

Renta 4: European stock markets point to a new upward opening (EuroStoxx futures +0.27%) to end the weekly session in positive territory . On the bond market, in the US, the 2-year IRR rose more than 14 bps to 4.11%, while the 10-year rose c.+9 bps to 3.91% (3.90 this morning). In Europe, we also witnessed a rebound in IRRs, on average +6 bps, with the T-Bund at c. 2.25%…

oryzon

Companies, Markets 14th August 2024

Oryzon to carry out €880,000 conversion of debentures

Link Securities | In relation to the financing, through a convertible bond programme, for a total amount of up to €45 million over 48 months, entered into between Oryzon Genomics (ORY) and Nice & Green SA, the company announces that the Investor has requested a conversion of bonds for an aggregate nominal amount of €880,000, at a conversion price of €1.7783 per share, representing 494,854 new shares of €0.05 par…