Renta 4 : Results have met our revenue guidance (+2% vs R4e) and have largely outperformed at operating and net level: Ordinary revenues €1. 096m (in line vs R4e, +2% vs consensus and +9% vs Q3 23), EBIT, main magnitude, €111m (+12% vs R4e, +10% vs consensus, +25% vs Q3 23), EBITDA €140m (vs €114m R4e and +20% vs Q3 23) and net profit €70m (+9% vs R4e, +8% vs…
Intermoney | Indra informed the National Securities Market Commission (CNMV) yesterday, with the market closed, that the board of directors had approved the formal process of selling Minsait Payments separately from its parent company, having detected a high level of interest in ķthe market for the means of payment business. According to several media reports, the value of the subsidiary could be in the region of €500-600 million. This would…
Link Securities | The possible transfer of the Spanish satellite group Hispasat to Indra (IDR) by Redeia (RED) could become the largest transaction so far carried out by state-owned companies, which in turn are listed on the stock exchange, according to Expansión newspaper on Monday. This means that, according to legislation (Ley de Sociedades de Capital and other regulations), it could be considered a related-party transaction. This opens the door…
Intermoney | Indra (IDR) has acquired the Deimos company from Elecnor, a subsidiary specialised in the development of space missions and satellite integration, according to several media. It has subsidiaries in the UK, Portugal, Italy and Romania. The price has not been made public, but could be in the region of €20-25 million, according to the press. Deimos has a strong position with space institutions, participating in national and European…
Alphavalue/DIVACONS | The Spanish IT services and consulting company will supply Surface Awareness Iniative (SAI) systems for the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) of the United States, the civil aviation authority that manages the country’s air traffic. The FAA approved Indra’s SAI solution, called AeroBOSS, which allows the company to provide its technology for surveillance and monitoring of aircraft on the surface, as well as to reduce the risk of runway…
Link Securities | CVC Capital Partners has joined Apax and Bain Capital as a candidate to buy Minsait, Indra’s technology subsidiary, which together could be worth up to €1.8 billion, as reported yesterday by ElConfidencial.com. Cinven has already shown its interest in acquiring the payment media division, a deal that could be worth between €600 and €700 million. According to these sources, these international private equity firms have already officially…
Renta 4 | According to press reports, Indra has hired Citi and AZ Capital for the Minsait sale process. The valuation of the investment banks carried out in the last weeks presents a very wide range, between €1.3 and €2.1 billion. The management announced at the Investor Day on 6 March its intention to sell a minority or majority stake in its technology subsidiary. The objective is to start the…
Singular Bank | The Spanish Defence and Technology Consulting company rallied 8.8% today after posting solid 1Q results and projecting Ebit of €400m for the full year, in line with strategic plan forecasts. Net order intake grew 12% year-on-year and backlog reached a new record high of €7.2 billion, bringing the backlog-to-sales ratio to 1.58x. Revenues increased 22%, with double digit growth in the Defence (56%), Mobility (19%) and Minsait…
Alphavalue/ Divacons | The Spanish IT services and consultancy company has been awarded a contract for almost €15m to renovate the ticketing machines for the St Louis metro (Missouri, USA). Indra has indicated that the new machines will be “state-of-the-art” and will replace the current ones, which were also supplied by the company between 2006 and 2012 and were distributed in the 38 stations of the St. Louis metro network.
Singular Bank| The company is to create a separate company, Indra Espacio, to boost its aerospace business, which in its strategic update a fortnight ago said it expected to have a turnover of €1 billion by 2030. It will focus on space and earth observation, navigation, and building satellite constellations. Thus, it aims to control the value chain of the space business, and for this it could make acquisitions of…