Renta 4 | The new annual highs of the Spanish selective index, breaking the 11,470 point zone, have come hand in hand with a new high in its relative performance with respect to the Eurostoxx 50, a performance that, since October 2022, has been setting new highs, breaking the downward trend since 2009: But the better tone of the IBEX 35 is not limited to the main European index. If…
Norbolsa | Brookfield seeks €2,000 million of capital for the eventual takeover bid for Grifols. The funds would be used to alleviate the group’s financial burden. Currently in the analysis phase, if it goes ahead it will be the largest operation of the year in Spain. To this end, Brookfield has held talks with some of the world’s leading sovereign wealth funds, including Abu Dhabi’s ADQ and Singapore’s GIC, as…
Intermoney | The company (Buy, PO €205) announced yesterday with the market open the traffic figures for the past month of August. In that watertight period, Aena handled 32.1 million passengers, implying an increase of 7% year-on-year, or 9% compared to pre-pandemic levels. By airports, Madrid-Barajas grew by 5%, while Barcelona El Prat remained virtually stable compared to August 2023. In general, the tourist airports recorded increases of between 5…
Morgan Stanley : After a tough start to the year, the sector has had a good summer and is now +9%YTD. That said, after +2%Y growth in Q1, mobile service revenues have slowed in Q2 to 0%Y. This slowdown was mainly driven by the trend in the UK where the deceleration was more pronounced, with revenues declining from 5% in Q1 to 1% in Q2. In Germany, growth also decelerated…
Jefferies | ITX confirmed that it firmly belongs to the small group of consumer stocks still delivering handsomely for shareholders. Suspicion around the sustainability of sales delivery likely has been key to ITX’s derating versus relevant peers (we estimate by >25% in the past 18 months). And yet the group’s competitive moat is becoming wider, and relative revision momentum stronger. PT upped to €54 as we expect the valuation gap…
Taking advantage of the visit of the Spanish Prime Minister, Pedro Sánchez, to Beijing, China’s Envision announced on Tuesday an investment of $1 billion (just over €906 million) for the construction of a hydrogen electrolyzer factory in Spain, strengthening the country’s position in this market through the development of the first industrial park for green hydrogen and net zero technologies in Europe. Construction of the facilities is expected to begin…
Alphavalue/DIVACONS | Goldman Sachs has reduced its stake in Telefónica to 5.533%, down 2.5 percentage points from the 8.081% it previously held in the company chaired by José María Álvarez-Pallete, according to filings with the National Securities Market (CNMV). Telefónica: Buy, Target Price 6.23 euros/share.
Bankinter | Laboratorios Rovi (ROVI) is negotiating with the CVC fund the sale of its third-party manufacturing business. The valuation of 100% of this business could exceed €3,000 million. Antin, Cinven, KKR and Permira have dropped out of the bidding. Opinion of Bankinter’s analysis team: Positive news that opens the possibility for Rovi to value its assets, the first glimpses of which we saw in March. Sales of the manufacturing…
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…
Norbolsa | On Friday the company reported results below expectations for the first half of the year, with sales 2% below expectations, net profit falling 26% and an operating margin of 14.4% vs. 15.3% previously. The company justified this, among other reasons, by higher IPO costs and higher employee bonuses. It is worth highlighting the poor performance of its make-up division, affected by the Asian markets. The company maintains its…