Spanish Small & Mid Caps

DIA suffers 70% fall in sales so far this year

DIA Suffers 70% Fall In Sales So Far This Year: Take-Over More Likely After Profit Warning

The Board of the supermarket chain DIA has issued a profit warning because of the fall in the volume of sales and the increase in operating costs, which has caused it to revise its estimation of Ebitda for 2018 to between 350-400 million euros. This reduction of the forecast for 2018 does not include the potential impact of hyperinflation in Argentina, a country which accounts for 15% of sales.





Gestamp opens a new plant in the UK

Gestamp Opens A New Plant In The UK

Gestamp, the multinational company specialising in the design, development and fabrication of highly engineered metal components for the car industry, has recently inaugurated its new plant in Wolverhampton, in the West Midlands (UK). In fact, Gestamp counts with seven production plants in the country. Since 2012, the company has invested more than 200 million pounds in its installations in the UK.



NH Hoteles

The War For NH Hotels Evaporates In A Weekend

Last Friday the expected news arrived of the interest of Hyatt Hotels Corp in the Spanish hotel chain. The Chicago based company showed its interest in acquiring NH Hotels, through an alternative (or negotiation money) for the shareholders of NHH to the existing offer of Minor. But just as the offer arrived, it has evaporated and yesterday Hyatt stepped back from its counter bid for NHH.