Link Securities | IAG (IAG) has repaid €3,271 million of debt loans that its various airlines signed between 2020 and 2021, which matured between 2024 and 2026, according to Expansión newspaper. The average cost of these loans stood at 9%, compared to the 4.5% – 5.25% that is currently the price of money in Europe and the UK. With the flow of income normalised, thanks to the increase in demand,…
Renta 4| The National Securities Market Commission (CNMV) has announced that it has admitted Magyar Vagon’s takeover bid for Talgo (TLGO) as it considers that the prospectus and other documents submitted comply with the provisions. At the same time, it indicates that this does not imply a pronouncement regarding the authorisation of the takeover bid, a circumstance on which it must pronounce in accordance with the deadlines and other requirements…
Norbolsa| Renault increased its sales in 1Q24 thanks to its financing division (up 27.9% year-on-year) and confirms its profit outlook for 2024. The company sold 549,099 units in Q1, 2.6% more than in the same period of 2023, registering a 1.8% increase in Q1 revenues to €11.7 billion, above estimates of €11.49 billion. Renault reiterated its guidance for FY24, with an operating margin target of at least 7.5% and FCF…
Total demand for natural gas fell by -4.0% in 1Q2024 compared to the same period in 2023. But the company’s total revenues as of 31 March 2024 remained the same as in 1Q23: €220.5 million. EBITDA at 31 March 2024 stood at €178.3 million, 2.7% higher than in 1Q2023 and on track to meet ENG’s annual target of €750 – 760 million. EBIT decreased by 3.1% year-on-year in 1Q2024 to…
The debt of public administrations as a whole rose by €19,549 million in February compared with the previous month (+1.2%), reaching €1,602,662 million, a new record high, according to data published yesterday, Monday, by the Bank of Spain. This rise means that the debt of public administrations exceeds the barrier of €1.6 trillion for the first time in history, above the record reached in January of €1.583 trillion. In the…
Alphavalue / Divacons | The company formed by Iberdrola and bp pulse, Iberdrola|bp pulse, has been awarded a €50.1 million grant to accelerate the deployment of electric recharging infrastructure under the European Commission’s ‘CEF Transport AFIF 2021-2027’ programme, the company said on Thursday. The subsidised project includes the deployment of 1,220 high-power charging points between 2023 and 2026 on the TEN-T transmission network in Spain and Portugal.
CdM| Home sales and purchases break the streak of 12 months of consecutive falls. In February, a total of 52,796 transactions were registered, representing a year-on-year growth of 5.8%, according to data from the National Statistics Institute (INE). Of the dwellings transferred by sale and purchase in February, 21.8% were new and 78.2% were used. The number of transactions on new homes increased by 20.8% compared to February 2023, which…
Alphavalue / Divacons | The hotel chain’s General Shareholders’ Meeting held last Friday in Madrid agreed to change its corporate name to Minor Hotels Europe & Americas, stating that it is “a business decision that will allow the company to be recognised worldwide under a single corporate name by its different stakeholders”. However, the brand name will not disappear. NH Hotels & Resorts, NH Collection Hotels & Resorts and nhow…
Global economyCapital Group| It seems that foreign investment patterns have yet to show a decisive successor to China. Globally, foreign direct investment (FDI) as a percentage of GDP peaked around the time of the financial crisis: investment in China stagnated slightly earlier, in the early 2000s, just after its accession to the World Trade Organisation and following rapid inflows into the manufacturing sector. In absolute terms, however, the United States…
The Congress Labour Committee will debate this Tuesday the proposal of Sumar, the party led by the vice-president and Minister of Labour, Yolanda Díaz, to include workers, their representatives and trade union organisations on the boards of directors of companies and business groups, with the aim of promoting a “more democratic functioning of companies”. Yolanda Díaz, a Communist Party activist, says she wants to take an example from the co-determination…