Morgan Stanley | China’s reopening trade and the support for its property market has sparked a strong rally in the steel sector and in underlying commodities, leading the stocks to already discount a recovery in demand during 2023. Now there is an <8% average upside to target prices, so the risk/return is not attractive. The base scenario assumes a recovery in China in Q2’23. However the road will be bumpy,…
Although the annual rate of inflation moderated in November to 6.8 % – from 10.8 % in July – food prices are still at a record high of 15.3 %. That is why the government will today propose a third support package that will include the extension of some of the measures currently in force, which expire on 31 December, and other new ones, mainly related to the shopping basket….
Link Securities | ACS, through its Australian subsidiary Cimic, has added two new contracts to its international portfolio. It has been awarded two transport and mining contracts in Australia for a combined amount of 500 million Australian dollars (some 317 million euros). On Wednesday, its subsidiary firm CPB Contractors was selected by the huge UK mining company Rio Tinto to build the necessary infrastructure to carry out operations in the…
Link Securities | On December 23, 2022 Fluidra Commercial, S.A.U., an indirectly fully controlled subsidiary of Fluidra, reached an agreement to fully acquire the German companies Meranus Haan, Meranus Lauchhammer and Aquacontrol. These firms together form the Meranus Group, a recognized swimming pool equipment distributor in Germany. It is also a manufacturer of swimming pool dosing and control technology. Meranus’ expected revenues for the year ending 31 December 2022 are…
Banco Sabadell | S&P has lowered its outlook for Endesa from stable to negative, in line with the action it took in the case of ENEL (holds 70% of the Spanish utility). However it has maintained the rating at BBB+. Valuation: The news has a negative slant, although the impact is limited. The planned investments, along with the increase in debt, are behind this revision.
Bankinter | On Thursday, Aena called for bids for what is considered to be the most important tender for duty free shops in the world, with revenues estimated at some 18 billion euros for the contract’s 15 years duration, including the 3 year extension. The Spanish airports operator’s goals are to end Dufry’s monopoly, maximise revenues and extend what’s on offer. It estimates that this way it will more than…
Link Securities | Ibera, integrated in the holding IAG, will focus on growth in Latin America in 2023, after strengthening its position this year in the US, and as it waits for the opening up of the Asian market, according to the daily Expansión. Latin America is the strategic market for the airline, where it is the leader in the corridor with Europe, with a market share of 19% in…
Bankinter | Norges Bank Investment Management, which manages Norway’s sovereign fund, is in exclusive talks with Ibedrola to buy a stake of up to 49% in a mega portfolio of renewable assets owned by the Spanish utility. The portfolio is called Proyecto Romeo and is valued at 1.2 billion euros. It includes wind and solar projects in different phases of development with a total output of 1.266MW. Of the whole…
CdM | Spanish GDP grew a mere 0.1% in July-September, which is 1.9 percentage points lower than in the previous three-month period, according to the National Statistics Institute (INE). The revised GDP data is one-tenth of a percentage point lower than the preliminary reading of 0.2% growth published two months ago. Year-on-year growth in the third quarter was 4.4%, compared to 7.6% in the previous quarater, but up from a…
Renta 4 | Repsol has obtained a 120 million euros loan from the European Investment Bank, which will be earmarked for financing the company’s biofuels plant in Cartagena, Murcia. The investment for the C43 project would be180 million euros, according to Repsol. It has already announced it would carry out investments aimed at converting the plant into the first advanced biofuels plant with low Co2 emissions. The C43 project will…